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    Culture - Geek of the Week

    Geek of the Week: Thomas Brand, Developer of MathRider

    April 15, 2025 - By 

    This week’s Geek of the Week is Thomas Brand—a software engineer with a passion for psychology, creativity, and making a meaningful difference. By day, he runs a web development and marketing agency; by night, he’s the mind behind MathRider, a fantasy-inspired math adventure game designed to help kids master arithmetic with confidence and fun. We sent Thomas a list of questions to delve into his geeky pursuits, and he will take the story over from here! Introduce yourself: My name is Thomas Brand. With a background in software engineering and a passion for psychology and helping others, I run a…

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    Conventions - Culture - Events - Geek Stuff - Travel

    Star Wars Day, Comic Fest and Free Comic Book Day, Oh My!

    May 3, 2024 - By 

    It’s a big Saturday with May the 4th, aka Star Wars Day, Free Comic Book Day, and the Beaches Library Comic Fest all on the same day! Free Comic Book Day: A Celebration of Comics Free Comic Book Day is an annual event celebrated by comic book fans, publishers, and retailers around the world. Held on the first Saturday of May, this year it falls on May 4th, 2024, and is a day dedicated to the appreciation and enjoyment of the art of comic books. The event aims to introduce new readers to the joy of comics, bring back former…

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    Culture - Geek Stuff - My Life

    ARTSABERS, Making My Childhood Lightsaber Dreams Come True

    April 9, 2024 - By 

    When I was little, my cousins and I battled with broomsticks and called them lightsabers. Now 40 something years later, I finally have a “real” lightsaber thanks to ARTSABERS, and just turning it on and hearing that realistic swish noise makes my nerdy little heart happy. They sent me the Luke Saber, inspired by Luke Skywalker and built for full contact dueling. It has 20+ sounds and colors, and even plays Star Wars theme music! Click here to check out ARTSABERS and save 5% with code SPACEBUNS (let me know if you try the code and it doesn’t work!) The…

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    Heading to Missouri Comic Con this Weekend

    February 9, 2024 - By 

    I’m a long way from Florida at the moment, up in Missouri to take my sister to her very first comic con. We are attending Missouri Comic Con, at the Springfield Expo Center this weekend, February 10 and 11. If you are wondering how I have a sister that’s never attended a con, well I didn’t even know about her until my mid 20s and we didn’t meet until many years later. I was reunited with my dad’s side of the family at 23 and found out I have a half sister and brother! We first met at my great-grandfather’s…

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    Conventions - Travel

    GalaxyCon Raleigh, NC 2023 Recap and Review

    August 8, 2023 - By 

    I’m looking forward to attending a GalaxyCon sometime myself, but until then we’ve got roving Guest Geek reporter and photographer Al Butler on the scene, with his thoughts about GalaxyCon 2023 in Raleigh, NC. GalaxyCon Raleigh, NC 2023 GalaxyCon is a series of pop culture conventions set in various cities such as Richmond VA, Raleigh NC, Austin TX, and others. This year, I attended the one in Raleigh, where it was set at the Raleigh Convention Center. It lasted 4 days (Thursday through Sunday) and I attended two of these days. The big draw of this con are the celebrities,…