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I’m taking pictures of the lunar eclipse as it happens here on the West Coast. I’ll take as many as I can before bedtime. Continue reading →

I have been called the Clark Griswold of my neighborhood, and while my kids are beyond the “age of credulity,” as a family we still get really, really into Christmas, including having an excellent holiday light display.
Indeed, before LED lights became the norm, I learned the fine art of load-balancing our light strings’ power draw […] Continue reading →

Ken, Matt, and John talk about Tron, Narnia and the 12 Days of GeekMas. Enjoy!
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 geeky parents writing about our experiences raising our kids in the digital age, and about our obsessions […] Continue reading →

For our friends in the greater New York metro area, I’ll be hosting a GeekDad family day at the Wired Holiday store, 692 Broadway at 4th Street, NYC from 1-4pm on Saturday. Bring the family and have some fun checking out some projects from my book and playing with all the neat stuff in the […] Continue reading →

A little birdie tweeted the news to us last night that a certain geeky world-famous illustrator and game creator has a birthday today. John Kovalic is one of our favorite people, and not just because he lets us run his Dork Tower webcomic here. He is a geek’s geek, and a doting dad as well, […] Continue reading →

Ken, Matt, John and Chuck talk about Harry Potter 7A, TRON, and the TSA. Enjoy!
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 geeky parents writing about our experiences raising our kids in the digital age, and about our obsessions […] Continue reading →

Warning: here on GeekDad, we run mostly positive reviews of things. Indeed, usually when we are sent things, there’s something positive to be said about them, and we’ll do our best to find it in a fair and balanced manner. But we are honest, too, and in the name of editorial honesty, when we receive […] Continue reading →

Even if it isn’t quite Thanksgiving yet, we’re all starting think about (and see in every store) Christmas. This year, GeekDad would like to offer you the chance to truly express your inner geek. Please consider the new GeekDad Christmas ornament as something to hang on your tree, in between your USS Enterprise ornament and […] Continue reading →

Ken, Matt, Jonathan and Dan talk about TRON, The Hobbit, and how geeky the holidays can be. Enjoy!
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 geeky parents writing about our experiences raising our kids in the digital age, and […] Continue reading →

Had to share this awesome illustration by Ulises Farinas and first spied on io9. Our family members are all huge fans of the Dr. Whoiverse, and it’s so much fun trying to identify everyone in the image. How many can you name? Continue reading →