20 All-Time Coolest Heroes in Pop Culture – The Geek Edit
Last week, the venerable media tome Entertainment Weekly published a list titled 20 All-Time Coolest Heroes in Pop Culture. As with any list of this kind, everyone with an opinion and a keyboard will...
View ArticleDefense Against the Dark Arts: The Real-World Relevance of Wizard Rock
The Parselmouths perform at WrockStock 2007 (Image via Wikipedia) We humans are slaves to the cyclical nature of our environment. The movement of the tides, the changing of seasons, hell, even sweeps...
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XKCD Comic Solves Real World Tech Support Issue
Earlier this week, the ever brilliant xkcd delivered another of their wonderfully geeky webcomics. The Tech Support Cheat Sheet spread over the interweb faster than a squirrel crasher. Well OK, maybe...
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Okido – An Alternative to Branded/Licensed Magazines
Ben 10, Dora the Explorer, In the Night Garden, Power Rangers, Charlie & Lola. All great shows for the kids – entertaining, even educational at times, and we all need the little break from the 24/7...
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Learning Chinese with “Ni Hao, Kai-lan”
If you have kids, I imagine it’s impossible not to know who Dora the Explorer is, even if you haven’t seen the show yourself, because she seems to be absolutely everywhere. Kai-lan is a newer entry in...
View ArticleInvesting In Our Geeklets: A Methodology
I keep returning to a post by Rafe Furst at The Emergent Fool that I read last year. I have since seen it discussed a fair bit on Twitter and thrown around amongst people who call themselves social...
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The Good Men Have Gone Geek
Many of you have no doubt seen the Wall Street Journal Saturday essay entitled “Where Have All the Good Men Gone?” Its author, Kay S. Hymowitz, makes the point that a large percentage of modern men are...
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Cathedral Uses PlayStation Game in Worship Service
Following a positive response to the live videogame theater event, and the subsequent TEDx talk I've been invited to bring a video-game element to an Exeter Cathedral service. The service will make use...
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GeekDad Approved | GeekDad Reviews Present Shock by Douglas Rushkoff
With Present Shock Rushkoff has written a uniquely vital book, one that I recommend every parent trying to make sense of the world their children are growing up in should read. He deals with the...
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