 @geekDadNath No so much giving away,as building brand awareness (and Wired has a content-sharing agmt with them).4 hours ago  @fitzwillie I see. Seems odd to through away hits though,although I guess @cerebus19's post got us some traffic back!/cc @ethanfreak8 hours ago "A Brief Note In Support Of Making Weird Al The Next Super Bowl Halftime Show Star" http://t.co/icNO4AcO17 hours ago  RT @taskarmy:A #Google-a-Day helps your improve your googling skills http://t.co/Dxt48MQx via @fitzwillie @wiredgeekdad19 hours ago | I figured it was time for an overall update on the state of the GeekDad books. So much is happening with all three books,sometimes it’s hard to keep things straight. So here,in no particular order,are some tidbits: Book #3,The GeekDad’s Book for Aspiring Mad Scientists,hits store shelves 11/1/11 (palindrome!). On [...] The fittings should match the pipe. Yup,found the first mistake! In the materials list for the Alien Drums project,the pipe fittings should be 2″,not 2-1/2″(i.e. they should be the correct fittings to match the 2″PVC) From @thinkgeek today: Congrats on GeekDad book #2 coming out today! Timmy tried Jamie’s zip line project:Oops. From now on,the Jayne hat will be recommended safety gear for all GeekDad projects. This just came through my RSS feeds:looks like the Spanish-language version of my first book is up for sale in Spain now. How cool is that?!?! Here’s a little piece that features Ken’s electric origami project via MAKE: It’s a starter origami project where you build a simple paper box with a built-in LED circuit,drawn with a conductive ink pen. This would be a fun MAKEcation project to do with your kids. If you do any electronic origami,inspired by [...] @cbalmain tweeted me this link to the video he and his son captured trying the balloon-and-video camera project from the book. Way cool! He didn’t get up really high,but it looks great! Balloon-cam from cbalmain on Vimeo. [...] |    |
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