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Author: Thomas

How to update your Facebook status so only some of your friends see it.

  • 29 Jan, 2012

It seems like everyone is on Facebook these days. I have high school friends, co-workers, relatives and even my mother in-law follows my updates. However, I don’t always want to share everything with everyone. That’s why there are Facebook lists. Lists are a way of organizing your friends into groups; or circles if anyone uses Google+. You […]

I’ve been an official Nerd for a year now.

  • 20 Jan, 2012

This past Tuesday marked my one year anniversary at The Nerdery. It’s hard to believe it’s been a year, and it’s also hard to believe how much I’ve learned. When I started I was a little nervous. It was my first time starting a new job in 6 years. I was excited though as it […]

Blast from the past: Garbage Pail Kids

  • 18 Jan, 2012
Peepin Tom
Peepin Tom

Remember Garbage Pail Kids? The trading cards & stickers of sick and twisted little kids?! Man I had so many Garbage Pail Kids cards. A little disgusting? Yes. But not as bad as the gum that came with them. I wonder if my Mom still has my collection of cards? And did you know they re-released some recently? […]

How does one see the internet when they can’t see it?

  • 6 Jan, 2012
3 Blind Mice

Have you ever wondered how blind people surf the web or have you ever stopped to take the visually impaired into consideration when designing or building a site? Probably not. I believe that most web developers don’t think too much about the visually impaired. We focus more on the design and functionality and what we […]

How to shrink your Facebook tabs iFrame when AutoGrow fails you.

  • 29 Dec, 2011
Facebook AutoGrow

When building a Facebook application tab, Facebook gives you a great function called FB.Canvas.setAutoGrow (formally FB.Canvas.setAutovsize) that allows for the Facebook iFrame to automatically figure out how tall it should be to incorporate all your content. As you switch between pages in your app, it continues to grow as needed.i The downside is that it […]

How to customize your MIUI ringtone.

  • 28 Dec, 2011
Ringtone Music Star

I’m really liking MIUI on my Android, but I had a hard time setting my default ringtone. Seems that you need to set it in your theme’s settings, not your systems settings. Go to your themes app, edit theme, select ringtone and save. Seems a bit backwards to me, but it works!

Google+. The social network that wants to be cool but isn’t.

  • 27 Dec, 2011
Google+

Who doesn’t love the idea of Goolge+? It’s a social network, from Google, that ties into your Google life. It’s got a pretty easy to use interface, does a great job at grouping friends, has video and audio chat built-in and can automatically upload every picture you take from your Android phone into the system. […]

Here comes the holidays, ready or not.

  • 20 Dec, 2011
Lily with Santa & Mrs Claus

I’m not exactly sure where all my time goes. Last I knew it was Halloween and now Christmas is just days away. I have so many movies to watch and things I want to do, but I’m about out of time. Thankfully I have all my Christmas shopping done. I did most of it online […]

Jose Cuervo Christmas Cookies

  • 17 Dec, 2011

1 cup of water 1 tsp baking soda 1 cup of sugar 1 tsp salt 1 cup of brown sugar 4 large eggs 1 cup nuts 2 cups of dried fruit 1 bottle Jose Cuervo Tequila Sample the Cuervo to check quality. Take a large bowl, check the Cuervo again, to be sure it is […]

Lily’s Christmas Performance

  • 17 Dec, 2011

Lily’s daycare had a Christmas party for the families last week. We all got together, ate some food and then the kids performed Christmas songs for us. It was fun seeing how much Lily likes daycare. She was running all around, wasn’t the least bit shy and just enjoyed herself the whole evening. Plus she […]