What is file compression? Have you ever seen a zip file? A single file that ends in .zip or has an icon of a box with a zipper on it or something like that? A zip file is a single file that can contain many files and folders organized within it. It is also […]
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 […]
Last week, I was hanging out with a friend of mine–let’s call him Dave. Anyway, Dave was talking about how he couldn’t find a file he was looking for. He mentioned that he made backup copies to several different places, but he had to go through and find the copy he needed. This led to […]
Picture this. It’s Saturday at 9:30a.m. Your mother calls. “Hey, Mom.” “Don’t you ‘hey’ me. Whatever happened to those bicycle relay race pictures you were going to send me?” “Well, I sent you the download link last week, Mom didn’t you get that?” “How did you send it to me? The mail?” Okay, let’s just […]
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