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How to hide your web data with a VPN [episode 30]

Oh my goodness! Episode 30! That’s a lot! Give it a listen…

We talk about protecting yourself online with VPNs and space… Continue reading “How to hide your web data with a VPN [episode 30]”

Apple re-enters the cheap computer market with the March 2017 iPad

The side view of the Apple eMac computer

For the past ten years, Apple has been a company that exclusively sold premium products. In the somewhat distant past, Apple shipped things like the 50lb (22.7 kg) eMac, an intentionally no-frills computer that was designed for educational institutions, but later sold to the public as a budget-friendly Macintosh.

It had been so long since Apple sold low-priced products that it seemed like they had permanently abandoned them. However, it appears that the new, ambiguously named “iPad” marks Apple’s return to bargain-bin computing. Continue reading “Apple re-enters the cheap computer market with the March 2017 iPad”

Review of the Apple TV (2nd generation), 7 years later

An Amazon Echo Dot on top of an Apple TV (2nd Generation)

I’ve been actively using my Apple TV (2nd generation) for almost seven years, and I figured March of 2017 was the perfect time to finally share my thoughts on it. Why? I’m getting closer to unplugging this thing from my TV, but I haven’t done so yet.

You see, my TV is eight years old. It hails from a time when two HDMI ports was considered sufficient. The gadgets that I plug into it need to truly prove their worth, and my Apple TV 2 has been skating on thin ice lately. It recently went through a weeks-long phase where it couldn’t play Netflix without crashing. I managed to fix the problem, but I haven’t forgiven it. Continue reading “Review of the Apple TV (2nd generation), 7 years later”