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If you’re an artist, you’re probably particular about your tools. This only makes sense. If you’re painting, you want to use the best brush. If you’re drawing, you want the best pens, pencils, or charcoals. And if your art is of the digital variety, you want the best screen and stylus. For many people, this might be confusing. Don’t all editing and paint suites support …

In an ideal world, setting up your home network would be easy. You’d plug in your modem, connect your router, and you’d instantly have WiFi coverage over the entire house. But not everybody is ideally set up for a single WiFi router. For example, what if you have a ranch home? Because the space is so spread out, that 2,500-square foot may only cover 1,000. …

Just a few months after its release, the PlayStation 5 can be tough to get your hands on. Supply shortages, combined with higher-than-expected demand, have left most retailers out of stock. The same is true for the Xbox Series X, which is also nearly impossible to obtain. Online resellers scooped up most of the early units, forcing the rest of us to pay top dollar. …

Back in the day, boiler tune-ups were a relatively straightforward affair. You adjusted the gas up or down as needed, and you did it by approximation. Is the flame excessively soft and orange? Turn the gas down a bit. Is the flame small and spiky? Turn it up a smidge. If the flame was blue and rounded, everything was working beautifully. That was the most …

For many people, there will never be a need to get an ultra-accurate humidity reading. Sure, you might turn on a humidifier if the air is too dry, or run a dehumidifier in a damp basement. But very few people care whether their indoor humidity is 58 or 60 percent. That said, there are a number of reasons you might want a very accurate reading. …