If you're planning a move, you may suddenly find yourself with a lot of excess stuff and not enough space for it in your new digs. You may be consolidating two separate households into one, or going from a large home into a small apartment - either way, you're going to be leaving behind a lot of your belongings. It's hard to get rid of things you've lived with for years, but besides the psychological toll it takes, it's also difficult to do on a practical level. You have to figure out how to dispose of your electronics, used clothing, old books, and other items responsibly without adding to the world's excess trash - especially when just dumping them into the garbage isn't an option.Reusing and recycling old and unneeded stuff has become an important aspect of the push to preserve the world's environment. Many states and urban areas have mandated the recycling of tech, metals, paper goods, or other substances, but even if you live in an area where the law doesn't require it, you probably still want to do the right thing.The problem is finding how and where you can get rid of your stuff with the greatest advantage to you and the least amount of damage to the environment. This …Read the full story at The Verge.

You can control a lot with a Raspberry Pi around your home. In fact, I'd be surprised if there was something you couldn't wire up to a Pi running Home Assistant and turn smart. But some integrations are more useful than others, and some are more surprising than others.

Running your own private cloud at home is a great way to shave off subscription fees every month, but even if you're not running a stack of containerized services, you probably still need to be able to access your home network while away from it. While you could set up a traditional VPN, or even dynamic DNS to connect to your home network from a consistent IP address, these aren't the best way anymore.

Moving four times in six years has taught me a lot. Mainly, changing addresses is utterly exhausting, but also that it's a lot more complicated than just putting your stuff in boxes and transporting them from point A to point B. This is especially true when it comes to moving your money and payments along with you while also trying to stay on a budget. Technically, all you need to keep track of your money during a move (and make sure all your payments come along with you) is a good ol' spreadsheet. But the process can be tedious, so if paying for a fancy app, making a cool Notion dashboard, or even buying a new notebook and some pretty washi tape will make it better for you, go for it. On my last move, I wrote all the things I had to do on color-coded sticky notes and put them on one of the walls of my apartment. Visualizing everything at a glance was a bit stressful at first, but it helped me know what was left to do as moving day came closer. It was also extremely cathartic to yank notes from the wall, crumple them, and throw them away once I completed a task. Coming up with a plan to deal with the financial aspects of your move ahead of time sounds like boring dad advice, b …Read the full story at The Verge.

Buying a laptop is becoming more and more like a long-term investment, and that's never been more true in the case of Apple's MacBook. Both the Pro and the Air have been immensely popular choices among working professionals for many years, and while buying new comes with obvious pros, a big con is price. Testing the pre-owned laptop market can be an effective way to get a MacBook at a less eye-watering price, but there are a few pitfalls to watch out for. When I bought my own pre-owned MacBook Pro recently, I took extra care to watch out for these four pitfalls.

When Aura Displays reached out about the Triple Boost 14 Pro, I was immediately curious to see what it was about. It's been a while since I've had the chance to test a portable monitor, but I love the idea. A couple of years ago, I reviewed an interesting concept of a dual portable monitor that seemed to be very promising, though it fell short in a few ways. So, I wanted to know how far we've come in that time.

There are plenty of reasons you should try open-source software, including a lively community of contributors and robust features. But there's also the fact that open-source software can save you money, both in terms of providing useful financial management tools, as well as helping you avoid the costs of other premium software.

Over the past years, gaming has evolved as a storytelling medium to rival film in its nuance and narrative complexity. That has opened the gate for complex, morally gray characters. Joel and Ellie to Lee Everett, Snake, and James Sunderland, we’ve now been conditioned to expect protagonists who are deeply flawed, emotionally scarred, and often one bad day away from becoming the villain.

Google has a wildly underrated AI-powered research tool, NotebookLM. I’ve been using it since it launched as an experimental project by Google Labs, and it’s convinced me that AI can truly be a game-changer for productivity.

We saw this same SSD get a rare price drop to $280 about a month ago, and now we're getting an even bigger discount as Amazon knocks it down to its lowest price yet at just $240. This is the best price we've seen so far on this Gen5 M.2 SSD, which is perfect for that desktop or laptop that you've been looking to upgrade.

I first tried Arch Linux to play around with Hyprland, a window manager that caught my eye with its auto-tiling functionality and versatile workspaces. I've not really dabbled much with tiling before, and Arch was an interesting next step for my Linux journey, having primarily used Debian and Red Hat-based distros almost exclusively. Having made the switch to Arch, I've not looked back and found a new home I'm comfortable exploring for many years to come. There are a few things I wish I knew beforehand that would have made me switch sooner.

It can be frustrating to prepare your 3D model, start 3D printing, only to realize that the first few layers of the print are sagging or just plain messy. Sagging of the first layers of the print is one of the common 3D printing problems that hobbyists face during the 3D printing process. Sagging occurs when the filament droops while spanning unsupported areas, especially due to gravity and inadequate cooling that slows down solidification. It’s mainly caused by issues with the first layer. However, just like any other 3D printing issue, this problem is fixable. In this article, we will describe the causes and the steps you need to take to resolve it.