Say Hi to Parenting Geekly at GeekGirlCon!

Oct 18, 2013 By Sharon Feliciano in Uncategorized

Hi All!

Long time, no write, right? Do you miss me? Come see me on Saturday at Geek Girl Con! I’ll be on the “Geek Etiquette” Panel with my friend The Geeky Hostess, military/writer geek Ana Visneski and chanteuse Marian Call .

It’s at 10 am on Saturday! Here’s the description! I will be wearing some fancy clothes! Here’s the description!

How should you act at conventions? What do you do when your friend doesn’t get your references? How will you handle that internet troll? These questions and more will be discussed in this lively look at etiquette in geek culture. Learn how to be a well-mannered geek and get answers to all of your burning etiquette questions!

Tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day

May 3, 2013 By Sharon Feliciano in Uncategorized

The Saturday is Free Comic Book Day!

If you’re NOT in Seattle, check out http://www.freecomicbookday.com/Home/1/1/27/992 for locations near you!

If you ARE in Seattle, you are in luck! Arcane Comics and More in Ballard will be celebrating Free Comic Book Day from 10 AM – 8PM. There will be free comic books for readers of all ages and everything in the shop is on sale for 10% off.

Parenting Geekly will be there celebrating the blog’s 3rd Anniversary from 10-2 with face painting, balloons and treats!

For more information visit:
http://www.arcanecomicbooks.com/

https://parentinggeekly.com
http://www.freecomicbookday.com/Home/1/1/27/992

Dean Kamen, humanitarian inventor and…soda machine revolutionary?

Apr 10, 2013 By Sharon Feliciano in Uncategorized

Dean Kamen is a pretty swell guy. He’s the inventor of the Segway, a wheelchair that can climb stairs and a water purifier that make some of the most contaminated water drinkable.

Nathan got a strawberry Fanta. I got a Cherry Vanilla Coke Zero. They were delicious.

Nate is currently doing his 6th grade biography project on Kamen, and recently asked me if we could make a trip to Taco Time as part of his “research”. The Taco Time near our house was a pretty popular place a few years ago when they introduced the area’s first Coca-Cola “Freestyle” machine. A computerized, touch-screen soda fountain that offers over 125 beverage flavors. It was invented by Dean Kamen.

At first I was hesitant to believe Nate. Why would Dean Kamen, a humanitarian, make such a “silly” innovation? It turns out that several years ago, Coke approached him and asked to sponsor his FIRST program, a project aimed at getting kids involved in STEM education. Kamen, however, saw Coke being able to help him with a different project, giving children everywhere access to clean water. In a bit of a “I’ll scratch your back…” maneuver he used technology he had already created for chemotherapy machines and created the Freestyle.

You can read more about it here: http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/oct2009/id2009107_810817.htm