A journey away from home is a lot more fun when you get a good night’s rest. But I’m the kind of person who likes to fall asleep to familiar TV shows and movies, so I always bring a cheap HDMI cable on vacations and work trips. An HDMI Cable Lets Me Take Control of Any TV Despite the global push for on-demand video streaming, hotels and resorts are fully committed to cable....
Among gamers, there’s constant debate about what is the best game of all time. There are plenty of great contenders and though the answer is ultimately subjective, for me there’s only one answer.Chrono Triggeris the best video game ever made. Don’t believe it? Fear not. I traveled all the way from 65,000 BC to the End of time to bring the receipts. Now, go grab some jerky (or just a quick trip to the Enertron), and let me tell you whyChrono Triggeris the best title in video game history!...
Quick Links The next Amazon Prime Day event is less than a couple of weeks away, but if you want to snag legitimate deals on stuff you actually want, now is the time to prepare. All it takes is adding things to your cart and a bit of patience. Your Cart Is Your Prime Day Secret Weapon If you’re like me, you’ve probably got a running mental list of things you’re interested in buying....
Summary As a Gen Z gamer, I missed the heyday of interactive fiction games. I was always curious about these text-based games but worried they wouldn’t hold up after experiencing modern gaming. After giving them a shot, I think everyone should play an interactive fiction game at least once. What Are Interactive Fiction Games? Back in the day, computers didn’t have the graphical power to run complicated games, so game developers had to work with what they had—text and a healthy dose of imagination....
Many applications rely on MIDI for music synthesis, but much of the MIDI support in Windows has been unchanged for decades. Now, Microsoft is finally addressing this with a robust new framework. Microsoft has just announced the release of Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27788 to the Canary Channel. Perhaps the biggest improvement here is the public preview of Windows MIDI Services, a completely rewritten MIDI implementation designed to modernize and enhance music creation on Windows....
Summary I’m an avid animal lover, and I’ve always had a cat, a dog, or both at every point in my life. It’s always hard to say goodbye to a beloved member of your family, but for some people they’ll go to seemingly any length to avoid that loss. Thanks to advances in science and technology, you can now legally clone your cat or dog. It’s not cheap, and it’s more complicated than it sounds, but if you really want to revive some part of your deceased pet—the option is there....
Cutting-edge PC gaming means upgrading certain components on a regular basis. The graphics card, the CPU, your storage; there’s always something that could be better. But what about your RAM? You’d think that more RAM is better, but here’s why you don’t need 64GB for the foreseeable future of gaming. 64GB Is More Than You Need for Modern Gaming Video games are getting biggerand more demanding all the time, hence the constant need for PC gamers to keep upgrading their hardware....
Summary Do you love your Ring doorbell and outdoor security cameras but wish the notifications or alerts were better? The latest update makes it so that your Ring camera can actually tell you what’s happening outside instead of only saying, “motion detected in the driveway.” Ring just announced a new feature called Video Descriptions, which is AI-powered and will generate extremely useful text descriptions for what your camera captures. So, instead of getting an alert to activity in the driveway at 2 AM that makes you panic, only to realize it’s a cat wandering around at night, you’ll get something like “Driveway: A black cat is walking in the yard....
Summary I pay for nearly every streaming service you can think of, and even a few you’ve never heard of, but if you told me I could only keep one, that service would be YouTube Premium. Perhaps the most undervalued streaming service of them all. Here’s why. YouTube Premium Saves Me Money Ads take up your time.YouTube Premium saves you time. Time, as they say, is money. For between $13.99 and $22....
Quick Links Electric vehicle buyers will have plenty to choose from over the next few years, with 100+ EV models hitting showroom floors. New cars and trucks are coming in allshapes,sizes, andprice points, and here are some of the most affordable electric vehicles coming in 2023. It’s important to note that “affordable” is relative, and what’s affordable to one person isn’t the same for another. That said, when most electric vehicles cost upwards of $65,000, and trucks like the Rivian R1Teasily cost over $80kor more, something around $40k is pretty affordable....
I don’t know about you, but I like to mix my hot summer weekends with equal parts cold drinks on a patio and evenings settled inside with the A/C cranked and a show I can binge. If that sounds like you too, then I’ve got three great suggestions. Huluoffers a deep lineup of shows and movies—from gritty dramas and comedies to action flicks, rom-coms, and everything in between. Choosing one can be harder than picking an ice cream flavor at Baskin-Robbins, though, so go grab a scoop and settle in with one of these three excellent series....
Quick Links Although many of us can navigate classic Outlook with our eyes closed, new Outlook’s modernized interface can make finding some of the program’s most useful tools challenging. So, to help you with this, here are some tips and tricks for working with new Outlook’s email section. The tips and tricks in this guide apply to new Outlook for Windows, Outlook 2024, and theweb-based version of Outlook. 1Rectify Mistakes With Undo Send We’ve all been there—despite proofreading a draft email several times, as soon as you click “Send,” you notice you have made a mistake....
If playing games is something you do to relax, shouldn’t it leave you feeling relaxed? Not only are comfortable accessories an investment in your free time, but they could also be an investment in your health (yes, really). Spend a bit of money on the right things and stop putting up with back pain, wrist pain, hand cramps, and other avoidable ailments. 7A Good Chair If you’re a PC gamer, you probably spend most of your time playing games at a desk....
