Quick Links I recently found myself wondering how big various man pages are. Some are so long, they seem impenetrable, while others have very little detail at all. What can their size tell us about the Linux or macOS system they are on? How Do You Find the Biggest Man Pages? The command line I used to find the biggest man pages looks like this: A fair bit is going on there, so let me explain....

Samsung makes some of the best TVs around, and the 55-inch 4K model I’ve owned for a few years has worked reasonably well. However, Samsung’s TVs are still missing one crucial feature: Dolby Vision. Following the rise of 4K resolution in TVs, streaming services, and physical media, the media industry started focusing on a new frontier: high dynamic range, or HDR for short. There are several implementations of HDR, but all of them are intended to increase the range of colors and brightness available for movies, TV shows, games, and other media....

Summary Microsoft Office’s assistant Clippy lives as an unkind memory among those of us old enough to remember it, seventeen years after it disappeared for good. But I reckon Clippy was ahead of its time. It doesn’t deserve the bad rep it had back then, and I’ll explain why. Clippy Was Great for Kids and Beginners I started school in the late 1990s at the very period when Office-based PCs were really hitting the mainstream, so I was the perfect target user for Clippit, as Clippy was officially known....

Quick Links 5G laptops are becoming increasingly common, but are they worth the extra cost? After all, can’t you get the same speeds by just tethering to your phone? Well, yes and no. The Case for a 5G Laptop 5G laptopsoffer several key advantages over tethering to your phone’s hotspot. With a 5G laptop, you’re always connected, which means there’s no need to pull out your phone, activate the hotspot, and wait for connections....

Quick Links Summary A magnetic screwdriver can’t damage any modern computer components since its magnetic field is far too weak to affect hardware computers use these days. Just don’t bring it near a floppy disk! You may have heard that magnets are bad for computers, and so that must mean that using a magnetic screwdriver in your PC is also bad, right? While you can damage your computer with one, it’s not because of magnetism....

Quick Links It’s easy to let work bleed into other aspects of your life if you work from home, especially if you use your own personal computer like I do. Juggling multiple log-ins, extensions, and tabs for two separate purposes can get messy. Simply using two different browsers has been a game-changer for me. The number of people who work from home–even just part-time–has risen dramatically in the last few years....

Robloxis a great service with plenty of games, called experiences. There are so many experiences already in the engine that it’s hard to find good ones if you haven’t used it before. However, there are plenty of tried-and-true games that have remained popular thanks to dedicated development teams. 10FischIs a Great Fishing Game Fischstands out as anRNG (Random Number Generator)experience onRoblox. While many similar games push players toward idle grinding,Fischkeeps them engaged with mini-games like casting and reeling, which require skill and focus....

Summary There’s bad battery life, and then there’s the Meta Quest 3’s bad battery life. You’re lucky to get three hours out of it before it needs to refuel, and sometimes you don’t even get two. I needed better and found my holy grail solution in the wearableJSAUX Battery Pack for Meta Quest 3. JSAUX Battery Pack for Meta Quest A power bank for the Meta Quest 3 and other VR headsets that rests on your neck and attaches to the headset with a USB-C cable....

Quick Links Lenovo introduced itsThinkPad T16 Gen 1 laptopas the perfect device for work-hard, play-hard professionals. It’s true this laptop can multitask like nobody’s business, but a few omissions feel like missed opportunities. ThinkPad is synonymous with dependable, built-to-last laptops, and the T16 lives up to this legacy well. After recently reviewing theLenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10, however, something feels missing from the T16 for its price of $2,199. But still, Lenovo markets the T16 correctly—it’s a solid choice if you’re a busy professional who expects a lot from your computers, both at work and at play....

Microsoft is making some changes to the way the free tier of Teams operates, and you’re probably not going to like them. The company has announced that the free version will no longer be able to sync with Google Calendar. Additionally, Microsoft is doing away with location sharing, which displayed your live location to folks in your contact list. The company is also nixing the Safe feature, which allowed you to store sensitive information like banking information and personally identifiable data in Teams and access it across mobile devices....

Microsoft Teams has replaced Skype for Business for more than half a decade, but Microsoft Teams can also be used outside your work environment. In this article, I’ll outline why you should consider using it, where to find it, and some of the things I use it for. I invite you to give it a try too. Why Use Teams Outside of Work? I can hear many of you already asking (perhaps even in a loud voice) why in the heck should you use an app that is designed for a business use-case in your personal life?...

Summary With more and more AI-generated content on the internet, it makes sense that many people want a reliable way to know if a given text is AI-generated or not. Sadly, there is no way to conclusively determine if a text is AI-generated, which leads people to making false connections, or developing the unwarranted belief that they can tell when something is written by AI. Now, my beloved em dash has been caught in the crossfire....

The OnePlus Watch was not well-recieved, to put it lightly. Even though the hardware and battery life were excellent, the proprietary software ruined everything that was good about it and made it essentially a glorified fitness tracker with a higher price tag. For its second attempt, then, OnePlus went back to the drawing board, and the OnePlus Watch 2 doesn’t reinvent the wheel—and that might just make it way better....