Amir Bohlooli-Senior Editor

Amir Bohlooli

Senior Editor

Contributor Since February, 2021
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Productivity, Creative, Windows
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About Amir Bohlooli

Amir is the Segment Lead for Software at MUO. He's a PharmD student who loves looking at numbers and spreadsheets.

Inspired by his father's hobbies, Amir developed a knack for DIY projects and built his first quadcopter in high school. At 18, he began writing about 3D printing, and now contributes to MUO where he writes and edits productivity, spreadsheets, photography, music, and more.

Amir also enjoys creating music, although its categorization as such remains open to interpretation. In addition to his academic pursuits, Amir is an avid gamer, car enthusiast, and proud owner of a 1993 Mitsubishi Galant. 

A smartphone showing the ChatGPT app with the seahorse emoji on it

Why does this harmless emoji make ChatGPT lose its mind?

A set of colorful AA batteries next to each other

I wasted so much money on AA batteries because I missed this tiny detail

Excel logo surronded by a swirl of Excel functions

The strangest Excel functions you'll never use

A smartphone on a bag of trash with the Microsoft Outlook app on the display

Please stop using Outlook

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Black IEM earphones with a silver cable and assorted ear tips laid out on a wooden surface next to a face down iPhone
This tiny earbud mistake ruins the sound, and too many people ignore it
Entertainment

The cheapest audio upgrade is already in the box.

Claude and Antigravity next to each other
There’s a cheaper way into Claude, and it starts with Google
Productivity

Google AI Pro is not just a Gemini subscription.

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AA and AAA batteries next to an Android phone showing the battery settings
We’ve been sabotaging our phone batteries for no good reason
Android

I paid for the whole battery, so I’m using the whole battery.

5
Dual monitors, laptop, and a mechanical keyboard on a desk showing a local LLM with Gemma 4
Gemma 4 just replaced my whole local LLM stack
Artificial Intelligence

Gemma 4 made local LLMs feel practical, private, and finally useful on everyday hardware.

2
A dual monitor Windows setup showing Linux Mint in a Hyper-V virutal machine
Finally, a feature that makes my Windows 11 Pro license worth it
Windows

Windows 11 Pro has always had a built-in hypervisor. I just didn't know about it — and it's better than VirtualBox in almost every way.

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Heatsinks on a Raspberry Pi 4
I skipped the Raspberry Pi this time and don't regret it
Creative

The Pi 5 used to be the obvious choice for a lightweight Linux box. It no longer is.

Dell Latitude open side angle showing left side USB-C Thunderbolt and USB-A ports
If you spot this port on a cheap used laptop, grab it before someone else does
Home Server

I bought a cheap used laptop for server duty, then one port made the whole deal feel ridiculous.

4
A laptop showing Claude working on a coding task
I asked Claude to fix ChatGPT's broken code — I didn't expect this result
Productivity

After Claude decisively won my solar system simulator test, I expected it to have no trouble fixing ChatGPT’s broken code.

14
Hand holding a Raspberry Pi 4 in front of a smart TV
My Raspberry Pi streaming box was perfect until I started using it
Entertainment

I installed Android TV on a Raspberry Pi and learned exactly where DIY hardware meets its limits.

8
WiFi antenna and Nothing Ear earbud on Intel vPro laptop
I made one hardware change and my Bluetooth audio on Windows 11 instantly fixed itself
Bluetooth

I can't believe the fix for my stuttering Bluetooth audio on Windows had nothing to do with Windows.

List of apps in the App Store showing Get and in app purchases
This is why free apps don't exist anymore
Productivity

Free apps used to be free, but then everything changed.

7
A Bluetooth remote connected to a TV
This $4 app is the best money I've spent on my TV setup
Android TV

Stop letting your remote's dead buttons go to waste — this app puts every key to work.

A hand holding an HDMI Type A cable-1
The forgotten HDMI feature that was supposed to replace your Ethernet cable
Technology Explained

This HDMI feature was baked into the spec, wired into every cable, and dead on arrival before most people knew it existed

3
Amazon Spring Deals image featuring a Kindle, an Odyssey OLED G9 monitor, and Sony wireless earbuds on an orange background.
The best Amazon Spring Sale deals actually worth buying this year
Deals

Spring is springing, and it's time to pick up some bargains.

A Samsung TV showing the results of an internet speed test
I accidentally added a gigabit Ethernet port to my smart TV
Smart TV

Your TV's Ethernet port is probably stuck at 100 Mbps. Mine accidentally got 1000 Mbps. It doesn't make a difference.

55
Close up of a Raspbery Pi 4 on a desk
I plugged a Raspberry Pi into my smart TV and it changed how I watch everything
Media Streaming

An old TV, a Raspberry Pi, and a setup that beats every streaming box on the market.

17
An Android phone running LineageOS on the lock screen
I almost gave up on LineageOS, but these tweaks changed everything
Custom Android ROM

LineageOS wasn't for me when I wanted a polished out-of-the-box experience — but customizing it turned that regret around completely.

1
A Wi-Fi router with a mini UPS sitting on a shelf
Your router and phone are probably fighting over DNS without you realizing it
Router

How a DNS conflict might be slowing down your phone's internet.

8
Claude open in a browser on a laptop
I switched from ChatGPT to Claude and hit a wall almost immediately
Productivity

Claude wowed me in two prompts, then immediately humbled me with its quota.

10
A solar system simulation build by Claude on a MacBook
I asked Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini to build a simulation, and one winner was obvious
Artificial Intelligence

The LLM race stopped being a close contest pretty quickly.

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