Whenever my Windows laptop starts lagging or an app freezes, my immediate instinct is to open Task Manager. I know I’m not alone. Task Manager has been a core Windows […]
I installed a free firewall, and one blocked connection led me somewhere I didn’t expect
My PC doesn’t have much going on most of the time. It’s a low-end HP-15 laptop, so I keep things lean, with nothing more than Windows services, Chrome, Slack, and […]
Dark mode doesn’t even save that much battery, even on OLED
Most folks turn on dark mode hoping for extended battery life. If you have an OLED phone, this logic may feel airtight. After all, when black pixels turn off, they […]
The most important letter on in-wall Ethernet cables isn’t the CAT rating
Most people planning an in-wall Ethernet run put all their energy into one question: CAT5e, CAT6, or CAT6A. I’ve been there, and I’ve already made the case for the CAT […]
This iconic horror novel is finally ready for the big screen
“The book is better than the movie,” the saying goes. And then there are some books so unique even trying to adapt them to the screen seems like a fool’s […]
2026 is an especially bad year to blindly disable Windows Secure Boot
For the better part of a decade, “disable Secure Boot” has been a skeleton key of PC troubleshooting. You’ll find the advice in Linux installation threads, guides for stubborn bootable […]
I put these 5 extensions on my phone’s browser and deleted the apps
After using Google Chrome for years, I switched to Samsung Internet Browser on my Android phone because of its simplicity and the features it has on offer. However, the one […]
exoskeletons, ultralight laptops, and weird new tech
Every year, the world’s tech journalists descend on the wonderful sights and sounds of Berlin, Germany, for a week exploring the cavernous halls of the Messe Berlin. And that means […]
Claude Code found 5 bugs in my project that I never would have caught
I’ve been running a home lab for a while now, juggling ESP32 controllers, a Home Assistant voice satellite, several self-hosted Docker containers, and Next.js apps, and having done all of […]
Please don’t delete this Windows folder to free up storage
If you’ve recently updated Windows or done a clean install, you might have noticed a new folder pop-up in your C drive called Windows.old. It’s hard to miss because it’s […]