TAME YOUR TECH End-of-summer wrap-up By Susan Bradley Are you ready for 26H2 and new Apple devices? The end of August has always been a time for me to stop, reflect on the summer, determine if I got anything on my summertime to-do list done, and see whether I’m ready for fall. When I was […]

TRAVELING TECH By Peter Deegan A good translation app on your phone is useful for travel abroad — and also locally in our diverse, globalized world. Both Apple and Google offer free translation apps that handle typed text, spoken conversations, and even live camera translation of signs, menus, and food labels. I rarely need a […]

TAME YOUR TECH By Susan Bradley As my dad turns 98 years young today, I am reminded that technology is deeply integrated into his daily life. Yet, much of this daily tech is not geared toward his needs. Although he is — thankfully — not in an assisted-living space, we have friends who are. They […]

ISSUE 23.27 • 2026-07-06 TAME YOUR TECH By Susan Bradley Microsoft’s surprising decision to add another year to the Windows 10 Extended Security Update program was welcome news to those stunned by the dramatic price increases of core system components. It means the urgency to acquire new Windows 11–compatible hardware is gone, at least for […]

TAME YOUR TECH By Susan Bradley Data centers are in the headlines these days, from the number being built to the energy and water they consume and to the noise they produce. But because neither you nor I will ever own a data center, I’m going to discuss some of the extremes that impact our […]

As I’m starting to put the office back together (my office is the last one being worked on), I am reminded that surge protectors aren’t always your friend. They can cause fires. Someone I know had their master bedroom burned up from a surge protector that caught on fire. While thankfully they were not in […]