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Comics Spotlight On: Dinosaur King
Happy Comic Release Day!
After I wrote a spotlight on Shonen Jump last month, Viz Media contacted me and sent samples of their various lines.
I picked Dinosaur King for this week because it’s a great representative of shonen (boy comics) for younger readers.
Summary: Like many shonen stories, the lead character, Max, is a young, impetuous […] Continue reading
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Easier Star Gazing With The Sky Calendar From The Abrams Planetarium
The Abrams Planetarium Sky Calendar is a nice and easy guide to the night sky. Subscribers receive three calendars style sheets every quarter. The calendar features the planets, phases of the moon and other interesting astronomical events for North America (40 Degrees Latitude). The reverse of side of the calendar has a […] Continue reading
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The GeekDads Episode #61: He Shoveled 15 Tons of Snow
The GeekDads talk about snow, Buzz, and raising racist kids. 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 with technology, family-friendly projects, […] Continue reading
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When I Was a Kid, We Got Our News From Kermit the Frog
When I was a kid, children’s TV programming meant Saturday morning cartoons and PBS. There weren’t a half-dozen cable networks devoted to kids’ shows around the clock, and it was therefore very difficult for kids to keep up with the day’s news. Fortunately, for those of us who loved Sesame Street, there was always Kermit […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, kermit the frog, Sesame Street, Video
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Quick! Get Yourself the Indie Love Bundle
I’m a big fan of “casual games,” the sort of thing that’s often played in a web browser; point-and-click puzzles, side-scrollers with some sort of twist, beautiful abstractions with lovely sounds. I stumbled across the Indie Love Bundle, a collection of six fantastic independent games (all of which have won some sort of award or […] Continue reading
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Tagged And Yet It Moves, Auditorium, Aztaka, computer games, Electronic Geek, Eufloria, independent games, Machinarium, Osmos, Toys and Technology
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Top 10 Geeks from Downunder
Despite the distance, we are holding our own in Australia when it comes to fostering geek culture. So, here is an introduction to some high profile Australian Geeks you should get to know. Feel free, anyone who lives on this side of the equator, to make your own nominations in the comment box.
1. Dr Karl
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Tagged Australia, bret mckenzie, dr karl, flight of the conchords, geeks, People, Top 10, triple j
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How to Raise Racist Kids
Step One: Don’t talk about race. Don’t point out skin color. Be “color blind.”
Step Two: Actually, that’s it. There is no Step Two.
Congratulations! Your children are well on their way to believing that <insert your ethnicity here> is better than everybody else.
Surprised? So were authors Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman when they started researching the […] Continue reading
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Tagged Black History Month, diversity, Everything Else, NurtureShock, Parenting, racism, Science and Education
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The Wii Laptop Brings Portable Wireless Gaming
This is definitely the most impressive and good fun modification/hack I have seen in quite some time. Not being at all up to speed with a soldering iron, I respect those of you who engage in this type of activity.
I await a video that shows some actual game play. But, think of the possibilities – […] Continue reading
Channeling Calvin on a Snow Day
Indiana has been a kid’s paradise recently. Snow days abound, and winter looks like winter. Throw in a birthday gift of The Complete Calvin & Hobbes, and we had the makings of a very geeky afternoon. Continue reading
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Dork Tower Monday
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.
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