Happy 60th Anniversary to Etch A Sketch!
This year is Etch A Sketch’s 60th birthday, and there are a number of special editions to celebrate.
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Category: Birthdays & Anniversaries
12 Things to Know About Coming Out Day
National Coming Out Day is tomorrow, October 11th. This post covers 12 facts you should be aware of for this holiday.
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Stack Overflow: 9 More Books for Women’s History Month
More stories about women for Women’s History Month!
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Stack Overflow: 12 Books for Women’s History Month
March is Women’s History Month, and while it’s never a bad time to read about inspiring women, I wanted to devote one of my Stack Overflow columns this month to stories about women.
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‘Evolution: The Video Game’ Celebrates Charles Darwin’s Birthday
‘Evolution: The Video Game’ launches today on Charles Darwin’s birthday, and North Star Games is giving away 1,000 copies of the board game to celebrate!
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Happy 40th Birthday, LEGO Minifigure!
Though we’ve been celebrating this event all year long, today is the actual 40th birthday of the LEGO minifigure! Happy birthday, little articulated guys and gals (and monsters and droids and…)!
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Harry Potter Turns 38 Today: Here are 20 “Harry Potter is SO OLD” Jokes to Celebrate
Share your “Harry Potter is SO OLD” jokes with us in the comments to celebrate our favorite wizard’s birthday, today!
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Escape the Mundane With Live Escape Room Adventures
Would your kids enjoy a live escape room adventure? In many cases, the answer is yes. Check with your local escape room about age requirements and suitability. There are many rooms out there, so hopefully you will find the perfect challenge for your family.
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Experiencing History First-Hand: The Somme and Compiègne
Join my family and me as we tour two key World War I sites: its bloodiest battle and the place where it ended
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Share Your Care—Care Bears Parties and Costumes
Set up your own Care Bear party with some tips from the author, inspired by Fun.com’s Halloween costumes.
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As You Wish: See ‘The Princess Bride’ Again in Theaters
This week, I got to see ‘The Princess Bride’ in theaters again. There’s still time for you to see it, too, and you shouldn’t miss the chance.
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What ‘Star Wars’ Means to Me
On its 40th anniversary, our writers share their thoughts on ‘Star Wars’
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A Tinker Birthday Party: Making a Bristlebot
For his birthday, my son wanted to tinker together with his friends So we decided to have a “robot tinker party” and build some bristlebots together.
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Happy 20th Anniversary, Buffy
Believe it or not, ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ turns 20 today.
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Remembering ‘Apollo 1’
50 years ago today, NASA lost astronauts for the first time
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A Tinker Birthday Party: Making a Simple Alarm System
My son likes making and tinkering, and so do several of his friends. So we decided to have a “Tinker Birthday Party. Our project? A small alarm system!
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‘Leave it to Chance’ 20th Anniversary Slips By Unnoticed
Before there was a Harry Potter, there was Chance Falconer. Smart, fearless, resourceful, Chance is exactly the girl hero that young readers and their parents are eagerly seeking today, and yet very few people know she exists. How Scholastic hasn’t snapped up ‘Leave it to Chance’ is a mystery to me, but now that the 20th anniversary of the series’ debut is upon us, it’s long past time to sing her praises and see if anyone notices.
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What ‘Star Trek’ Means to Us
The world was introduced to ‘Star Trek’ 50 years ago, yet its impact continues to resonate with us,
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Visit National Parks for Free This Weekend
The 124 U.S. National Park System properties are free this weekend!
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Meeple Madness: How I Spent My 2016 International Tabletop Day
‘Machi Koro,’ ‘Terror in Meeple City,’ and ‘Cosmic Encounter’ were only part of the fun we had during International Tabletop Day 2016! Follow one GeekDad’s game day experience at Meeple Madness.
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Bounded Enthusiasm #16: Happy 10th Anniversary, First Second Books!
Today’s episode of Bounded Enthusiasm is a celebration of the tenth anniversary of First Second Books, one of my favorite publishers.
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Happy Gorilla Suit Day!
As longtime readers of GeekDad are aware, National Gorilla Suit Day is one of the many annual events we celebrate here. Okay, the truth is, I celebrate it and GeekDad indulges me. So here we go….
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35 Years of Post-it Notes Celebration Giveaway
Post-it Brand wants to help one lucky GeekDad reader, by giving away a Post-it Care Package!
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Happy 200th Birthday, Ada Lovelace
Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer, would be 200 today.
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Let’s Celebrate Harry Chapin Day
Some may remember Harry Chapin as the folksy singer-songwriter of “Cat’s in the Cradle”; how did this musician from the ’70s impact the world in any lasting or meaningful way?
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Happy Birthday, Jonathan Coulton!
Join GeekDad in celebrating Jonathan Coulton’s birthday! #HappyGeekyBirthday
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‘Jetpack Joyride’ Goes ‘Back to the Future’
In case you weren’t aware, October 2015 is ‘Back to the Future’ Month. October 21, 2015, is the date—in the future!—that Marty McFly travels to in the second film, so there are all sorts of fun things happening this month as a tribute to the classic time-travel trilogy. Halfbrick is celebrating with a BttF-themed update to ‘Jetpack Joyride.’
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Happy Birthday, Harold!
You’re probably familiar with a little boy named Harold who had a particular talent with a big purple crayon. Well, Crockett Johnson’s classic tale of imagination and exploration is now 60 years old!
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Looking back on a great, cancelled-too-soon TV show from 20 years ago.
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Happy Birthday! You No Longer Have to Pay to Sing “Happy Birthday”
Have you ever wondered why when you went to a chain resturant and the servers gathered around a table to sing to someone celebrating a birthday, they’d always sing some weird song, and not the traditional “Happy Birthday to You” we all know and love?
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