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This post was one of the more difficult to write. Sure, there were a lot of toys I enjoyed playing with. Lego is the most obvious. Computers too were a lot of fun to play with and program, but not exactly a toy. In the end I went with some of [...]

One of Charlie’s favorite toys is Gears! Gears! Gears! I reviewed it for wired.com’s GeekDad blog.
From the article:
What kind of toy do you get for the budding engineer who’s big enough for Lego Duplo but not really any other building toy? ‘Gears! Gears! Gears!’ by the Learning Resource feature brightly colored plastic gears, mounting plates [...]

I have a new post up on GeekDad: Introducing Our Kids to the Arts.
Sue and I went to the RedLine Milwaukee silent auction benefit with the kids on Milwaukee’s near-north side. You could qualify this post as an un-GeekDad as it really doesn’t have anything to do with technology. That could be an interesting category [...]

A few weeks ago, GeekDad put out an open call for new writers. I’ve been following GeekDad for a few years and am attracted to it for numerous reasons that should be obvious; I’m both a geek and a Dad.
My reasoning for applying is strange. I don’t think of myself as a writer. But I’m [...]