13 Frightfully Fun Games for Halloween
A howl across the moors, a creak at the door… it must be Halloween! Here are a lucky 13 ghoulish games to entertain you this All Hallow’s Eve.
Continue Reading
Category: Hacking the Holidays
Stack Overflow: Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
A few books to celebrate AAPI Heritage Month.
Continue Reading
Esther Crow’s Green Earth Day, New View from Koo Koo Kanga Roo
Green for Earth Day, Lemonade for Mirth Day
Continue Reading
Stack Overflow: 2021 Reading Resolutions
Today, we’re sharing our hopes and dreams for 2021—at least when it comes to our reading habits.
Continue Reading
GeekDad Ken’s 2020 Holiday Light Display Song List
Your geeky neighborhood Griswold is back. GeekDad Ken shows off his new holiday lights with a video (Tom Lehrer!) and the huge song list for this year’s show.
Continue Reading
Twinkly Gen II LED Lights Will Make Your Holiday Tree Magical
Turn your tree or other holiday light display into something special with these easily programmable LEDs.
Continue Reading
A Meal Fit for a King: Thanksgiving With ‘Heroes’ Feast’
In our house, this year’s Thanksgiving dinner is based on recipes from the newly released ‘Heroes Feast: The Official D&D Cookbook.’
Continue Reading
2020 Holiday Gift Guide – Gadgets and Toys Part 1
Nothing quite defines geeks like their affinity for gadgets and toys. Regardless of our specific geekdom, we often find ourselves ogling some cool new tech toy, or handy gadget to make our lives more fun. This year it appears that our contributors have been wooed by a plethora of items. Below we present part one […]
Continue Reading
13 Monstrously Fun Games for Halloween
October is here, and you know what that means: time to break out the monsters, ghosts, and ghouls at game night! Here’s a list of thirteen titles to help send shivers up your spine!
Continue Reading
5 Classic Halloween Specials (That Aren’t ‘It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown’)
There’s more to Halloween television viewing than just ‘It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.’ Here are five classics to rediscover with your family.
Continue Reading
Stack Overflow: Celebrating Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month
May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, a time to recognize the ways that Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans have contributed to our culture here in the United States. Here’s a stack of books to help you celebrate!
Continue Reading
Stack Overflow: Happy Earth Day!
For the 50th Earth Day, here are some books about nature!
Continue Reading
Stack Overflow: More Books for Women’s History Month
I’m continuing the theme from last week: here are more books celebrating Women’s History Month!
Continue Reading
Are You in Lockdown? Celebrate Your Community by Putting Your Holiday Lights Back Up! #CoronaLights
We want to start a new tradition; in these darkening times let’s put our holiday lights back up and celebrate each other.
Continue Reading
Stack Overflow: Celebrating Women’s History Month
March is Women’s History Month here in the United States, so today’s column is a collection of books about women!
Continue Reading
Stack Overflow: Black History Month
Today’s stack is mostly picture books (plus a handful of others) that are great reading for Black History Month—from the Queen of Soul to the First Lady, from a little kid to the oldest student, these are stories worth sharing.
Continue Reading
How Geeky Was Your Holiday Haul?
Did you get any particularly geeky presents? Share your geekiest gifts with us in the comments, or on social media!
Continue Reading
The Best Drinks for Holiday Parties and Family Festivities
Special brews, bottles, and old family drink recipes are a staple of the holidays. What are your favorites?
Continue Reading
2019 Holiday Gift Guide: Books
Books have been very popular with our writers and readers this year. Here is a list of 22 of the books we have bought or recommend to our friends and family.
Continue Reading
2019 Gift Guide: ‘Dungeons & Dragons’
Looking for some excellent ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ gifts? Look no further, GeekDad has collated 10 of the best ‘D&D’ gifts to suit all sizes.
Continue Reading
Stack Overflow: 17 Thrills and Chills for Halloween
If you wait all year for October to roll around so you can break out the skulls and cobwebs and jack-o’-lanterns, this Stack Overflow is for you! Here’s a mix of picture books, comic books, and fiction with a gamut of monsters, witches, and other spooky subjects.
Continue Reading
What Are You Doing for the 4th of July?
It’s always fun to go do a little reading at Wikipedia and other resources to learn just how relative the facts of history are. But what are you doing to celebrate the 4th?
Continue Reading
Bad Dad: Celebrating Our Nation by Breaking the Law
It was July 3rd and I was returning home from a business trip. My flight was late getting in and I was beyond ready to be done with the traveling. I left the Kansas City Airport parking lot to begin …
Continue Reading
Father’s Day Is Coming: Have You Got Your GeekDad Books Yet?
It’s that time of year again – when geeky dads everywhere get ‘Star Wars’ ties, LEGO coffee mugs, or their first Arduino kits. But most important, they need to be reminded that they ARE geeky dads. They need to be reminded they’re GeekDads. They need the GeekDad books!
Continue Reading
Celebrate International Women’s Day with ‘She-Ra’!
Today is International Women’s Day, and the team behind ‘She-Ra and the Princesses of Power’ have a message for you!
Continue Reading
Kids Imagine Nation Rocks the Halls for Christmas
Power pop trio Kids Imagine Nation bring the jingle for their holiday music CD.
Continue Reading
Deck Your Halls With Hallmark Star Wars and Transformers Keepsake Ornaments
The Star Wars Storyteller series continues, plus the latest Transformers Keepsake.
Continue Reading
Stack Overflow: Get Into the Holiday Spirit With These 7 Picture Books
Now that we’re into December, I figured it’s finally time that I can share some books about Hanukkah and Christmas!
Continue Reading
Spooktacular Halloween Treats—LEGO Mode
This year, up your Halloween game by decorating with LEGO, or even giving LEGO treats out.
Continue Reading
Stack Overflow: 11 Creepy Comics
Following up with last week’s column about scary-but-not-too-scary stories, today I’ve got creepy (but maybe not too creepy) comic books, for younger kids up to adults.
Continue Reading