One way I avoided mixing up accounts was by keeping three Chrome windows open: one for work, one for personal matters, and one for everything else. This was a slow […]
Why your laptop battery stops at 99Wh — and it has nothing to do with chemistry
If you’ve ever compared laptop specs across laptop brands, you’ll see a lot of variations except one: the battery size. There are common habits that waste battery life, so it […]
I synced every Kindle highlight into Obsidian for free without a Readwise subscription
I love highlighting on my Kindle, but I never wanted to pay a monthly fee just to review those highlights. Readwise is an excellent option, but it’s another subscription stacked […]
DeWalt’s batteries only play nice in one direction, and beginners pay for the mistake
Power tool battery adapters make the wall between cordless platforms look thin. Twenty dollars of molded plastic, and a DeWalt drill runs on Ryobi packs, or a Ryobi tool runs […]
This animated series got cancelled twice and it’s smarter than almost anything in live-action
From The Expanse to Andor to The Twilight Zone, there are tons of great sci-fi shows out there for you to enjoy. But one of the best of the past […]
I searched Gmail for one forgotten mistake and got 2GB of Google storage back
Google offers 15GB of storage for free, which sounds like a lot when you’re talking about mostly Gmail. Of course, if you use Drive and Photos as well, it’s easy […]
You’re not getting the best sound from your soundbar, until you change this setting
Setting up my soundbar was relatively straightforward: I simply connected it to the TV via Bluetooth, and it worked right away. However, to achieve the best sound, I found that […]
Everyone missed the real reason Windows appeared to collapse 15 points overnight
I saw the headline before I saw the data: Windows had apparently lost something like 15 points of market share almost overnight. The reaction online was immediate, screenshots everywhere, Linux […]
The last time Jeff Bezos apologized in public, it was for deleting 1984
Justin Gawronski was 17, and the copy of 1984 on his Kindle was a summer assignment. He had been reading it the way teachers want students to read, way before […]
I stopped paying for photo editing after Samsung Galaxy showed me what it could do for free
Phone cameras have gotten so good that I rarely need to do any editing — the built-in image signal processors have gotten so advanced, that things like colors, shadows/highlights, and […]