Let’s be honest. How many of you remember the days of mix tapes or mix CDs? We sure do. You’d wait all day by the stereo, awaiting the moment when your favorite station would play your jam. Or, you’d run down to the Record store—hands up if you remember National Record Mart—only to discover they were […]
Good morning! Thanks for joining us here in the garden for Groundhog Day. For those of you not from the states, we have this bizarre tradition that plays out every February 2nd. What Is Groundhog Day? All across the country, people are un-caging groundhogs (while wearing protective gloves). Each one has its own, unique name. Here, […]
Hello and happy Monday to my fellow nerds! A few months ago, Aaron and I did a post on tablets for kids. At that time we talked about the iPad as a great, kid-friendly solution. Since then, many people have asked us how we set up restrictions for the iPad. Ask and you shall receive, […]
The picture in our post image isn’t of us. Do you want to know why? It’s because we don’t have the time to have our freaking picture taken. Think I’m over exaggerating? Not. Here are just a few of the things we’ve been juggling this week. Aaron’s full-time job Aaron’s work on Team Octos Steph’s […]
I was walking though my local Target this morning and it hit me. I remembered an article I’d read the other day that said Target has the new NES classic in stock now. I rush over to the electronics department, dragging my 5-year-old-son behind me and… Sold out! via GIPHY Aw man. I really wanted […]
Hello. My name is Aaron and I have a confession…I use text editors. Don’t judge. You don’t understand. I mean I use them for almost everything. I use them when it doesn’t make sense to use them. Do I write notes in Word or LibreOffice? No! I use a text editor. I wrote the first draft of […]
As you may have gotten from our tagline, I’m a writer. I’m also a technical consultant and an instructional design consultant. What that means is, I have three email accounts. An author account, a personal account, and a consulting account. Whenever I visit a client site and happen to glimpse their inbox, it freaks me […]
WiFi is awesome! …when it’s working. These days everybody with home Internet service also has WiFi, and most Internet service providers included a WiFi router with installation. So what do you do with your old perfectly working WiFi router? Put it in a drawer? Dispose of it (responsible of course)? Give it to that geek […]
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