This a tough time of year if you have relatives living far away. Not everyone can get home for the holidays. Back in the day, that used to mean snail-mail letters and tearful (albeit expensive) phone calls. That’s not the case anymore. There are a bevy of on-line, video conferencing tools available that will allow […]
Happy Thanksgiving, fellow Nerds! Today, is that great,American tradition. The one where we sit around, watch football, and stuff ourselves silly. And it all happens in the company of our closest friends and relatives. Keeping in the tradition of all things nerdy here in The Garden, we’d like to offer up a shortlist of 5 […]
It’s Monday! We hope you have a hella-good one. One of the things we’ve chatted about this past weekend in the garden are our favorite apps and we thoughts we’d share them with all of you. So, without further ado, here are 20 super-useful apps for a mix of platforms and devices. Music Audacity: When […]
Happy Thursday, Nerds! In a little over a week, the Black Friday insanity will begin. For tech lovers, however, it’s the following Monday that matters. The Monday after Thanksgiving is known as Cyber Monday. That means that many of you (myself included) will be on-line, buying all sorts of gadgets for your friends and […]
Have you ever thought about what goes into creating a website or heck, even a singe page? Well, you’ve found The Nerd Garden, so you know what a cool site looks like! Have you thought of trying the web page thing out for yourself to see what’s involved? But What If I Screw It Up? […]
On any given day here at The Nerd Garden, you’ll hear awesome rock music! Nothing gets me going like Led Zeppelin or good, old Heavy Metal. From Steph’s office you’ll frequently hear British Alternative. Steph and I have collected a ton of music over the years. A lot of this collection is on CD! You […]
When our second second son was born, Steph started getting up to work at 5 a.m. Totally insane, but it allowed her the time and privacy she needed to meet her book deadlines. It continued to work, until son #2, “Bam-Bam”, decided he wanted to go visit Mom at this early hour every day. With […]
Hello, fellow nerds! Happy November. If you’re a writer, then you know exactly what’s going down over the course of the next four weeks. Why, National Novel Writing Month, of course! I get questions all the time on my tips for how to survive this insane time. I’ve got a video today, (partly humorous and […]
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