Author Archives: Ken

About Ken

Ken is a husband and father from the San Francisco Bay Area, where he works as a civil engineer. He also wrote the NYT bestselling book "Geek Dad: Awesomely Geeky Projects for Dads and Kids to Share." Follow @fitzwillie on Twitter.

A Google-a-Day Puzzle for July 16

Our good friends at Google run a daily puzzle challenge and asked us to help get them out to the geeky masses. Each day’s puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to Google mastery. Each morning … Continue reading

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100 Geeky Places to Take Your Kids This Summer (GeekDad Wayback Machine)

There is plenty of summer vacation season left on the calendar, and boredom may already be settling in around the house. So what are some fun, geeky places to take your geeklets? Even better, what are some fun, geeky places … Continue reading

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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for July 15

Our good friends at Google run a daily puzzle challenge and asked us to help get them out to the geeky masses. Each day’s puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to Google mastery. Each morning … Continue reading

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Tips for a Great Trip to Disney World (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)

Epcot. Photo: Ken Denmead The Disney resorts seem to have a strange sort of crossover appeal to geeks and non-geeks alike, and I happily count my family firmly in the Disneyphile camp. Indeed, not unlike the success of Apple, the … Continue reading

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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for July 14

Our good friends at Google run a daily puzzle challenge and asked us to help get them out to the geeky masses. Each day’s puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to Google mastery. Each morning … Continue reading

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Life-sized Lego forest in Australia

Life-sized Lego forest in Australia

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Pictures of 2013 Lego superheroes minifigs

Pictures of 2013 LEGO Superheroes minifigs

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Watch a CNN Anchor Call Bill Nye “a Kook,” and then Watch Bill Nye Make her Look Foolish

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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for July 13

Our good friends at Google run a daily puzzle challenge and asked us to help get them out to the geeky masses. Each day’s puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to Google mastery. Each morning … Continue reading

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Famous science fiction movies, depicted as 16th century Ottoman paintings [This Is Awesome]

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