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Date Title & Description Contributors
2024-12-01

  263: The Smith Chart Is S-Tier

The monthly Q&A commenceth again, with emails and Discord Qs positively pouring in about the origin of the flange effect, why all the electrical outlets are upside down, gaming on an M4 Mac Mini and how Apple's move to a 16GB minimum affects their ...
  Will Smith, Brad Shoemaker author
2024-11-24

  262: Mrs. Collier Was a Real One

American Thanksgiving draws near, so it's time again for our annual recitation of techie stuff that we're thankful for. From tangible products on your desk, around the house, and on the road, to more abstract things like moderating your social media in...
  Will Smith, Brad Shoemaker author
2024-11-17

  261: A Big Black Slab of Shame

We're back again with that floral favorite, the potpourri episode. This time it's a project potpourri, touching on some tech-related projects we've either tackled recently or are planning to get to soon. Learn the full story of how Will more or less Fr...
  Will Smith, Brad Shoemaker author
2024-11-10

  260: CPUs Have Been Juicing for Too Long

It's been a wild few months in CPUs, with next-generation releases from both AMD and Intel in their respective Zen 5 and Arrow Lake categories. Now that most all the big parts are out, we break down what's what, including why everyone is finally going ...
  Will Smith, Brad Shoemaker author
2024-11-03

  259: Hey Google, It's Time for Bed!

We're here at the end of the spookiest month and ready to field your questions once again, this time addressing subjects such as alternative file managers, how often (and why) to replace your surge protectors, why some electrical plugs have that sidewa...
  120v, apple watch, accents, gtx, rtx, home assistant, surge protector, instant coffee author
2024-10-27

  258: Some Real MacGyver #$@!%

Brad's back from Western North Carolina, so it's time for a casual debriefing on being out there for two and a half weeks dealing with the Hurricane Helene aftermath, with a focus on all sorts of technical subjects like portable lighting strategies, ac...
  Brad Shoemaker, Will Smith author
2024-10-20

  257: Fire Copilot Down the Cortana Hole

Wes Fenlon stops by this week to help Will run down all the new features and changes in the 24H2 update to Windows 11, from better quick settings to Wi-Fi 7 support and the long-awaited (or perhaps dreaded) addition of Microsoft's Copilot AI features. ...
  Will Smith author
2024-10-13

  256: Gotta Get That Smooth 40

Adam Patrick Murray, PC World's handheld PC gaming expert, drops by to talk about the current state of the handheld union. We discuss what's going on with hardware for the Valve Steam Deck, the ASUS Rog Ally X, and a whole lot more, plus dig deep into ...
  Adam Patrick Murray, Will Smith author
2024-10-06

  255: Don't Ask the AI For a Recipe

Norman Chan has seen the future of eyewear and it is... well, not something you can buy, or even try. But he's donned Meta's Orion AR glasses and has seen (and touched) the augmented reality future. We also talk about the Harvard students who turned th...
  Norman Chan, Jeremy Williams, Will Smith author
2024-09-29

  254: How to Hide Your Sardine Bricks

Questions! You ask 'em, we answer 'em. This month, we field Qs about such subjects as migrating search engines to Kagi (or at least just away from Google), wi-fi etiquette as the in-home sysadmin, novel uses for power over Ethernet, where the speed hol...
  Will Smith, Brad Shoemaker author