Category: Gadgets
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Input Devices and Wrist Comfort
Read more: Input Devices and Wrist ComfortI spent thirty-four years in a classroom watching students struggle with clunky, unresponsive peripherals, but nothing frustrated me quite like the marketing gloss of modern tech. Most people think they…
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Adding a Monitor to a Laptop
Read more: Adding a Monitor to a LaptopI spent thirty-four years watching students stare blankly at physics equations, but nothing compares to the glazed look people get when they start reading a monitor spec sheet. They get…
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A Laptop for Email and Browsing
Read more: A Laptop for Email and BrowsingI spent thirty-four years in a physics classroom watching students stare blankly at spec sheets, and if there is one thing I’ve learned, it’s that marketing departments are extraordinarily good…
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Whether You Need a Tablet
Read more: Whether You Need a TabletI spent thirty-four years in a physics classroom watching students stare blankly at equations, and if there is one thing I learned, it is that complexity is often a mask…
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How Accurate Your Tracker Is
Read more: How Accurate Your Tracker IsI spent thirty-four years watching teenagers try to convince me that gravity was merely a suggestion, so I have a very low tolerance for people claiming a piece of plastic…
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Smartwatch Choice and Battery Reality
Read more: Smartwatch Choice and Battery RealityI spent thirty-four years in a physics classroom watching students stare blankly at equations, and I see that same glazed expression whenever someone tries to explain how to choose a…
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Headphones for Long Sessions
Read more: Headphones for Long SessionsI spent thirty-four years in a classroom watching students stare blankly at physics equations, and if there is one thing I’ve learned, it’s that people are far too easily dazzled…
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What Noise Cancelling Can and Cannot Block
Read more: What Noise Cancelling Can and Cannot BlockI spent thirty-four years in a high school physics classroom, and if there is one thing I learned, it is that people love to wrap simple truths in layers of…
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Earbuds Judged on Fit First
Read more: Earbuds Judged on Fit FirstI spent my entire career teaching teenagers that you can’t understand a force until you see the vector, yet I see people every day treating wireless earbuds like some kind…
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Why That Cable Charges Slowly
Read more: Why That Cable Charges SlowlyI spent thirty-four years in a physics classroom watching students stare blankly at diagrams, and if there is one thing I’ve learned, it’s that most people are being sold a…









