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 May 1

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Ken

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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Star Trek: The Next Generation Season One Blu-ray beams down July 24th

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Ken

http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/30/star-trek-the-next-generation-season-one-blu-ray/

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The 2012 VEX Robotics World Championships

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Ken

Photo by Tom Atwood used by permission from VEX Robotics. Last weekend, and the week preceding it, my daughter and I attended the 2012 VEX Robotics World Championships at the Anaheim Convention Center. This is my fourth and her second year working … Continue reading →

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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Apr. 30

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Ken

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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The GeekDads Episode #113: The Avengers Is Not a Failure (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Ken

Ken, Matt, Dave, James and Cory chat about Matt’s seeing Avengers, Ken’s seeing robots, and Dave seeing the dark side of Hockey fandom. Enjoy! GeekDad.com is the parenting blog at Wired.com, edited by Ken Denmead, Matt Blum, Jonathan Liu, Z … Continue reading →

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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Apr. 29

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Ken

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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Star Wars Land Coming To Disneyland Paris

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Ken

http://www.neatorama.com/2012/04/28/star-wars-land-coming-to-disneyland-paris/

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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Apr. 28

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Ken

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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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Apr. 27

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Ken

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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Watching 56 Star Trek episodes all at once is strangely hypnotic [Video]

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Ken

http://io9.com/5905533/watching-56-star-trek-episodes-all-at-once-is-strangely-hypnotic

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