It’s a problem as old as electronics: You’ve got some LEDs, a bag full of resistors whose color codes you can barely read, and somewhere … Read More

If you’re assigning an IP address to each device in a network, things get dicey when boundaries is off. If you don’t know subnetting, you’ll … Read More

That means we’re in the math zone now. This is where knowing how many amps a piece of equipment draw applies. Amperes, or amps, measure … Read More

So maybe you get frustrated because that first dipole you cut to the textbook’s half-wavelength formula doesn’t quite work like it should. It resonates fifty … Read More

So there you sit for 20 minutes, looking at a progress bar that’s hardly budged. “The file manager estimates another three hours,” you think. But … Read More

You don’t notice summer air conditioning until you get the bill, and the bill always comes after you feel it. There’s something comfortabley about being … Read More

Your live streaming starts great. Then you get complaints from your audience about picture quality. You begin recieveing comments asking why it looks bad, wondering … Read More

That big number on your RAM sticker isn’t in miles per hour. That’s a million-transaction-per-second transfer rate. How much data does that mean is moved … Read More

Speed isn’t the only factor in your internet bill. There’s also data. You don’t pay for that, but you will if you run out or … Read More

To recap: you wire up the LED to the battery and it lights up for three seconds and dims. Why does this happen? Most of … Read More