Congratulations to everyone that sent in a correct response for this past' Mondays Geekdad Puzzle of the Week, "Carets and Vees." Here is the puzzle as presented: For your shot at this week’s $50 ThinkGeek gift certificate, send in the count of counting numbers less than 2 million that are ...

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A pinhole projector provides a simple DIY way to view the eclipse without special equipment.

Vintage photo collection website The Retronaut offers up a wonderful collection of behind-the-scenes photos from sets of all three Back To The Future movies, including this great one of Marty with the judge who crushed his musical dreams — a cameo by rock star Huey Lewis of course. Head on ...

Last weekend my wife and I left our kids at their grandparents' and headed down to the South's true cultural hub, Atlanta, GA, for a night on the town. Saturday evening The Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center played host to sold out performance of The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of ...

"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here." These are the words Dante and his guide Virgil see inscribed over the gate to the underworld. And when we lived in Southern California, I always imagined the line printed over the entrance tunnel to Disney's iconic It's a Small World ride. That's ...

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Here are some no-tech games that you may have enjoyed as a kid. I sure did. Some can be done indoors. Some can be done by yourself or with just one friend. But most of them are best when done outside with a group of people. Also, most of these ...

Hasbro has been pulling out all the stops on the movie tie-in side of Battleship: new versions of the board game, both analog and electronic, featuring the alien opponents; a first-person-shooter videogame coming that reminds me of Halo; an update to the iOS app that adds the aliens. The best ...

Geeks, as a general rule, are pretty easy-going. We like to think things through, so passionate confrontations aren't commonplace for us. When we get well and properly provoked, though, watch out! We won't stop talking until every last point that we can think of has been made at least twice. ...