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GeekDad/GeekMom Holiday Gift Guide 2025: Stocking Stuffers

December 15, 2025December 14, 2025Jonathan H. Liu

It’s time to stuff the stockings that were hung with care with our must-have stocking stuffers.

2025 Holiday Gift Guide: Clothing and Everyday Essentials

GeekDad/GeekMom Holiday Gift Guide 2025: Clothing and Everyday Essentials

December 10, 2025December 10, 2025Jonathan H. Liu

It’s time to get styling and stocking up on everyday necessities that we think you should consider this gift-giving season.

GeekDad/GeekMom Holiday Gift Guide 2025: Gadgets

December 9, 2025December 8, 2025Jonathan H. Liu

Every geek loves a new gadget. Here’s a selection from the GeekDad and GeekMom writers, featuring their favorite gadgets to add to your Christmas list.

Get Started Resin Printing With the HALOT-X1

December 1, 2025December 1, 2025Ruth Suehle

If you enjoy 3D printing with filament and are interested in something new, resin printing is a great option. There are some definite challenges–resin is notoriously messy and has more safety issues to think about. But the HALOT-X1 from PioCreat is a solid way to solve a few of the older issues and get started. […]

GeekDad/GeekMom Holiday Gift Guide 2025: Books

November 25, 2025November 23, 2025Jenny Bristol

Books! Whether you’ve constantly got a book in progress (or two or three) or you read several books a night to your kids, books have a heavy presence in our lives. We can use them to learn, to imagine, and even to escape, and they always make great gifts. You can gift your favorite books […]

Fig O'Reilly meets a giraffe in season 7, episode 4 of Mission Unstoppable (screen capture)

Meet Oceans, Giraffes, Cheese, and More in Season 7 of Mission Unstoppable

November 21, 2025November 21, 2025Ruth Suehle

Have you checked out Mission Unstoppable on CBS yet? Now in season 7, this show, hosted by Miranda Cosgrove, sends roving correspondents out to meet amazing women in STEM. One of those is Fig O’Reilly, a former Miss Universe Ireland and NASA Datanaut, and I recently got to chat with her about her five years […]

The ‘Pride and Prejudice: Collector’s Edition’ Has Even More Austen Goodies!

November 1, 2025November 3, 2025Jenny Bristol

Check out this newest ‘Pride and Prejudice’ set including two dozen recreated letters and ephemera, plus plenty of other bonus content.

Life Really Socks: Where That Other Sock Goes (And a Solution!)

October 8, 2025October 8, 2025Ruth Suehle

I think most of us can agree that there is clearly a dimensional portal inside our washing machines that periodically takes socks from us to… somewhere. Right? You may even find that having bought a dozen pairs of the same sock, twenty-four socks, eventually you are somehow left with no matches. (Those five or so […]

Murdle Jigsaw Puzzles Blend Pieces With Logic

October 1, 2025October 8, 2025Jenny Bristol

After Wordle gained popularity, several related or even completely unrelated daily puzzles spawned, from the other New York Times puzzles to more indie efforts like Redactle (a favorite in my house). One I’d never heard of until recently was Murdle, a daily murder mystery-themed logic puzzle. I was surprised I hadn’t heard of it before, […]

Choose Your Own Adventure Reissues ‘The Cave of Time’!

September 8, 2025October 8, 2025Jenny Bristol

Take a trip down memory lane with CYOA’s reissue of their first book! Don’t forget to share with the kids.

Twenty More Years of Dragon Con Artists in Hotel Keys

August 22, 2025October 8, 2025Ruth Suehle

Earlier this summer, I shared the history of badge and program artists at Dragon Con. But there’s another collectible that was added 20 years ago now–customized hotel keys in the host hotels. For the first six years, starting in 2005, there was a single piece of art used on all of the host hotel keys. […]

‘Time Travel for Beginners’ by Matt Harry Is a Timeless Romp

July 21, 2025October 8, 2025Nivi Engineer

Matt Harry returns with another installation from the Codex Arcanum series and fools readers into believing they’re about to gain valuable instructions. Instead, under the guise of an entertaining story, we dive into an engaging adventure, learning plenty about time travel but emerge with zero practical tools to actually travel through time.

Follow Nearly 40 Years of Dragon Con Art History

June 5, 2025October 8, 2025Ruth Suehle

As someone who counts my Dragon Con attendance in decades now, it’s been fun to watch the con evolve and change over time, from the event tracks to the fan “cults” that seem to spawn every year, some lasting longer than others. Some easy (and “free”) pieces of annual memorabilia are your badge and program. […]

Science Adventure: Let’s Learn About Snowflakes!

February 7, 2025February 7, 2025Melanie Meadors

In this Science Adventure, we’re going to learn all about snowflakes!

Joann Stores Likely to Go Out of Business–What Now?

January 15, 2025February 7, 2025Ruth Suehle

After exiting bankruptcy just last year, JoAnn Stores has filed Chapter 11 again, and it looks like this time they’re done. Gordon Brothers (the company currently liquidating Big Lots and some years back A.C. Moore) is the “stalking horse,” which means the company is open to other bidders, but I wouldn’t hold my breath. If […]

10 Random and Geeky Facts about Fictional Snowmen

December 7, 2024December 6, 2024Lisa Tate

In the meadow we can build a snowman, because ’tis the season for some random facts about famous snowmen from movies and television.

GeekDad/GeekMom Holiday Gift Guide 2024: Books

November 25, 2024November 24, 2024Jenny Bristol

See which books the GeekFamily writers have been enjoying this year to glean some gift ideas for your own family.

GeekDad/GeekMom Holiday Gift Guide 2024: Games

November 22, 2024November 22, 2024Sarah Pinault

From our gaming tables across the country, here are a selection of some of our current favorites to share with your friends and family this holiday season.