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Of the many great things that happened today, Voyager 2 made its closest approach to the planet Neptune in 1989. To celebrate, I made a …
The personal side of Doug Cornelius
Of the many great things that happened today, Voyager 2 made its closest approach to the planet Neptune in 1989. To celebrate, I made a …
I dragged the kids over to the Charlestown Navy Yard in my continuing quest to visit and write about each of the 1,000 Great Places …
Last year, I tagged along with The Son’s field trip to the Science Discovery Museum in Acton. I thought it was a great idea for …
While in Iowa with the kids, Mrs. Doug had the brilliant idea of taking them to the Blank Park Zoo. Here are some pictures: Blank …
Today, the 97th edition of the Tour de France starts in Rotterdam, kicking off three weeks of bicycle racing. Twenty-one teams of nine riders each …
Time made its annual pick of blogs they can’t live without for 2010. Making the list was my own GeekDad. “There’s no better mix of …
Combine LEGO Bricks and the guts of a video game console and what do you get? Read about this great project in my latest post …
Space shuttle Atlantis soared into orbit from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the STS-132 mission to the International Space …
An unprecedented collection of GeekDads descended on the first edition of Pax East. Somehow we had convinced the organizers that their attendees would be interested …
Friday night, I will be in the Wyvern Theatre at Pax East speaking on Bringing up the Next Generation of Geeks. If you are attending …
When picking up The Daughter, I was horrified to see a montage of the solar system on the wall of an adjacent classroom with nine …
The schedule for Pax East has been released. What is PAX East? PAX East is a three-day game festival for tabletop, videogame, and PC gamers. …
The Son has been highly interested in the LEGO Atlantis collection. Yesterday, when he got the LEGO Atlantis Neptune Carrier, I decided to film him …
Being a real estate guy, I have a big interest in maps and the visualization of the land around us. Google Earth has provided a …
The Son has been highly interested in the LEGO Atlantis collection. Yesterday, when he got the LEGO Atlantis Turbo Typhoon Sub, I decided to film …
I finally got The Son to listen to chapter books for bedtime reading. I had no success with the Harry Potter books. His babysitter recommended …
Location-based games and location-based social networking sites have exploded along with the proliferation of GPS enabled phones. I’ve tried my hand at BrightKite, FourSquare, and …
Several GeekDad writers will host a panel at PAX East. The panel, titled “Bringing Up the Next Generation of Geeks,” will include Dave Banks, Natania …
A few weeks ago I started comparing LibraryThing, GoodReads and Shelfari to see which one was the best for tracking books online: Tracking Your Books …
What is missing from your coffee drinking experience? Does it have enough geek? Does it have enough dad? Probably not. But how can you fix …