Tag Archives: Hacking the Holidays
Merry Christmas From GeekDad
Here’s hoping you and your kids gave and received many wonderful, geeky gifts that you can share with one another for the the next year and the rest of your lives. Cheers!
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Santa In Training: A Checkout Before The Big Flight
Tonight is a big night for a certain big guy. Santa Claus has already begun his ride and folks all over the world expect this night be smooth. But how can we all be so sure Santa is ready?
In order to achieve this great feat Santa has to undergo a number of stresses that generally require a […] Continue reading
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Tagged Hacking the Holidays, NASTAR Center, Santa, Virgin Galactic
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A 12 Days of Geekmas Wrap-Up
Congratulations to Doug Metz, winner of our 12th Day of Geekmas giveaway. Doug took home a $200 Sears gift card, a Star Wars iPhone case, a set of Musician’s Dice and the HP MediaSmart Server EX490. Moreover, he will forever be known as the grand champion of 12DoG ‘09!
Let us pause momentarily to bask […] Continue reading
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Tagged Discovery Channel, Hacking the Holidays, Hewlett-Packard, HP MediaSmart Server, iPhone, Star Wars
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Some Razzleberry Dressing Would Be Nice
Disney’s A Christmas Carol, favorably reviewed by GeekDad’s Jason B. Jones, is but the most recent in a long line of screen adaptations of Dickens’ classic. And through the years, I’ve argued with many fierce partisans over their favorites.
There’s the 1951 black-and-white version with Alastair Sim, considered by many to be the defining Scrooge. (I’m […] Continue reading
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Tagged A Christmas Carol, animation, Hacking the Holidays, Television
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12th Day of Geekmas: Star Wars iPhone Case, Musicians Dice, Sears Gift Card, HP MediaSmart Server!
Congratulations to Adrian Smith, winner of our 11th Day of Geekmas giveaway! Adrian got a set of Musician’s Dice, a Star Wars iPhone case and a $50 Sears gift card. I will simply assume that those helped to make Adrian’s holiday season a little brighter. If that’s not the case, just don’t tell me. It […] Continue reading
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Tagged 12dog, Dice, GeekDad Podcasts, Hacking the Holidays, HP MediaSmart Server, iPhone, Jonathan Coulton, sears, Star Wars
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11th Day of Geekmas
Congratulations to Jessica Augustson, winner of our 10th Day of Geekmas giveaway! Magnificent prizes from our friends at Adafruit are now yours, Jessica, as is the bitter jealousy of your fellow GeekDad readers.
As we enter the home stretch, we are kicking things up the proverbial notch. Therefore, in addition to the requisite Star Wars iPhone […] Continue reading
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10th Day of Geekmas: Drawdio and MiniPOV from Adafruit
Congratulations to Sheila Meidell, winner of our 9th Day of Geekmas giveaway! She scored a copy of EA’s Brutal Legend, as well as a set of Musician’s Dice. Sheila likes music and games, so it seems only fitting that she won.
Today is our 10th Day of Geekmas, and it’s delightfully techy. Up for grabs are […] Continue reading
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GeekDad Live From the Wired Holiday Store in NYC!
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9th Day of Geekmas: Musician’s Dice and Brutal Legend
Congrats to Steven Crawford, winner of our 8th Day of Geekmas giveaway! Steven scored an Entertainment Earth exclusive Star Trek TOS Golden Phaser and Communicator set, as well as a $50 Sears gift card. Ain’t that something?
On this, our 9th Day of Geekmas, we’re giving away prizes related to my two great passion: animal husbandry […] Continue reading
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GeekDad Day at the Wired Holiday Store This Saturday
If you haven’t heard the word via Twitter or elsewhere, here’s the official plug: GeekDad has been invited to curate three “GeekDad Days” at the Wired Holiday Store in New York this year, and the LAST one is this coming Saturday from 1:00pm to 2:30pm local time. We’ll be doing build challenges with LEGO bricks, […] Continue reading
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