Check Out Our New Look!

Okay, so maybe the title above was a little misleading. This post isn’t about us. At least not about our fashion forward style, anyway. Nope! This post is all about the “Garden.” Plus, it couldn’t come at a better time. Check out our brief video below for details! Rock on! Steph and Aaron

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It’s Launch Day!

Hello everyone! It’s launch day. We are so excited to announce the launch of our first-ever course here at The Nerd Garden. STOP PUTTING YOUR AUDIENCE TO SLEEP! 5 Steps To More Dynamic Presentations. For many years, Steph’s no only taught people how to be more engaging public speakers, but she’s coached them on PowerPoints gone wrong. This […]

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Our Afternoon Repairing A Laptop

Do you have awesome friends that you go to whenever you need technical support? To people we know, we’re those friends! So today, we’re sharing our recent experience helping our friend Keith. The Story Keith cracked his laptop lid and ordered a replacement. He called us when the steps needed to repair it numbered into the 20s. The day […]

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I Made An Epic Guitar Effects Pedal and You Can, Too!

Greetings my friends. If you’ve been hanging out here at The Nerd Garden you may have heard that, in addition to being geeky, generally tech-savvy, and all-around cool people, Steph and I are also musicians. Today I wanted to take some time to show off one of my favorite instruments. The guitar! Guitars! Oh yeah, man. […]

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By Request: A Review Of NextCloud Apps

Happy Thursday, Nerds, and Nerdettes! We’ve had several emails and comments about the apps that are available for NextCloud. Why aren’t we using them? What made us stick with solutions like Cozi and Google Calendar or Evernote and Notes instead of the NextCloud app family. When Aaron first installed NextCloud, he played around with some […]

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Stream It Like You Mean It!

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 […]

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Retro Games On The Raspberry Pi 3

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 […]

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My 5 Favorite Text Editors

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 […]

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