“Apple” and “value” are not two words that usually go tremendously well together. Quite the opposite in fact, but with their new M2 Mac Mini, you have to ask yourself, is there a better computer for the price? The short answer is “No.” $599 (unless you’re in education where it’s…

The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance is back! I’m sure someone is excited about that. I’m still wondering what’s in it for any of them. The last chapter of the Alliance is the exciting one, following the dramatic arrest of Carlos Ghosn and his subsequent escape from Japan. All of a sudden the…

Everyone enjoys a little bit of Schadenfreude. And last week, both technology fans and people who still think computers will never catch on had a shared laugh at the Minnechaug Regional High School in Massachusetts. Apparently, their smart lights have broken in such a way that they’re stuck in the…

As a very big fan of indoor plumbing and high-speed internet, I must admit I’m almost uniquely unqualified to speak in detail about RV’s and the many adventures you can have with them. …

Ah CES. The place where egregious marketing and shilling joins with genuinely interesting technology to make even the most embittered tech enthusiast find something of interest. Me? …

So the Lenovo phone was announced at CES…much to my confusion. Maybe it’s the fact that I can sometimes be just on the wrong side of “too online”, or that the phone market is now a mature one and there’s just a few brands carrying the flag for “fun, strange…

Happy new year everyone! Did you have fun? I hope you did, because if you are like most people, the next couple of months will be spent trying to balance your finances against the traditional Christmas overspending. Dr. Seuss was right, Christmas doesn’t come from a store. However that doesn’t…

Well, it finally happened. I’ve seen the rise of a technology and been as fascinated and slightly off-put by it as my parents were when I showed them the wonders of Windows XP. …

December 2021 seems a million years ago rather than just 12 months. Perhaps not the most salient take, what with all of us surrounded by people for whom 2020 is still going. But for me especially, having experienced several major life changes makes the same year be a lot longer…