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RIP Nash the Slash
Reading Time: 2 minutesNash the Slash performs in this image from YouTube video of “Phasors on Stun” — see video link below Sad news out of the Great White North, where one of my all-time favorite...
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Spin Master Toys: 20 Years of Spinnovation
Reading Time: 3 minutesSpin Master is Celebrating its 20th Anniversary (Photo copyright Spin Master) Last week I had the opportunity to attend a media event for Spin Master, the Canadian success story...
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STEAMLabs Crowdfunding a Workshop for Maker Kids
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe SPARK Core pulls live data from Ontario Hydro and displays energy supply using programmable LED light strips in a project imagined and created by an Ontario School classroom....
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Foo Fighters' Guitar Throne Rocks Toronto
Reading Time: 3 minutesDave Grohl leads the Foo Fighters in their first of two performances in Toronto. Following an accident which fractured his right leg, he performed from a custom designed, moving...
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Rey Doll Family Day Hackathon
Reading Time: 2 minutesSTEAMLabs in Toronto, Ontario is holding a Family Day event to help kids get the Rey doll they’ve been looking for. Photo: Stephen Clark Take the largest merchandising property...
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Giant Light Brite and More at Nuit Blanche 2009
Reading Time: 2 minutesSaturday night was Toronto’s fourth annual Nuit Blanche, described by sponsor Scotiabank as a “massive participatory celebration of contemporary art.” Unfortunately, I’ve never...
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Toronto’s Historic Sites Free For Kids This Saturday
Reading Time: 1 minute Just a quick note to let readers in the Toronto, Ontario area know that the city is offering free admission for kids 12 and under to the city’s numerous historic sites. This...
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Happy Family Day, Ontario (And Everyone Else)
Reading Time: 3 minutesHappy Family Day to all my peeps in Ontario (Canada)! First celebrated in 2008, Family Day takes place on the third Monday of every February and is intended to give working...
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GeekDad at INplay 2010
Reading Time: 2 minutesINplay 2010 is a two day conference starting tomorrow in Toronto, Ontario that’s focused on the art and business of kids interactivity. Among the keynotes and speakers are the...
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INplay 2010 Conference: GeekDad Sits on a Panel
Reading Time: 5 minutesAs mentioned last Monday, I spent a few days at the INplay 2010 conference in Toronto, including representing GeekDad on a panel that spoke about the role of parent bloggers as...
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U2 May Have Cancelled in Toronto, but the Hippo Tour Went Where the Streets...
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Hippo Bus parked on Front Street in Toronto (photo by Jody Moon) Toronto has seen its fair share of GeekDad activity in recent months. Doug Cornelius and his family visited...
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Toronto Zoo’s Tundra Trek
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs we do every year, this weekend my family celebrated (Canadian) Thanksgiving, along with the shared birthdays of my boys, Jon and Aidan, and their grandfather. It always makes...
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Ontario Provincial Parks Prep For Family Day
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor residents of the province of Ontario (Canada), February doesn’t just mean brutal cold and snow. Statistically speaking, yes those two factors will likely be in play, but...
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Toronto Comic Book Shop Claims to Be World’s First for Kids
Reading Time: 2 minutesLike many GeekDads and our readers, I frequently take my kids to the local comic book shops. Despite the fact that digital media is increasingly invading our household (including...
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Legoland Discovery Center Announced for Canada, Brick Fever Builds in the...
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada's first Legoland Discovery Center is expected to open in spring, 2013 Lego geeks in Canada have been abuzz with the news last week that a Legoland Discovery Center (or...
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Canada’s Wonderland Plays Host to Dinosaurs Alive! Exhibit
Reading Time: 3 minutes One of the many juvenile dinosaurs on display at Canada's Wonderland. Photo by Jody Moon I’m a sucker for dinosaurs and so are my kids. So when we were at Canada’s Wonderland on...
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Ultimate Dinosaurs: Giants From Gondwana at the ROM
Reading Time: 4 minutes Ultimate Dinosaurs: Giants From Gondwana. “The North” is represented by T-Rex. Photo by Jody Moon My family and I visited Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum (the ROM) over the...
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Camping Geeks Play Spot the Cell Tower
Reading Time: 3 minutes 95 foot tall camouflaged cell tower in Muskoka region. Image copyright Bell Canada. As we head into the final stretch of summer, my family is getting into the camping groove...
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Lego Master Builder as a Career? Odds Are Favorable in Toronto
Reading Time: 2 minutes Think you could do this for a living? Image copyright Legoland California. Lego is opening a Legoland Discovery Center (or Centre as we spell it here in Canada) in Toronto in...
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Royal Canadian Mint Releases Superman 75th Anniversary Coin Sets
Reading Time: 2 minutes1 os $20 Fine Silver “Man of Steel” coin. Reads “75 years of Superman” in native Kryptonian language (or is that Kryptonese?). Image copyright Royal Canadian Mint There are many...
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