If you build it... | Lego Master Builder as a Career? Odds Are Favorable in...
Lego is opening a Legoland Discovery Center (or Centre as we spell it here in Canada) in Toronto in the spring. It's located in Vaughan Mills, not far from Canada's Wonderland. Naturally, the facility...
View ArticleHacking an Apple TV Remote
If you thought I was going to pull one of Apple's remote controls apart, whip out the soldering gun and show off some serious hackery, I'm afraid that's not the case. In this case, the hack involved is...
View ArticleWatch This | Game of Thrones as a Seinfeld Sitcom: Adding a Laugh Track...
It's amazing how much some clever edits, intro music and a laugh track can change otherwise unadulterated source material. Case in point, this YouTube video by MatinComedy that's been making the...
View ArticlePrimeval: dFX – Dino Movie Maker App for iOS Puts the Monsters in Your World
Primeval: dFX - Dino Movie Maker is a new app that uses the 3-D, CGI dinosaurs from the Primeval TV series spinoff, Primeval: New World and lets you superimpose them over video you shoot on your iPhone...
View ArticleThe Simpsons: Tapped Out Brings Snow, Holiday Decor and More Characters to...
The Simpsons: Tapped Out from Electronic Arts continues its run as my favorite iPad time waster despite several episodes where I thought my Springfield had been destroyed and weeks worth of hoarded...
View ArticleRush Inducted Into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
"Special thanks to our moms for voting 6,000 times!" A typical mix of modesty and humor from the members of Rush, the Canadian prog rock band that finally cracked the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nearly...
View ArticleThe Only Holiday Music You Need: Christopher Lee Releases A Heavy Metal...
Yes, Christopher Lee — Saruman himself — has just released A Heavy Metal Christmas.
View ArticleReview: Vers 1Q Wireless Sound System Delivers on Looks and Performance
Were you one of the lucky people who received a new iPad, iPod Touch or iPhone 5 over the holidays? Looking for a good sounding, portable speaker system but put off by the whole Lightning connector...
View ArticleStylus Review Times 2: Adonit Jot Pro and Nomad Brush FLeX
Tired of smudging and prints all over the shiny glass of your tablet's display? Looking for something a little more realistic than your finger for writing, drawing or painting? Here are two good stylus...
View ArticleThe Beach in Winter: What’s Up With the Snow?
We were in Grand Bend (Ontario, Canada) on the weekend. It was unseasonably warm (well above freezing) and sunny, so we decided to troop on down to the beach en mass and check it out. The beachscape...
View ArticleTV’s Original Batmobile Sells for $4.6 Million: Don’t Worry, You Can Still...
Before there was Michael Keaton or Christian Bale (or Val Kilmer or even George Clooney for that matter), there was Adam West. And before the iconic Batmobile went Art Deco under Tim Burton's watch or...
View ArticleHead to Head: Windows 8 Convertible Ultrabook vs. MacBook Air + iPad
It's no real secret that I'm a Mac guy, although I try not to be biased. I use just about everything and move back and forth between Macs and PCs with little fuss. I only switched over to the iPhone ...
View ArticleA Trio of Casual Hiking Shoes Compared: Merrell Sight, Vasque Rift and L.L....
I haven't worked in an office for several years now (I don't count my home office, since I allow my dress code to be somewhat relaxed and my "co-workers" all have four legs). However, I was office...
View ArticleAstronaut Chris Hadfield Records Single (From the ISS), With Earthbound...
As if being an astronaut and making it into space weren't a cool enough ambition as it is, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield is going all out to prove that it can be an awful lot of fun as well. He's ...
View ArticleHow to Get a Jammed DVD Out of an iMac Optical Drive
With the latest round of super thin iMacs it introduced last year, Apple did away with optical drives in its all-in-one desktop PCs. Good riddance, so far as I'm concerned. In my experience, the...
View ArticleGet a Behind-the-Scenes Look at Google Doodle on Friday
If you're a regular GeekDad reader, you undoubtedly know that we're big on Google doodles. Besides the cool references to pop culture, science, key historical figures and events daily happenings,...
View ArticleBatBerry Project: Batman Fandom + Gearhead Cred + BlackBerry (Yes,...
The BatBerry project is one Batman fan's obsessive attempt to recreate a working version of the iconic Batmobile (in this case, the Anton Furst, Art-Deco inspired version from Tim Burton's Batman)....
View ArticleGeekDad Review: Fitbit Aria Wi-Fi Smart Scale
Like many people of a certain age, I've had to become much more active in my health management than I once was. Back when I burned gazillions of calories playing football, hockey, lacrosse and hiking...
View ArticleSamsung Chromebook Makes A Good, Cheap Kids Computer, But Not Much Else
A few months ago, I had the opportunity to play with a Toshiba Satellite U925t, one of the new breed of Windows 8 convertible Ultrabooks. This time around, I was able to spend some quality time with a...
View ArticleReview: foxL v2 Bluetooth Speaker System Brings the Bass
Soundmatters' foxL v2 Bluetooth speaker system was developed by Dr. Godehard Guenther, a former NASA engineer. At $199 for a handheld wireless speaker system, it's not the on the low end of the price...
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