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Renny Willins
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May 15 2026
Turn off iPhone Transmit mode…now
For years, the people in Silicon Valley have been telling us that the future is “seamless.” They want a world where you don’t have to speak to anyone, look at anyone, or—God forbid—actually press a button. And that brings us to something Apple calls Express Transit Mode. In the olden days, if you wanted to …
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May 15 2026
Take a shortcut
Now, look. Don’t panic. Don’t immediately reach for the “back” button or go scurrying off to find a video of a cat playing the piano. Stay with me, I am going to show you how to make a Shortcut. I promise this is going to be simple and you are going to surprise yourself, and …
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Apr 10 2026
Your Intel apps are doomed
In 2020, Apple did something truly remarkable. They decided that Intel—the company that has provided the “brains” for every serious computer since the dawn of time—was no longer invited to the party. They launched their own “M-series” chips, and to make sure the transition didn’t cause a global productivity meltdown, they gave us Rosetta 2. …
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Apr 10 2026
16GB of ram is NOT the figure to look at
It is one of the most enduring mysteries of the modern age. It ranks right alongside “Why do people eat kale?” and “How does a fax machine actually work?” You are talking, of course, about the catastrophic, brain-melting, universal confusion between Memory (RAM) and Storage (the Hard Disk). Every single day, someone can walk into …
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Apr 10 2026
A MESH network is the answer to your wifi woes
You’ve just sat down in the upstairs study with a gin and tonic, ready to watch a high-definition documentary about the history of the stapler. You click ‘Play,’ and what do you get? A spinning circle. A little grey ring of misery that tells you the internet, which you pay a king’s ransom for every …
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