One day I reached for my phone to adjust the temperature of my Nest thermostat, the way I had for years, but the app wouldn’t let me because Google had […]
I set up four ChatGPT Scheduled Tasks and stopped wasting time on things ChatGPT could handle
I’ll be working in ChatGPT and get distracted for a moment. That distraction would make me waste more time than I’d like to admit, and I usually have that “Oh, […]
My smart lights kept going offline, until this router setting fixed the whole room
For months now, my smart lights have been a guessing game. I’d tap the light button in the manufacturer’s app or Home Assistant, and about half the time nothing would […]
Forget Resident Evil, Rotten Tomatoes ranks this obscure movie above every other zombie movie
Resident Evil is a new film from Zach Cregger, the director behind Weapons, one of the best horror movies of 2025. Based on the long-running Resident Evil video game series, […]
I finally found a use for the hundreds of internet links I save and never read
I do a lot of research, and while doing that, I stumble upon things unrelated to what I’m working on that I’d like to check out later. Truth be told, […]
Better fit, smaller case, same great sound
Open-ear earbuds weren’t my favorite audio choice for a long time. Most options I tried didn’t feel right, and the audio was often awful. The trade-offs between open-ear and regular […]
Your Roku isn’t finished after setup until you check these 9 settings
Getting access to premier movies and TV series is exciting for anybody. Doesn’t matter if it’s a show or movie that you’ve seen a hundred times or if you’re seeing […]
I gave my basement freezer the one feature I’d want before it failed
My basement chest freezer is a bet I make without thinking. Meat, garden vegetables, a whole summer of popsicles, all trusting a machine I never check. It runs for years […]
I haven’t flashed an ISO to a USB drive in years, and I don’t know why anyone still does
My job involves testing a lot of tools, and many of them only come as ISOs. That usually means flashing each one to a USB drive before I can boot […]
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