Weekly GeekMom Video Playlist
Do you want science videos? We have the periodic table, animals, music, and a rapping sign language interpreter (because, why not?).
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Don't Miss Maker Faire Kansas City
Kansas City is actually a pretty cool place to be a maker. It’s one of a few locations of the larger “featured” Maker Faires. The other locations are Detroit, Newcastle (UK), Rome, and Tokyo. It’s still about one tenth the size of the World Maker Faire in New York, but over 10,000 attendees is still not bad. If you’re in the midwest, it’s worth the drive.
Continue ReadingThe Lego Movie: Coming to a Theater Near You
Warner Bros. has released a trailer for The Lego Movie, set to arrive in theaters in 2014.
Continue ReadingIndiegogo Campaign: TinySuperheroes
Since making their first cape in January of 2013, the folks behind Tiny Superheroes have made 500 capes for sick and disabled children. This Indiegogo campaign will help raise money to make and distribute 1,500 more capes in the next year.
Continue ReadingThe Cliffs of Insanity: What's the Point of Superhero Movies?
Does Hollywood need to be saved from superhero blockbusters? On the contrary, the world needs more of the message these movies send.
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Weekly GeekMom Video Playlist
Holy-cow-I-am-so-excited!! The first episode of the two-part finale of Strip Search will be on the Penny Arcade YouTube channel today. The level of my excitement is so high, the theme for this week’s playlist is cartoons and comics in honor of the show.
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Introducing GeekMom Book Dish! Episode One: Quinn Cummings
In GeekMom Book Dish, author Melissa Wiley talks shop with other writers and artists. This episode’s guest: author Quinn Cummings.
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Weekly GeekMom Video Playlist
Summer vacation is here! Or, it is looming in the not-so-distant future. Either way, kids are getting edgy and are requesting video suggestions to keep them entertained for a few minutes. So, this week’s video playlist features videos the GeekMom writers’ kids enjoy.
Continue ReadingA New Lego Master Model Builder – And He’s Only 23!
There are very few Lego Master Model Builders in the world and only a handful of them are located in the United States. When one of the American builders recently retired there was an intense competition to fill his dream job slot. After submitting a clever video, then competing in a hard core three round […]
Continue ReadingRespect Your Parents or They Will Follow Through
You may have heard about this dad who recently punished his daughter through a video on YouTube. Through writers on GeekMom and various social media venues where the event has been shared, I have seen every opinion in the spectrum of possibilities from chastising the father to praising him. The video was a very timely […]
Continue ReadingThe Waiting Is Over: Downton Abbey Season 2 Airs Tonight!
Many of us here at GeekMom have been champing at the bit for the American premiere of Downton Abbey Season 2, and now at last it’s here–two whole hours of Edward intrigue and house-politics. I’m all a-flutter. To help us endure the long hours until showtime, here’s a clip featuring ten of the Dame Maggie […]
Continue ReadingHolding Kate Bush in my Arms Again
Fact: Relationships are challenging. Particularly when one of you is made of snow. Before Florence Welch and Tori Amos, before Bjork and Madonna, there was Kate Bush. Not that this is a contest. But Bush, a 2002 Ivor Novello Award recipient who has landed an album on the United Kingdom’s “Top 5” charts in each […]
Continue ReadingEducation Week: Ruby Bridges’ First Day At White House
A little girl walks to her first day of school in the Norman Rockwell painting titled “The Problem We All Live With.” She wears a crisply ironed white dress with ribbons in her hair. She walks past a wall scrawled with racial slurs and smashed tomato, flanked by U.S. Marshals. The day […]
Continue ReadingMusic Week: Baby’s First Jazz
My kids love jazz. We can listen to John Coltrane albums on endless repeat thanks to a single animator, Michal Levy, who explores “the visualization of sound.” When my daughter was a few months old, my husband discovered Levy’s animation for Coltrane’s Giant Steps. She was riveted. We showed the animation to our 1-year-old and […]
Continue ReadingMusic Week: Music Awards Results Announced!
Thank you to all of our readers who voted in the GeekMom Music Awards. As the week comes to a close and the hardcore fans have spoken, it’s time to announce our winners! Best geeky song of all time: Still Alive by Jonathan Coulton. Also nominated were: The Man They Call Jayne (Adam Baldwin) The Captain’s […]
Continue ReadingShuttle Countdown T-8 Days: Playlist For Last Flight Of Atlantis
Music has been the astronauts’ wake-up call on space missions for decades, starting back when Apollo astronauts were serenaded with popular songs by mission control colleagues. Some rollicking travel music should wake the crew of the mythically-named Atlantis, now taking the final flight of NASA’s storied space shuttle program. We here at GeekMom have suggestions. Sarah […]
Continue ReadingBook Review: Nerd Do Well
Recently, in the back seat of my car, my older son and his best friend were thinking seriously about their futures: Friend: So when we grow up, which bar in town will be our hang out? Son: That Irish pub on Main Street–it’s the most like The Winchester. That way we’ll be set in case […]
Continue ReadingCracking Contraptions For Father’s Day
When I was growing up I would always watch with interest as my Grandad tinkered with cars. I had no desire to learn what he was doing, but I did enjoy going through the big vibrant books he had for each car he owned. I loved the look and feel of them in much the same […]
Continue ReadingIt’s All About Lying Down, Strangely
If you have to ask why, planking probably isn’t for you. But if you grasp the strange allure of lying rigid as, well, a plank, in unexpected places you may be a ready for planking. As defined by PlankingLOL.com, “Planking is the intricate art of lying face-down in a plank position…in unusual public spaces, […]
Continue ReadingCongratulations to Volkswagen’s Commercial “The Force”
CBS television aired a special Monday night called Clash of the Commericals: USA vs. The World. They showed a top ten list of international favorite commercials, along with an accompanying top ten list of American commercials. The best of each of those lists was made available for voters to choose their favorite during the last […]
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