Category Archives: Electronics

Where’s that wall wart?

By devin | Published: 13 July 2010
As a technology enthusiast and sometime pack rat, I have collected plenty of wall warts, those compact power supplies we’ve all come to know and love. I wish that all devices could have the power supply built-in like my printer, monitor, speakers, etc. but I also realize that you can’t always fit it into a [...]
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Samsung Knack keypad

By devin | Published: 15 February 2010
My grandparents recently took a leap into the 21st century by signing up for a cell phone. I’ve had my iPhone long enough that I had forgotten how ugly and painful the majority of cell phones really are! Invariably, the worst cell phone offenses come from the keypads. My grandparents ended up with a Samsung [...]
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iPhone Brightness Settings

By devin | Published: 14 January 2009
So my friends with iPhones keep asking why mine is so dark. Until today I had no explanation. Maybe the screen is defective? The backlight? As evidence that I hadn’t messed anything up, I opened the brightness control to show them that “Auto-Brightness” is turned on. Apparently “Auto-Brightness” doesn’t mean that it’s fully automatic. Honestly, [...]
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