Author Archives: Kens-GeekDad-Posts

Scooby-Doo never dies, no matter how badly he gets savaged.
For this, I am grateful. As a diehard fan, having grown up in the ’80s with after-school reruns, I have raised my boys, ages 5 and 15, with those classics. This is why the latest direct-to-DVD entry, Scooby-Doo: Abracadabra-Doo!, is such a big deal for […] Continue reading →

This is just too funny. And there’s a complete how-to! Done by our friend Ken of Hammy the hamster fame.
Make the Steve Jobs cheese head.
See also:
Hammy the Hamster Goes Organic
Hammy the Hamster Rides Again Continue reading →

Read all the Dork Towers that have run on GeekDad.
Find the Dork Tower archives, DT printed collections, more cool comics, awesome games and a whole lot more at the Dork Tower Website. Continue reading →

The GeekDads talk about the GeekDad Awards, Google Fiber, and the joy that is Chineselinuxuniversity.net. 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 →

Poison centers, which usually amount to phone banks with physicians or trained specialists standing by 24-hours a day, are one of those little public services that can literally save lives with a few words. Last month, the Illinois Poison Control Center published a “Day in the Life of a Poison Center” on its blog, showing […] Continue reading →

This picture is why I started GeekDad. It was taken about two years ago on our back patio and shows my then 9-year-old Daniel and me with our Lego UAV, which we had just built together. He was into Lego, and I was into robotics. I’d been given a RC plane and had got […] Continue reading →

Read all the Dork Towers that have run on GeekDad.
Find the Dork Tower archives, DT printed collections, more cool comics, awesome games and a whole lot more at the Dork Tower Website. Continue reading →

I have been a huge fan of Internet radio for a long time. It has introduced me to many bands I’d never have heard of otherwise (whose music I went on to purchase). And network Pandora has taken the Internet radio phenom one step further, adding an excellent social media aspect to their service that […] Continue reading →

Read all the Dork Towers that have run on GeekDad.
Find the Dork Tower archives, DT printed collections, more cool comics, awesome games and a whole lot more at the Dork Tower Website. Continue reading →

Read all the Dork Towers that have run on GeekDad.
Find the Dork Tower archives, DT printed collections, more cool comics, awesome games and a whole lot more at the Dork Tower Website. Continue reading →