Author: Lioba Ferreiro
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Drone Rules Before Drone Specs
Read more: Drone Rules Before Drone SpecsI spent thirty-four years in a physics classroom watching students stare blankly at circuit diagrams, and if there is one thing I’ve learned, it’s that a shiny spec sheet is…
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A Smart Device That Dropped Off
Read more: A Smart Device That Dropped OffI was hunched over my workbench last Tuesday, the smell of aged machine oil and solder hanging in the air, trying to coax a stubborn 19th-century escapement back to life.…
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Why a Genuine Part Still Shows a Warning
Read more: Why a Genuine Part Still Shows a WarningI was sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, squinting through my jeweler’s loupe at the guts of a vintage mantle clock, when I realized how much modern tech jargon tries…
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Right to Repair in Practice
Read more: Right to Repair in PracticeLast Tuesday, I sat at my workbench with a precision screwdriver and a very stubborn, very expensive smartphone that had decided its battery was no longer its responsibility. As I…
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Getting Photos Printed Well
Read more: Getting Photos Printed WellI remember sitting at my kitchen table three years ago, surrounded by a graveyard of wasted ink cartridges and curled, muddy-looking paper, wondering why my expensive inkjet felt like such…
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Navigation Without Mobile Data
Read more: Navigation Without Mobile DataI remember sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, surrounded by the tiny, rhythmic heartbeats of three different mantel clocks, when I realized how much we’ve outsourced our sense of direction…
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Removing Duplicate Photos Safely
Read more: Removing Duplicate Photos SafelyI spent forty years teaching physics, so I have a very low tolerance for things that claim to be “magic” when they are really just poorly designed. I see these…
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Mobile Browsers That Support Extensions
Read more: Mobile Browsers That Support ExtensionsI spent thirty-four years in a physics classroom watching students stare at a circuit board like it was a magic trick, waiting for a miracle rather than looking for the…
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A Router You Restart Every Day
Read more: A Router You Restart Every DayI was hunched over my workbench last Tuesday, the smell of machine oil and old solder hanging in the air, trying to coax a stubborn 1950s escapement back to life,…
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Deleting an Account, Not Just the App
Read more: Deleting an Account, Not Just the AppI spent thirty-four years teaching physics to teenagers who mostly wanted to be anywhere else, but I learned one thing early on: if a machine is designed to be difficult…









