Stop Windows Update from restarting your work: a tiered guide
Windows Update is one of those background systems that works fine until it does not. The default behavior on Windows 10 and 11 is to download updates in the background and install…
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15 terminal calendars worth installing on Linux in 2026
I keep a paper notebook for sketching and a digital calendar for everything else. The digital side lived in a browser tab for years until I wanted a calendar I could open…
Three safe ways to hide the Windows 11 Recycle Bin
I like a clean Windows desktop, but I do not like cleaning it by deleting useful system features. The Recycle Bin is a safety net, not decoration. Windows 11 lets you hide…
NanaZip is the 7-Zip fork I wish I had years ago
I used 7-Zip for fifteen years. The interface never changed. The compression ratios never improved. The integration with Windows never got better. Then I tried NanaZip, a free open-source archiver forked from…
A home network dashboard that ends the SSH-and-guess routine
I used to guess whether my home network was healthy. SSH into the router, check the load, count the connected devices, check the ISP status, check the NAS. The guess work was…
Mozilla is rebuilding its fellowship program in public
Mozilla (the nonprofit behind Firefox) is rethinking the program that has trained a decade of public-interest technologists, and the rewrite is happening in the open. The fellowship itself, with its 200-plus alumni…
Age verification laws are breaking online anonymity for everyone
Age checks are spreading faster than the technology to verify age safely, and the current laws are turning the open web into a worse place for everyone. Not just kids. I have…
VLC is the most powerful media tool on your PC, and most people never noticed
I have been running VLC (VideoLAN Client, the open-source media player that ships on basically every operating system) for fifteen years and I treated it like a fancy .mp4 viewer. The icon…
Dinky replaced three Mac compression apps in my dock
I was running ImageOptim for images, HandBrake for video, and a paid PDF tool for shrinking documents. That is three apps to install, three menus in my dock, and three different mental…
TSA PreCheck just works from Google Wallet now
I fly maybe four times a year, and every trip has the same ten-minute friction at the TSA PreCheck line: dig out the boarding pass, dig out the driver’s license, scan the…