Author: Lioba Ferreiro
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Downloading Maps Before You Travel
Read more: Downloading Maps Before You TravelI was halfway up a winding trail in the Pyrenees, squinting at a spinning loading icon that seemed to mock my very existence, when it finally hit me: the most…
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A Printer for Occasional Use
Read more: A Printer for Occasional UseDon’t let the glossy brochures fool you; a printer with fifty different “smart” features is often just a collection of expensive points of failure. I spent thirty years in a…
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Docks and Bandwidth Limits
Read more: Docks and Bandwidth LimitsI spent thirty-four years in a physics classroom, and if there is one thing I learned, it’s that people love to sell you “magic” when all they are actually selling…
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An Alarm That Failed
Read more: An Alarm That FailedI remember sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, the smell of ozone and old solder hanging in the air, staring at a digital alarm clock that had decided to go…
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Which Second Factors Resist Phishing
Read more: Which Second Factors Resist PhishingI was hunched over my workbench last Tuesday, squinting through a jeweler’s loupe at the escapement of a 19th-century French carriage clock, when I realized how much modern security talk…
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Notifications That Arrive Hours Late
Read more: Notifications That Arrive Hours LateI spent thirty-four years in a classroom watching teenagers stare blankly at their screens, waiting for a buzz that never came. It’s a specific kind of modern frustration, isn’t it?…
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Soundbar Setup and Hdmi Arc
Read more: Soundbar Setup and Hdmi ArcI was sitting on my living room rug last Tuesday, surrounded by a chaotic nest of black cables and a manual that read like a legal contract, wondering why my…
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Music Without a Connection
Read more: Music Without a ConnectionI was sitting in my garden last Tuesday, trying to enjoy a bit of Bach, when my phone decided it was the perfect moment to lose its connection to the…
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End to End and What Still Leaks
Read more: End to End and What Still LeaksI was sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, squinting through a jeweler’s loupe at the escapement of a 19th-century carriage clock, when my grandson asked me if his messages were…
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Tv Picture Settings Worth Changing
Read more: Tv Picture Settings Worth ChangingI spent thirty-four years in a physics classroom watching teenagers stare blankly at whiteboards, and I see that same glazed expression whenever someone tries to explain how to improve TV…