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GeekDad Review: Philips Hue
Philips Hue Personal Wireless LED Lighting, available in single bulbs and Starter Pack. Image copyright Philips I bit the bullet and bought a Philips Hue connected LED light starter pack back in...
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Hands-On Review: Affordable Soldering Irons from Weller
I’ve been asked to teach a “Build Your Own Robot” camp next summer (2014), and one of my intentions is to give the kids some hands-on practice with soldering. I’ve used lots of different soldering...
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Sparkfun Tutorial: Switch Basics
Switches (Image: Sparkfun) Check out this cool tutorial on switches from the folks over at Sparkfun. One of the most elementary and easy-to-overlook circuit component is the switch. They don’t require...
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3DS LetterBox App Offers Environmentally Friendly Alternative to the Holiday...
Updated LetterBox App on 3DS XL With the new updates to the LetterBox app that means you can record audio while you sketch and doodle your messages, it is fast becoming the best way for children to...
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Rediscovering Infocom Games With My Kids
Screenshot of Lost Treasures of Infocom I was a terrible speller in fourth grade, so terrible that once a day, I had to collect my things and go down to a third grade spelling group. I felt like a...
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Mugen 3DS XL Battery Grants Whopping 20 Hour Playtime
Son Weighs Up the Pros and Cons of the Mugen 3DS XL Replacement Battery I’ve tested a variety of 3DS battery expansions but none as big of hefty as this 3DS XL Mugen battery replacement. I was...
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Following up my review of the big Mugen 3DS XL battery the other day, we now have one to give away worldwide. To enter subscribe to the Family Gamer channel and post a comment on the video below that...
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Sports Geeks – Got to Get Basketball Time Machine
During this past holiday season, I had a chance to check out the very cool app, Video Time Machine 2012. The app cataloged videos from all the different pop culture events that took place during the...
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Kickstarter Alert: Learn Electronics with LightUp
LightUp This week, I was fortunate enough to represent GeekDad at the Make Hardware Innovation Workshop and saw a demonstration of a great project for electronics education. It is called LightUp, and...
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From the Mayor’s Desk – Week 2
My second week as a part of Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: New Leaf Mayor Program saw great growth in the once tiny town of Muswell. New neighbors, new attractions and new features all combined to make it...
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Need a Baby Monitor? Just Watch Your Baby Sleep
Several of my friends just had kids and asked for advice about which baby monitor to use. I have one answer: video monitor. The sound may be terrible and the picture may be fuzzy. But for new parents,...
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Two Fun Digital Activities For Youngsters
I’ve got a three year old son who is into everything — books, games, animals, trains, dinosaurs, Lego, dump trucks, pirates… the list is growing as I write. He’ll bounce from one interest to another,...
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Giveaway – Wicked Audio: Reverb Headphones
Reverb One of my favorite accessories companies, Wicked Audio, has just released a new series of budget friendly headphones – the Reverb. These urban-inspired, over-the-ear headphones provide...
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Learning to Code at the CoderDojo
Makey Makey in action at the CoderDojo By the time our kids reach the workplace, it’s going to be a massively high-tech environment, even more so than today, and many are just not prepared. A lot of...
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Ryobi TEK4 AllPlay Revisited: The MP3 Player for Those Who Play Hard and Hate...
Ryobi TEK4 AllPlay is no iPod Shuffle, but goes five times longer on a charge. That body is pretty much all battery. Photo by Brad Moon. I’m a bit of a gadget geek. Between my own electronics...
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Disney Story App Puts Storytelling at Your Fingertips
At the core of it all Disney is built on storytelling. It sounds pretty simple when you put it like that—nobody said magic had to be difficult. And aren’t we all storytellers in one way or another? I...
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Monster Mutants for Your Math Needs
Over on Kickstarter, Tom Beatty of The Dimension’s Edge just launched a new Kickstarter for the development of Monster Mutants Multiplication, a new PC/Mac program designed to teach kids about...
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Whovians Rejoice! Learn Gallifreyan Now
Image produced by program at http://www.shermansplanet.com/gallifreyan The Klingon language, the languages of Arda (Quenya and Sindarin from J.R.R. Tolkein’s novels), and Gallifreyan: What do they have...
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Kobo Aura HD Review: Amazing Display Makes This the Ultimate Device for...
Kobo Aura HD in Ivory (white), Espresso (brown) or Onyx (black). Image copyright Kobo It’s no secret that I’ve become a real fan of e-readers over the past few years. There’s a lot to like about the...
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Father’s Day Gadget Prize Pack
With Father’s Day right around the corner, I really got to thinking about about some of the gadgets that I, as a father, really like. Most of my favorite gadgets are not the same as what my father...
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