I’ve probably opened thousands of ZIP files without thinking much about the format itself. Double-click, extract, move on. Then I learned that if you peel away the friendly folder icon […]
The best Roman drama ever made isn’t Gladiator — and it got cancelled for being too expensive
Every few months someone asks me for a Roman epic recommendation, and my answer’s always the same. Skip the movies. Watch Rome — not the city, the HBO series, two […]
Hulu’s best post-apocalyptic series barely cares about the apocalypse
Post-apocalyptic shows are a dime a dozen nowadays. From the remaining The Walking Dead spin-offs to The Last of Us, Fallout, Silo, and others, the concept of the end of […]
I checked whether Windows was maintaining my external SSD, and the enclosure got in the way
Projects that outgrow my laptop go into an external SSD. However, I assumed Windows maintains external and internal drives the same way. On the surface, nothing looked out of place, […]
Your laptop has one real USB-C port, and you’re probably using the wrong one
Your laptop probably has two or three USB-C ports, and they all look exactly alike. Plug a cable into any of them,and it works, which makes it easy to assume […]
There’s a free remote-desktop tool already sitting inside Chrome, and almost nobody uses it for the one job it’s actually built for
Remote desktop tools are very common. However, when they need one, most people look for a new tool to download, even though they already have Google Chrome installed. Google Chrome […]
Netflix best sci-fi clone thriller starts weird, gets completely unhinged, and somehow keeps working
I keep coming back to Orphan Black, and every time I try to explain why, I end up sounding like I’m describing three different shows stapled together. That’s the point. […]
Your old PC can keep running long after the hardware is gone
When you upgrade to a new PC, you may choose to sell or trade in your old one. The hardware is gone, but what happens to all the apps and […]
The best ESP32 board for any project isn’t the original one
Buying an ESP32 board seems simple until you realize there are dozens of variants floating around the internet, and not all of them are the same. Get the wrong one, […]
Samsung Internet has 5 features Chrome on Android still can’t match
Samsung Internet isn’t talked about enough, which is a bit odd since it’s also available on non-Galaxy phones and now has a PC version too. More specifically, it can do […]