The Revolutionary Future of Publishing
by Will the world of book publishing be subject to the same revolution as the music industry because of digital content? With the Kindle (or iPad …
Pax East Schedule Announced
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. …
LEGO Atlantis Neptune Carrier
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 …
Geeky Images from Space
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 …
New England Winter Weather Signs
Translating winter road conditions into “New England-ish”: from FailBlog: New England Road Sign Win.
Compliance Building Roundup
Here are the past week’s posts from my Compliance Building blog on compliance and business ethics: —- Compliance Bits and Pieces for February 19 February …
LEGO Atlantis Turbo Typhoon Sub
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 …
America’s Cup – Now Brought to you by BMW and Oracle
With all of the non-traditional sport focus on the Olympics, I nearly missed the news that the America’s Cup sailing competition was happening in Valencia …
Difference Between Being an Adult and a Parent
One of the differences between being an adult and a being parent: When you are awake in the middle of the night and covered in …
The Lightning Thief
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 …
The Winter Olympic Events I Want to See
I don’t have Olympic fever because I’m not that interested in the headline events. My tastes are a bit quirkier. I hate ice skating. The …
Here I Am. . . . Again
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 …
Who Says You Need a Mountain to Snowboard?
They got feet of snow in Washington, D.C. with no mountains to go snowboarding. Who needs a mountain? With that much snow on the ground …
Home of the World’s Worst Weather?
During an April storm in 1934, a wind gust of 231 miles per hour (372 kilometers per hour) threw itself across the summit of Mount …
PAX East? Join Me There!
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 …
Catalog Your Books Online
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 …
Compliance Building Round Up
Here is a collection of posts from my professional blog: Compliance Building. Compliance Bits and Pieces for January 29 January 29, 2010 Here are some …
GeekDad: The Mug
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 …
Strange Maps
Being in the real estate industry, I am a big fan of maps. I like how they help visual the world around us. There is …
Today is Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day .. pop, pop, pop, pop….
Bubble Wrap was created by two engineers, Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes, in 1957. They went on to form the Sealed Air Corporation (US) in …