Happy Thursday, fellow Nerdists! You may remember that last year we demoed how to install a cloud storage solution in your home using a tool called NextCloud. On May 22nd, 2017, NextCloud released their latest version—NextCloud 12. This new release touts several updates, so it immediately piqued our interest. For this post, we thought we’d […]
‘Tis the season for people to hit the road on vacation. It’s also the season for Twitter Pitching. You heard me. Twitter Pitching: writers pitching their books to agents and editors on Twitter. It’s not just a thing, it’s a really big thing! Even though Twitter pitch events take place all year long, the second half […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hey all! Happy Monday! Wow–wait a minute! Monday? We never post on a Monday. Guess what, peeps. There are some changes afoot here in The Nerd Garden. Starting this week, our posts will release on Mondays and Thursdays. We’ll still be posting twice a week, but we’re changing up the days so we can best […]
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