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  • Keeping Up With the GeekMoms

  • Sunday, March 31
  • GeekMom has moved. If you’ve been paying attention, you may have noticed that something has changed. We’d like to make sure you know how to keep in touch with us. You can continue to connect with us at the following …

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  • No Starch Press Manga Guides Make Science Fun

  • Saturday, March 30
  • Have you ever read a textbook cover to cover? I’m in grad school. I’ve had to do it more than once. It usually requires massive amounts of caffeine and re-reading a lot of pages. Well, there’s some good news. No …

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  • Kate Spade Jordan Bag Meets Geek Girl Needs With Style

  • Friday, March 29
  • GeekMoms are often like superheroes–we’re leading double lives. Sometimes triple or quadruple lives. And all those lives have stuff, and you need somewhere to put them. I have the kind of work life that’s sometimes best led with a sturdy …

  • Emperor's New Clothes board game on Kickstarter. Image: Kickstarter
  • Emperor’s New Clothes Is Fun, It’s No Ruse!

  • Friday, March 29
  • As an avid board gamer myself, I didn’t want to spoil the game for you with a bunch of review lingo and “this is exactly what you will get when you back the Kickstarter”. Instead, I went straight to the …

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  • Funny Videos To Keep You Sane In Spring

  • Wednesday, March 27
  • SOMEONE MAKE ME LAUGH, DAMMIT! Ah-hem. Yeah, so to keep me from ripping my children’s heads off for no particular reason other than they seem to be there all the time, I’ve found some web channels that lighten the mood. …

  • MapMyFitness underwent a major upgrade in February 2013, bringing in an MVP subscription service that includes more statistics than ever before. Screen capture: Patricia Vollmer.
  • MapMyRun MVP: A Revolution in Workout Statistics

  • Wednesday, March 27
  • Earlier this year I received the offer to explore MapMyFitness’s newest feature: its MVP subscription, which includes several additional features. I explored the newest MapMyFitness during the months of January and February, putting in nearly 100 road miles while exploring …

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  • GeekMom Exclusive Excerpt of River of Stars

  • Tuesday, March 26
  • Published by Roc Hardcover, River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay is set to release on April 2, 2013. In preparation for its release, Kay has crafted an exclusive excerpt specifically for GeekMom Readers.

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  • Between the Bookends at GeekMom

  • Tuesday, March 26
  • Wondering what the GeekMoms have been reading this month? The list includes an inside peek at Seattle, a National Book Award Winner set in North Dakota, a touch of Neil Gaiman, and a memoir by the daughter of the drunk …

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  • Mega Con 2013–Best Weekend of the Year So Far!

  • Tuesday, March 26
  • Mega Con is the only major convention I get to check out every year and I plan my visit months in advanced. Spanning all of the sci-fi and comic book genres, you never know who or what you might run …

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  • blogs.scientificamerican.com
  • Let's Not Spring Forward

  • The proportion of total energy that is used for lighting is miniscule compared to other, time-independent uses like factories, computers, nuclear plants, airport radars, and other facilities that run 24/7. Energy companies themselves have measured the effect, and have concluded ...  More
  • Sunday, March 10
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  • sparksummit.com
  • Breaking the Body Peace Treaty

  • We can definitely applaud Seventeen for promoting body peace as part of the response to SPARK’s own Julia Bluhm’s enormously successful petition asking Seventeen to promote images of real beauty and encourage healthy body image. But unfortunately, Seventeen has just ...  More
  • Friday, March 1
  • Discuss
  • America Now
  • Teacher Ditches Books for Video Games

  • For about an hour a day, one Cape Fear Middle School teacher gives students permission to live in a fantasy world as the class practices learning through the massively popular game, "World of Warcraft." Words like "quest," "guild," "story," and "epoch" ...  More
  • Monday, February 11
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