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Reddit started blocking mobile browser users without the app which is great because I've been trying to quit reading r/AmITheAsshole for a while now. Thanks, Reddit! This will save me a lot of time.

Which World Cup games are on free broadcast television? Here’s a tool to find out.

I looked it up so you don't have to.

I turned my website into a personal social network that connects to Bluesky and the Fediverse—here’s how.

I'm tired of posting on so many different social networks, so I built my own. All it took was a WordPress website, two plugins, and a lot of fiddling.

CommentaryTech Tips

What's an app you stopped using without even noticing? For me it's Gmail. I used to log in regularly but the interface kept getting worse. I use an email client these days.

Ads for Wisprflow are unavoidable online, but are there free tools that do the same thing? I looked into it for WIRED: https://www.wired.com/story/do-you-actually-need-to-pay-for-transcription-software/

Fans don't actually cool rooms—just the people in them. I wrote about this and a few other home energy facts for PopSci: https://www.popsci.com/diy/home-energy-conservation-myths/

I set up my website to push both full blog posts and short status updates to both Bluesky and the Fediverse. The best part: replies from both show up on my site as comments. This open internet thing is pretty cool.

I hate the interface on my Google TV, so I found a replacement. I wrote about it for WIRED: https://www.wired.com/story/at4k-app-makes-google-tv-actually-usable/

How to use AI without stagnating

Are you metaphorically driving a car while pretending to run a marathon?

Sill finds the best links on Bluesky and Mastodon so you don’t have to

I want to read more and scroll less. The problem is I find a lot of good things to read by scrolling. Sill is a potential solution.

Our devices are exhausting us

I'm no longer working with Lifehacker, which is disappointing. But I'm grateful I got to spend two years doing one of my favorite things: finding great indie and open source tools and sharing them with readers. I couldn't be happier that Current, a different sort of RSS reader, is the last app I wrote about...

Pips and the art of feeling good about being wrong

In the short term, being confidently wrong about something feels just as good as actually being correct.