Google wants you to turn your old laptop into a ChromeOS Flex machine with a simple USB kit

The cheap installation kit cost $3.

I replaced Windows with Bazzite on my handheld, and every game loads faster now

I didn't expect it to be as much of a sea change

I blamed my NAS for slow streaming until I realized what transcoding was actually doing

Many things have to go right for your media server to serve files quickly

5 features on modern motherboards I regret not using sooner

I spent a long time without motherboard features that are commonplace now

Stop letting Windows Update decide when to restart your PC

An update scheduler that works for you, not against.

NotebookLM's new Cinematic videos do what YouTube never could for studying

There's a huge catch.

Your router's MAC address filter is security theater, and here's what actually protects your Wi-Fi

MAC address filtering sounds like home network security, but it’s easy to bypass and mostly creates more hassle for you.

My favorite alternative to Office 365 isn’t LibreOffice – it’s something way cooler

There's no need to pay for Office 365 when this free alternative does everything better

I turned my living room into a Raspberry Pi-flavored arcade without storing a single game locally

I set up a living room console with Batocera, and all my games are streamed from my NAS

I tested Claude Code against 3 open-source alternatives, and one came surprisingly close

Claude might not be the only coding agent worth using.