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Outtakes From the Awesome VW Star Wars Super Bowl Ad
It was one of the best ads from this past Super Bowl, and these outtakes just make it funnier.
In case you missed it somehow, you can see the original commercial here.
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THR Reports on Possible GeekDad Movie, TV Show
Some of you might have seen a little something that ran in “the trades” yesterday that is of interest to the greater GeekDad community. The Hollywood Reporter ran a story titled “GeekDad Blog and Books to Be Adapted for Film, TV.” The vibe of the piece is that GeekDad has been optioned by Hollywood and […] Continue reading
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Google’s Gone Steampunk Aquatic Today
We love how sometimes Google’s logos really skew into the geeky, and today is a prime example. I’m still trying to figure out if it’s the anniversary of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea or some such. Any ideas?
[Hat tip to @thebillmo for the pointer this morning!]
UPDATE: If I’d taken the time to click thru, I’d […] Continue reading
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Lego Letterpress Prints Awesome 8-Bit Art
Sam Cox and Justin LaRosa are graphical designers with a passion for Lego, so they decided to bring them together by creating a letterpress printing setup using Lego bricks, to print wonderful 8 bit-inspired artwork. This seems like such a simple and fun idea, it begs to be brought home as a family creative project! […] Continue reading
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The GeekDads Episode #84: Bullet Storm on a Powerpoint Presentation
Ken, Matt, Natania, and Jonathan chat about Egypt, FPS games for your 3 year-old, and how much we love Eureka. Enjoy!
Special thanks to our sponsor Maphook, the location-based social network for geeks!
GeekDad.com is the parenting blog at Wired.com, edited by Ken Denmead, Matt Blum and Chris Anderson. It is a community of like-minded […] Continue reading
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GeekDad and GeekMom are Finalists for the Bloggies!
Consider our minds blown, jaws dropped, and socks properly knocked off! Finalists for the venerable (for the internet) Bloggies were announced today, and our little blogs are right there in the mix with the big dogs. GeekDad is up for Best Parenting Blog and Best Group/Community Blog. GeekMom is up for Best New Blog (squee!). […] Continue reading
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Gives Boxing Day a Whole New Meaning (GeekDad POTD)
Image by Flickr user Olaf, found by Jonathan Liu.
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A GeekKid Birthday with Mentos and Diet Soda
Special thanks to John Voltz for giving me an official Eepybird.com Diet Coke & Mentos soda bottle fitting!
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Bollywood CGI Action Scene Rocks
Someone should tell the Wachowskis and Jerry Bruckheimer they’ve been pwned. And imagine if the Borg had been this cool!
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Dork Tower Thursday
Read all the Dork Towers that have run on GeekDad.
Find the Dork Tower webcomic archives, DT printed collections, more cool comics, awesome games and a whole lot more at the Dork Tower Website. Continue reading
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