I’ve never doubted that the MythBusters were true rockstars, but now they are going on a live tour of the United States. That’s right, coming live to a city near you is the MythBusters: Behind The Myths Tour! Tickets just went on sale for over two dozen shows in the ...

In the wake of the (early) death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs last week, Simon & Schuster have brought forward the publication date of Walter Isaacson’s official biography “Steve Jobs“ to the 24th October, and rumour has it that Sony are buying up the rights to turn the book into ...

I’ll check in with a real article (and tons of photos) from Comic-Con tomorrow morning, as I’ve been too busy and too cursed with horrible hotel wi-fi to be able to compose something useful to this point. However, I can report that last night’s w00tstock 3.0 concert was just brilliant. It ...

Back in October, during his speech for the White House Science Fair, President Barack Obama officially announced that he had filmed an appearance on Discovery Channel’s MythBusters. That episode premieres tonight at 9pm ET/PT. Having watched a preview of the episode, I can say this: It’s a good episode. That’s really ...

GeekDad got the amazing opportunity to join the press at the White House this morning for President Obama’s remarks to the winners of the National Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Competitions. While we’ll have a report (and pictures) soon from our own Matt Blum, one great announcement that came ...

The geeks are speaking about “Geek A Week.” Cleveland artist Len Peralta’s quest to create a year-long trading-card style tribute to geekdom, which began last winter with a Jonathan Coulton card, is not only going strong 33 weeks in, but has landed a big CNN.com profile today with quotes from Adam ...

It is entirely possible that this is the best video ever made, and we can say that with only a trace of hyperbole. It’s got Craig Ferguson in a flock-of-seagulls wig, a brief appearance by the robot Geoff Petersen, Adam Savage in a space suit, and Jamie Hyneman sharing a ...

Break out your berets and black T-shirts: Summer break’s over for Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage and the rest of the MythBusters. According to The Discovery Channel, by the time the show’s 2010 run comes to an end in December, MythBusters will have tested 756 myths, conducted 2,349 experiments, set off 746 ...

The North Carolina Science Festival kicks off on September 11th. With hundreds of events scattered across the entire state, there’s something for everyone at the first of its kind festival. One event of particular interest to most GeekDad readers is “An Afternoon with Adam and Jamie.” On September 19th at the ...

It’s been great watching all of the GeekDad coverage of San Diego Comic-Con, and I am quite envious of the people who were able to attend this year. Fortunately nothing is really that far away on the internet, and I have been cruising the blogs, Twitter, and YouTube looking for ...