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.

Schemer Glorious Game Giveaway Winners

Congrats to the following winners of our giveaway for the launch of Schemer! Dennis Rivard Michael C Carter Nathan Jessen Courtland Funke Jason A. Monroe Keep an eye out for boxes coming your way soon!

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GeekDad and GeekMom at Maker Faire!

Come join some of the editors and writers for GeekDad and GeekMom at the Bay Area Maker Faire this weekend, May 19-20, 2012, at the San Mateo County Fairgrounds in the EXPO Hall! There will be giveaways, contests, experiments, toys, … Continue reading

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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for May 18

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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Adam Savage’s Quest to Build a Replica Gun From The Fifth Element

Adam Savage’s Quest to Build a Replica Gun From The Fifth Element

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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for May 17

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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Fancy Geek Dad by Ken Denmead

http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.thefancy.com/sales/6003/geek-dad-by-ken-denmead&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAEoATAAOABAp5vR_QRIAlgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=SG7C85jx7iY&usg=AFQjCNHzX8NXyPUptS2bJ-kTNvse-RFdzw

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Retro Video Games in Real Life

http://www.neatorama.com/2012/05/16/retro-video-games-in-real-life/

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Letter From GeekDad’s Editor

Illustration: Joel Kimmel Before I was a geek dad, I was a geeky kid—with all the classic credentials. I played Dungeons & Dragons, watched Star Trek reruns every night, and had an awesome HO-scale train layout. But at that stage … Continue reading

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10 Science Concepts that Could Spawn Awesome Supervillains [Daily 10]

http://io9.com/5910327/10-science-concepts-that-could-spawn-awesome-supervillains

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Solar eclipse this weekend

http://phys.org/news/2012-05-solar-eclipse-weekend.html

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