Computers Archive

If you spend lots of time at your keyboard, you know how much difference a change in position can make. Sometimes, it doesn’t have to be a major change. Just a little tweak can make a big difference in comfort and ergonomics. For many people, the little feet on the back of your keyboard are enough. You can prop it up or lay it down …

These days, digital photography has pretty much taken over from old-school analog photography. To be fair, there’s a small community of film devotees, and there probably always will be. But digital photography has a number of benefits. To begin with, you don’t need film, so the camera is small enough to integrate with other devices. This allows us to use cameras on smartphones, laptops, and …

If you love gaming, there’s a good chance you own a mechanical keyboard. These keyboards are beloved by gamers of all stripes, for many different reasons. For one thing, mechanical keyboards last far longer than their ordinary counterparts. This isn’t a big deal if you only use your computer to fire off the odd email. But if you spend a lot of time on your …

If you spend a lot of time behind a keyboard, you can appreciate the benefits of a mechanical one. There’s nothing that beats the responsiveness of mechanical keys. You can tell when they’re actuating, even if you don’t immediately see anything happen onscreen. Not only that, but many mechanical keyboards are loud and clicky. It sounds like you’re typing on a typewriter, which is a …

Until not too long ago, 3D printing seemed like a fantasy. Turn on an episode of Star Trek from the 1990s, and people get whatever they want from replicators. Now, we’re not quite to that point yet. You can’t 3D print food, for example – at least not at home. But you can print some impressive plastic creations that people could only dream of a …