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Bambu Lab A1 Mini sitting on a desk during a print.
The 4 boring prints that paid for my 3D printer

Functional prints beat fancy dragons every time.

A laptop on a colored chair with Gemini Omni on the display
I gave Gemini almost nothing — and it made a shockingly good promo video

One vague sentence, no cover, no title. Gemini Omni still built a 1-second promo with a family scene and tagline I never asked for.

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Nothing Phone 4a Pro design
Samsung was my default Android pick for a decade — the phone that changed my mind wasn't the obvious one

Nothing stole this longtime Samsung user's heart.

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A person holding a smartphone and editing a photo in an offline gallery app.
I didn't know my Galaxy could edit photos like this — now I skip the app store entirely

Everything I needed was already installed.

samsung microsd card in packaging.
I was buying the fastest SD cards for the wrong reason

Faster is always better, right?!

The Labs menu of a Galaxy phone.
I stopped ignoring Samsung Galaxy Labs and found features I didn't know existed

Galaxy Labs is the home for the experimental features you need to try.

Bambu Lab A1 Mini sitting on a desk during a print.
I did the math on what a 3D print actually costs, and it really surprised me

Your filament isn't the expensive part.

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Zoomed out view of Raspberry Pi in a case.
The Raspberry Pi is no longer the obvious DIY choice

Your next project might not need a Pi.

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Gemini identifying the next Meet call based on calendar data.
I paired Gemini with Gmail and Calendar — now I handle my entire workday in one place

Gemini now tells me what really matters.

Google Pixel 10a back panel
I didn't realize Pixel's newest camera could do this — now I edit less

Who knew bug fixes could make me smile this much?

Claude running with FreeCAD in the background connected via MCP server.
I stopped using CAD software and let Claude design my 3D parts instead

My keyboard replaced half my CAD clicks.

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3D prints with almost finished spools in the background.
Your 3D printer has a filament problem, and these tiny prints solve it perfectly

The last few grams are the most useful.

GIMP 3 running on Windows 11 with PhotoGIMP patch.
After 20 years, GIMP finally fixed everything people disliked about it

GIMP finally grew up.

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Bambu Lab A1 Mini sitting on a desk during a print.
I put off buying a 3D printer for years, and I was wrong about almost everything

I spent years worrying about nothing.

A failed 3D print of a vase in a 3D printer as a result of layers separating
These 5 settings turned my prints from spaghetti into things I'd give as gifts

Five slicer tweaks stand between a pile of regret and something worth wrapping in a bow.

samsung gallery labs
I found Galaxy's secret Gallery Labs menu and suddenly my phone does way more

Turn on Gallery Labs on your Samsung Galaxy to unlock a bunch of new features.

claude app open on windows pc
My PC kept crashing until I asked Claude to read the logs for me

I got a new PC crash analysis buddy.

Immich on a MacBook Pro w/Safari.
I moved my photos out of Google's cloud, and my own PC does the face recognition now

For years, Google Photos was the easiest part of my online life. But the convenience came with a steep hidden cost.

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