Ken’s Twitter Stream

fitzwilliefitzwillie: Truism:if an email starts with "If you're having trouble viewing this email..." then you probably don't want to anyway.
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fitzwilliefitzwillie: "Lego Friends Samantha Carter" http://t.co/C3aT9LYc
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KeriMorgretKeriMorgret: Wonderful calendar (with email option!) of Bay Area Science events. http://t.co/CR7Aorgy cc @fitzwillie
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fitzwilliefitzwillie: "LEGO USS Reliant From Star Trek II:The Wrath of Khan" http://t.co/wpFNjnEM
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DanCitizenDanCitizen: @fitzwillie Real dads do cloth diapers. Read Daddy Dan's Guide to Diapers http://t.co/4PwaOL9M
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heaathherrrheaathherrr: RT @dhewlett:“@fitzwillie:"A Hilarious New Web Series From Stargate’s David Hewlett" http://t.co/M13fkdZj” Thank you GeekDad!
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glenn_evansglenn_evans: RT @dhewlett:“@fitzwillie:"A Hilarious New Web Series From Stargate’s David Hewlett" http://t.co/M13fkdZj” Thank you GeekDad!
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KeriMorgretKeriMorgret: @fitzwillie I wonder how many patents they have on the sorting and automated robots. Betting they did storage bins in-house,too.
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fitzwilliefitzwillie: @KeriMorgret The automation is mind-boggling!
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EnaxuEnaxu: RT @dhewlett:“@fitzwillie:"A Hilarious New Web Series From Stargate’s David Hewlett" http://t.co/M13fkdZj” Thank you GeekDad!
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Toy Fair 2010 is Coming –And GeekDad Will Be There

I’m excited to go to the NYC Toy Fair again this year and an thankful that I have more time to plan for it. Rumor is that one or two other GeekDad contributors will be there so a meet-up is hopeful. The fair is growing this year with over 1200 exhibitors and a reported 7000 never [...] [...]

Retro Japanese Toy Posters Show Us What We Were Missing

When I was a kid,I remember visiting Japantown in San Francisco and drooling over all the cool toys in the shops there. Well,our friend Frankie just posted a great set of scans of classic Japanese toy posters that brought that feeling back again,including the wicked cool-looking videogame above (hey,it has English [...] [...]

Cool Timeline of Consumer Tech is a Scrapbook for Geeks

Online ad company Permuto put up this nifty graphic on their company blog,showing a timeline of consumer technology from Pong forwards. Obviously we GeekDad could have added a few dozen suggestions to the list,but how many of the devices played a part in your formative years? And what will the devices that fill [...] [...]

Marble Raceways Are a Perfect Gift,but Which One is Right for Your Geeklet?

Marble raceways are a near perfect Geeklet toy —lots of physics and engineering lessons to be learned,no batteries,etc…Yet,sometimes the frustration factor is just too high. We’ve got a magnetic one that sticks to the dishwasher,for example,that loves to deposit marbles under said dishwasher. The key is finding the right [...] [...]