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• What Hemingway Would Think of the Internet
  If Ernest Hemingway hadn't killed himself 50 years ago today at age 61, he probably would have died by now anyway. But Newsweek can fantasize about Princess Diana cheating death, so we can imagine the Papa walking -- or staggering -- among us in 2011. What would the hard-drinking, adventure-loving writer think of our modern technological lifestyle?
  07.02.11

• Contest: Remix the "GeekDad" Song (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)
  GeekDad by John Anealio Want a chance to win some awesome prizes from Wired and ThinkGeek? Then enter the "GeekDad" Remix Contest! First, if you haven't heard the "GeekDad" song yet, click the play button on the player above. You can even download it absolutely free, just click the Download button on the player above or click ...
  07.02.11

• GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution: School's Out ... Now What?
  Hey there my decoding denizens of the interwebs. Back to find out the solution of the puzzle or to find out who walked away with the coveted $50.00 ThinkGeek Gift Certificate? Well I'm gonna answer that question ...right now: the winner of this weeks contest is Brian Murray. Who correctly solved the ...
  07.02.11

• A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Saturday, July 2nd
  As we've reported before, our good friends over at Google are starting up a daily puzzle challenge. Each day's puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to Google mastery. And much to our enjoyment, they've decided to share the puzzles with us at GeekDad (hmm... Google a Day? GD? ...
  07.02.11

• Dr. Sudoku Prescribes: Star Search
  This week¿s prescription may look like a standard word search, but there are a bunch of twists to figure out before you'll find any stars in these skies.
  07.01.11

• Dork Tower Friday
  Read all the Dork Towers that have run on GeekDad. Find the Dork Tower webcomic archives, DT printed collections, more cool comics, awesome games and a whole lot more at the Dork Tower Website.
  07.01.11

• Exclusive: Stream Brian Eno's New Album, Drums Between the Bells
  Through an exclusive arrangement between Wired.com and Warp Records, you can stream Brian Eno's new album in its entirety right now. Drums Between the Bells goes on sale July 5.
  07.01.11

• GeekDad Retro Gaming: Electronic Detective
  Wrapping up my visit down retro-gaming memory lane (first with Stop Thief, then with Dark Tower), I'm going to share with you what is probably my most favorite electronic game of all from my youth -- Electronic Detective (Ideal, 1979). A murder is committed. Nineteen suspects scatter across the city, and the murder weapon is dropped ...
  07.01.11

• Interview: Sam Calagione, President & Founder of Dogfish Head Beer
  Sam Calagione is a regular guy; he¿s married, has two kids and loves beer. The catch, though, is that unlike many beer-loving dads, Sam actually gets to make and drink beer for a living. As the Founder and President of Dogfish Head Brewery, Sam is living the dream -- literally. What started out as the smallest ...
  07.01.11

• Interview: Weird Al Talks Music, Kids' Books, Being a Dad
  One of our favorite geeky musicians, "Weird Al" Yankovic, released a children's book early this year about the vast universe of choices kids have when deciding what to be when they grow up. The main character, Billy, wants to do a bit of everything ¿ a trait shared by many a geek, as I mentioned ...
  07.01.11

• The Numbers League App Improves on a Masterpiece
  App versions of tabletop games are everywhere these days. Usually they are lacking when compared to the original. But there are a few game publishing companies that have taken the time to do it right, to faithfully recreate their game in digital form, and to add in extra functionality (Carcassonne comes to mind). One excellent example ...
  07.01.11

• Lego Star Destroyer: 50-Inches Long, 3,000 Pieces
  Ever wanted to re-make the opening shot of Star Wars Episode IV in Lego, but could never find a Star Destroyer big enough? If you'd really wanted to do it, you probably would have just bought a whole lot of gray Legos and gotten on with it. But for the lazier film makers, we ...
  07.01.11

• A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Friday, July 1st
  As we've reported before, our good friends over at Google are starting up a daily puzzle challenge. Each day's puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to Google mastery. And much to our enjoyment, they've decided to share the puzzles with us at GeekDad (hmm... Google a Day? GD? ...
  07.01.11

• Getting Involved in Covert Affairs on Twitter
  As season 2 of USA Network's drama Covert Affairs ramps up, fans can assist CIA operatives led by Auggie Anderson in an online mission in Budapest. This online "tweetcast" is setting the stage for the show's July 12th episode. By Celina Beach, originally posted at ARGNet USA Network is running a "tweetcast" called Mission: Budapest to promote its ...
  06.30.11

