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 was thrilled to hear that CBS Home Entertainment will be releasing Star Trek: The Next Generation on Blu-ray. According to ...

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 spent a weekend watching them play with it, I was impressed at how this simple toy car controller changed the ...

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 always super, but I have gotten a lot of fun ones. This Core Dump is a collection of apps I ...

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 invented, and everything is communicated through numbers.

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 wraparound pleather seating, a popular design feature of the ’70s. The problem Chris faced was where to get genuine software ...

I arrived a little late today to CES (fog in Atlanta? Seriously?!) but I was able to hustle through the North Hall and part of the Central Hall for Day 1. Let me just say this — I’ve never seen so many accessory vendors for such a small number of ...

The talented Steve Thomas has a shirt for sale on TeeFury, today only, for $10. If you’re a fan of Doctor Who, especially if you are looking for something to complement your copious amount of TARDIS clothing, this shirt is a great option. It highlights Steve’s classic retro poster style ...

For some reason, I’ve always spent a lot of time driving. There was that decade where my in-laws lived 650 miles away, making for many long weekends spent on narrow, Northern Ontario highways. Then 13 years or so enjoying a 250-mile round trip commute for work, five to ten times ...

While the GeekDad team hides away in bunkers and basements planning their grand appearance at this year’s Maker Faire, on the other side of the Pacific Ocean (also known as “the future” due to timezone differences) a small group of intrepid Aussie makers and tinkerers are bringing the movement to ...

Open world full of mini-games gives families somewhere to get away to together, even when at home.