GeekDad Holiday Store in New York City
by Join Ken Denmead, Editor of GeekDad, Matt Blum, Assistant Editor of GeekDad, me (!), and some other GeekDad writers at the Wired Holiday Store in …
So Your Kid Wants to be a Civil Rights Lawyer
Our Courts is a web-based education project designed to teach students civics and inspire them to be active participants in our democracy. They have produced …
The Business Side of LEGO
The Daily Mail has a a great story by James Delingpole on the business side of LEGO: When Lego lost its head – and how …
Compliance Building Round Up
Here are my posts on Compliance Building this week. House Passes Far-Reaching Bill Tightening Financial Rules Today, the House passed the Wall Street Reform and …
The Muppets: Ringing of the Bells
It’s like the song was written for them.
Books versus eReaders
I like this quote about books from Free by Chris Anderson (Editor of Wired magazine and GeekDad Editor Emeritus): “For all their cost disadvantages, dead …
Compliance Building Posts this Week
Here are links to my Compliance Building posts from the past week: Compliance Bits and Pieces for December 4 Here are some compliance related news …
Fun with Four Square
Lately I have been experimenting with Four Square, a location-based social networking platform. For me, adding the geographic component of social networking adds another serendipity …
GeekDad Posts
In case you missed them, here are some of my recent posts on GeekDad, the parenting blog of Wired.com. Also, there is a new GeekDad …
Recent Compliance Building Posts
Here is a list of my recent Compliance Building posts: Happy Thanksgiving That means an extra long weekend for me. Engage with Grace With the …
The Brightness of the Sun
The bright sun greets the International Space Station in this Nov. 22 image, taken from the Russian section of the orbital outpost and photographed by …
The 100 Greatest Quotes from The Wire
One of my favorite shows on television was HBO’s The Wire. An enterprising soul put together the video below of some of the best quotes …
What is like on top of the Tallest Building in the World?
Judge for yourself. (I got a little shaky just watching it.) Here is a video from the top of the Burj Dubai Spire. That’s 2,684 …
Battleship Cove
For Columbus Day, I took the kids down to Fall River’s Battleship Cove. They had such a good time that I decided to put it …
Happy Halloween!
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Neil Patrick Harris and Batman
If you’ve seen How I Met Your Mother or Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, then you are probably a Neil Patrick Harris Fan. But you may …
Captain Mal Returns
You will need to be a Firefly fan to get the humor in this clip from last night’s Castle:
1961 Photos of the Ascent of Cassin Ridge
The American Alpine Club just published a set of pictures from Richard Cassin’s ascent of Mount McKinley. His route, to become known as Cassin Ridge, …
Book Review: The Road by Cormac McCarthy
For a gripping father-son story, try The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I devoured this book in two days. Perhaps “devoured” is a poor choice of …