• Review: Aluratek Bump Speakers
  The folks at Aluratek were kind enough to send me a couple pairs of their Bump speakers for review. The first set got a good workout in our booth at Maker Faire this year and the other set is getting some use around the house. The idea is pretty simple: an MP3 player that can transmit wirelessly ...
  06.30.11

• Countdown to Miracle Day: The Return of Torchwood!
  Fans of Captain Jack Harkness and Gwen Cooper, let the hyperactivity commence: The premiere of Torchwood: Miracle Day is just eight days off. The dark, hard-edged Doctor Who spinoff returns to television July 8 on the Starz network after a two-year break, following up the fantastic 2009 series, Children of Earth. (Just a heads-up to readers ...
  06.30.11

• Contest: Remix the "GeekDad" Song
  GeekDad by John Anealio Want a chance to win some awesome prizes from Wired and ThinkGeek? Then enter the "GeekDad" Remix Contest! First, if you haven't heard the "GeekDad" song yet, click the play button on the player above. You can even download it absolutely free, just click the Download button on the player above or click ...
  06.30.11

• Cargo Runners: From Digital to Analog
  Overview: Sydney wants its coffee, and Cape Town is offering big bucks for a shipment of apparel. Unfortunately the labor strike in Europe is going to make it hard for you to pick up that lumber you were expecting, and the typhoon in the Indian Ocean isn't great for your travel plans. In Cargo Runners, ...
  06.30.11

• A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Thursday, June 30th by Guest Puzzler Fareed Zakaria
  As we've reported before, our good friends over at Google are starting up a daily puzzle challenge. Each day's puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to Google mastery. And much to our enjoyment, they've decided to share the puzzles with us at GeekDad (hmm... Google a Day? GD? ...
  06.30.11

• 3 Things Dads Need to Know About The Call of Duty: Black Ops Annihilation Map Pack!
  For all you fans of the Call of Duty franchise, and you know who you are, I'm excited to rave about the awesome new Call of Duty: Black Ops Annihilation map pack from Activision and Treyarch. Call of Duty Black Ops is the U.S. best selling game of all time. There are four exciting multiplayer ...
  06.29.11

• Get Clued In to The BBC Code Challenge
  BBC is launching its new miniseries The Code, hosted by Professor Marcus du Sautoy, in late July. The program will be complemented by an interactive treasure hunt that integrates puzzles into the show's content. If you live in the United Kingdom, send your address to code@bbc.co.uk for a chance at receiving one of 210 (1,024) ...
  06.29.11

• Twitter Journalist Primer A Good Idea, Unless You Already Know What You're Doing
  Twitter is all about bridging cross-generational gaps. At least ¿ that's what you might think after reading the introduction to Twitter for Newsrooms, or #TfN, the newly launched resource guide from the Twitter Media team. Some of you might be "native to the pilcrow, others native to the hashtag," it reads, "but you share a ...
  06.29.11

• Lego Barad-dûr: 50,000 Pieces, Two Months to Build, Pure Awesome
  A group of 15 people from five countries set out to re-create Tolkien's world with Lego bricks, and one man had the intense challenge of building Barad-dûr. This is how he did it. "I can't exactly tell you how many parts are in the model, but I ordered about 25,000, and the same amount of ...
  06.29.11

• GeekDad Music Review: Marc With a C Exposes the Truth in Fidelity
  "It's a ten song story about a guy named Brian, a girl named Jenny and a squid named... Squiddy." That was the description of the latest release from Orlando, FL based Marc With a C. The album is called "Motherf--kers be Bulls--ttin'." It's a strangely obscene title for an album from an independent artist who is ...
  06.29.11

• Dork Tower Wednesday
  Read all the Dork Towers that have run on GeekDad. Find the Dork Tower webcomic archives, DT printed collections, more cool comics, awesome games and a whole lot more at the Dork Tower Website.
  06.29.11

• Why L.A. Noire Fails as a Game
  Warning: This article contains spoilers for the video games L.A. Noire and Portal 2. It's time that video game players stopped giving game makers a pass for playing tricks on them that they'd never put up with if the graphics weren't so cool, or if they were watching a movie of the game's story. Rockstar Games' recent ...
  06.29.11

• Kinetic Theater Chairs: Immersion or Distraction?
  Imagine if, every time there was an explosion up on the cinema screen and a crashing thunder of sound from the theater's THX speakers, your seat shook, spilling your beer/coke/popcorn into your lap. Well, imagine no more. The Kinetic Movie Theater chair could make this messy, pants-wetting fantasy into a moist reality. The D-Box, already in ...
  06.29.11