April 2026 Website Refresh

Hi there, and welcome to my freshly updated personal website/blog! Remember, if you’re interested in my services, please go to my business websites at Wag Websites and Napa AI. To simplify things, my open source projects like Prologue.chat, LibreKB, various WordPress plugins, and everything else, now live only on my GitHub rather than being mixed […]

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Email Unsubscribe Done Wrong

There’s nothing more frustrating than having issues unsubscribing to emails from companies, websites, or services you no longer are interested in. In this article, I discuss some of the most common user experience failures when it comes to unsubscribing from marketing emails and newsletters.

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Car Brands That Need To Die (in the US)

If you’re familiar with the auto industry in the US, or even if you just look at last years sales data, it’s pretty clear that there are quite a few brands that should be discontinued. A couple people might be sad, but for the most part, the cost savings of doing so would strengthen the […]

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Is a Tesla Cheaper than a Toyota?

I often encounter people that assume that every Tesla driver is super duper rich and that it’s far more expensive to drive a Tesla than a more obviously “mainstream” car. In this article, we compare two similarly priced vehicles – the Tesla Model 3 and the Toyota Camry.

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x86 vs ARM in a ~$600 Windows Mini PC

We’ve already reviewed the Lenovo IdeaCentre Mini X with Snapdragon and discussed Windows on ARM more generally in our article about the Dell Inspiron 14 with Snapdragon. So, feel free to check those out. But in this article we’re going to skip the specifics of those two machines and the background and history of Windows […]

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Tesla FSD Should be Free, and Here’s Why

I personally subscribe to “Full Self-Driving (Supervised)” for $100/month, and my car does more than 97% of my driving for me. But, the more I learn about Tesla, autonomous driving, and the industry, I think Tesla’s most brilliant move right now would be to make FSD free for every Tesla driver with a compatible vehicle.

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How to Choose the Right Laptop

In this article, I’m going to cover the basics of choosing the right laptop computer. I can’t cover everything, but I’ll discuss the basics of selecting a good computer that will deliver an enjoyable experience for years to come.

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Lenovo IdeaCentre Mini X (Snapdragon) Review – A Great Desktop You Shouldn’t Buy

Can Qualcomm, Lenovo, and Microsoft come together to make a real Mac Mini competitor? The short version is that while it’s a good effort, it’s not quite there yet.

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EV Cost of Ownership, in the Real World

Someone who’s never owned or even driven an EV will find countless stories on social media about a 2012 Model S needing a $20K battery replacement or an older Nissan Leaf that’s down to 20 miles of range. But in the real world, replacing a traditional gas car with an electric one could save you […]

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Shopify vs WooCommerce – What’s the Best E-Commerce Solution?

There are a hundred ways you can start selling online or taking orders, but my two favorite ones are Shopify and WooCommerce. While they’re both e-commerce platforms, and they’re both awesome in their own way, there are some key differences that you should be aware of. In this article, I’m going to give a brief […]

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