Last year I started a Bluray collection after watching a Linus Tech Tips video about it. I’m frustrated about the rapidly rising cost of streaming services. For 4K ad-free service, between 2019 and 2026, Disney+ went from $7/mo to $19/mo, and Netflix went from $14/mo to $25/mo. On my “ad-free” subscriptions, sometimes I see ads anyway. I’ve read...

I love traveling light and the one bag concept, but had never actually fit everything into a single bag. I’m picky about certain items - I want my iPad setup, ice water in a vacuum bottle, and my Sonicare toothbrush. On past trips, I learned I also needed a good daypack - two comfortable straps, back ventilation, and some internal...

I recently bought an M4 iPad Pro 11" and couldn’t find detailed charging data about it. Here are my measurements.

I was delighted to play some of my old DOS favorites on my Steam Deck, but quickly ran into a number of problems with the EmuDeck > RetroArch > DOSBox-Pure path. After trying the various options, I found a setup that works well and wanted to document it here.

I enjoy playing Wordle and optimizing my play. Initially that meant choosing the best starting guesses, but I have also worked on how I play the games. I originally tried to solve the puzzles in my head, but quickly found that I play much better on paper.

I’ve been really impressed by my new Steam Deck OLED. I was looking for some specific charging speed information online, but couldn’t find it, so I measured myself.

Last week on Hacker News, someone announced a new Wordle variant, QWERTLE. As an avid Wordle player and optimizer, I was excited to try playing and solving this new game.

I originally wrote the C# version of this code to write a performance tuning tutorial for DateTime parsing. I came back after learning some Rust to try to compare the performance of the two languages.

I’ve seen a lot of “best first Wordle guesses” posts online, but while they may provide the most theoretical information, I had trouble using them as a human. Here are my adventures coming up with the best starting words for my own play style.

I do the laundry in our house, and it often takes most of a day because I don’t hear the dryer finish. I set a timer on my phone, but it’s often not done when I go check on it. Today Darinee and I finally implemented a “Dryer is done” notification on my phone, so I’ll know exactly when it’s...