In honor of what appears to be Vaccine Appreciation Week around here, I found this excellent graphic about the relative risks of the HPV vaccine at the Information is Beautiful blog. HPV stands for human papillomavirus. Though not nearly as deadly as...
Topics: Cervical cancer, HPV, HPV vaccine, Science and Education, vaccines

{"title":"\u201cVaccine Risk\u201d Put in Perspective","post_url":"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/geekdad\/2009\/10\/vaccine-risk-put-in-perspective\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/blog.wired.com\/geekdad\/rss.xml","author":null,"date":"2009-10-21 06:30:04","summary":"In honor of what appears to be Vaccine Appreciation Week around here, I found this excellent graphic about the relative risks of the HPV vaccine at the Information is Beautiful blog. HPV stands for human papillomavirus. Though not nearly as deadly as..."}

You know you’re wasting electricity around your house. And as a geek, you’ve always dreamed of being able to run your home from a portable device - maybe something slick and hand-held? Well, this fellow got the DIY spirit and made it all...
Topics: Electricity, Electronic Geek, iPhone

{"title":"DIY Home Automation and Power Monitoring","post_url":"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/geekdad\/2009\/10\/diy-home-automation\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/blog.wired.com\/geekdad\/rss.xml","author":null,"date":"2009-10-21 06:00:02","summary":"You know you’re wasting electricity around your house. And as a geek, you’ve always dreamed of being able to run your home from a portable device - maybe something slick and hand-held? Well, this fellow got the DIY spirit and made it all..."}

Back in the last century, I once attended a Nine Inch Nails concert where the opening band was The Jim Rose Circus - an eclectic mix of music and performance art paying homage to the circus freaks of an earlier age. Please let me be clear that while...
Topics: Adam Savage, Armchair Geek, Kasper Hauser, Kid Beyond, Molly Lewis, People, The Internet, W00tstock

{"title":"W00tstock FTW!","post_url":"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/geekdad\/2009\/10\/w00tstock-ftw\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/blog.wired.com\/geekdad\/rss.xml","author":null,"date":"2009-10-20 08:55:45","summary":"Back in the last century, I once attended a Nine Inch Nails concert where the opening band was The Jim Rose Circus - an eclectic mix of music and performance art paying homage to the circus freaks of an earlier age. Please let me be clear that while..."}

(Video: EMSL)GeekDad perennials Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories have been thinking up neato Halloween projects forever.Who could foret the Jack-o-Dalek, light-up Lego headless horseman or Punkin’ Cylon? Well, Lenore and Windell are at it again....
Topics: EMSL, Halloween, Lego, Projects and Activities, Robots

{"title":"Keep An Eye On That Rovin\u2019 Pumpkin","post_url":"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/geekdad\/2009\/10\/rovinpunkin\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/blog.wired.com\/geekdad\/rss.xml","author":null,"date":"2009-10-07 07:13:43","summary":"(Video: EMSL)GeekDad perennials Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories have been thinking up neato Halloween projects forever.Who could foret the Jack-o-Dalek, light-up Lego headless horseman or Punkin’ Cylon? Well, Lenore and Windell are at it again...."}

It’s not as well known as the Scripps National Spelling Bee or First LEGO League, but every year the International Math Olympiad brings together top math students from around the world. And if you’re wondering how a kid becomes a mathlete,...
Topics: Armchair Geek, Math PBS

{"title":"The Making of a Mathlete","post_url":"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/geekdad\/2009\/10\/the-making-of-a-mathlete\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/blog.wired.com\/geekdad\/rss.xml","author":null,"date":"2009-10-07 06:30:51","summary":"It’s not as well known as the Scripps National Spelling Bee or First LEGO League, but every year the International Math Olympiad brings together top math students from around the world. And if you’re wondering how a kid becomes a mathlete,..."}