Following on from my last post, here are a couple more little ideas my son and I came up with to extend the Lego Heroica board. The first is an Egyptian-style temple populated with Ninjago game skeletons (Strength 2), and a mummy microfig from the Ramses Return game (Strength 3), all bought for cents off Bricklink.…

It's not an easy question. Like what did you have for lunch yesterday? It's history, something humans easily forget.

With quotes like "History will be kind to me for I intend to write it." by Winston Churchill and "History takes time. History makes memory." by Gertrude Stein it is clear we create and internalize our own history.…

Every summer Kim takes Roni back to Texas for a campo that is designed to meet our daughter's special needs. It's a big event that Roni looks forward to each summer and last week was her week to shine.…

The birth of an idea

I've always enjoyed making electronic gadgets for my kids, especially my son, who is definitely a budding geek. When he was only a couple of years old, he was fascinated by anything with buttons or switches. So I made…

I'm taking 6 months away from my day job to look after my son, Archie, who is 6 months old. I thought it might be interesting to share my experiences.

So, I'm in London, it's the Summer of 2012 and there's a pretty major event going on - the London 2012 Olympics kicked off this week and the city is…

Dear Dr. Horner,

My five year old son is HUGELY obsessed with dinosaurs. He has seen all three Jurassic Park movies, watched several documentaries about dinosaurs, has dinosaur toys and books, and even knows where one of his older dinosaur books that we got at a used book sale has incorrect information with regards to…

Almost a decade ago now, my two boys and I decided that building with Lego was fun, but building for a couple of hours was not enough time to build the epic creations we were interested in (and finally had enough bricks to build).  We decided to create a new holiday--Lego Day!

Every year without fail, we…

I'm taking 6 months away from my day job to look after my son, Archie, who is 6 months old. I thought it might be interesting to share my experiences

My mum is the 'maker' in the family - one of her hobbies is stained glass-work - and she designed and made the mobile in the picture. It's not very clear…

Our children have always loved to play with Lego. We started out with Duplo bricks,…

Dear Barnes and Noble,

I'm one of your most loyal customers. I think I've been buying books from you since I was around 15 or so (I remember getting the catalog in the mail!)... almost 30 years. I've been to some of your smaller stores and to your largest locations. I appreciate that you try to have a section for just about every taste. And I love that I can always count on your staff to have all the new releases out before the doors open on New-Book-Tuesday. Your stores…

Where I work we don't get holidays off. I work almost every weekend, every Christmas, every New Year, and ... you get the idea. It's also third shift work, so even on the days off, I still sleep most of the day.  It makes seeing my son a little on the challenging side. On the other hand, I do get to volunteer at the school more than most fathers, and…

Next week, the boy and I will have the house to ourselves because his sister and my wife will be gone to summer camp. Other than Day Camps, the boy has never been away and this is something I plan to remedy in next few years just to get that experience.

Next…

I'm taking 6 months away from my day job to look after my son, Archie, who is 6 months old.  I thought it might be interesting to share my experiences.



My first week in charge and I've set myself some targets.

1. Get to known some people
2. Get out and about each day
3. Keep myself…

It was a dark and stormy Thursday night in April of 1983.  I was laying in bed watching a video tape of Spider-man the live action show my parents had gotten me.  It was one of the VCR tapes we had rented from R&R electronics.  I had been waiting all day for my turn to watch my rental.…

My eldest son and I recently discovered Lego Heroica, part of the Lego Games range. We have a few of the more well-known family games, of course – Mousetrap, Snakes & Ladders, etc. – but were both bored with the 'roll and move' mechanics, even if they're dressed up with plastic geegaws, and wanted…

I'm taking 6 months away from my day job to look after my son, Archie, who was 6 months old last week.  I've been following GeekDad for a while (even before I became a dad) and thought it might be interesting to share my experiences.

I live in London, England and am taking…

Maker Camp opens this next Monday, July 16th.  Put on by MAKE Magazine, it's a virtual camp aimed at teens for discovering, creating and building.  30 projects will be introduced over 30 days.  This free camp is put on in partnership with Google+ and teens can interact with camp counselors via Hangouts and even take virtual field trips each Friday.

I'm excited to be helping kick off Maker Camp at the New York Hall of Science in Queens, New York this Monday, July 16th.  We'll be…

Andrew Garfield, his name is Andrew Garfield.  

My wife and our friends had just finished a lovely meal, trying to decide what to do next, and we all agreed that we would give 'The Amazing Spider-Man' a try and see exactly how amazing it really was.  We were not disappointed.  This 28 year old…

Hey everyone. Just wanted to share some amateur photos from this past Fourth of July.  I always remember last second how to increase exposure time on my old digital camera. Mostly we try to play with sparklers to make interesting designs in mid-air.

Most of the photos feature my eldest son and his…