Reading the Owly Books
by Owly is a cute puffball of a bird and is almost all eyes. The other creatures that populate the stories, including a worm, smaller birds …
Year: 2009
Is Your Daughter a Princess?
Penn Jillette created a few great videos about the princess issues encountered with his daughter. I wrote more about this on my latest GeekDad post: …
Harry Potter (The Exhibition) is Coming to Boston
On Sunday, October 25, 2009, Harry Potter The Exhibition opens in Boston. The exhibition will feature more than 200 authentic props and costumes from the …
Boston in the 1920’s
I came across this great video of sites around the Boston. Around the Common, the South End and the Back Bay look untouched. The financial …
100 Geeky Places to Take Your Kids This Summer
As I sat down with the Wife to plan some trips with The Son and The Daughter, I started creating a big wish list of …
Beyond the Horizon: The First Human-Powered Expedition to Circle the Globe
In Beyond the Horizon: The First Human-Powered Expedition to Circle the Globe, Colin Angus details his attempt to circumnavigate the globe. The book is up …
The Amazing Nano Brothers Juggling Show at the Museum of Science
On Father’s Day, The Son and I went to Boston’s Museum of Science. One of the highlights was Amazing Nano Brothers Juggling Show, combining atomic …
How Shall I Tell The Dog?
In How Shall I Tell the Dog?: And Other Final Musings, the late Miles Kington offers his observations about his diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. The …
Doug Goes to See Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
The Son and I went to see the new Ice Age movie. He liked the first two and watched them over and over again. But …
The Tour de France
The Wife and I are big fans of the Tour de France. Yes, we started watching it during the lance Armstrong years like many others …
Crittercam Post on GeekDad
For Father’s Day, The Son and I went to Boston’s Museum of Science. One of the highlights was the Crittercam exhibit. So I wrote up …
Happy Father’s Day
I am spending the day at Boston’s Museum of Science with The Son. (Mrs. Doug gets The Daughter for the day.) The museum is hosting …
Star Wars Cakes
I love a good cake. I also love the Cake Wrecks blog, highlighting horrors of cake designs. On the weekends, the blog highlights great cakes …
Lego Bricks in Bulk
I just published a new GeekDad post on getting mass quantities of Lego bricks: Finding Lego Bricks in Bulk. Ray Sims went to eBay and …
Swimming to Antarctica
I just finished reading the autobiography of Lynne Cox – Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer. She is a remarkable athlete with an …
A Visit to the Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation
A few days ago I took The Son to the Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation in Waltham. (The Daughter came along in her …
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That?
From Seussville.com Coming to your local PBS station in the fall of 2010, The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That. Read more …
Bay State Bike Week: May 11-17
May is National Bike Month and here in Massachusetts we’re doing our part to celebrate this event with Bay State Bike Week, May 11th -17th, …
Children’s Book Week
May 11 – 17, 2009 is Children’s Book Week. Read more in my post on GeekDad: Children’s Book Week. Read some of my other GeekDad …
GeekDad: Myst Fifteen Years Later as an iPhone Application
Myst just came out as an iPhone / iPod Touch application. I wrote about it on my new post on GeekDad: Myst Fifteen Years Later …