Unlike laptops from most manufacturers, the Framework Laptop was designed from the outset to be sustainable; this lightweight, stylish beast is field-upgradable and field-repairable. In the company’s own words: "Proof that designing products to last doesn’t require sacrificing performance, …

Tech is "sustainable" if it can be "sustained" - kept running - for a long time. If you have to replace your smartphone or your Chromebook every 2-3 years because the manufacturer stops issuing security updates (you daren’t use it in public if the "security update" is more …

The majority of people and pundits claim to be in favor of sustainability. But what is it, really? I’ve written on it before. One of the key aspects is repairability. Repairability implies modularity. It also implies a bit of design, and the availability of parts.

Look at the desktop PC. Until …

[Updated 2021-07-23: Some guy name Linus (not THE Linus) has got his hands on one, and done a very favorable review on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rkTgPt3M4k].

The sustainable, repairable, DIY Framework laptop which I wrote about in "I Tried That" is nearly here - after a …

The other day I commented on new tech for recycling wind turbine blaes. There are two other green energy by-products that fossil fuel’s friends keep harping on, EV car batteries, and solar panels. As it happens, both were in the news recently. Solutions to both, that is.

Solar panels contain …

In April, 2021, Apple Computer launched its mid-year products refresh. Apart from a finder beacon and the oh-so-exciting "the color purple", prominently featured was the new Imac. Its primary selling points are that it has the new Apple M1 CPU, and that it’s "impossibly thin." …