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Prelude to Maker Faire: What’s It Like When You’re About To Be Struck By Lightning

I had the awesome opportunity to step into Arc Attack’s Faraday cage at Maker Faire 2010 last year and see what it’s like to sit in the middle of two Tesla Coils running wild. It was, in a word, AWESOME! They’ll be back this year, and anyone who’s attending should see if they can get […] Continue reading

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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Wednesday, May 18th

As we’ve reported before, our good friends over at Google are starting up a daily puzzle challenge. Each day’s puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to Google mastery.
And much to our enjoyment, they’ve decided to share the puzzles with us at GeekDad (hmm… Google a Day? GD? GeekDad?), so each […] Continue reading

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Will No One Face Me?!?! (GeekDad POTD)

Fantastic image from Reddit, where user jomeisirdaniel says he made a chain mail shirt for his son out of Coke can tabs. I think I’d react like that as a kid, too. Good work, dad.

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Prelude to Maker Faire: Still Life on Etch-a-Sketch

[All this week, we’ll take a look back to previous Maker Faires and share some of the things we’ve enjoyed, and are so looking forward to doing again this year. This post by Jonathan Liu originally appeared on May 27, 2010.]
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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Tuesday, May 17th

As we’ve reported before, our good friends over at Google are starting up a daily puzzle challenge. Each day’s puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to Google mastery.
And much to our enjoyment, they’ve decided to share the puzzles with us at GeekDad (hmm… Google a Day? GD? GeekDad?), so each […] Continue reading

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Best Bookmark Ever (GeekDad POTD)

GeekDad Matt came across this one, and we have to agree, it’s pretty cool. My only worry would be getting the witch-jelly stains out…
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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Monday, May 16th

As we’ve reported before, our good friends over at Google are starting up a daily puzzle challenge. Each day’s puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to Google mastery.
And much to our enjoyment, they’ve decided to share the puzzles with us at GeekDad (hmm… Google a Day? GD? GeekDad?), so each […] Continue reading

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GeekMom & GeekDad at Maker Faire

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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Sunday, May 15th

As we’ve reported before, our good friends over at Google are starting up a daily puzzle challenge. Each day’s puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to Google mastery.
And much to our enjoyment, they’ve decided to share the puzzles with us at GeekDad (hmm… Google a Day? GD? GeekDad?), so each […] Continue reading

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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Saturday, May 14th

As we’ve reported before, our good friends over at Google are starting up a daily puzzle challenge. Each day’s puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to Google mastery.
And much to our enjoyment, they’ve decided to share the puzzles with us at GeekDad (hmm… Google a Day? GD? GeekDad?), so each […] Continue reading

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