Author: Lioba Ferreiro
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Better Video Calls on Mobile
Read more: Better Video Calls on MobileLast Tuesday, I found myself staring at a frozen screen during a faculty catch-up, listening to nothing but the rhythmic, mechanical click-click-click of my grandfather clock in the hallway. It’s…
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The First Hour After Water
Read more: The First Hour After WaterI remember the exact moment I realized my basement wasn’t just “damp,” but was actively decomposing. It was a Tuesday evening, and the air had taken on that heavy, metallic…
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Better Wifi Without a New Router
Read more: Better Wifi Without a New RouterI spent thirty-four years watching teenagers stare blankly at their screens in my physics classroom, waiting for a signal that simply refused to arrive. It’s infuriating, isn’t it? You’re sitting…
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A Microphone for Calls and Recording
Read more: A Microphone for Calls and RecordingI spent three decades watching teenagers stare blankly at physics equations, and if there is one thing I learned, it is that people love to hide a lack of substance…
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Lighting Beats Webcam Resolution
Read more: Lighting Beats Webcam ResolutionI spent thirty-four years in a classroom watching students try to focus on a chalkboard while a cheap, grainy camera projected a blurry mess onto the wall behind me. It…
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Ip Ratings and What They Exclude
Read more: Ip Ratings and What They ExcludeI spent thirty-four years in a physics classroom, and if there is one thing I learned, it’s that people love to hide behind complicated numbers to sell you something you…
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Wireless Charging and Its Waste
Read more: Wireless Charging and Its WasteI spent forty years teaching teenagers that you can’t skip the fundamentals, and yet, I see people every day throwing money at “magical” charging pads that don’t even work with…
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What to Do First With a Cracked Screen
Read more: What to Do First With a Cracked ScreenI was sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, squinting through my jeweler’s loupe at a delicate escapement wheel, when I heard that dreaded, sickening crunch of glass meeting granite. It’s…
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Verifying Who You Are Talking to
Read more: Verifying Who You Are Talking toI was sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, squinting through my loupe at the delicate escapement of a 19th-century French carriage clock, when my phone buzzed with a message from…
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A Network That Refuses to Connect
Read more: A Network That Refuses to ConnectI was sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, trying to seat a tiny escapement wheel into an 1890s mantel clock, when my tablet decided to go on strike. There is…