August 5, 2007
Cool Nerds
Having been online since 1996, I have websites that I bookmarked a full decade ago. Some are long gone but I keep the bookmark as a reminder if I need to reference it for something. Others are still live but are hopelessly out of date and show no signs of life. And then there are those wonderful surprises: websites that taught you so much back in the day and are still being updated today. CoolNerds.com is such a website.
Alan Simpson, author of a number of tech books, uses CoolNerds.com to explain everything from HTML and Microsoft Access to Windows XP. He runs through the computer jargon that confuses and confounds newbies and explains in easily understood terms the concept of the internet as well as what, exactly, is a browser, email client and loads of other things that many of us take for granted. The section on Hardware is a must-read for anyone getting their first computer. It’s great if you’d like your kids to know more about their computers than how to get into MySpace, too.
And that is what is special about this site. Simpson doesn’t forget how daunting it is to embark on this techno journey, learning about words and phrases that are the equivalent of a foreign language to many. If you’re new to computers and the internet, this site is for you. If you’re an old pro then this site is for you, too. Surely, there are people in your life who turn to you for assistance. CoolNerds.com is like a Swiss Army Knife of knowledge for the newbie. Point them to Alan’s site and watch that look of understanding replace the confusion.
Oh, and read through it yourself. You never know when you might learn something.
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Your not alone on this one!
That’s why we started to knock down all the walls (don’t worry, none of them are load barring) and it made a heck of a lot of difference in the look and the sound.
Thanks for stopping by Chris!
That coolnerds site is nice but it looks like a site from 96
I’m just saying it’s very plain.
Nice blog, I’ll be stopping by more often
But Brandon, it is from 1996! It’s one of the first sites I found that really helped me to understand technology. The site has stayed pretty much the same but the content has been updated. Sometimes, less flash is better.
thanks man for adding the link to this cool site.I was really unaware that people do teach some thing easy and on going stuff for the dummies.Being online since 1996 its a great old web.again thanks for this web
yes, it’s old but the content is excellent. I’ll always believe that content is King.