As GeekMom’s token meteorologist AND military member, in honor of the final shuttle mission planned for next week, I’m thrilled to share with you some insight into the weather forecast preparations for a space shuttle launch. After all, what delays launches most often? The weather, right? I’m not sure if a precise count exists, but […]
Continue ReadingMost people rely on technology for in their everyday lives, but geeks rely on it more than most due to being very technology savvy. I live in Western NC, where we have been getting pummeled by lots of crazy weather. We are having high winds, thunderstorms and lots of rain. It’s not surprising that we […]
Continue ReadingNo, he isn’t one of those GeekDads… although he’d certainly fit the bill. After all, he’s getting Brian Greene’s latest book for Father’s Day! My Dear Husband Dave is a great Air Force professional, husband, and father to our two Geek Spawn sons. He has several other great hobbies, from art to Civil War reenacting. […]
Continue ReadingThis summer Apple is offering a three day “camp” to kids ages 8-12. It’s helpful if you have your own Mac and digital camera, but it seems there’s still a lot to be learned if you don’t. In three hours over two days, kids will have a chance to learn the basics and make a […]
Continue ReadingAccording to a Microsoft infographic on the Digital Buzz website, there are four billion mobile phones in use around the world. Even more intriguing is that mobile Internet usage is on course to overtake desktop Internet usage by 2014. In addition, of those four billion mobile phone users, over 60% of them are using their […]
Continue ReadingI may have one foot in the past. After confessing my true feelings for typewriters recently, I was excited to find out that for the first time since 1924, someone was going to record on wax cylinder and release on wax cylinder. I love the crackle and pop of my record player, it really is […]
Continue ReadingWhen I was at Toy Fair earlier this year, one of the booths that caught my eye was the robot-filled one of Robotis. I was interested in their Ollo robot kits, which are similar to Lego. There’s a booklet with visual step-by-step instructions showing how to put robots together, plus all the parts you need […]
Continue ReadingHere it is, the definitive GeekMom Mother’s Day shopping guide. I surveyed my fellow GeekMoms to see what everyone most wanted for Mother’s Day, outside of the lovely pleasantries of nice meals cooked for us, time spent with our adorable children, and moments of solitude. This is our list, and chances are there’s something on […]
Continue ReadingI love video games. Strike that. I love GOOD video games. The distinction is especially important right now because starting Friday, I’ll be at PAX East for three solid days of VG-playtime. For those who haven’t heard of it, PAX East is a big-deal video game convention where game developers large and small descend on […]
Continue ReadingA sudden blare of sound is never a good way to wake up. And thanks to Daylight Saving Time (fist shake at George Vernon Hudson) we’ll be getting up an hour earlier starting Sunday, March 13. So why not geek up the clocks that alarm us? Hunt Down Your Alarm Mr. Wake, featured on makezine.com, was […]
Continue ReadingSeymour Science, “the dean of children’s science writers,” has launched his first mobile app. SCIENCE FUN TO GO features in-app purchase of original eBooks for kids on both the iPhone/iTouch/iPad and Android platforms. You can download Simon’s original eBook, FUN FACTS ABOUT PETS, for free-it’s available exclusively for either the NookColor device or the NookKids […]
Continue ReadingAs I rounded corner after corner at the NY Toy Fair this week, there they were: robots, and lots of them. Some were fuzzy and wanted to be my friend. Some had a menacing mechanical appeal. Others camouflaged as little organic creatures. Some were for toddlers, some were for tweens, but I mostly wanted them all for […]
Continue ReadingOne Christmas, in a moment of perfect parental insight, my mother got me a Madame Alexander doll, a copy of The Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett, and a microscope. I know–it sounds like one of those standardized test questions: Which of these three is not the same–but there you go. It was a perfect […]
Continue ReadingOnce upon a time there were Snow Bunnies and Ski Bums. They sewed patches on their jackets and collected pins to stick in their hats. But the Mountain has changed… Yesterday, I skied Vail. When I got home I went straight to Epic Mix and found out I had earned my Quarter Life pin (for […]
Continue ReadingI never got to enter a science fair as a kid. My local school district never sponsored one and I was a kid long before the days of instant mass communication. If you couldn’t find it in the phone book and it wasn’t posted on the bulletin board at the library or a commercial on […]
Continue ReadingIt’s been two months. I’ve had an iPhone for a grand total of two months. And I still straddle my Apple vs Other fence, yet to waver to one side or the other. As with any piece of technology I’ve adapted to it. I’ve developed new muscle memory and am now accustomed to its quirks. My Droid […]
Continue ReadingWe weren’t supposed to get an XBox Kinect for Christmas. We specifically said we didn’t want one. And yet it turned out to be one of the most popular, most used gifts we’ve received in years. Go figure. In early November Grammy called and said she’d bought one for our family. She had heard they […]
Continue ReadingMy husband is hard to shop for, so I find it quite satisfying when I find him an interesting, unexpected gift that he enjoys. This year it was a kit to build your own mini-theremin. I’ve always found the theremin to be an intriguing instrument. It’s perfect it produces such spooky, Dark Shadows-y sounds, because […]
Continue ReadingGet your dance groove on because today’s Lego Bot creation, provided by Nathan Hale, author of the new holiday book called The Twelve Bots of Christmas, has a style all its own! Who knew that Legos had rhythm? Enjoy these two groovin’ fools because we only have three more fun days left before the big […]
Continue ReadingHere she is! One of my favorites in this whole series and definitely one of my favorites in the Lego creations that author Nathan Hale is making to replicate the pictures in his new holiday book, The Twelve Bots of Christmas. After I saw the picture of this lovely lady, I couldn’t imagine how she’d […]
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