Remembrance of Things Past
Photo credit: "Magnavox Astrosonic" by .:Ruby Tuesday:. I have had a love/hate relationship with end-of-year “Top Music” lists. At their best, they’re insightful, helping me save time and money by...
View Article7 Lists About Gen Con 2016
So, the GeekDads are back from Gen Con, but—let's be honest—our minds are still there, retracing our steps through the exhibit hall, replaying great moments in the games we played, and regretting the...
View Article150 Geeky Media People You Should Follow on Twitter
Image by Ken Denmead NOTE: An updated list has been published. The list contained in this article is now out-of-date. Whether you’ve been using Twitter since 2006, are determined never to use it...
View Article150 168 Geeky Media People You Should Follow on Twitter
Two weeks ago, we published a list of 150 people that we thought anyone interested in geeky media of all sorts ought to be following on Twitter. The list was well-received, but, as with all such lists,...
View Article21 — No, 12 Geeky Reasons Why Rush Should Be Inducted Into The Rock and Roll...
Image: Wikimedia This month, the nominating committee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame meets to assemble a slate to vote on for 2011′s induction class. The factors that go into deciding who should be...
View Article10 Geeky Chimes for Your Doorbell
Image via Wikipedia As I wrote up the review of the customizable doorbell, it occurred to me that this is totally untapped list fodder. Just like we use ringtones on our phones to define and display...
View ArticleThe PAX East Geek Parenting Panel Recommendations List
During the GeekDad panel at PAX East, we made a number of recommendations for games, books and comics that we really like. A few people asked us after the panel if we’d make the list available, so...
View ArticleGeekDad Named a “Family Tech Blog You Should Follow”
We’d just like to thank the fine folks over at KneeBouncers.com blog for including both GeekDad, and our companion site GeekMom, as sites to follow. You can check out their list here. And be sure to...
View ArticleBBC News: 100 Things We Didn’t Know Last Year
100, photo by Nathan Barry Lists are great. They provide an simple way to impart knowledge and facts in a simple layout that can be scanned through and dipped in and out of quickly. We’ve been known...
View Article5 Geeky Reasons to Join the GeekDad Fantasy Baseball League
Geek parents: Get your kids and claim a GeekDad fantasy baseball franchise (photo: Kevin Makice) In the summer of 1985 while at at a two-week camp in Terre Haute, I met a media professor from Indiana...
View Article5 Geeky Reasons to Join the GeekDad Fantasy Baseball League (GeekDad Weekly...
Geek parents: Get your kids and claim a GeekDad fantasy baseball franchise (photo: Kevin Makice) In the summer of 1985 while at at a two-week camp in Terre Haute, I met a media professor from Indiana...
View ArticleTop 9 Ways to Celebrate Middle-Earth Day (GeekDad Wayback Machine)
Photo: Rob Chandler; used under Creative Commons Attribution license So today is Earth Day, and that’s a fine and wonderful thing. But we are geeks, so we don’t need much of an excuse to take the...
View Article67 Books Every Geek Should Read to Their Kids: A Printable List
The GeekDad community at Wired.com is committed to helping you raise geek generation 2.0. Back in March, we posted a list of our favorite books to read aloud to our kids before the age of ten. The...
View ArticleTop 5 Jackie Chan Movies to Watch With Your Kids (Happy Birthday, Jackie!)
Jackie Chan, photo by Gage Skimore, from Wikipedia via CC License. It’s often been said that Jackie Chan movies are a lot like Fred Astaire movies, only with fighting instead of dancing. With Chan’s...
View Article5 Villains Who Will Break Your Heart
Magneto by John Byrne, image © Marvel Comics I’m attended a Romantic Times Booklover’s Convention and I attended a workshop on villains that set me on the journey to this post. The panelists included...
View ArticleCritical Overthinking: 5 Things That Should Happen in Frozen 2, But Probably...
Disney making a sequel to Frozen may not be quite as certain as death or taxes, but it’s not far behind. The only movies that become that kind of blockbuster that don’t get sequels are the ones that...
View Article100 Things Your Kids May Never Know About (Revised and Updated)
Sony Walkman TPS-L2. Photo credit: splorp via flickr Those of you who have been following GeekDad for a while may remember the original version of this list. It was published back in the Wired days and...
View Article10 Geeky Things to Be Thankful For, 2014 Edition
No matter how rough things might be for you at times, you almost surely have some things in your life that make you feel lucky. Whether or not you believe in a deity or deities to whom to give thanks...
View Article9 Reasons Why Cats Are an Introvert’s Perfect Pet
Lavinius and Ezra. Photo: Jenny Bristol I’m an introvert. I also love cats. Cats are my favorite type of pet. And I’ve had plenty. Dogs, cats, dwarf hamsters, rats, snakes, bunnies, and even a...
View ArticleUse the New Boogie Board Jot 8.5 eWriter for All Your Doodles
The new Boogie Board Jot 8.5 eWriter. Image: Boogie Board When I was a kid, we entertained ourselves with those waxy board things with plastic pull-up covers. When my kids were little, it was the...
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