We’re so excited that Colorado now has its very own Maker Faire! If you’re within driving distance, be sure to join GeekMom Judy and me on Saturday, October 5th at the Rocky Mountain Center for Innovation and Technology for some Maker fun!
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I was given the opportunity to review the SunTactics sCharger 5 USB solar charger. It’s by far the most lightweight portable device charger I have ever seen, which makes it ideal for backpacking and when you have to travel via air with just a carry-on bag. Read on about my impressions.
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On Tuesday, Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate introduced the agency’s newest social networking capabilities.
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I leapt at the chance to review Nerf’s newest products: the Zombie Strike line of products, which includes dart blasters, foam machettes, and other accessories. First available at SDCC this past July, we received a pair of blasters and darts in early August and the boys immediately “claimed” their arms of choice. For 2013, these items are a Target exclusive (although they’re being resold at smaller retail outlets). They will be more widely available in 2014.
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I’m pleased to have the chance to review the PROPS iPad case. It features a quality leather case, Bluetooth keyboard, and battery pack that can be used to charge the connected iPad…or even other devices.
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Artist Fernando Reza has created set of 17 WW II-inspired posters encouraging us to defeat (not support, defeat) the plumbers in many ways, such as planting Victory Gardens of piranha plants and learning magic.
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As one of GeekMom’s resident geography geeks, I was excited to come across a post of a consolidated list of unique maps.
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Do you use your iPad or other tablet device in the kitchen? I had the opportunity to review three of Chef Sleeve’s products: the cutting board with iPad stand, a set of iPad 2 protective sleeves, and the dishwasher safe iPad stand. All of these products are made in the U.S.A.
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My sons and I had the chance to check out a free iPad app called DrawQuest. If you or your kids have a knack for drawing, this free app will be a fun diversion for you. This Facebook-connected online community will bring out your best of Pictionary, Win, Lose or Draw, or Draw Something!
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One of Shanghai’s efforts to build pollution awareness includes pictures of a cute little anime girl. When you go to the real-time monitoring website, you get an easy glimpse of the city’s pollution.
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For this installment of Pinbusted or Pintrusted, Patricia tried to make Harry Potter golden snitch cake pops for her son’s birthday.
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Here’s a preview of the revival of the series “Cosmos,” which will hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson.
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I turned to Pinterest for homemade Soda Stream syrup ideas. Could Kool-aid be the answer?
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In this installment of Pinbusted or Pintrusted, I will show you my adventures in making a ribbon wreath.
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On a long road trip, I started thinking about the unique, kitschy billboards that vie for attention all across America. Have you seen any of these?
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Are you sick of waking up in the morning to 25+ emails from businesses that you rarely even read? Try out theSwizzle, a service that easily lets you combined those commercial emails into a neat daily digest.
Continue ReadingLast month I had the chance to review the fabulous JBL Charge Bluetooth portable speaker, valued at $149.99. Now is your chance to win one!
Continue ReadingThis week I made an almost-1000 mile drive from Florida to West Virginia. Somewhere around Knoxville, where I hit some traffic, I decided to give Waze a chance. I’m glad I did.
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The 2013 hurricane season continues through November 30th. Severe weather, such as tornadoes and derechoes, are possible all year long. I want to provide you some tips and resources here to help our readers be aware and prepared.
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I happened across an article on the North Carolina State University research blog. One of their statistics graduate students has taken data from a decade-old Harvard University linguistics survey and turned it into graphical magic.
The survey is Dr. Bert Vaux’s Dialect Survey, which was conducted in 2002 and included over 30,000 Americans from all 50 states (even though the maps only show the contiguous 48 states).
What NCSU student Joshua Katz did was take the geolocated data from that survey and apply a “k-nearest neighbor” smoothing algorithm to estimate the likelihood at every point in the U.S. of using a particular dialect or word choice.
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