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The Dresden Files: Jim Butcher and Paul Blackthorne Reminisce
The Dresden Files show title card Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files books have been gathering new followers steadily for 14 years over 15 books (with more to come), an RPG, and a short-lived TV show. Though...
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Behind the Scenes As Lost Girl Approaches Final Season
Image: Syfy If you haven’t had the pleasure, Lost Girl is available on both Netflix and Hulu. It’s a great Canadian supernatural show featuring a succubus, her human BFF, and a whole host of Fae...
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You Can Stop Pinterest Parenting Now
My own Herculean efforts once went into trying to capture the last day of preschool. Then I realized that maybe the “bad” pictures are better after all. Stop letting Pinterest ruin your life....
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Eight Geeky Crochet and Knitting Patterns to Get Started On
Living in the southern U.S., it’s hard to get interested in balls of yarn during the heat of summer. But when fall kicks in, I always want to start crocheting or knitting. Here are patterns (many of...
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Happy Thanksgiving from the GeekMoms
Photo credit: Jennifer Dorff Happy Thanksgiving from the GeekMoms (and Batman turkey)! The post Happy Thanksgiving from the GeekMoms appeared first on GeekMom.
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Splash Heroes: A Milk-made Superhero Calendar
Image: aurumlight.com Maybe you recall seeing Jaroslav Wieczorkiewicz’s milky pinups and other photo (NSFW, nudity) series created used high-speed cameras and splashed milk on nude models. You may have...
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A No-Spread Gingerbread Cookie Recipe For All Your Favorite Cutters
Apologies for the bonus spots of powdered sugar here… they’ve been sharing close quarters with many other types of cookie friends. Image credit: Ruth Suehle I love making beautiful cookies—so much so...
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Gift Guide: Ideas For Makers and Hackers
Image source: Ruth Suehle. There’s not much shopping time left before Christmas, but it’s not too late to fill in the gaps with gifts for the makers and hackers (or would-be makers and hackers) on your...
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Project Superhero: A Book For Your Young, Comics-Loving Girl
Cover image courtesy of the author Project Superhero‘s Jessie and her friends are the kids you want your daughter to be and be friends with in the eighth grade. She has an enviable comic book...
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The Meanest Thing You Say to Your Creative Friend
What I could really use is a time turner on my hands. Photo by lozikiki on Flickr There’s a sentence every creative person hears eventually (or frequently) that’s a slap in the face every time: “You...
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This Girl Loves #thisgirlcan
Billboards like this one accompany the TV portion of the campaign. Image credit: Sport England For me, visits abroad always include at least a few minutes in the hotel of the local television fare...
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Net Neutrality: A Primer On What’s Going On
Net neutrality supporters at the White House in November 2014. Photo: CC-BY-NC-ND Joseph Gruber. Yesterday something happened with “net neutrality”—or “Title II,” if you have particularly savvy...
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Beyond Spock: We Say Farewell to Leonard Nimoy
Image CC-BY-SA Gage Skidmore Even the non-geeks among us recognize Leonard Nimoy for the years he spent as Spock on the original Star Trek series. But he was so much more, as an actor, a director, an...
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Why I Won’t Be Attending Wizard World
An upcoming Wizard World convention’s webpage with the “Cosplay & Fan Communities” section conspicuously empty, but representative of their attitude towards those groups. Screenshot by Ruth Suehle...
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Gallery: Atari and the Videogame History Museum at GDC
All images CC-BY-SA Ruth Suehle One of my favorite things about the Game Developers Conference the last two years has been the exhibit from the Videogame History Museum. You may also have seen their...
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This Is What Geek Karaoke Would Sound Like
If Yoda did karaoke, he’d pick GNR. Photo CC BY-NC-ND newwavegurly This week on our Facebook page, we asked you what you’d want to hear at geek karaoke. We liked the result so much, we made it a...
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Top 10 ‘Uptown Funk’ Parodies
Voldemort gets funky in a Harry Potter-themed parody of “Uptown Funk.” Screenshot from music video by KFaceTV. What is it about Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars’ groove-tastic “Uptown Funk” that seems to beg...
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How To Celebrate Arduino Day
Image credit: https://day.arduino.cc Are you ready for Arduino Day this Saturday? If you’ve been thinking about getting the kids started with this popular hardware, the day dedicated to the purpose...
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Check Out This Sweet Tool for Electronics Comparison Shopping
Screenshot from http://www.productchart.com/3d_printers/ Want to know which flash drive or SSD gives you the most GB for the dollar? Or trying to find your options for a laptop with a touchscreen, 10...
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Finally, Standalone HBO Streaming Is Live
Image credit: Game of Thrones season 5 trailer screenshot Remember about six months ago when HBO promised us you’d be able to have HBO streaming without a cable or satellite subscription? It’s finally...
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