GeekMom Deal of the Day: Kindle Under Fifty
The $49.99 Kindle is our deal of the day.
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Between the Bookends – August 2015
Read on to find out more about what the GeekMoms have been reading this month.
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Late to the Game: ‘Elder Sign’
Elder Sign is a cooperative dice-rolling game based on the Cthulhu Mythos in which you and your fellow players work together as a team of researchers investigating a museum, attempting to prevent the rise of an Ancient One.
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Clinging to Antiquated Tech
Clinging to technology past it’s expiration date? You are not alone.
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Life Geekery Tablet Covers
I wasn’t even looking for a Kindle/iPad/iPhone cover but when I found this shop I had to have one.
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OGIO Manhattan Bag Review
Bags are one of my geeky pleasures. Lately, I’ve been checking out the Ogio: Brooklyn. It’s a simple messenger bag and thanks to my geeky button collection, I was able to give a little bit of a face lift. Underneath the Superman, Flash and Batman buttons is actually three regular buttons that once you undo, lets you access a hidden pocket under the flap.
Continue ReadingA One-Stop List for Geek-Friendly Cyber Monday Deals
Here’s a roundup of some of the best deals for geek shoppers on Cyber Monday.
Continue ReadingBio of Nobel Prize Winner Barbara McClintock Free on Kindle This Weekend
Geneticist Barbara McClintock, whose birthday we GeekMom types celebrate on June 16, won a Nobel Prize in 1983 for her discovery (decades earlier) that small pieces of DNA can move from one place to another in a genome–a phenomenon known as “jumping genes.” Her biography, Barbara McClintock: Nobel Prize Geneticist, written by children’s book author […]
Continue ReadingEbook Piracy and the Libraries of the Future
My husband has been lucky since acquiring his iPhone. He was looking for a book to read to test out the reader function, saw a commercial for A Game of Thrones, decided to read the book and it was being given away as a free ebook that month in preparation for the show. After that, […]
Continue ReadingAmazon Unveils The Kindle Fire, Complete With Geek Content, And Three New Kindles
This morning Amazon officially announced its much-awaited Android-based tablet, the Kindle Fire. The big news is that at $199, it’s half the price of the cheapest iPad and nearly as cheap as the $149 TouchPads that went flying off shelves when HP discontinued support last month. The Kindle Fire will have a 7″ display ready […]
Continue ReadingLibrary eBooks Coming Soon to a Kindle Near You
Last summer I wrestled mightily with the biggest question of the year: Kindle or Nook? Ultimately, I went with a Kindle because I do a lot of book reviewing, and I knew I’d be able to read review copies of new books on Kindle via Netgalley. This was a tremendous relief to my children, who […]
Continue ReadingThe Postmortal by Drew Magary – A Pre-Apocalypse Tale
The Postmortal by Drew Magary is a cautionary tale of what could be in store for the world if some clever scientist is able to create a cure for aging and it becomes readily available to everyone. The story is a collection of posts and tidbits posted by John Farrell in a blog type format, who […]
Continue ReadingBurden of Blood by Wenona Hulsey – A Modern Fantasy Tale
Burden of Blood by Wenona Hulsey is a fast paced modern fantasy. Police officer Nicole Keenan is just trying to lead a normal life in a small southern town despite the fact that she can hear other people’s thoughts. But events sweep her into a dangerous adventure that puts her loved one’s in harms way along […]
Continue ReadingThe End of Borders
It has been buzzing all over the web that Borders is going to be closing the rest of their stores and liquidating all of their assets. I’ve read that the reasoning for the closing Borders not being able to enter into the eReader market and the downswing in the economy. The market for books is […]
Continue ReadingTips for Using Your New Kindle
I noticed from Facebook and Twitter posts over the last week that a lot of my friends got Kindles for Christmas. And so naturally, they were all looking to the veteran owners for what to do with them. Here’s what I’ve been telling them–and now you. Lend your books You can lend Kindle books you’ve […]
Continue ReadingCozying Up To Kindle
Kindle re-ignites a love of reading. I didn’t believe it till I saw it, month after month.
Continue ReadingCaution! Get All the Facts Before You Get Your eReader!
As the holiday season approaches, and you make the list of all the new tech gadgets you’d like to find under the tree, let me offer one suggestion. Do the research on that iPad, play around with the Sony Reader and that amazing new Kindle, but then do one more thing: Go to the website […]
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