Notes on AI, tools, and tech.
I checked my battery health last week. 91%. Not bad, right? But my phone was dying by 3 PM. Every single day. I wasn’t gaming or editing video. Just scrolling, texting, taking some photos. Something didn’t add up. So I went down the rabbit hole. Read through Apple’s support docs, watched a bunch of videos, … Read more
Apple pushed out iOS 27 Beta 7 to developers today. I checked the build number first — that’s usually where the interesting stuff hides. And sure enough, 24A5424a. The “a” at the end? That’s Apple’s way of saying they’re almost done. But let me back up. I’ve been following the iOS 27 beta cycle since … Read more
So Apple is finally updating the regular AirPods. Not the Pro ones, not the Max ones — the entry-level ones that most people actually buy. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is planning to announce AirPods 5 at its September 9 event, alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and that foldable iPhone everyone’s been talking about. … Read more
I’ve been messing with website performance for a while now. And one thing that kept coming up? Image sizes. Big images slow everything down. Visitors bounce. Google notices. It’s a whole thing. So I started looking into WebP. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s an image format Google cooked up. The idea is simple: … Read more
I’ve been running a SATA SSD in my gaming rig for years. Never thought much about it. It loads games fast enough, or so I told myself. Then I started seeing NVMe drives drop in price. Gen4 ones. The kind that promise 7,000 MB/s read speeds. My SATA drive does about 550 MB/s. That’s a … Read more
I’ve been watching Google roll out AI products for a while now. Every few weeks, there’s a new announcement. Usually, it’s something technically impressive but feels a bit distant. Like, cool, but am I actually going to use it? Then I tried NotebookLM. And honestly? It’s different. Here’s the thing. Most AI chatbots — ChatGPT, … Read more
I installed the August Windows 11 update last week. KB5121003. Didn’t think much of it. Security patch, right? Fixes some vulnerabilities, makes things safer. Then I tried to play a game. It crashed. Not a gentle crash either. The screen froze, went black, and then — blue screen. EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION. My PC restarted itself. I stared … Read more
I’ll be honest — I didn’t know this feature existed until about two months ago. And I’ve worn an Apple Watch every day for three years. Here’s what happened. I went to see Dune: Part Two with a friend. Dark theater, big screen, the whole thing. About 20 minutes in, I reached for my popcorn, … Read more
So Apple is really making AirPods with cameras. I know. It sounds weird. When I first heard the rumor a few months ago, I thought it was one of those “Apple is working on a car” type leaks — technically true but years away from anything real. But then a video showed up inside macOS … Read more
Here’s a thing that kept bothering me. I was at a family gathering last weekend. My nephew was running around, doing that thing kids do where they’re having the time of their lives and you’re just trying to capture one decent shot. You know the drill — you tap the shutter, check the photo, and … Read more
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