Category Archives: GeekDad
The GeekDad Space Report for February 15, 2010
Welcome to another edition of the GeekDad Space Report! We have a quiet week coming up with no launches scheduled. The three launches scheduled last week all made it off the pad with a 1 day delay for the SDO launch due to high winds. Lets take a look at what else is going on […] Continue reading
Tales2Go: Great Stories, on an Okay App
Tales2Go is an an app that delivers stories for your children straight to your phone. Nothing extraordinarily new about that, and the company knows it. They are pitching to the crowded app store market that this is quicker and easier than downloading and syncing stories via podcast or audio file. They are promoting the delivery […] Continue reading
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Tagged App Store, Armchair Geek, len cabral, odds bodkin, storytellers, storytelling, takes2go, tales
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A Brief History of Pretty Much Everything
You know that feeling when you see something that somebody much younger than you has done, that blows you away with its creativity and execution, and you realize that you couldn’t make something that awesome now, let alone when you were that age? That feeling, gentle reader, is called “humility,” and, if you’re at all […] Continue reading
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Tagged animation, Electronic Geek, History, Science and Education, stop-motion, Video
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I Swear to Good You Are God At This
That’s the brain-twisting name of a new book dedicated to showcasing websites that highlight the creative arts. It’s published by Holiday Matinee, a marketing company that specializes in artists and graphic design.
I looked at the review copy I received with an eye to finding something new that might interest my kids.
I found a few possibilities. […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, Projects and Activities, The Internet
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Cogs Will Spin Your Gears
I’ve always loved sliding tile puzzles, from the simple number kind to distant relatives such as the Rush Hour Traffic Jam puzzles. There’s just something appealing about putting things back in order with only the one open square to work with. Cogs adds a new dimension to the idea.
Created by Lazy 8 Studios, Cogs was […] Continue reading
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Tagged Electronic Geek, iPhone Apps, review, sliding puzzles, Steampunk, Toys and Technology, Videogames
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Leftover Valentine’s Chocolate? Use It to Measure the Speed of Light
If you’re a long-time reader, you may remember the great leftover Easter Peeps microwave experiment. Well, today we’re going to be nuking leftover Valentine’s Day chocolate to demonstrate one of the constants of physics, the speed of light. Chocolate makes a very appropriate medium, because the heating property of microwaves was first discovered by a […] Continue reading
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Tagged chocolate, microwaves, Physics, Projects and Activities, Science, Science and Education
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Top 10 Geeky Fonts
There are two sorts of geeky fonts. First there are the ones that appeal to typography nerds because of their creator, history, mathematical beauty or whatnot.
Then there are fonts that appeal to geeks because they play on our geeky nostalgia, reference our hobbies or have a direct pop culture link. These are the ones compiled […] Continue reading
Happy Family Day, Ontario (And Everyone Else)
Happy Family Day to all my peeps in Ontario (Canada)! First celebrated in 2008, Family Day takes place on the third Monday of every February and is intended to give working parents a day dedicated to spending quality time with their families. Today marks the third annual Family Day in Ontario (Alberta and Saskatchewan also […] Continue reading
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Tagged Action Figure, Alberta, Canada, Hacking the Holidays, Ontario, Places, Royal Ontario Museum, Saskatchewan, Star Wars, Toronto
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GeekDad Puzzle Of The Week: Presidents Day
For a lot of people, Presidents Day means a day off and the chance to celebrate the accomplishments of our 44 presidents by taking advantage of a 12-hour sale at the shopping mall. For you, it means a little head-scratching to figure out this little deception. Email your solution (both the question and the answer) […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, President of the United States, Presidents Day, Washington's Birthday
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Wish Your Geek Mate a Happy Valentine’s Day
While some may argue that Valentine’s Day is nothing more than an excuse to support the greeting card and floral industries, I really thing it’s a great idea to have a day set aside for making sure you take a breath from the day-to-day routine and acknowledge the feelings that made you a geek parent […] Continue reading
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Tagged Hacking the Holidays, love, marriage, relationships, Valentine's Day
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