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Five reasons why you should use a password manager

You’ve probably heard your favourite YouTuber talking about a password manager at some point. Regrettably, this post isn’t sponsored, but I’m going to try to pitch the software…

  • Post date August 18, 2021
  • Post author By Pat Reddick
popups surround me as I hold my head in agony

Popups suck. So why can’t we get rid of them?

The best way to get someone to see something is to shove it in their face. That’s the basic idea behind popups, internet advertisers’ favourite brute-force tactic. Few…

  • Post date August 4, 2021
  • Post author By Pat Reddick
me goofing around in the Linux terminal

You should try Linux, even if you aren’t a nerd

You’re statistically unlikely to be a Linux user. According to Google Analytics, only 8.5% of my readers use a device running the operating system (OS), and even that…

  • Post date July 28, 2021
  • Post author By Pat Reddick
my makeshift Steam Deck: a laptop with the Steam logo taped on and Nintendo Joy Cons

The Steam Deck makes no sense but I love it

Valve, the company behind the video game distribution service Steam, recently announced that it will be launching a handheld system called Steam Deck later this year. It’s a…

  • Post date July 19, 2021
  • Post author By Pat Reddick
the Pokémon Go logo, with Shinji Ikari superimposed looking sad

The week before Pokémon Go came out was awful

This article about Pokémon Go first appeared on the old mediaareplural.ca in July 2016. We’ve brought it back, with out-of-date references intact to celebrate the game’s fifth anniversary.…

  • Post date July 6, 2021
  • Post author By Pat Reddick
I hold a laptop like a magazine. Computers have become indistinguishable from magazines to me.

All technology becomes indistinguishable from magazines

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magazines. That’s how the Arthur C. Clarke quote goes, right? Obviously not. The original last word of that sentence is “magic”.…

  • Post date June 30, 2021
  • Post author By Pat Reddick
listings for PS5 or Xbox Series X show that retailers are sold out of the consoles

PS5 or Xbox Series X? I’m happy with neither for now

A lot of thoughts were going through my mind during E3 last week. Most notably: “Is there a good reason to own a PS5 or Xbox Series X?”…

  • Post date June 23, 2021
  • Post author By Pat Reddick
a game of solitaire is played with real cards on a table

Solitaire fan plays for free. Microsoft hates him!

I just wanted to play Solitaire. Get a few games with a program that has been included for free with nearly every desktop operating system since 1990. Instead,…

  • Post date June 16, 2021
  • Post author By Pat Reddick
logos for several Final Fantasy games

Final Fantasy games are tied together in weird ways

Final Fantasy is a weird series. The mainline games often feel extremely different from one another, and little seems to tie them together as a series. That’s especially…

  • Post date June 9, 2021
  • Post author By Pat Reddick
Internet Explorer's downfall is memorialized on a pixel-art tombstone

Internet Explorer’s downfall was drawn-out and painful

Welcome back to my obituary for a terrible program. Last week, I walked you through early internet history and the rise of Microsoft’s browser, but this week is…

  • Post date June 2, 2021
  • Post author By Pat Reddick

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