Real tech advice for real people
4 minute read The Internet’s “Projects” Are Mostly Garbage Go search “raspberry pi projects” and count how many results are some guy building a robot arm that waters one plant. That’s not a project, that’s a hobby for someone with too much free time. Most of these lists are recycled clickbait, not help for the … Read more
3 minute read First state to pause data center builds. A new trend? On July 14, Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order pausing new hyperscale data centers across New York for up to a year. First state in the country to do it. Not a county. Not a city. The whole state. State environmental … Read more
3 minute read Somebody finally taped a note to the office fridge that says “stop eating everyone’s tokens” The “unlimited AI” dream had a good run. It lasted about six months. Now Tesla, the company that keeps telling investors AI is worth roughly a trillion dollars of its valuation, has decided its own engineers cannot … Read more
2 minute read The buzzword that paid your salary is now a dirty word There was a stretch where burning AI tokens like there was no tomorrow was basically the job. It even got a name, “tokenmaxxing.” IT was pretty much a push to torch as many tokens as humanly possible. Climb that leaderboard, look … Read more
2 min read It used to be that aging meant slowing down and maybe squinting at a TV remote like it was written in hieroglyphics. Today, things look a lot different. We are all graying right alongside our gear. Whether you are navigating retirement or still grinding in your 60s, tech is just along for … Read more
2 minute read So, now that the hype is passing, it’s time to realize something new is happening beyond chatting with a GPT. People are all talking about the start of an Agentic AI era. A time when “just chatting” happens a lot less. A time when we start handing over the keys to our … Read more
2 minute read 4/1/2026 UPDATE: Apple has capitulated and released an update for iOS 18 devices, so it’s confirmed that anyone who hates iOS 26 Liquid Glass Apple doesn’t hate you back and will keep you protected. Anyone on older devices? Get a new one and Apple will “love” you once again. 😉 Everyone is … Read more
Greetings Sunday and hello Spring! Thanks for the warmer weather, but no thanks for the time change! Why can’t we solve DST yet? So let’s revisit the lovely spring forward annual activity and how can you make the switch less painful? Yep, things still break with the time change The smartphone updates overnight, so everything … Read more
