Author: Lioba Ferreiro
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Testing a Card for Its Real Capacity
Read more: Testing a Card for Its Real CapacityI was hunched over my workbench last Tuesday, the smell of flux and old solder hanging in the air, when I realized I’d been played. I had bought what looked…
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A Phone That Says It Is Full
Read more: A Phone That Says It Is FullI was sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, squinting through my loupe at the delicate escapement of a 19th-century carriage clock, when my phone let out that dreaded, shrill little…
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A Smart Tv Set Up With Privacy in Mind
Read more: A Smart Tv Set Up With Privacy in MindLast Tuesday, I found myself staring at my new television, feeling that familiar, low-grade irritation that comes when a piece of technology tries to be smarter than its owner. Most…
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What a Vpn Does Not Hide
Read more: What a Vpn Does Not HideI spent thirty-four years in a physics classroom, and if there is one thing I learned, it’s that people will sell you a “miracle” solution just because they can’t explain…
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A Podcast App Set Up for Offline
Read more: A Podcast App Set Up for OfflineI spent thirty-four years in a physics classroom, and if there is one thing I learned, it is that people love to hide simple mechanics behind a curtain of unnecessary…
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Memory Card Speed Classes
Read more: Memory Card Speed ClassesI spent thirty years in a physics classroom trying to strip away the mystery from the universe, so it absolutely grates on me when tech companies wrap a simple piece…
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Unlimited With an Asterisk
Read more: Unlimited With an AsteriskI spent thirty-four years in a physics classroom teaching students that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed. It’s a fundamental law. Yet, when I look at the fine…
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Wired Video From a Phone
Read more: Wired Video From a PhoneI was sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, squinting through my loupe at the tiny, copper-laden pins of a discarded charging port, when it hit me how much we’ve all…
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Reading Apps and Formats
Read more: Reading Apps and FormatsI spent thirty-four years in a physics classroom, and if there is one thing I learned, it is that people love to wrap simple mechanics in layers of unnecessary, shiny…
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Data That Will Not Sync
Read more: Data That Will Not SyncI spent thirty-four years watching students stare at a chalkboard with that specific, glazed-over expression, waiting for me to perform some kind of digital miracle. They think that when their…