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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Security first, then privacy: a working priority order
When people argue about which tools to use, the security-versus-privacy debate usually goes nowhere because both sides are talking past each other. The arguments for privacy-focused tools (“I do not want Google…
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…
Skip the Steam Machine: build one from parts you already own
Valve quietly confirmed what the DIY crowd has been saying for a year: you can build a Steam Machine from whatever PC parts you have lying around, as long as SteamOS 3.8…
Brave’s Shred button lands on Android, and trackers hate it
I have run the same experiment on three different Android browsers over the last six months, and the result is always the same. I open a news site, read three articles, get…
GLM-5.2 from Z.ai may be the strongest open weights text model now
A new open weights model from Chinese AI lab Z.ai dropped on June 16th under an MIT license, and the early benchmarks suggest it deserves attention. GLM-5.2 (the latest in the GLM…
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…
Word still won’t duplicate a page, so here’s what actually works
Word does not have a “Duplicate Page” button. Anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something. The closest thing is a series of workarounds that range from “select and copy” (the obvious…
GitMenuBar: Your Git Commands, Right Where You Need Them
GitMenuBar: Your Git Commands, Right Where You Need Them I have a love-hate relationship with the macOS menu bar. I love that it is a quiet, ambient place where useful status lives.…
This To-Do App Tracks Your Time, Handles Jira, and Collects Zero Data
I’ve been looking for a to-do app that does three things: tracks time on each task, syncs with the Jira board my team uses, and does not ship my data to a…