It’s nearly six months since I first took the plunge and entered the world of e-Books and e-Book readers in a big way. As an avid reader and book collector (some would say hoarder), has the digital plunge been a game changer, or just another meh experience? I’m of that age ...

Arc Attack is doing their part to get kids interested in science and technology. Mr Wright of McCallum High School in Austin takes center stage in the Faraday cage as Arc Attack plays an original composition on their Singing Tesla Coils. For the record, Mr Wright was not electrocuted and emerges ...

A minor hero was turned into a rug. Another hero’s arm was ripped off. A hero tortured a bad guy for information. An entire city was destroyed and a little girl who was the daughter and granddaughter of heroes was killed in the destruction. The heroes were helpless to bring the ...

It hardly seems possible, but GeekDad is very nearly three years old. On March 15, 2007, our beloved Editor Emeritus Chris Anderson published the first article on this blog; it’s been a bit of a long and strange trip from there to here, but we the writers and editors couldn’t ...

If you’re a GeekDad or GeekMom, chances are your life is pretty busy. You’ve got kids to take care of, maybe a full-time job on top of that, and any time you have left over is easily filled with your geeky obsessions, right? You’re not one of these teens who ...

Where’s a Big Bad Wolf when you need one? The evil pigs (you can tell they’re evil because they’re green) have stolen all the eggs from the birds and are hiding in their houses made of sticks and stones and … ice? Well, in the absence of a wolf to ...

Okay, I'll start by putting all my disclaimers out there: I am a lightweight when it comes to drinking.  I'm fiercely protective of my kids.  I am opinionated. Now that we have that out of the way, has anyone else read this article? http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/03/02/brooklyn.babies.in.bars/index.html?hpt=C1 read more ...

As a parent I’m always interested in any help relating media and family. To this end I’ve been enjoying the debate around my piece on The Escapist that aims to bring a fresh take on how we should respond as parents to dark media experiences - and in particular video ...

Lewis Carroll, before sitting down to write Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland, was a mathematician at Oxford University. Though he was good at it, he found the work boring and his mind wandered. However, he did enjoy playing with numbers and developing secret messaging systems. Eventually, his boredom led to writing ...

Poor Godrick ! Seems like his assistant is not fully recovered from his head trauma ! What Godrick needed was the GeekDad readers to let him know he needed a little more information to price out each adventurer. The whole adventure will cost him 7500 Gold Pieces ...