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‘Doctor Who’ Zygon Two-Parter Gets Emotional About War

This week, rather than touch on each of the episodes individually, I opted to wait until after the two episodes had finished and discuss them as a whole. The Zygon episodes, an extension of the plot...

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Dice Masters: Spider-Man Is Amazing

Before receiving this package from WizKids, I had never played their Dice Masters line before. In fact, I didn’t even really understand the draw of it. Now, however, I get the appeal and have begun...

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EasyAcc’s All-Weather Power Bank: For the Techie Woodsman

When EasyAcc suggested their all-weather battery to me, I sort of shrugged. I’m always on the lookout for new batteries, and words like rugged and waterproof are usually good indicators that I’m less...

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‘Doctor Who’– The More Changes, The More It Stays the Same

Disclaimer: This article will be making commentary on events that transpired throughout this latest season of Doctor Who, including events in the finale. If you have not seen any part of this season...

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‘Heroes Reborn’ Novella Goes In-Depth

I should probably mention before I get into this review that I actually liked the original Heroes. I was that guy who, even after the quality went downhill, continued to watch the show and enjoy it....

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SyFy’s ‘The Magicians’ Pilot Evokes Mixed Feelings

As someone who has read and reviewed all 3 books in Lev Grossman’s Magicians trilogy for this site, I was psyched to learn that we were going to get a TV adaptation. When I thought about the books, it...

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Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: ‘Overlords of Infamy’

Have you ever played a game of Catan where you ended up wanting to somehow take out your frustrations on the other players? Do you often have dreams of performing acts of large-scale mischief like...

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Freewrite (Formerly Hemingwrite) Now Available

A Kickstarter project that took the internet by storm, and captured my attention, was the Freewrite (formerly known as the Hemingwrite). This product is basically the spiritual successor to the...

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Bespoke Post’s Frontier Box Is Like an Instant Hemingway Kit

It seems as if 2015 has been the year of the monthly subscription box. I’ve seen them for nearly everything, taking advantage of the digital generation’s excitement about receiving something in the...

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Edifier Headphones: Good Sound for Mid-range Price

For the past few weeks I’ve had the opportunity to spend some time checking out the Edifier H850 over-ear headphones and the H210 in-ear headphones. Both sit comfortably in the mid to mid-low price...

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EasyAcc Bluetooth Speaker Is the Easiest

Image via Easy Acc I’ve reviewed quite a few bluetooth speakers for GeekDad by now and the EasyAcc Dp100, true to its name, is the easiest of them. While not the best sounding, I’ve found myself...

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Inateck Bluetooth Headphones: Connected Without the Hassle

For the last couple of months, I’ve been living life with the Inateck BH1001 Bluetooth Headphones and they’ve pretty much replaced my other headphones. It should be known that, before these, I hadn’t...

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Hear Your Shows Better With the Grace Digital Speaker

For the last few months, my family has been testing the Grace Digital GDI-BTTV100 Digital Bluetooth Speaker. The speaker is optimized to enhance the sounds of the human voice, allowing it to pop out...

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Direct Sound EX-29 Headphones – Extreme Isolation

In my other life, the one where I’m not testing products and writing about them online, I’m an audio engineer for a large church. While most of my work is with live bands, there is a fair amount of...

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‘Lessons From an Imperfect World’– A Book for the Bad Days

I know I’m far from the only one of us who had a bad 2016. Heck, I know I’m not the only GeekDad who had a bad 2016. This last year I ended up divorced and living as a single father for some very...

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TimoLabs Corbett Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker

The Corbett speaker is far from the only waterproof Bluetooth speaker I’ve reviewed. (It seems lately as if GeekDad has been flooded with Bluetooth audio requests.) Aside from the common feature of...

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SmartOmi Hybrid – The Bluetooth Headphones Battery Solution

For the last few months, I’ve been living with a unique pair of headphones. The SmartOmi Hybrid manages to be both a traditional pair of plug-in headphones as well as a pair of Bluetooth headphones....

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Sleep Headphone Roundup

The last handful of weeks I’ve been testing a pair of sleep headphones. I have a long history of being a light sleeper, often using white noise to eliminate disruptive noises while I’m sleeping. When...

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Inateck Tomons Lamp Review

I never thought I’d be reviewing a lamp, but when Inateck pitched me their Tomons Lamp, I knew it was gorgeous enough that I had to check it out. When I first saw it, my initial thought was that it...

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Freewrite Traveler, Hands-On at Last!

  For the last couple of weeks I’ve been testing the new Freewrite Traveler by Astrohaus, using a loaner from the first run of the production models. Its been a few years since I tested the original...

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