Tag Archives: rants-and-raves

Pac-Man is a classic arcade game that deserves all the love. Guiding an abstract mouth around a ghost-patrolled maze in pursuit of dots is pure joy. As good as it is, I never imagined the greedy yellow circle would bring my family closer together, but that’s exactly what happened this …

Electric grills flicker across my embarrassingly specific media consumption list with peculiar regularity. I've been fairly effective at ignoring their siren calls, because they haven't seemed particularly up to the task. In my head they're small, flimsy, and underpowered things that can't compete with gas or charcoal grills. Then I …

The Nintendo Switch is a miracle. The Steam Deck doubly so. In both cases, their respective manufacturers attempted something that seemed impossible: cramming AAA games into hardware you can play on the bus. Both pulled it off by performing a delicate dance to balance performance, efficiency, and simplicity for the …

I'm insanely jealous of anyone who doesn't use a case on their iPhone—walking around freely without fear that they might accidentally drop it and shatter the fragile screen. I treat my iPhone like a Fabergé egg, complete with a heavy-duty screen protector and case. This is partly because I'm extremely …

Google makes some of my favorite hardware. I love the Pixel line of phones. I use Nest Hubs and speakers as my smart home controllers. Nest cameras earned recommendations in our security camera and video doorbell guides. Hell, we even like the Pixel Watch 2. There is an appealing elegance …

Last summer, I spent an entire concert chugging overpriced cans of water, desperately trying to not pass out from the Texas heat. It was hard not to notice that everyone else seemed to have large water bottles with them, rather than the ones that were being sold at the venue. …

I bought a new-build home this year. It seemed like every property that I had looked at in my budget had a massive (and massively expensive) repair issue. Sometimes it was as simple as outdated electrical wiring or older pipes, but one seller was upfront that the entire property floods …

Beis has been on my radar ever since it launched in 2018. I waited months to get my hands on the brand's Diaper Pack (9/10, WIRED Recommends) when my son was born, and I splurged on two different makeup bags from the company, in a fit of hospital bag packing …

It's nice to work in the finely tuned WIRED test kitchen, aka my kitchen. The knives are sharp, the coffee is good, the room-temperature butter is ready to spread. And my induction stove is a marvel, boiling water in a heartbeat, heating sauces incredibly evenly and predictably. I like to …

“You need a KVM switch." That's what my friend said to me three years ago after seeing a photo of my double-laptop setup. I told her how all I have to do is switch over a couple of cords at the end of my workday and I can enjoy my …