Sydney Butler

Why your new laptop has almost no ports (and why that’s actually great)

Why your new laptop has almost no ports (and why that’s actually great)

Sydney Butler April 19, 2026

The early 2000s laptop port explosion was never sustainable

Syncing passkeys to Google defeats the whole point of passkeys

Syncing passkeys to Google defeats the whole point of passkeys

Sydney Butler April 19, 2026

A false sense of security.

USB-C was supposed to unify everything, but desktop PCs are stuck in the past

USB-C was supposed to unify everything, but desktop PCs are stuck in the past

Sydney Butler April 18, 2026

Your PC motherboard has terrible USB-C support, and it's not getting better anytime soon

Hot-swappable hard drives seemed brilliant in the ’90s—here’s why Iomega Jaz never stood a chance

Hot-swappable hard drives seemed brilliant in the ’90s—here’s why Iomega Jaz never stood a chance

Sydney Butler April 18, 2026

The Jaz drive wasn't music to anyone's ears.

Stop babying your phone for a resale value that will never come

Stop babying your phone for a resale value that will never come

Sydney Butler April 18, 2026

Not everything is about money.

My old DVD rips look better on Plex now—thanks to NVIDIA’s forgotten AI upscaler

My old DVD rips look better on Plex now—thanks to NVIDIA’s forgotten AI upscaler

Sydney Butler April 16, 2026

Not all AI use cases are bad.

Amazon is turning your old Kindle into a paperweight—here’s how to give it a new lease on life

Amazon is turning your old Kindle into a paperweight—here’s how to give it a new lease on life

Sydney Butler April 15, 2026

Do not go gently into the night

eGPUs were supposed to fix gaming laptops, but bandwidth killed the dream

eGPUs were supposed to fix gaming laptops, but bandwidth killed the dream

Sydney Butler April 14, 2026

You don't need an eGPU anymore—here's why gaming laptops finally caught up

Google Play is making a big change for gamers, and I can’t wait

Google Play is making a big change for gamers, and I can’t wait

Sydney Butler April 13, 2026

The winds of chains might be blowing in the right direction for Android gaming.

Your single router is why Wi-Fi dies in your bedroom—why a mesh network is the only real fix

Your single router is why Wi-Fi dies in your bedroom—why a mesh network is the only real fix

Sydney Butler April 13, 2026

Mesh Wi-Fi isn't overkill, it's the new default

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