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As someone mentioned on Twitter, this is a trifecta of geek awesomeness. And it puts the iPhone in its proper place as an alien technology planted on Earth to catalyze our evolution into (more) sapient beings. You can see the original posting on Imgur here. Originally found via [...]]]>

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As someone mentioned on Twitter, this is a trifecta of geek awesomeness. And it puts the iPhone in its proper place as an alien technology planted on Earth to catalyze our evolution into (more) sapient beings. You can see the original posting on Imgur here. Originally found via Daring Fireball.

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Keep an eye out for boxes coming your way soon!

Come join some of the editors and writers for GeekDad and GeekMom

at the Bay Area Maker Faire this weekend,

May 19-20, 2012, at the San Mateo County Fairgrounds

in the EXPO Hall!

There will be giveaways, contests, [...]]]>

Come join some of the editors and writers for GeekDad and GeekMom

at the Bay Area Maker Faire this weekend,

May 19-20, 2012, at the San Mateo County Fairgrounds

in the EXPO Hall!

There will be giveaways, contests, experiments, toys, games, and much more!

Our good friends at Google run a daily puzzle challenge and asked us to help get them out to the geeky masses. Each day’s puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to Google mastery. Each morning at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time you’ll see a new puzzle, and the previous day’s [...]]]>

Our good friends at Google run a daily puzzle challenge and asked us to help get them out to the geeky masses. Each day’s puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to Google mastery. Each morning at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time you’ll see a new puzzle, and the previous day’s answer (in invisitext) posted here.

SPOILER WARNING:
We leave the comments on so people can work together to find the answer. As such, if you want to figure it out all by yourself, DON’T READ THE COMMENTS!

Also, with the knowledge that because others may publish their answers before you do, if you want to be able to search for information without accidentally seeing the answer somewhere, you can use the Google-a-Day site’s search tool, which will automatically filter out published answers, to give you a spoiler-free experience.

And now, without further ado, we give you…

TODAY’S PUZZLE:

Ancient Greek and Roman physicians treated patients with electrical shocks generated by a particular fish. Up to how many volts can it produce?

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER (mouseover to see):

Search [world’s largest herb] to find that it’s the banana, an herbaceous plant. Search [banana cluster] to learn that the grouping is known as a “hand.”

Our good friends at Google run a daily puzzle challenge and asked us to help get them out to the geeky masses. Each day’s puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to Google mastery. Each morning at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time you’ll see a new puzzle, and the previous day’s [...]]]>

Our good friends at Google run a daily puzzle challenge and asked us to help get them out to the geeky masses. Each day’s puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to Google mastery. Each morning at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time you’ll see a new puzzle, and the previous day’s answer (in invisitext) posted here.

SPOILER WARNING:
We leave the comments on so people can work together to find the answer. As such, if you want to figure it out all by yourself, DON’T READ THE COMMENTS!

Also, with the knowledge that because others may publish their answers before you do, if you want to be able to search for information without accidentally seeing the answer somewhere, you can use the Google-a-Day site’s search tool, which will automatically filter out published answers, to give you a spoiler-free experience.

And now, without further ado, we give you…

TODAY’S PUZZLE:

What do you call a cluster of fruit on the world’s largest herb?

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER (mouseover to see):

Search [Shakespeare’s longest play] to find that the play is Hamlet. Search [Hamlet opening line] to learn that the character of Bernardo opens by asking, “Who’s there?”