Saturday, January 28, 2012

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Cuppow: Mason Jar Sippy Cup

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 17:29

Bwahaha, a simple, BPA-free way to turn a canning jar into a sippy cup! I can't tell if this is real, or the flatout-awesomest Portlandia parody product campaign ever. ...

Da-da’s Psychotronic Catalog of Extreme Mental and Physical States of Parental Vagabondage

Da-da’s Psychotronic Catalog of Extreme Mental and Physical States of Parental Vagabondage

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 11:45

Ex.9c. Bald midget-rubbing compulsion sets in. This is actually quite common. (Psst, Your Majesty -- entre nous -- they prefer, "little people.")

Successfully Hiding S#*! from my Daughter

Successfully Hiding S#*! from my Daughter

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 11:28

My daughter is a brilliant artist. She should be on the Next Great Artist show for the amount of quality pieces she cranks out. She can sit for hours ...

Nut Shot

Nut Shot

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 9:35

I was minding my own business on the couch. I was laying down, enjoying a little down time after a very active day. My eyes were closed because ...

Two…

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 7:15

Two more days. Yes, two more days of the Big Work Thing. Thank god...any more would surely kill me. (Yeah, so, totally sorry about the lack of anything remotely interesting but, ...

Frank The Exercise Nut

Frank The Exercise Nut

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 5:42

I wrote about the creative ailments that Segundo has suffered through and his story telling prowess but in the last couple of days he has come up with a whole ...

They Say Daughters Are “Easier” than Sons

They Say Daughters Are “Easier” than Sons

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 4:12

I’ve heard it said that daughters are “easier” than sons. Quite a few times actually, and now that I think about it, I’m not sure I’ve ever heard anybody tell ...

Me and Beautiful by the river

Me and Beautiful by the river

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 1:03

photo by Kendra at http://www.indieimagephoto.com/

CRITICAL DA-DA STOP

CRITICAL DA-DA STOP

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 21:00

Bed time

Bed time

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 20:23

As the little man has aged, our bed time routines have become, for lack of a better word, routine. Sure he's still got us wrapped around his finger, but now ...

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How HD is the New BluRay Star Trek: The Next Generation?

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 18:34

As a Star Trek fan from the very beginning, I love watching all the old series. We just got our first HD TV and Blu-ray player last month, so I ...

As A Father, I Could Never Hope For More

As A Father, I Could Never Hope For More

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 10:50

My baby is a baby no longer. My baby hasn’t been my baby for a while. This weekend our firstborn child, Haley, turns 10 years old. I’ve been arguing with ...

Dork Tower Wednesday

Dork Tower Wednesday

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 9:00

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 ...

Cars 2 AppMATes Is Perfect for Tiny Fingers

Cars 2 AppMATes Is Perfect for Tiny Fingers

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 8:45

Having read Jonathan Liu’s post on the Cars 2 AppMATes toy car controller for the Cars 2 iPad game, I’ve been itching to try my kids out on it. Having ...

Core Dump: Free and Formerly Free iOS Apps

Core Dump: Free and Formerly Free iOS Apps

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 8:30

I grab a lot of iOS apps when they’re free — quite often they’re free for a very limited time, before they go back up to regular price. Freebies aren’t ...

Gold Skylanders Spotted in Stores

Gold Skylanders Spotted in Stores

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 8:15

It’s been a rather Skylanders-filled week. There was the appearance of third wave figures on Amazon yesterday which I followed up with a meet the Skylanders guide to different characters. ...

Drop and Give Me Twenty

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 7:47

Dear Mr. Dad. It seems like every other day there’s a scary story in the news about childhood obesity and diabetes and more. What I rarely hear about is what ...

The Tipping Point: Girls, Geeks, Sexualization and How It Starts So Young

The Tipping Point: Girls, Geeks, Sexualization and How It Starts So Young

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 7:45

This winter, I wrote a column called “The Tipping Point,” about how geek and nerd society has reached the point where so many women have become involved that even though ...

Exquisite The Numberlys Blurs The Line Between App and Film

Exquisite The Numberlys Blurs The Line Between App and Film

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 7:30

The latest offering from Moonbot Studios is a gorgeous homage to Fritz Lang's Metropolis bundled up in a children's story about a world where the alphabet has not yet been ...

Reviving the Cray-1A Supercomputer

Reviving the Cray-1A Supercomputer

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 7:15

Back in August of 2010 the NYC Resistor blog had a post about Chris Fenton’s a 1/10h scale Cray 1-A Supercomputer. Chris built the scale model to great detail, including ...

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