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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 →

Another in a long line of awesome rocket photos by GeekDad alum Steve Jurvetson, shared via the GeekDad Flickr Group. Continue reading →

As I wrote up the review of the customizable doorbell, it occurred to me that this is totally untapped list fodder. Just like we use ringtones on our phones to define and display our personalities (mine is the Guan-di song from “My Name is Bruce”), so too can our doorbells. In that spirit, here are […] Continue reading →

This is something I’ve wanted to be able to do for years. I imagine there have probably been some good DIY methods for a while (I could totally see doing this via Arduino), but the commercial variants have been slow to market for an idea that makes so much sense. I mean, if we are […] Continue reading →

It’s not often an actor gets to play one role with iconic geek cred, let alone three. But Richard Dean Anderson achieved that amazing track record playing every maker’s hero, Angus MacGyver, then Ernest Pratt, the writer turned old-west hero in the short-lived (but well-remembered) Legend, and finally Colonel (and later General) Jack O’Neill in […] Continue reading →

Ken, Matt, Jonathan and special guest David Hewlett chat about the geeky gifts we did (and didn’t) get for Christmas, and spread a little Tron love. Enjoy!
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GeekDad.com is the parenting blog at Wired.com, edited by Ken Denmead, Matt Blum and Chris Anderson. […] Continue reading →

Earlier this month, we reported about the impending nuptials of Doctor Who royalty David Tennant and Georgia Moffett. Further word has now materialized that the couple are expecting their own little Oodling. Bearing both 2nd and 3rd generation Time Lord genetic material, the child will no doubt be destined to save the universe. Congratulations David […] Continue reading →

When it comes down to it, comics are just soap operas with bigger effect budgets. But in the end, it’s the relationships that matter. Which is why Joe Stone’s graphical illustration of how the characters in the X-Men universe are related to each other is so illuminating.
By Joe Stone, found via io9.com. Continue reading →

Submitted without comment, other than “boy, I hope they have spumoni!”
By Louis K, via Laughing Squid.

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