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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.

5 Amazing ’80s Geek Toys and Their Modern Equivalents

The ’80s were a magical decade for gadgets for kids. Computing power and display technology were evolving and cost effective enough to penetrate the toy market in a big way. Purely mechanical toys evolved into electromechanical toys and gave birth … Continue reading

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NYSCI Celebrates National GeekDad Day

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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for June 1

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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DoubleX Gabfest: Mark Zuckerberg’s new wife …

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Lightning rainbow

Lightning rainbow

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Blog.Logitech | GeekDad.com Editor Chimes In with Summer Tech …

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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for May 31

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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Adafruit modder builds Captain Jack’s Vortex Manipulator / Leela’s wrist-lo-jacko-mator for real

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Zombie Garden Gnomes

Zombie Garden Gnomes

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Typing Two Spaces After a Period? You’re WRONG!

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