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fitzwilliefitzwillie: "We study mathematics here" http://t.co/5513eqnK
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fitzwilliefitzwillie: "Star Trek:The Next Generation Amigurumi" http://t.co/zmpk1XDF
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fitzwilliefitzwillie: @dhewlett which one? ;). I know you'll be great- cant wait to see it!
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dhewlettdhewlett: @fitzwillie:@dhewlett you're doing TNT? Sweet!” Indeed! Watching your episode now for inspiration:http://t.co/MOnUXsZU
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fitzwilliefitzwillie: RT @JosephScrimshaw:After the JOHN CARTER fiasco,Disney plans to retroactively add "of Mars" to all film titles.Looking forward to Blu-Ray for BAMBI OF MARS.
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fitzwilliefitzwillie: @dhewlett you're doing TNT? Sweet!
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fitzwilliefitzwillie: "10 Arrrguably Awesome Things About Aardman's The Pirates!" http://t.co/i05AUDnD
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fitzwilliefitzwillie: "First “Doctor Who” Series 7 Trailer… Already?" http://t.co/VtkKPXO5
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fitzwilliefitzwillie: Still more than 800 concurrent readers,at this time on a Sunday?
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AiunyAiuny: All about Digital is out! http://t.co/ASSIwU3e ▸ Top stories today via @livepaola @fitzwillie
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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 [...] [...]

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 [...] [...]

4th Day of Geekmas

Congratulations to Andrew Maier,winner of our 3rd Day of Geekmas giveaway! Andrew Maier took home a signed copy of Lev Grossman’s The Magicians and a set of Musician’s Dice. That,kids,is Geekmas magic! On the fourth Day of Geekmas,we are going all high-tech on your collective keister. We’ve got another one of those [...] [...]

2nd Day of Geekmas

Congratulations to Jerry Lynde,winner of our 1st Day of Geekmas giveaway! Yesterday Jerry walked away with a prize pack from John Kovalic,including signed copies of both the Munchkin card game and a Dork Tower comic. So what do we have in store for today? On the second Day of Geekmas,the GeekDads could give [...] [...]

4 Parenting iPhone Apps to Avoid

For some reason it appears that every idea that anyone has for a new iPhone app becomes reality. So much so that when anyone poses a problem requiring a solution,someone inevitably replies –“there is an app for that”. This does make traversing the iPhone App store quite a challenge and finding quality apps [...] [...]

Video of the Weasley Boys Using the Harry Potter Spells iPhone App

Well,OK,it’s not the actual Weasley boys,but the actors who play the three most important ones. It’s fairly cool to see Rupert Grint (who plays Ron) and James and Oliver Phelps (Fred and George,respectively) playing with the Harry Potter Spells iPhone/iPod Touch app I wrote about a few days ago. Enjoy! [...]

DaVinci’s Secret Machines for the iPhone

DaVinci’s Secret Machines is a new iPhone game that recalls old PC games like The Incredible Machine,with Rube Goldberg-like machines built to solve physics puzzles. I got to try the game out recently,and it kept me entertained for a while. The graphics are nice,as you can see from the screen shots,with [...] [...]

Review:Harry Potter Spells iPhone App Is Magical,If Imperfect

I doubt there’s a single person of any age who,on reading the Harry Potter books or watching the movies,has failed to consider how useful it would be to have a magic wand. Now,for iPhone and iPod Touch users,if you want to pretend to be a Hogwarts student,there’s an app for [...] [...]