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Hello from Big Nerd Ranch!

[Editors note: Big Nerd Ranch has sponsored two posts on 9to5mac allowing readers to go to Nerd Camp for free] Hello, 9to5mac readers. It is a privilege and honor to be invited to provide a few guest ... read more

Hit the Big Time at Montana's Triple Creek Ranch

they’ll invite you for cocktails at their private ranch, Elk Meadow, so you can take in their amazing Western art collection (hello, Frederic Remington and C. M. Russell) while sipping a Huckleberry L... read more

A Wyoming ranch hand went missing amid one of the great disasters in U.S. Army history, igniting a decadeslong effort to find him

Kirtley -- Marston to his friends and family -- saw pine trees covering the tail end of the Taebaek range and imagined the Big Horns ... bicycle back to the Polo Ranch where he lived and worked ... read more

Why Facebook Is Sending Its People to Mobile Coding Camp (And Not Just Engineers)

Part of the solution: Send ’em to boot camp. Facebook has contracted the services of Big Nerd Ranch, an 11-year-old outfit responsible for running a week-long, 40-hour crash course in mobile developme... read more

Racing! A change in Santa Anita’s MTP policy

Hello, my name is John Cherwa and welcome back to our horse ... Now, races not going off at program post is not a big deal, after all, things happen. Gate scratches, a horse sadly going down in an ear... read more

Ask Big Nerd Ranch: Why do Fragments Matter in Android Application Development?

Q: Why does your book Android Programming heavily advocate the use of fragments when developing Android applications? You can develop Android applications without using any fragments, so why bother? W... read more

The Rapid Adoption of Kotlin Is Changing Android Projects as We Know Them

As Kotlin's popularity grew it was important to its' creators at JetBrains to choose a handful of companies they trust to teach Kotlin the right way— and Big Nerd Ranch is proud to be one of them. To ... read more

Allen Leech's Wedding Is Almost Ruined by Heavy Rain, but Lea Michele Comes to the Rescue

The 37-year-old actor and his actress wife decided to tie the knot at Alisal Ranch and ... for their big day. However, expectation proved to be different from reality. "When you get married in Califor... read more

The Richest Celebrity From Every State

Lionel Richie amassed a $200 million fortune churning out hits like “All Night Long,” “Dancing on the Ceiling” and “Hello ... grew up on a walnut ranch in Modesto, Calif. read more

12 Larger-Than-Life Facts About Carol Channing

HER FIRST BIG STARRING ... of "Hello, Dolly" for Lyndon Johnson's 1964 election campaign, she became friends with Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson, later visiting the Johnsons' family ranch. read more

She bragged to a man on a dating app about poaching deer. He was a game warden.

After she messaged him to say hello - unlike other dating apps, Bumble requires women to make the first move - Harrison asked how she was doing. She had just shot a "bigo buck," she told him - a big o... read more

Android Programming: The Activity Lifecycle

The authors of Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, 2nd Edition discuss the activity lifecycle, including logging the activity lifecycle, rotation, saving data across rotation, testing onSav... read more