This 49-year-old storage format can still rescue files from dead and forgotten PCs or HDDs
How-To Geekby Sydney Butler21h ago
In a sense, the platters of a hard drive, or the magnetic surface of a floppy disk are blank sheets.
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top 36%Why Linux file management feels like punishment compared to Windows Explorer
How-To Geekby Sydney Butler21h ago
There is a difference between two operating systems having their own ways of doing things, and making something needlessly complicated.
The most popular Wi-Fi 6E router of 2026 feels like a sick joke
How-To Geekby Monica J. White22h ago
I've seen good routers. I've seen bad routers. I've seen routers that were just there, with nothing special about them, which might arguably be the best type of router.
I never expected Docker to handle document management and AI chatbots, but here we are
How-To Geekby David J. Buck22h ago
Over time, I've discovered several Docker containers/apps I can't work without. FOSS apps are consistently high-quality, but some apps kick it up a notch.
5 Galaxy Watch settings that stopped the constant buzzing on my wrist
How-To Geekby Vishwamoorthy Ramakrishnan23h ago
I bought a Galaxy Watch to track my health metrics and enjoy the convenience of having a mini smartphone on my wrist.
4 essential DeWalt power tools that are still built in the United States
How-To Geekby Patrick Campanale23h ago
Are you wanting to buy some power tools that are made in the USA? You'll be hard-pressed to find them among the main companies.
Skip Milwaukee's full prices: Free batteries come with these combos and tool-only deals
How-To Geekby Steve Larner1d ago
Whether you are a dedicated Milwaukee fan or want another Milwaukee power tool for your arsenal, you don’t have to pay full price, sales and specials run year-round.
4 weird but useful things you can connect to a phone
How-To Geekby Bertel King1d ago
Our phones aren't just personal computers we carry with us — they're the ones we use to control everything else, from speakers and smart home devices to portable power stations.
4 overlooked Hyper Tough tools that make name-brand prices look silly
How-To Geekby Patrick Campanale1d ago
Did you know that Walmart makes power tools? Hyper Tough is Walmart's in-house brand, and like most things at Walmart, it's fairly affordable.
6 great Paramount+ and HBO Max shows I'm streaming once they combine
How-To Geekby Dan Girolamo1d ago
Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery have merged to form Skydance. The David Ellison-led media company now owns some of the most important franchises from two legacy studios, including Game of...
Your smart devices are quietly ignoring your Pi-hole, and here’s how to stop them
How-To Geekby Nick Lewis1d ago
If you look at your Pi-hole dashboard after a few weeks of use you'll see thousands, if not tens of thousands, of blocked queries.
Excel breaks when your data gets messy. Here's what I use instead
How-To Geekby Zunaid Ali1d ago
Excel is a brilliant tool for managing data. You can store data, organize, analyze, and even visualize it.
Frustrated Pixel owners are finally jumping ship, here's what's actually driving them away
How-To Geekby Bertel King1d ago
Google Pixel has a good reputation in the Android world — this is the brand you buy if you want Android as Google's designers intended.
Microsoft's real reason for building WSL has nothing to do with replacing Linux
How-To Geekby Sydney Butler1d ago
The Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2) runs a real Linux kernel inside a lightweight virtual machine right inside your copy of Windows.
3 subscriptions you can replace with a $5 Pi Pico 2
How-To Geekby Sydney Butler1d ago
If there's one thing that annoys me about modern internet-connected technology, it's that everything is a subscription these days.
I tried using a floppy drive for the first time in 25 years. Here's the weirdest quirks I forgot about
How-To Geekby Andrew Heinzman1d ago
I'm just old enough to have participated in the last few years of the floppy disk era, and although I don't feel a particularly strong sense of nostalgia about floppies, I do think that they're...
Ready for spooky season? Watch these 5 Netflix shows this October
How-To Geekby T.M. Amrita1d ago
Spooky season is here, which means I'm making room on my October watch list for witches, ghosts, and characters that make for interesting stories.
4 annoying Windows apps you can replace with an Excel spreadsheet
How-To Geekby Jorge A. Aguilar1d ago
Most productivity software sells you a clean interface and a recurring charge for features you could build yourself in an afternoon.
I’m replacing Google’s everyday apps with these open-source alternatives
How-To Geekby Sanya Shah1d ago
I realized recently how much of my phone life quietly depends on Google. Calendar for appointments, Keep for random thoughts, Chrome for basically everything, Maps when I’m lost, and Authenticator...
5 movies and performances that were unfairly humiliated by Razzie Awards
How-To Geekby Dan Girolamo1d ago
No one takes shots at bad movies and performances quite like the Golden Raspberry Awards, better known as the Razzie Awards.