I like open-source software, but recommendation lists tend to circle the same dozen apps until you could name them from memory. So I went further down the rabbit hole, through […]
David Lynch made a G-rated film for Disney, and it’s about a lawnmower
David Lynch spent most of his career making audiences uneasy. Eraserhead turned new fatherhood into a waking nightmare. Blue Velvet found something rotten underneath a tidy suburban lawn. Twin Peaks, […]
Linus Torvalds just showed the right way to use AI for coding and everyone missed it
You probably read the Linus Torvalds debugging story and the first thing that came to your mind was “even Linus now uses AI.” Well, this take may be why you […]
Ryobi makes some bizarre ONE+ tools, and these 5 are the best
Walk far enough down the Ryobi ONE+ aisle and the tools stop making obvious sense. Past the drills, drivers, and saws sits a shelf of flat-out strange gear that all […]
This open-source notes app does something even Goodnotes still makes awkward
Goodnotes is the gold standard for handwritten notes on a tablet, but it isn’t free, and it isn’t open. I tried it for a while and then decided not to […]
I installed this app and finally made my Pixel 11’s useless LED array worth having
The HiLight LED array on the back of my Pixel 11 Pro XL is one of the few features that genuinely separates it from last year’s Pixel. Despite eight lights […]
I turned off Gmail’s side panels and stopped getting sidetracked by everything else
Gmail can feel like a lot when all you want to do is check your email. The side panels offer useful features, but they can get in the way if […]
My lawn kept filling with weeds until I stopped mowing it the “normal” way
For years I mowed the way I assumed everyone did. Blade set low, every Saturday, chasing the tight golf-course look my neighbor somehow pulled off. What I got was a […]
7 sci-fi novels for people who want NASA, not Star Wars
Star Wars is science fiction, but only just. It’s not possible for humans to travel at the speed of light, the Force works way more like magic than science, and […]
Windows boots slower than it should, and I found the fixes that actually save time
Even though storage plays the biggest role in boot times, it’s hardly a factor these days because SSDs are the standard for primary storage and they’re superfast. Yet your system […]