Author: Lioba Ferreiro
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Handheld Gaming and Battery Reality
Read more: Handheld Gaming and Battery RealityI spent thirty-four years watching students stare blankly at physics equations, waiting for some magical spark to make the math feel real. Marketing departments do the exact same thing to…
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A Fake Banking App in the Store
Read more: A Fake Banking App in the StoreI was sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, squinting through my loupe at the escapement of a 1920s French carriage clock, when I realized something unsettling. I could see every…
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Buffering and What Causes It
Read more: Buffering and What Causes ItI spent thirty-four years watching teenagers stare blankly at chalkboard equations, but nothing quite matches the look of pure, unadulterated betrayal I see on my neighbors’ faces when their favorite…
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Audio Is Harder Than Video
Read more: Audio Is Harder Than VideoI spent thirty years in a physics classroom, and if there is one thing I learned, it is that people love to sell you a solution that is far more…
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Banking App Settings Worth Checking
Read more: Banking App Settings Worth CheckingI spent thirty-four years in a classroom trying to explain that electricity isn’t magic; it’s just electrons following a path. Yet, when people talk about how to use a banking…
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Firmware Versus Software
Read more: Firmware Versus SoftwareI remember sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, squinting through a jeweler’s loupe at the guts of a vintage alarm clock, when my modern digital toaster decided to go on…
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Phone Video That Is Watchable
Read more: Phone Video That Is WatchableI spent thirty years watching students stare at physics equations as if they were magic spells, waiting for a miracle to happen without understanding the friction or the force behind…
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Console Choice Beyond the Hardware
Read more: Console Choice Beyond the HardwareI spent thirty-four years watching students stare blankly at circuit diagrams, waiting for the magic to happen, but the magic isn’t in the silicon—it’s in the habit. Most tech reviewers…
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Lip Sync Problems on a Tv
Read more: Lip Sync Problems on a TvI was sitting in my armchair last Tuesday, trying to enjoy a bit of a period drama, when the lead actor’s mouth moved with a silent, eerie grace, only for…
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Rooting and What You Lose
Read more: Rooting and What You LoseI remember sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, surrounded by the tiny, rhythmic heartbeats of three different antique clocks, when my grandson asked me why he couldn’t just “change the…









