From the monthly archives:

March 2008

Loretta, over at Blogs We Luv, has posted a very thoughtful, well-researched, and positive review of GeekMomMashup. It was completely unsolicited, unexpected, and a wonderful pick-me-up after a through-the-ringer kind of morning. Thank you, Loretta!

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I don’t know who came up with the phrase “Terrible Twos,” because with my three kids, age three has always been much worse than two. I was reminded of this today, when my three year old daughter had her first humongous public meltdown. It happened like this…
This morning, I needed to get some things from [...]

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Today is a Geek Holiday: Happy pi Day!

by GeekMom on March 14, 2008

Hip hip hooray! Today is PI DAY!
Okay, I don’t really get that excited about mathematical constants, but I didn’t think I could let the day go by without an acknowledgement. Pi, which is the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle, is approximately 3.14. At least, that’s the way most of us [...]

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There’s a new player in online video: Hulu

by GeekMom on March 13, 2008

If you like watching television shows online, you might want to take a look at hulu.com, which just launched on March 12, 2008. It’s similar to YouTube, in that you can watch clips and whole episodes of your favorite shows, but hulu has actually partnered with the content providers, so the videos aren’t going to [...]

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A neat little graphics tool: Stripe Generator

by GeekMom on March 12, 2008

Well, despite the late winter blizzards we’ve been having here in the midwestern US, spring is officially just a week away! You know what that means: spring cleaning!
Do you need to freshen up your online home a bit? Is your background stale? Want to make your badges and banners a little more 2.0?
Here’s a fun, [...]

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Geeks Get Geekier with Tattoos

by GeekMom on March 11, 2008

I would never get a real tattoo. I’m afraid of needles, and I don’t want to be an 80 year old lady with a tattoo someday. For years, I’ve been searching for a way to express my inner geek. Okay, not really, because my inner geek is pretty much the same as my outer geek. [...]

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Super Geeky Star Wars Droid Soap Dispensers

by GeekMom on March 10, 2008

I love these! I know I say that a lot, but I really do love these. I found this set of 5 droid “shampoo” dispensers at strapya. For $89.95 USD, you can get the lot, and put one in each bathroom. How cute would that be? Good-bye, fuzzy toilet lid cover. Farewell, traditional bathroom decor. [...]

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