Author Archives: Kens-GeekDad-Posts

Image via Wikipedia I am a Halloween Geek. It is my favorite holiday, hands down. When my daughter turned three, I decided I would throw an annual Halloween party for me… er, I mean her. Each year we pick a theme and go crazy with it. This summer, our eldest watched the three original Star Wars […] Continue reading →

“I’m gonna be Aang for Halloween!” That’s music to this GeekMom’s ears, and not just because the costume is as simple as greasepainting a blue arrow on my preschooler’s shaved head. No, I’m delighted because my son picked a first-rate cartoon role model. It’s true that he’s a little younger than the target audience for […] Continue reading →

Bringing the whole wonderful experience that has been our involvement in the MoonBots Challenge to a close, we’re happy to deliver this video of the winning team visiting Lego Headquarters in Billund, Denmark (hence the Danish voiceover) and showing off their championship design. They even got to meet the CEO of the company! How cool […] Continue reading →

While many of us have probably used Lego parts to simulate scientific principles of one kind or another, reader Kee Nethery discovered that Duplo bricks will actually behave in strange and scientific ways when put through, of all things, a clothes washer:
We ran our son’s Duplo Lego bricks through the clothes washer in preparation […] Continue reading →

ComBots invites all Bay Area GeekDad readers to “ComBots Cup V,” the fifth annual heavyweight robot combat championship. This event highlights the best combat robot teams in America and their 220 pound flame-throwing, blade-spinning, titanium-shearing robots of destruction! This year’s event is Saturday/Sunday, October 23-24th from 2-7pm in San Mateo (at the event […] Continue reading →

Homemade Spacecraft from Luke Geissbuhler on Vimeo.
This is not the easy weekend project I included in my book (over there, in the sidebar). This is something that took Luke Geissbühler months of research and planning, plus he’s a professional … Continue reading →

Bay Area Geek Dads and Geek Moms, mark your calendars for October 24th! The Mini-Maker Faire is coming to Oakland, and they have a line-up you can’t miss, especially if you have mini-Makers under your roof. Just a sample of the over 100 exhibits, activities, rides, craft booths, and bands that await you […] Continue reading →

Ken, Matt, Chuck and John chat about Star Wars on 3D, and over-engineering your toaster. 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 […] Continue reading →

No, it’s not just the movie. Nor is it the (fun, but limited) soundboard available now. No, someone is making an Army of Darkness game for the iPhone:
The movie might not seem like a good fit for touchscreen platforms, but Backflip told Touch Arcade the game will rely heavily on castle-defense mechanics. Players will use […] Continue reading →

Ken, Matt and Jonathan chat about all the amazing games at PAX, and work on ideas for some new Great Bacon Odyssey posts. 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 […] Continue reading →