I used Snap Assist for years because it was quick and easy to use. I would place the cursor over the maximize icon and choose a layout. But once I started using various apps in a specific order, things stopped working the way I needed because I couldn’t place them where I wanted. I found myself manually rearranging windows, especially when I needed three or four apps open at the same time. I regularly use Slack, WhatsApp, Asana, and a few other apps, and I kept trying to juggle how to fit them all on the screen.

With the rise of personal LLMs, you don't need to purchase a product like the Amazon Alexa or Nest devices. With a little ingenuity and some tinkering, you can create your own voice-activated assistant to help you with whatever you like. Best of all, because you're the one who set it all up, you know exactly what's happening with your data, meaning you don't have to worry about who's snooping through it.

Every gamer who's ever held a controller in the '90s has some images burned into their mind. Not because they were ultra-HD or ray-traced, but because they imprinted themselves onto their souls from the very first moment.

As excited as I was when OLED gaming monitors began to emerge in 2022, I was skeptical about owning one. PC enthusiasts on Reddit and reviewers on YouTube shared myths and misconceptions that made OLED monitors seem more trouble than they were worth. I don't blame them, though, because nobody knew how these monitors would hold up in the long run back then. Burn-in was one of the biggest concerns about using an OLED monitor for desktop work, along with text clarity issues compared to traditional LCD panels.

Despite the emergence of a handful of rivals, Home Assistant remains my primary utility for managing my smart devices and IoT gizmos. After all, it’s compatible with all my smart devices, includes plenty of automation provisions, and lets me create beautiful dashboards for my IoT-heavy living space. Best of all, Home Assistant meshes well with my arsenal of self-hosted services, be it my Frigate surveillance system or even my Proxmox home lab!

For every game that changed our lives, there's often a sequel we never got. Chalk it up to publisher misfires, licensing nightmares, or the cruel erosion of time, but there are hundreds of sequels that millions of players over the world have always wanted, but never got.

We all face situations where we need to transfer large or important files between two computers, but don't have a USB stick or hard disk at hand to rescue. Cloud storage solutions can be convenient but often fall short due to slow upload and download speeds or unreliable internet connections.

Pokémon is a franchise that has garnered immense popularity over the years. With more than 34 games released across multiple Nintendo platforms, as well as a variety of anime series and films, it has become a juggernaut within gaming circles. The series is also very malleable with the types of genres it can be part of, with multiple spin-off titles applying different game genres into the Pokémon universe. But for as much as we've seen Pokémon conquer the world, digitally and physically, there are still things that we haven't seen from the franchise just yet. One of the biggest and most interesting types of games that would work well with the world of Pokémon would be the MMO RPG genre.

It’s no secret that Obsidian has become my go-to for deep dives and building a robust Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) system. However, I constantly hit a wall when it comes to capturing thoughts or quick notes on the fly. That’s when I realized the missing piece wasn’t a new PKM tool, but rather an accessible tool for those spontaneous ideas.

Needing something to run Proxmox and Frigate, I bought a used Dell PowerEdge R210 II for the job. This was to run alongside a Lenovo server and a few other systems inside the cabinet, creating quite the fleshed-out home lab. The only drawback to this server was the CPU it came with. Although a bargain, it didn't have the guts to handle Frigate detection and decoding. So I installed a T1000 GPU I already had and decided to perform an upgrade, creating the ultimate NVR for our home.

Your laptop's battery life is an important factor, especially when you are working on the go and don't have easy access to power outlets, such as during travel. As a freelancer, I sometimes find myself in such situations and anxiously watch the battery percentage of my laptop drop.

I've finally realized something I've been chasing for years on Windows. Instead of sitting down each morning, booting up my PC, and spending a few minutes logging in, opening all my applications, and setting all my windows up properly, I'm able to press the power button on my PC, take my dog out on a short morning walk, grab a cup of coffee, and return to my desk with everything set up exactly the way I want. And it was all enabled by a simple Microsoft application that's surprisingly difficult to find.