Kansas City Maker Fair 2012
Kansas City Maker Fair 2012 Sunday, we went to the KC Maker Fair, which is nerd heaven. We were very happy to see such wonders as our favorite Star Wars characters, cool gizmos with switches and levers...
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How to | Write HTML Links that Open Up in a New Tab One of my biggest pet peeves on blogs is links that don’t open up in a new tab. Why is that a pet peeve? Let’s say I’m reading a post from one of my...
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Google Fiber Space In April, we got super excited because Google was laying their Fiberoptic Cable in our neighborhood. Now we’re able to preregister for Google Fiber: Kansas City, KS and Kansas City,...
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Eliza’s First Computer Program In June we went to the Maker Fair. Eliza and I were walking around looking at all of the tables and we saw one with a ton of Macs on it, so (naturally) we gravitated...
View ArticleYour Blog Needs Good SEO | Spread the Nerd with Kam from Campfire Chic
Your Blog Needs Good SEO | Spread the Nerd with Kam from Campfire Chic Here at the Nerd Nest, we’re big on nerd pride. We live in a world where it’s cool to be smart, and we want a space in that world...
View ArticleFor Your Eyes Only | How to Secure Files On Your Mac
For Your Eyes Only | How to Secure Files On Your Mac For your eyes only! Ah, the childhood code of FYEO (or the 1981 James Bond movie it came from). Well, sometimes even as adults we want to keep...
View ArticleRolling with the Punches
Rolling with the Punches Well, the first real Make it Happen, Cap’n test arrived on our doorstep this week. As those of you who follow Jake and me on Twitter already know, my iMac has kicked the...
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Flickr Flow I’m working on a new project for a friend photographer & colleague, Qian (pronounced like Quin). Qian is an amazing photographer and he’s the Senior Software Architect of my team at...
View ArticleCoding Automated Downloads for Digital Purchases
Coding Automated Downloads for Digital Purchases Megan and Allie are gearing up to release a bunch of awesome stuff in the Document Life Workshop Online Store this summer, so it’s my job to do some...
View ArticleRetina Macbook Makes Me Sad
Retina Macbook Makes Me Sad Today I was reading a break down from ifixit.com on Apple’s new Retina Macbook Pro. There are some SERIOUS negatives in regards to this laptop. So much in fact, that I had...
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