GeekDad Puzzle of the Week – Paper Planes
This past weekend, our family has had an amazing time up in a north Georgia cabin. One of the many activities we got to enjoy with the kids was researching, folding, and then flying paper airplanes....
View ArticleGeekDad Puzzle of the Week – Disemvoweled ’80s One-Hit Wonders
The 1980s were an amazing time for music. Not only did this decade give us the CD and the Walkman, but it also gave us the widespread use of the music synthesizer. It was a time when MTV actually...
View ArticleGeekDad Puzzle of the Week – 99 Word Grid
As discussed in last summer’s GeekDad Puzzle of the Week – Meaning of Life Word Grid, MATH is indeed the true meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything. That is, if we translate its letters into...
View ArticleGeekDad Puzzle of the Week – Right Triangle Numbers
This past weekend, as Max was learning to stack cups quickly, he and I discussed triangle numbers. One way to describe the set of triangle numbers is the set of numbers that make complete rows when...
View ArticleGeekDad Puzzle of the Week – Four Color States
One of my favorite theorems to learn about in math was the Four Color Theorem. The theorem states that any contiguous separation of a plane (called a map) can be completely colored by at most four...
View ArticleGeekDad Puzzle of the Week — Falling Letters
Sometimes, especially during spelling bees, I have been known to drop a letter–either lose an important one, or drop an unexpected one into an unsuspecting word. This week’s puzzle is all about...
View ArticleGeekDad Puzzle of the Week – Efficient Gardening
This past weekend, we decided that we would take part of our yard at home, and start a small garden. Here is how the front yard look so far: Our first 6×6′ square of potential vegetables! Well, that’s...
View ArticleGeekDad Puzzle of the Week – Guess Who Questions
On our recent beach trip, wife and the kids alternated playing the classic Milton Bradley game Guess Who? Each of the two players has a slate of faces and names, and selects a character for the other...
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