Category: Tech

In January 2024, I built my first custom PC. I had previously owned an Alienware Alpha, a small pre-built machine not much larger than the Nintendo Wii. It had terrible airflow, wasn’t particularly powerful for its time, and it ran HOT. I put up with its quirks for many years, but I decided it was…

In October 2023, I received a message from Microsoft stating that all screenshots and game recordings on the Xbox Network would be deleted after 90 days. This included all existing media on Xbox’s cloud, which previously had no restriction on retention. This change didn’t come as a major shock to me. As cloud services continue…