Tag Archives: Hacking the Holidays
8 Steps to a Geekier Chanukah
Today is the first day of Chanukah! The Festival of Lights begins tonight at sundown, so here are some geeky ways for you to celebrate! Continue reading
1st Day of Geekmas
Yes, it’s that time again, friends. It’s the holiday season, and here at GeekDad that means one thing: our annual 12 Days of Geekmas giveaway. Last year we favored you with fabulously geeky prizes for a dozen days, and this year we are all set to do it again. Only bigger.
Up for grabs today is […] Continue reading
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Tagged 12dog, captain dan, christmas, Dork Tower, GeekDad Podcasts, Hacking the Holidays, John Kovalic, Steve Jackson Games
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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Geekmas
Remember last December when we here at GeekDad unveiled our brand new nondenominational pseudo-holiday? Sure you do! We gave away stuff. Lots of stuff.
Last year we paused to present to you, our loyal readers, loads of fabulous prizes as part of our 12 Days of Geekmas – 12DoG to those in the know – giveaway. […] Continue reading
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Top 10 Geeky Christmas Decorations
We’ve all seen the ornaments Hallmark comes out with every year, and to be fair, some of them are excellent. There are a few Star Trek ones each year, and Star Wars ones, and other somewhat geeky ones, but they’re mainstream — and while there’s nothing inherently wrong with mainstream Christmas decorations, we are geeks […] Continue reading
2009 GeekDad Holiday Gift Guide #6: Green & Science
This week’s installment of the GeekDad gift guide covers science gifts as well as green gifts. Please leave a comment if we missed any, and don’t hesitate to click on the graphic above to see more gift suggestions.
Mythbusters Science Kits
Everyone’s favorite faux scientists, the Mythbusters have been explaining things forever on their awesome show. Now […] Continue reading
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Tagged Gifts, green, Hacking the Holidays, Holiday Gift Guide, Science, Science and Education
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GeekDad Day at the Wired Holiday Store FTW!
If you’d been following my tweets this weekend, you might have caught on that I was traveling back to New York for something special: the first GeekDad Day at the Wired Holiday Store. With the gracious support of our friends at LEGO, and the awesome help of Lee Magpili and his amazing Mindstorms builds, it […] Continue reading
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Tagged Adafruit, Hacking the Holidays, Lego, LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0, New York, Projects and Activities, Wired, Wired Holiday Store
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Happy Mini-Christmas — I mean, St. Nicholas’s Day
In 2004, as our then 18-month-old started to notice the holiday lights and bustle, I learned something new about my wife: St. Nick and Santa Claus used to visit her family. And not just her family: She asserted that this practice is, while not universal, not uncommon in Wisconsin, where she grew up. […] Continue reading
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Tagged Hacking the Holidays, Santa Claus, st. nicholas, st. nick
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Advent Calendar for Web Geeks
It has been running for a few years now, but this is a little reminder for all those coding and designing GeekDad’s out there that 24ways.org the advent calender for web geeks is doing it all again in 2009.
What is it?
24 ways is the advent calendar for web geeks. Each day throughout December we publish […] Continue reading
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Tagged advent, css, design, Everything Else, Hacking the Holidays, web design, web geeks
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2009 GeekDad Holiday Gift Guide #5: Miscellaneous!
This is my favorite of the guides, because of all the weird stuff that’s in it: T-shirts, posters, video games… even a little mystery! Check it out, and if you’re looking for more, don’t hesitate to click on the graphic above which will whisk you to a web site chock full of additional gift guides […] Continue reading
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Tagged Gifts, Hacking the Holidays, Holiday Gift Guide, presents
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Need Geeky Weekend Shopping Ideas? Look No Further.
Not interested in wrestling with some maniacal shopper for the last Bakugan Battle Brawlers Booster Pack? If you’re like me, your solution is to take your holiday shopping online. You know the obvious places like Lego.com or ThinkGeek.com but sometimes you need a few more suggestions. I’d direct you to our awesome Gift Guides! Click […] Continue reading
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