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Geekly Reader: When You Reach Me Wins Newbery
Congratulations to Rebecca Stead, this year’s winner of the Newbery Medal for her book When You Reach Me. I’d read WYRM (convenient acronym, yes?) back in October and kept meaning to tell you all about it, but now it’s official: it’s a great book.
Sixth-grader Miranda is a latchkey kid in New York City, and […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, book reviews, Grace Lin, kid lit, Neil Gaiman, Newbery Award, People, Rebecca Stead, sci-fi
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Interview: Nathan Fillion Talks Firefly, Dr. Horrible, and Why Kids Need to Read
Nathan Fillion has, in the space of seven years, risen to the status of a geek icon. Beginning with his best-known role as Captain Mal Reynolds on Firefly, his work on several of Joss Whedon’s projects has transformed the former soap opera actor into a huge draw for the geek crowd. But there’s a lot […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, Firefly, interview, Kids Need to Read, Nathan Fillion, People, PJ Haarsma, Science and Education
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Happy Birthday Tom Baker!
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Thomas Stewart Baker was born on January 20, 1934 in Liverpool, England. He is, of course, best known for his work on the BBC series Doctor Who from 1974 until 1981. To date, his portrayal as the fourth incarnation of the Doctor is the longest of any other in the show’s history.
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Tagged Birthday, doctor who, Little Britain, People, Tom Baker
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Nerdcore Rising: GeekDad Interviews MC Frontalot
MC Frontalot is, by his own admission, “the arch criminal for some reason not / sought by authorities, though [he’s] been running wild for days.” This (intentionally humorous) characterization, however, quickly fades upon meeting the man himself. Front – real name Damian Hess – is, in reality, pleasant, articulate, soft-spoken and almost pathologically polite.
Most importantly, […] Continue reading
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Tagged Hip Hop, MC Frontalot, nerdcore, Nerdcore Rising, Penny Arcade Expo, People
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Happy Birthday, Sir Isaac Newton!
Today is Sir Isaac Newton’s birthday, as you know if you’ve been on Google’s homepage. In addition to laying out the Laws of Motion, he also did innovative work on the properties of light, as can be seen in this Lego re-enactment. I’ll be reviewing a new kids’ book about Newton — who was quite […] Continue reading
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Tagged Google Doodle, Isaac Newton, Lego, People, Physics
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What’s the Frequency, Kenneth: How GeekDads Tweet
Sure, we GeekDads can blog, but can we microblog, too? An ongoing visualization project by developer Anthony Starks reveals some interesting insights about how we use Twitter.
The project—TweetFreq—originated last May after Starks noticed certain profile pictures (ahem and ahem) showing up often in his Twitter timeline. Starks, a consultant with interests in visualization and design, […] Continue reading
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Tagged analysis, Anthony Starks, GeekDads, People, The Internet, TweetFreq, Twitter, use, visualization
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A Christmas Card from a GeekSon
This was created by my five year-old son using his toys and Smilebox.
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Tagged Everything Else, People, Star Wars, Toys and Technology, Xmas
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Professor and Comic Book Guy Rocks
Seeing stories like this warms the cockles of my heart. Or, as Denis Leary would say, ” maybe the sub-cockle area.” A former professor is donating his comic book and graphic novel collection, worth as much as $100,000 (Canadian), to The University of Western Ontario.
Eddy Smet was a professor at UWO’s Huron college for 30 […] Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Moore, Arts, Comic book, Comics, Denis Leary, People, Science and Education, Swamp Thing: Love and Death, University of Western Ontario, Watchmen
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Hubble’s Deepest View Yet and a Proud GeekDad
How does one go from being a Geek to becoming a GeekDad? For this GeekDad, the story is related to an image released Tuesday that was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. When I was fresh out of college, I was given the opportunity of a lifetime, the chance to work on the Hubble Space […] Continue reading
We’re All Gleeks — 10 Questions for Glee Co-Creator Brad Falchuk
In high school we all felt the crunch of growing up lost and seeking acceptance. We’re all gleeks in some sense of the word. Check out the GeekDad interview with Glee creator Brad Falchuk! Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, Brad Falchuk, Fox, Glee, Music, People, Television
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