.blog vs .com TLD performance
Established top-level domain resolves faster than newfangled .com domain.
Make AdSense faster with preconnect
Reduce Google AdSense’s impact on page-load times using <link rel="preconnect">. Only used by ~350 out of 12 million partner websites.
Use different search providers for every search with RandSearch
Set your web browser to search with RandSearch. It uses a random search engine to fulfill your searches. Get different perspectives, ideas, and results.
What is Samsung Secure Wi-Fi?
Secure Wi-Fi is a VPN service from Samsung and McAfee. Here is what it does and how to stop its adverts and remove it from your phone.
How to format code blocks for narrow screens
You can’t fit 80 cpl. of preformatted code onto a narrow mobile screen. Here are three tips on how to make your code fit without horizontal scrolling.
Firefox contained in Flatpak vs Snap comparison
A comparison of features, security, performance, and limitations of Firefox browser running in isolated sandboxes provided by Flatpak vs. Snap.
Break up the YouTube Premium bundle and give me ad-free only
YouTube should focus on its primary asset: its creators. Give them the money and viewers an ad-free experience. Unbundle YouTube Premium.
Long-lived image retention issue on Philips 276E8VJSB monitor
My new 4K monitor, the 27″ Philips 276E8VJSB, has image retention (“burn-in”/“ghosting”) issues that can last for weeks and months.
Why I developed my own email newsletter system
I wasn’t happy with MailChimp, and phpList didn’t do a good-enough job. So I developed my own automated RSS-to-email newsletter system instead.
World of Warcraft Classic: Hell is other people
I had a fun time playing WoW Classic until other people started showing up.
Opera Unite tried decentralizing the web ten years ago
A decade ago, the Opera web browser shipped a virtual fridge and a built-in web server in the browser.
How to use AddToAny as a fallback for the Web Share API
AddToAny offers privacy-by-default content-sharing and is well-suited as a light-weight falback to the native Web Share API.