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GeekDad on NPR’s Science Friday!

I had the incredible honor and thrill of being on NPR’s Talk of the Nation Science Friday last Friday, and chatting with host Ira Flatow (you all remember Newton’s Apple, right?) and producer Flora Lichtman about all things geeky and daddy. They suggested that the term “geek” may be on the way out, simply because […] Continue reading

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Happy Geeky Dads Day!

Here’s hoping you get the best. Gift. Ever. (time with your family) Continue reading

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Dork Tower Friday

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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Dork Tower Wednesday

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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Dork Tower Monday

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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9 Things Parents Should Know About Karate Kid

Before we get to the review I, as head of security for this blog, need to make a very important announcement: Piracy is illegal! We let you into this review with your cellphones, but if anyone pulls one out, even just to check the time, and I see the screen, I will kick you out […] Continue reading

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Geek Out With Pictures From the GeekDad Flickr Group

It’s been a really, really, really long time since we posted a slideshow from our Flickr group, and a lot of really cool, really geeky pictures have been submitted. Enjoy! Continue reading

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Dork Tower Wednesday

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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The GeekDads Episode #69: The One With All the SNAFUs

The GeekDads talk about the iPhone 4 announcement, and have some painful technical problems. 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

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The ThinkGeek Ultimate GeekDad Father’s Day Giveaway Adds a TiVo and (most of) Canada!

It’s a major award!*
Geek Dads are awesome, but don’t just take our word for it–read what Ken Denmead, editor of GeekDad, had to say about it:
Dads in general want their kids to enjoy the things they do, and Geek Dads are no different. But kids tend to react badly to being overtly maneuvered into their […] Continue reading

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