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How to Share World Cup Soccer With Your Kids (and Remain a Geeky Parent While Doing It)
If you haven’t taken notice yet, you’ll soon be surrounded by the fervor of the quadrennial soccer tournament officially known as the FIFA World Cup. Admittedly, sports don’t grace the columns of GeekDad very often; however, close examination of the world’s most celebrated competition reveal an edge that would make any geek proud. For instance, […] Continue reading
Unearthing Ancient Artifacts in Beverly Hills
My trips back home to Los Angeles are always frenetic and filled with mixed emotions. Too much family history. As always I visit my parents’ graves (sadly, my family reunions are slowly moving from my relatives’ homes, to the cemetery). But on this trip I’d reconnect with my father in a very different and most […] Continue reading
Dork Tower Monday
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Awesome Art for a New Geeklet’s Room
Kid’s Room from stefan vandegehuchte on Vimeo.
Geeky Dad Stefan decided he wanted something cool on his new son’s walls, and hired a local artist to come in a paint a fun mural. Best part: Stefan set up a camera to take time-lapse footage of the job, and has shared it with us. Well done Stefan, […] Continue reading
Dork Tower Wednesday
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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
Enter the Ultimate GeekDad Father’s Day Giveaway
We are partnering with our good friends over at ThinkGeek to give one person the coolest, geekiest Father’s Day prize pack ever assembled! 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 […] Continue reading
Images from the GeekDad Maker Faire 2010 Booth
We’re all still trying to catch up with life after the wonderful time at Maker Faire last weekend. GeekDad Anton has finally posted a great set of photos from the event, and we thought we’d share them with you. Enjoy! Continue reading
Teachable Moments: The Physics of Bowling (GeekDad Wayback Machine)
Everyone knows billiards as the default example for teaching classical dynamics, but is ten-pin bowling a better choice, especially for getting kids interested? My wife (who is a primary school teacher) and I are always on the lookout for teachable moments with our kids: those hiccups in time where a situation aligns with a child’s attention […] Continue reading
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
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