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Short But Hairy: International Moustache Month

Last year I participated in International Moustache Month, one of the panoply of February's celebrations of the fuzzy face. As I said back then, the Way of the GeekDad is about being a geek, but it's also about being a dad. And nothing screams "Dad" as ...

From CHRIS RADCLIFF, Wired,  2 Feb 2009

The Anti-GeekDad, Circa 1914

Lest we take the modern GeekDad for granted, I submit for your attention this comic strip from 95 years ago regarding the exploits of a 'lectric-obsessed child and his less-than-supportive father. (Click through for the rest of the comic.) This was ...

From CHRIS RADCLIFF, Wired,  21 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Bill Gates

Happy Birthday, A. A. Milne

I celebrated with the Geeklet by having some honey in our pancakes and reading from Now We Are Six at the breakfast table, but there are many possibilities: Have some condensed milk with honey (and never mind about the bread), take a brisk walk in the ...

From CHRIS RADCLIFF, Wired,  19 Jan 2009

Geek Madness: Vote for the Secretary of Geek Affairs

Geeky musicians Paul and Storm have created what might be the ultimate showdown of ultimate geek destiny: ...as the first geek President, Barack Obama would do well to reward this important and influential constituency by creating a new cabinet post: ...

From CHRIS RADCLIFF, Wired,  30 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Wil Wheaton,  John Hodgman,  Steve Jobs,  Steve Wozniak

Popular Science/Mechanics On Google Books

It has come to my attention that Google scanned decades upon decades of Popular Science and Popular Mechanics magazines (from the 1870s to the 2000s) and offered them in full online as part of the Google Books service. Let the nerdgasmic loss of ...

From CHRIS RADCLIFF, Wired,  11 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Popular Science,  Popular Mechanics

Behind Spacehack: GeekDad Talks to Ariel Waldman

Spacehack is a fantastic new site, billed as "...a directory of ways to participate in space exploration, interact + connect with the space community and encourage citizen science." The site is the brainchild of Ariel Waldman, recently named one of the ...

From CHRIS RADCLIFF, Wired,  2 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Wordpress,  Twitter Inc

Name the Next Mars Rover

Back in 2003, NASA partnered with LEGO and The Planetary Society in asking children to name the two Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. This time around the space agency has teamed up with WALL-E (a natural choice) to invite kids to name ...

From CHRIS RADCLIFF, Wired,  20 Nov 2008
Related Topics: NASA

Visiting Zürich? Hike Through the Solar System

A wise man once said, "Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is." Still, there are a few ways to help our tiny brains (and our tiny offspring) get a sense of just how big our (solar) neighborhood can get. One ...

From CHRIS RADCLIFF, Wired,  13 Nov 2008

Hodgman Knows An Alien When He Sees One

TED just posted a talk by John Hodgman (of pretty-much-everything fame, but most notable as "PC") that should cut straight to the heart of any geek. I could say that it involves lost time, aliens, a summer day, tourism, Liberians, the reliability of ...

From CHRIS RADCLIFF, Wired,  23 Oct 2008
Related Topics: TED,  John Hodgman

Enigma: Crypto-cryptography for Kids

No, that's not a typo. Graeme Base's newest book Enigma can teach kids about cryptography, but it deserves an extra "crypto" for the clever way the subject is hidden in a story about magic, friendship, and family. Bertie Badger visits his grandfather, ...

From CHRIS RADCLIFF, Wired,  21 Oct 2008

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