Streaming video isn’t supposed to be a frustrating process — until it is. For months, I blamed several culprits, including my ISP, my router placement, my video service, and even […]
I did the math on what a 3D print actually costs, and it really surprised me
I, like many others, always assumed that 3D printing was practically free once you owned the printer. You buy a spool of filament, load up a model, hit print, and […]
The Raspberry Pi is no longer the obvious DIY choice
For years, the Raspberry Pi was the automatic recommendation for any DIY computing project. If you wanted to build a home server, run Home Assistant, set up Pi-hole, or experiment […]
This simple trick saved me hundreds of dollars in Cursor AI credits
Remember the phrase “nothing is free in life”? There’s nowhere this is more apparent than in the world of AI and vibe coding, where the savings from not having to […]
I replaced my rural 4G internet with Starlink, but speed tests missed the biggest difference
Where I live, there’s no real option for wired internet. For years, my internet has come from mobile 4G, which could occasionally produce a respectable-looking speed test result of around […]
Your home server might be corrupting files and you’d never know
Home servers hold backups, photos, and some databases; the kind of data we can’t afford to lose. But do we ever pause to question if our setup has actually earned […]
Bambu Lab is making 3D printers feel like iPhones, and that’s going to be a problem
If you’ve been in the 3D printing space for more than a few years, you likely have had to deal with the quirks of a 3D printer. Then Bambu Lab […]
Every Christopher Nolan movie you can stream right now, ranked
The Odyssey is the latest film from acclaimed director Christopher Nolan, who has been pumping cinematic classics since the late 1990s. Interest in The Odyssey is sky-high, so viewers out […]
Your SSD might be stuck in a slow lane on your own motherboard
Did you know that buying a faster SSD doesn’t always guarantee you’ll get the advertised speed? The focus is often on the drive’s specs, but the motherboard slot you use […]
These are the real reasons you shouldn’t watch YouTube on your TV or smartphone
I used to watch YouTube everywhere—on my phone, TV, laptop, and desktop. It all feels the same, right? Wrong. It’s time to ditch your smartphone and TV and watch YouTube […]