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Between the Bookends: 8 Books We Read in January 2022

February 1, 2022January 31, 2022Sophie Brown

In this month’s Bookends, Sophie shares everything from an LGBTQ paranormal detective drama to a book that helps you plan your own funeral!

Plan for the Future: Geek Parents Register Their Kids’ Names as Domains (Giveaway)

April 28, 2019April 28, 2019Ken Denmead

Reading Time: 2 minutes We’re giving away coupon codes for 10 free domain name registrations so you can make sure your kids are ready for the future! This post was sponsored by Namecheap. When we have kids, some of the first things we do (or ought to do) are mundane things: find good schools, start […]

Pinna Provides Ad-Free, Curated Audio Content for Kids

January 31, 2019January 31, 2019Gfnadmin

Reading Time: 2 minutes Pinna is the first curated, ad-free, streaming service for podcasts, audiobooks and music for ages 3 to 8.Image Credit: Pinna The newly released entertainment service from Pinna provides all kinds of audio content designed for children between 3 and 8. Including podcasts, audiobooks and music from both well-known brands, and a […]

Why You Should Never Use the Same Password on Multiple Sites

December 6, 2018December 6, 2018Gfnadmin

Reading Time: 5 minutes The 2017 Equifax breach. 3 Billion Yahoo accounts. 110 million credit cards from Target. 500 million Marriott guests. 165 million LinkedIn accounts. It seems like not a month goes by where you don’t hear about another huge data breach from a major company. And each time, millions of users have their […]

Send a Random Pig With Age Hams

October 16, 2018October 16, 2018Gfnadmin

Reading Time: 5 minutes Image courtesy of Age Hams Imagine this: you go to your mailbox one day and find a brown envelope; the return address is a P.O. Box in Ohio. You open it and find a little rubber pig and a card from a French girl named Camille. You smile at the random […]

Explore Computer Science Algorithms With Brilliant

July 30, 2018July 30, 2018Gfnadmin

Reading Time: 2 minutes This is a sponsored post on behalf of Brilliant. In this, the final post in our two-month exploration of the superb educational courses available from our newest sponsor, Brilliant, we, at last, make our way fully into the fascinating realm of computer science. Computer Science Algorithms offer 25 interactive quizzes with […]

Brilliant Teaches Special Relativity

July 23, 2018July 23, 2018Gfnadmin1

Reading Time: 2 minutes This is a sponsored post on behalf of Brilliant. Most of us can state Einstein’s theory of relativity, but what does it mean and how does it continue to contribute to our understanding of our very universe? In Brilliant’s Special Relativity course, you’ll explore this through 16 quizzes, more than 250 guided […]

Unlock the Wonders of the Cosmos With Brilliant’s Astronomy

July 16, 2018July 16, 2018Gfnadmin

Reading Time: 2 minutes This is a sponsored post on behalf of Brilliant. As any fan of the great Carl Sagan knows, the universe consists of over 100 billion galaxies containing possibly billions of trillions of stars. This week’s Astronomy course from our sponsor Brilliant doesn’t seek to teach you everything about all of them, […]

Explore Physics of the Everyday at Brilliant

July 9, 2018July 9, 2018Gfnadmin

Reading Time: 2 minutes This is a sponsored post on behalf of Brilliant. Up this week from our friends (and newest sponsors) at Brilliant is Physics of the Everyday. In this course, you’ll explore matter, motion, and energy through 36 interactive quizzes and more than 450 guided problems. While I initially expected the phrase “everyday […]

After the Crash: A View of a Post Bitcoin World

January 26, 2018January 26, 2018Gfnadmin4

Reading Time: 5 minutes Earlier this month, I was on the phone with Amazon support about a recent shipment, and we got to talking about the GTX 1080ti I had ordered. He told me how he recently purchased a GPU to build a crypto miner and he was looking to buy another one soon. He […]

Google Takes Over the World in 2 Minutes

September 4, 2015December 4, 2017Patricia Vollmer

Google’s new “Google, evolved” video piqued Patricia’s curiosity. Check it out!

Parenting the Pinterest Way: The Road to Insanity

July 31, 2013November 24, 2017Sarah Pinault5

My name is Sarah and I’m a virtual-mom junkie. How the internet compounds my feelings of inadequacy as a mom.

Acer Chromebook C710-2055 Review

June 12, 2013November 24, 2017Cathé Post2

The new Chromebook C710-2055 by Aceris a device for individuals who need a compact computer and always have an internet connection. I had an opportunity to use one for a few weeks and run a few tests to see how it works.

The Periodic Tables of Everything but Elements

March 1, 2012December 16, 2017Ruth Suehle1

Geeks love the periodic table. They love it so much, they’ll apply it to almost anything. Go ahead–Google “periodic table of [your favorite thing]” and somebody’s probably done it. Or, you can save the effort and enjoy these that I gathered for you. The Periodic Table of Sci-Fi Film and Television Order a poster-sized version […]

Old or No?

November 12, 2011Kristen Rutherford1

One thing you NEVER want to do when working at the G4 network is send out a funny internet video, or picture, or piece of news that is considered “Old.” Because if you did – someone was right there waiting to yell, “OOOOOOLLLLDDDD” at you. And since the job of the folks at Attack […]

Netflix Decides To Not Split Service

October 10, 2011GeekMom4

There had been a lot of outrage all over the internet over the fact that Netflix had announced that it was splitting its company. They were going to have Netflix name for the streaming part of the company and the name Qwikster for the DVD rental side. They apparently decided to listen to all that outrage, […]

Fitocracy – A Geeky Way to Track Weight Loss

June 16, 2011GeekMom6

Losing weight can be a challenge, but if you treat it like a quest in a roleplaying game, might actually make working out fun! I am overweight. Not terribly, but enough that I’m not very happy with my current weight / shape. Add in the fact that I had a c-section with my daughter, and […]

Not-so-trusted Third Parties: Why You’ve Been Getting “Your Email Was Leaked” Notices

April 5, 2011Ruth Suehle3

Got a kid taking the SAT or AP exams? It’s time to have a little talk about how to avoid phishing schemes–their email addresses may have been lost to spammers last week. Epsilon, one of the world’s largest such companies, had their databases breached. You may have noticed something was up this weekend when you […]