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 […]
Let’s make up a scenario. One that might feel pretty familiar to you. You open up a browser, head over to Google, and type in some search criteria. You get a list of results. You click on the first one that looks good. The next thing you know, a screen pops up with a message […]
Happy New Year everybody! Welcome to The Nerd Garden 2017! Aaron and I are mega-relaxed from our holiday break. We got to spend some great family time, but we also used it to cook up some new ideas for all you here at The Nerd Garden. That got us thinking. January is the when we reflect […]
Hello Nerds-in-Crime! Thanks for joining us today for our last post of 2016. Never fear. We’ll be back in 2017 with even more righteous topics. Plus, don’t miss the unveiling of our first Nerd Garden class in February. But now onto today’s topic. Lately, we’ve been revisiting cord-cutting and, as promised, today we’re going […]
Hello nerds! As we’ve mentioned in previous posts, Steph and I have cut the cord, canceling our pricey, cable TV subscription. Back in October we unboxed our brand-new (then) Amazon Fire TV Stick. Today, we’ll share how it’s been going. In this video we’ll discuss what has been working for us in terms of streaming our shows […]
Let’s paint a picture. It’s 5 o’clock. You’ve got no plans for dinner. Your kids are grumbling. The fridge is pretty-much a lost cause, unless you can come up with an awesome recipe with grape jelly and half a cup of milk. Sound familiar? It sure does to us. We hated the rush around […]
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 […]
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