Parental Geekery

Parental Geekery


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Parental Geekery episode 13 – Ubisoft made us do it
December 11, 2012

First of all, apologies for the late release of this episode. We recorded it last week, but a combination of kids being ill, busy times at work and general panicking about Christmas has prevented us releasing it until now. This show starts with us talkin

Parental Geekery Episode 12 – Air double bass?
November 14, 2012

Welcome back to another episode of Parental Geekery. After an in-depth discussion on how to play air clarinet and air double bass we launch straight in to our comprehensive review of the iPad mini. Find out what we think of the device in particular and th

Parental Geekery Episode 11 – Smooth as a Microsoft Surface
November 01, 2012

It's been a week of big announcements, and we're talking about them all here on Parental Geekery. Disney have bought LucasFilm, Google have announced new hardware and Microsoft have announced a load of stuff that we knew already. After announcing his sho

Parental Geekery Episode 10 – We’re in double figures!
October 24, 2012

Welcome back to another episode of Parental Geekery, and we're delighted to have made it in to double figures! This show is inspired by the TV Show "Red Dwarf", with apologies to any International listeners who are not yet able to watch the latest series

Parental Geekery Episode 9 – A Moustache for my Birthday
October 13, 2012

Welcome back to Parental Geekery! Our big event this week has been Catherine's fifth birthday, although it takes a little while for us to get around to telling you about that. We meander through a rant about gender-specific colours and the world shortage

Parental Geekery Episode 8 – Drawing with Sausages
October 04, 2012

We open this episode of Parental Geekery with an excerpt we hope you all recognise, which leads us to talk about Catherine's new-found love for Jeff Wayne's musical version of The War of the Worlds. Ruth tries desperately to remember the rise to fame of K

Parental Geekery Episode 7 – Return the Map!
September 27, 2012

Welcome back to Parental Geekery. We're back with our mega iPhone 5 review show, although we seem to talk about loads of other stuff at all. John reveals that he really wants a MakerBot so that he can make a free universal connection kit for the kids. So

Parental Geekery Episode 6 – The Mystery Sound
September 24, 2012

Hello and welcome to another episode of Parental Geekery. This week we kick off with an update on David's sleep habits, and say a very special hello to our friend Claire (no, not that Claire, another Claire!). Thanks to an audio question from our friend

Parental Geekery Episode 5 – The iPhone 5 Edition
September 14, 2012

After taking a week off last week we're back in full swing this week with a show recorded just after the Apple iPhone 5 announcement. Find out what we made of the new iPhone, and whether we're planning on buying or not. Is the Galaxy Note II a viable alte

Parental Geekery Episode 4 – It’s Dark and We’re Wearing Sunglasses
September 02, 2012

We've come over a little Blues-y this week, thanks to our friend Neil. The discussion about The Road continues, and Neil recommends Blood Meridian as well. We also discover that Neil is a Western Swing geek. We talk about Catherine's first experience of