In honor of the day, here are a couple of the pages that didn’t get in the published version of G is for Geek. After a lot of thought, I decided to play it safe and not include them in the book as the thought of being sued by George Lucas was not very appealing. read more
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Candy Car
Some dads play catch with their kids. My hubby, a robot-maker, showed the kids how to salvage parts from their broken RC toys and build something new. I suggested it shouldn’t be ordinary, and we came up the idea of a moving candy jar, or as we call it, the candy car. Pretty awesome if read more
Drupal & Joomla
To most people, Drupal and Joomla means you will get a few weird looks when those words come out of your mouth. To web developers and designers it means two varieties of open source, php-based content management systems. In our house, it means those two cute black kitties that are trying to bite your toes. read more
Non-Sinister Organist
It dawned on me one day that in the old time movies, the bad guys will go off and play a sinister tune on the organ in their haunted house or lair. Just like in The Ghost and Mr. Chicken The Phantom of the Opera (although he isn’t really a bad guy in this story, read more
The Geek Life
I lead an interesting life. You may already know, but the hubby is a robot-maker, for lack of a better tittle. It occured to me the other day that even though he has these pretty awesome skills, our house has a lack of automation. Maybe that’s because of a lack of money, but I like read more
Book Day!!
It would be an understatement for me to say I’m excited. I may not have done a happy dance because I was too busy hitting the approval button and writing up Facebook Status updates. Never mind that, its ready! To celebrate the first 100 copies being sold, you get $1 off with the discount code read more









