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Nov 21, 2021

Holiday gifts from nerds - how you can give the gift of technology to make your loved ones' lifes better.


Some services or products mentioned:
Online backup: https://www.backblaze.com/cloud-backup.html
Photo backup: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amazon.clouddrive.photos
PC Remote control: https://www.teamviewer.com/en/products/teamviewer/
my favorite ebook reader: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08KTZ8249
iOS podcast app: https://overcast.fm/
Android podcast app (also cross-platform): https://www.pocketcasts.com/

Holiday gifts for nerds - what you can give the nerd in your life that they would not think of themselves

Retro gaming:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_NES_Classic_Edition
https://genesismini.sega.com/
https://gpd.hk/gpdxdplus

Coffee table books:
iconic: a photographic tribute to apple
https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/098858171X/
super nes or mega drive pixel book https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/products/the-snes-pixel-book
Atlas obscura https://www.amazon.de/Atlas-Obscura-Explorers-Worlds-Wonders/dp/1523506482
the geek atlas
https://www.amazon.de/Geek-Atlas-Places-Science-Technology/dp/0596523203