Teardown Shows That Resilient Dell Streak Is Easy to Repair
Dell’s Android-powered Streak is an intriguing device. Billed as a tablet but priced and sold like a phone, the Streak has more in common with the HTC Evo and Droid X than it does with the iPad....
View ArticleComics Spotlight on: Ruse
Happy Comics Release Day! Several different threads of my summer reading led me to focus on this week’s pick, Ruse , a wonderful but now obscure book from the now defunct CrossGen comics company. The...
View ArticleReview: Burton Fader Pack Rocks Back-to-School
The Burton Fader Pack is a neat new daypack from a company more commonly associated with snowboarding equipment. Confession time: I’m not into snowboarding and don’t know much about Burton as a brand....
View ArticleJoin the Campaign(s) to Get Nathan Fillion on Saturday Night Live!
Photo by Raven Underwood; used under Creative Commons Attribution license. If it can work for the last of the Golden Girls, why not Captain Tightpants? If it can work for Sue Ann Nivens, why not Rick...
View ArticleVideo/Photos: Why Wristwatches Are Still Worth Watching
The kids may be ditching wristwatches for time-telling smartphones, but manufacturers and designers still have some tricks just-barely-up-their-long-sleeves. The trick seems to be making watches more...
View ArticleFree Museum Day, September 25th! (GeekDad Wayback Machine)
Mr. Rogers’s sweater. Image via Wikipedia Free Museum Day 2010 is quickly approaching! Mark your calendars and participate this year. On September 25th, you and a guest will get free general admission...
View ArticleHands-On With New Apple iPods
> > View all Apple on Wednesday refreshed its family of iPod products. The iPod Nano, iPod Touch and iPod Shuffle all received some compelling makeovers that should help Apple stay in the lead...
View ArticleHeroscape Proves Fun For All Game Types
I picked up the Dungeons and Dragons Heroscape Master Set: Battle for the Underdark not long ago and finally had a chance to play with my son.I was surprised to find a game that we both enjoyed and...
View ArticleComic-Con Round-Up: For Tweens and Teens
How could you not like a book called Zombies vs. Unicorns? Following up on my Comic-Con Round-Up for Kids , I have a whole lot of things for older geeklets. There were some hits and some misses, but...
View ArticleA Super Mario History Lesson
Mario Timeline (Image: Nintendo) I was just reading about a new Mario advert and getting ready to scoff at the marketing ploy, when I realized they are actually kind of right. The new advert from...
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