Category: Blogs
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Neil Young’s secret shattered years, 1974-76: A guide
My relationship with music has always been a tricky thing to share. Much like spiritualism, the delicate threads that weave together personal meaning in art are incredibly challenging to describe for a wider audience. But I’m going to try. I’ve returned to Neil Young’s Hitchhiker — released in 2017, but recorded in 1976 — more than any…
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My international love affair with the Monster Outlets To Go
Discontinued years ago, this power strip has flown around the world with me several times over. I believe I purchased my Monster Outlets To Go 4 in 2011. I was preparing to travel to my first tech trade show — CES in Las Vegas — and it seemed like the ideal portable power strip. With…
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Why I chose a MacBook Air 15 to replace my iPad Pro
I needed a personal laptop, and Apple’s “pro” tablet wasn’t cutting it. I know a good number of people fully locked into their iPad Pros. When I bought mine, I picked up the Magic Keyboard immediately, one of Apple’s most beautifully designed accessories in memory. It transforms the powerful slate into a competent laptop replacement…
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Steam Deck revisited: A lonely flight companion
Valve’s portable gaming PC is best served in a giant aluminum tube. The Steam Deck lets me do something no other device ever meaningfully has: Play PC games at 35,000 feet. That’s probably not why almost anyone bought a Deck, and will never move an appreciable number of units as a selling point. But it’s…