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.

Google sells 3D modeling application SketchUp

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Ken

http://phys.org/news/2012-04-google-3d-application-sketchup.html

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DIY, An Online Community For Creative Kids

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Ken

DIY, An Online Community For Creative Kids

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Shadowrun Returns Kickstarter Project Hits $1.5MM Super-Goal

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Ken

For many of us geeks, Shadowrun was one of the best pen-and-paper RPGs we played as kids. The mix of Lord of the Rings monsters and magic with a Blade Runner dystopian future was rife with amazing stories to tell … Continue reading →

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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Apr. 26

Posted on April 26, 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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How Syfy Will Bring Science Fiction Back to Television [Video]

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Ken

http://io9.com/5905013/how-syfy-will-bring-science-fiction-back-to-television

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The GeekDads Episode #113: The Avengers Is Not a Failure

Posted on April 25, 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. 25

Posted on April 25, 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 Live

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Ken

Watch live streaming video from geekdadtv at livestream.com

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A 7-year-old now has his own television show: Axe Cop is coming to TV! [Video]

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Ken

http://io9.com/5904789/a-7+year+old-now-has-his-own-television-show-axe-cop-is-coming-to-tv

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The GeekDads Podcast Live Tonight 7:00pm/10:00 PDT/EDT

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Ken

For those of you who enjoy our GeekDads podcast, we’ll broadcast the recording session live tonight. So if you’d like to waste an hour and participate via chat room, stop by right here at 7:00 this evening, Pacific Time. We … Continue reading →

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