Funny Tech Stories: No One Puts My Nook in a Corner


Updated 08/31/10 5:30 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 5 comments

Funny Family Tech Stories

Geek community member morganashley shared this hilarious story in our Funny Tech Stories group: I finally caved and bought a WiFi Nook over the weekend. After scanning the many (many!) pages of free yet oft-smutty titles, I started an eWishList so I could figure out which books I wanted to buy and load on my new device first. Today I was IMing with my mom and shared my new purchase story with her Read more

Lighten Up, Geeks! Join the Funny Tech Stories Group


Updated 03/12/08 9:00 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 2 comments

Lighten Up, Geeks! Join the Funny Tech Stories Group

My sister still calls her kids' Wii "The Wii Machine" and my mom once sent all her information to her "bank" — which was of course, a scam. As scary as that experience is for anyone, she was able to stop anything from happening. Of course I can laugh at it now because all I remember is my mom calling me to tell me she got "hacked! I got hacked!" These are the kind of stories we need in the Read more

Seniors and Technology: By the Numbers


Updated 04/07/11 2:15 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Seniors Using Smartphones, Social Networks, and Computers

While some seniors in your family could serve as fodder for our Funny Family Tech Stories group, other members of the older population have a great relationship with technology. A recent report from Mashable shows that baby boomers are becoming increasingly tech savvy — wielding smartphones, surfing the web, even engaging in social media. Do your grandparents "get" technology? Check out some Read more