https://www.howtogeek.com We love tech, but we also love to tinker and try a whole bunch of different hobbies. Come check out the latest projects we're working on. Fri, 04 Jul 2025 22:00:18 GMT en-US hourly 60 https://www.howtogeek.com/after-over-a-decade-i-bought-a-physical-gaming-magazineand-its-magical/It's ironic that the very job I do—writing for online publications—killed technology magazines over the last ten years or so. Circulation started to drop when you could get pretty much the same content, instantly, and for free as long as you can put up with a little advertising to pay the bills—thanks for that, by the way!

]]>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 22:00:18 GMThttps://www.howtogeek.com/after-over-a-decade-i-bought-a-physical-gaming-magazineand-its-magical/ https://www.howtogeek.com/recent-outages-put-my-portable-power-stations-to-the-test/I love portable power stations so much that my wife and I have backed up our home with Anker SOLIX batteries instead of an automatic gas generator or a built-in home battery. Here's what I've learned after having just experienced three power outages in the span of two weeks.

]]>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 13:30:16 GMThttps://www.howtogeek.com/recent-outages-put-my-portable-power-stations-to-the-test/ https://www.howtogeek.com/5-reasons-why-your-nas-needs-an-ssd-cache/Are you tired of slow data transfers to your NAS? Well, it likely needs a SSD cache. If you don’t have a SSD as the first stop for incoming data to your NAS, then you’re doing networked storage wrong.

]]>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 17:01:13 GMThttps://www.howtogeek.com/5-reasons-why-your-nas-needs-an-ssd-cache/ https://www.howtogeek.com/this-is-the-best-money-ive-spent-on-my-homelab/I’ve made a lot of upgrades to my homelab over the years, but one recent upgrade stands out over the rest—networking speed. I recently picked up a $49 2.5Gb/s network switch, and it’s truly the best upgrade I’ve ever made to my homelab.

]]>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:31:17 GMThttps://www.howtogeek.com/this-is-the-best-money-ive-spent-on-my-homelab/ https://www.howtogeek.com/dji-new-portable-power-station-massive-2048wh-capacity/DJI might be best known for its drones, but the company also sells several portable power stations, intended to charge anything from drones to cooking tops. DJI has now revealed the Power 2000 Portable Power Station, giving you all the power you need for your outdoor adventures.

]]>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 12:00:16 GMThttps://www.howtogeek.com/dji-new-portable-power-station-massive-2048wh-capacity/ https://www.howtogeek.com/dji-power-2000-review/The DJI Power 2000 is the largest portable power station yet from this popular drone manufacturer. It's a competent product, but there's not quite enough here to recommend over the more experienced competition.

]]>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 12:00:16 GMThttps://www.howtogeek.com/dji-power-2000-review/ https://www.howtogeek.com/ifixits-fixhub-soldering-toolkit-is-now-widely-available/A very successful first launch caused the FixHub Power Series portable soldering line from iFixit to go out of stock for a while. Now, it is fully back in stock and ready for immediate shipping across the United States. There's no longer a need to wait for a reservation or preorder.

]]>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 19:08:09 GMThttps://www.howtogeek.com/ifixits-fixhub-soldering-toolkit-is-now-widely-available/ https://www.howtogeek.com/why-self-hosting-an-ebook-server-is-harder-than-it-should-be/Are you thinking of self-hosting an eBook server? Well, it’s actually pretty difficult. While other media servers are simple to set up, eBook servers are the exact opposite.

]]>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 15:30:17 GMThttps://www.howtogeek.com/why-self-hosting-an-ebook-server-is-harder-than-it-should-be/ https://www.howtogeek.com/3d-printing-projects-inspired-by-retro-computing/One of the best parts of 3D printing is being able to make just about anything your mind can imagine. This makes 3D printing a great way to relive the golden years of computing, thanks to retro models designers have made.

]]>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 14:30:16 GMThttps://www.howtogeek.com/3d-printing-projects-inspired-by-retro-computing/ https://www.howtogeek.com/you-have-a-limited-time-to-get-these-retired-lego-sets-on-amazon/If you know anything about LEGO, you know kits go up in price after they are retired. The longer they're retired, the more expensive they become. These amazing kits have only been retired recently, meaning now is probably the cheapest you'll be able to get them ever again.

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