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Modular Robotics Makes Building Robots Simple and Fun With MOSS
After an extremely successful Kickstarter campaign, this month marked the official retail launch of MOSS. This block-based robot building kit produced by Modular Robotics reached its $100,000 goal in...
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San Diego Comic-Con 2014 Artist Roundup
SDCC 2014: GeekMom Artist Roundup. Image credit: Ariane Coffin. Sure, the star-studded panels of San Diego Comic-Con get a lot of press, but my favorite part of SDCC is shopping the Artists’ Alley, Web...
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Naming A New Geek Pet
Naming our new dog. Photo: Ariane Coffin. My husband and I had been joking about getting a dog—a corgi, more specifically—for years, but it was only recently that the stars aligned and the timing felt...
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Become Part of the Effort to Save California Condors
Help tag California condors and other animals on Condor Watch. Screenshot of Condor Watch by Ariane Coffin. Do you ever get those moments when you learn something interesting and think, “How have I not...
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4 Tips For Speaking With Someone Learning a New Language & How It Applies to...
Photo credit: “A truly bilingual city” by Flickr user Scazon. CC by 2.0 I once heard someone refer to toddler speech as “speaking Swedish” because that’s what their gibberish sounds like to us...
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Hacker School Offering Grants to Diversify the Programmer Demographic
Photo credit: Hacker School You may have heard that there’s not a lot of women in the programming industry. In early 2012, Hacker School—think of it as a 3-month immersive retreat where programmers can...
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11 Things Only Parents of Girls Will Understand
Girl, and Perfectly Dirty. Photo credit: Ariane Coffin. One GeekMom shared with me this wonderful article in the Huffington Post, 11 Things Only Parents of Boys Will Understand. First of all, let me...
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A New Remote-Controlled Robot Kit From Thames & Kosmos
I was shopping Amazon’s back to school specials a couple of months ago and found a good deal on Thames & Kosmos Electricity & Magnetism, an experiment kit with block-like circuitry bits you can...
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Happy Ada Lovelace Day! Now With More Quizzes
Mrs. Virginia Davis, a riveter in the assembly and repair department of the Naval air base. Photo credit: The Library of Congress on Flickr Happy Ada Lovelace Day, everyone! Ada Lovelace, if you don’t...
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How Popular Programming Languages Got Their Names
Zenith Z-19 Terminal. Photo credit: Flick user ajmexico, CC BY 2.0. Ever wondered why C++ ended up with two pluses instead of one? And why was C even named C? Did the creators of Java have a particular...
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One GeekMom’s Impression of Hello Kitty Con 2014
Hello Kitty Con. Image: Sanrio On Saturday, November 1st, I attended Hello Kitty Con 2014! I went in with high hopes and left with mixed feelings. Had the con had about 50% less attendees, I would have...
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A Thermal Camera for Your Mobile Devices
See heat in the dark with the Seek thermal camera for smartphones. Image credit: Seek Thermal. Thermal cameras are, by and large, prohibitively expensive for the average Joe. However, there is a new...
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New Year Resolution vs. New Year Mantra
New Year resolutions. Flickr user chrish_99, CC BY 2.0 It’s that time of the year when people everywhere are looking down at their love handles and solemnly vow to get fit in the year to come. I’ve...
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New Study Reveals Need for More Educational Apps
Toddler apps. Photo by Flickr user Jenny Downing, CC BY 2.0 A new study published in the prestigious science journal Spurious Science has shown that 105% of parents want more educational apps for...
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Introducing the 2015 Summer Immersion Program at Girls Who Code
Girls Who Code website. Screenshot by Ariane Coffin. The Girls Who Code non-profit organization is putting together its 7-week summer immersion program again in 2015, which combines classes,...
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Daydreaming About Quitting Your Desk Job: What’s Your Plan B?
Another day at work. Photo: Flickr user philandpam, CC BY 2.0. My husband and I met in the Computer Science department in grad school. I was working on my master’s degree, him his PhD. When things got...
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Discussing the Journey to Mars with StarTalk Live!
StarTalk Live! Photo credit: Ariane Coffin I’m a big fan of podcasts, and one of my favorites is StarTalk Radio with science communicator extraordinaire Neil deGrasse Tyson. Along with a guest comedian...
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My Favorite Picture Books… Right Now
Julia’s House for Lost Creatures. Image credit: First Second. In the past, we used to pick our picture books willy-nilly at the library with the two kids in tow. Recently, I found out my library offers...
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How to Throw a Fun Gnome Party
Gnome tablescape. Photo by Ariane Coffin. My husband and I love gnomes. When we got our first apartment together, we decided we were going to be those weird gnome people and have them all over our...
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My Favorite Picture Books Right Now: March 2015
My favorite picture books right now. Image credit, left to right: Random House, Harper Collins, Random House, and BobRaczka.com We found a few new favorite picture books at our library recently. A...
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