Author: Lioba Ferreiro
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Usb Naming Finally Explained
Read more: Usb Naming Finally ExplainedI spent thirty-four years in a physics classroom watching students stare at a textbook as if it were written in ancient Sumerian, and frankly, the way tech companies market cables…
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Finding Space Without Deleting Photos
Read more: Finding Space Without Deleting PhotosI was hunched over my workbench last Tuesday, squinting through my jeweler’s loupe at the delicate escapement of a 19th-century pocket watch, when my phone let out that dreaded, high-pitched…
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Bluetooth Versions and What Improves
Read more: Bluetooth Versions and What ImprovesI spent thirty-four years in a classroom trying to convince teenagers that physics isn’t just a collection of arbitrary rules, but a way to see the world. Lately, I see…
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Permissions an App Has No Reason to Need
Read more: Permissions an App Has No Reason to NeedLast Tuesday, I was hunched over my workbench, squinting through my loupe at the escapement of a 19th-century French carriage clock, when my phone buzzed with a notification from a…
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Camera Specs That Matter
Read more: Camera Specs That MatterI spent thirty-four years in a physics classroom watching students stare blankly at circuit diagrams, and if there is one thing I learned, it is that a shiny number on…
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A Phone With a Black Screen
Read more: A Phone With a Black ScreenI remember sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, the smell of flux and old solder hanging in the air, staring at a device that had become nothing more than a…
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What You Give Up in the Mid Range
Read more: What You Give Up in the Mid RangeI spent thirty-four years in a classroom watching students stare blankly at physics equations, but nothing quite compares to the glazed look I see in people’s eyes when they walk…
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Signs an App Should Not Be Installed
Read more: Signs an App Should Not Be InstalledI spent thirty-four years in a physics classroom, and if there is one thing I learned, it is that if you can’t see the gears turning, you’re likely being sold…
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Restart, Force Restart and Reset
Read more: Restart, Force Restart and ResetI remember sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, squinting through a jeweler’s loupe at a 1950s pendulum clock that had simply decided to stop breathing. Most people think that when…
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A Phone Backup That Includes Messages
Read more: A Phone Backup That Includes MessagesI spent thirty-four years in a physics classroom watching students assume that if a machine was plugged in, it was working. They had the same misplaced confidence when it came…