How-To Geek

Are you ready to dive into some fresh homelab projects this weekend? Today, I’m showcasing a few fun projects for you to try out, like Calibre-Web, ChangeDetection.io, and even a unique authentication experience with Teleport.

New-car prices blasting past $50,000 have made the used market feel like the only sane place left to shop. And tucked between all the forgettable listings is a standout deal you probably wouldn’t expect: the 2020 Porsche Macan Turbo.

A web page without any styling is like a blank canvas. The possibilities are endless, and it’s easy to waste time experimenting with different layouts, colors, and fonts. But the default browser styles are not ideal, so you need to put in the effort just to get started with a proper design.

Linux has been popular with enthusiasts and enterprise users for decades, but it still has a negative reputation among Windows users. However, most of that negative reputation is based on outdated information.

It feels like our digital world is dominated by a handful of tech giants, and that is true to a certain extent. However, even they lean on countless free and open-source projects that power the internet as we know it. Here are four of the most important ones.

I have a 10-year-old PC that ran Windows 10 its whole life. When Microsoft dropped support for Windows 10, I replaced it with the Arch-based CachyOS. It ran fine for a while, even with the graphics-heavy Hyprland compositor. That setup ran fine for a few months until a random CachyOS update broke it. At that point, I wanted stability more than anything. So I picked a stable mid-weight distro that was designed for hardware from 10 to 12 years ago. It's called MX Linux, and it has quickly become my favorite distro of all time. I've been using it for the past four months and I've no desire to ever replace it.

We've all been there: staring at a massive spreadsheet until the rows start to blur. It turns out Microsoft added a specialized data entry tool decades ago, but never included it on the ribbon by default. Here's how to find Excel's best-kept secret and save your eyesight (and your data integrity).

Scanning Excel spreadsheets by hand is a recipe for a headache. Whether you're flagging keywords or validating IDs, the SEARCH function is your best tool for "reading" text inside a cell. Here's how to master the syntax and four practical uses.

Android's best customization features aren't obvious on the surface—they're tucked away in menus most people never open. I've been daily-driving Android for years, and I still stumbled across some of these settings embarrassingly late. Here are five things I wish someone had pointed out to me from the start.

M is the powerful formula language that runs Power Query behind the scenes. While it may look like complex code, many common tasks in M are surprisingly beginner-friendly and can automate data cleanup quickly. If you can write a basic Excel function, you can start learning M to handle your heaviest datasets.

Whether it's a loose screw on your sunglasses or car problems while traveling or camping in the great outdoors, nothing kills the vibe faster than being unprepared. You don't need a bulky toolbox to save the day—you just need the right portable travel toolkit.

Gone are the days when Netflix had almost everything you wanted to watch. These days, if you want to watch all the biggest shows and movies, you need several different subscriptions. The cost can soon get out of hand, but there's a simple trick that can save you a significant amount of money.

A brand-new Toyota RAV4 remains one of the safest choices in the compact SUV market, but its pricing has steadily climbed into territory that opens the door to more premium alternatives. For buyers shopping around the $30,000 mark, the used market can now offer something far more upscale than a mainstream family crossover, without demanding any extra budget.

Are you thinking of switching to Linux? Have you struggled to pick a suitable distro? Perhaps you're a veteran, and you've got strong opinions about which distros a beginner should use. Whatever your situation is, I have three reasons why Ubuntu is still king for beginners.

Are you ready for another lineup of fun Raspberry Pi projects to tackle this weekend? I'm taking the ride with you and building my own E-Ink calendar display, as well as showing you Open Voice OS and how to build your own Raspberry Pi-powered dash camera!

Homelabs might not be as intricate as actual server racks, but for your personal projects or setups, it's probably good enough. Yet, with a homelab doing all the stuff it does, you're probably missing an important detail—a UPS holding everything together.

It’s reasonable to expect your smart home to work even without an internet connection. This is especially true if you’re using a truly local platform like Home Assistant, but it’s not always possible since not all smart home devices support local control.

For some strange reason, the internet seems to be obsessed with running the 1993 classic shooter DOOM on everything with a display or chip inside. This begs the question: is there anything that can't run DOOM?

A lot of people assume that if their files are synced, they're safe. It feels like a backup. Your documents are in the cloud, they show up on every device you use, and everything just kind of works. So if something goes wrong on one machine, you figure you can just grab a clean copy from somewhere else.

I’ve had my Unraid server for the past several years, and it’s had an SSD cache drive for almost that entire time. However, at the beginning, my cache drive was definitely an unexpected bottleneck in my system. Here’s what happened and how I fixed it.