After years of using Windows, I assumed the trade-off of its Storage Spaces feature was universal. It usually entailed backing up everything on the required drives, wiping the drives, building […]
Nvidia’s cheapest GPUs are built on a very convenient illusion
On the surface, Nvidia’s newest lineup of budget-centric GPUs appears to offer a massive performance bump over the past two generations, at least on paper. Take a look at the […]
WireGuard was only half the answer, and this tool makes it complete
WireGuard has been the most useful addition to my home server, but it adds an unpleasant dimension when I try to grow my setup. Adding a third device usually involves […]
Slack started as a video game that nobody wanted to play
Somewhere in a Vancouver office in late 2012, a company was quietly dying. Tiny Speck had spent nearly four years and roughly $17 million building an online world set inside […]
This Windows memory tweak eliminated frame drops my GPU couldn’t explain
For about a month, I was blaming my GPU for a problem it wasn’t causing. While playing Baldur’s Gate 3, I would experience 20 minutes of smooth sailing, followed by […]
Every Ryobi ONE+ battery I own — and which ones are actually worth buying
Every Ryobi tool in my garage clips onto the same battery rail, a design Ryobi has left alone since 1996. That universal fit is the platform’s best trick and its […]
Everyone’s watching Netflix’s new Little House — but this adaptation is better
At the moment, one of the biggest new shows on Netflix is Little House on the Prairie, an adaptation of the popular children’s books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. The show […]
ChatGPT can now listen and talk at the same time, and that changes everything
Whenever I’m brainstorming ideas, I never stay on track. I start to branch out and often get sidetracked onto topics that have nothing to do with what I started off […]
7 Plex apps everyone should try once
I’m always on the lookout for apps that enhance Plex, whether it’s fetching accurate metadata or organizing my library. In my search, these Plex apps won me over after just […]
I added a $10 Ethernet adapter to my PC, and it solved problems I didn’t know I had
My HP gaming laptop comes with a dedicated Ethernet port, which is what I prefer over Wi-Fi whenever it’s available. But my Asus Vivobook Flip doesn’t have one. It traded […]