How to "Geek-up" Your Thanksgiving Celebration

As geeks, nerds, makers and more, we can dig deeper and find connection between the past, present, and future in how we celebrate this very American holiday.
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When it comes to Thanksgiving, one isn't immediately flush with ideas for making the holiday geekier. Halloween is all about cosplay, Christmas requires Phd-level electrical engineering skills to achieve the best light display on your blog, but Thanksgiving? Commemorating the harvest celebration enjoyed by a colony of Puritans nearly four hundred years ago does not spark technological inspiration, other than using it as an excuse to upgrade your home entertainment center to better enjoy the weekend college football offerings. But as geeks, nerds, makers and more, we can dig deeper and find connection between the past, present, and future in how we celebrate this very American holiday.

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How to "Geek Up" Your Thanksgiving

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