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We’ve all been there. You’re minding your own business, maybe sipping a coffee while checking the morning news, and then: thud. Your phone hits the floor. Or maybe you press the power button on your trusted laptop and instead of that familiar glow, you get a black screen and a sound like a fan trying…
Welcome to the laboratory. Pull up a stool, watch out for the stray solder wire, and try not to trip over the power cables snaking across the floor. Out here in Southern Alberta, we know a thing or two about making things last. Whether it’s a 1980s tractor that’s still pulling its weight or a…
If you read our recent post about Bill C‑22 and thought, “Okay… but what even is metadata?”, you’re not alone. Most of us hear “metadata” and picture boring spreadsheet stuff. Like: file size, message sent, blah blah. But here’s the sneaky part: Metadata isn’t the content of your messages. It’s the ‘who/when/where/how’ around them.And if…
If you’ve lived in Southern Alberta for more than a week, you know about the Chinook. One minute you’re scraping ice off your windshield in Raymond, and the next, you’re wondering if you can get away with wearing shorts to the Magrath Co-op. It’s a sudden, sweeping change that catches you off guard if you…
Do You Really Need to Worry About “Unknown Part” Messages? The Truth About iPhone Screen Replacement
You’ve just had that heart-sinking moment. Your iPhone took a tumble off the kitchen counter, or maybe it slid out of your pocket while you were walking across the Whoop-Up Drive bridge, and now the screen looks like a spiderweb. You do the right thing: you look for a phone repair near me, get it…
There is a specific sound that anyone who grew up in the 90s or early 2000s knows by heart. It’s that soft whirrr-chk-chk-whirrr of a console trying to find its footing. Whether it was the ethereal chime of the original PlayStation or the dramatic “whoosh” of the Xbox 360, that sound meant one thing: adventure…
Have you ever walked into a big-box retail store with a laptop that won’t turn on, only to have a teenager in a branded polo shirt tell you, “Sorry, it’s unfixable. But hey, we have a great deal on this year’s model!”? It’s a gut-punch. It feels like being told your truck is a write-off…
If you’ve spent more than five minutes on TikTok or YouTube Shorts lately, you’ve probably seen them. They start with a high-energy voiceover saying something like, “Want to 10x your PC speed? This hidden Windows setting is a total game-changer!” They show a few quick clicks, a mysterious command typed into a box, and, presto!,…
We’ve all been there. You’re sitting at your desk, maybe at a coffee shop, or just lounging on the couch, and your laptop, the device that holds your entire digital life, starts acting like a grumpy toddler. It won’t stay awake for more than ten minutes without being plugged into the wall. It’s frustrating, right?…
If you’ve been hanging around the basement for a bit, you know I’m usually elbow-deep in the “heavy-duty” tanks of the 80s—the original 6-switch Atari 2600 consoles. But today, I’m putting doing a Atari 2600+ review (the 2023 re-release) to see if it’s a true successor or just a fancy plastic mimic. Watch my video…
