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 # Scratch
 
-## Lenovo Yoga 9i
-
-Lenovo's latest Yoga 9i is everything a flagship laptop should be: powerful, sleek, and portable with an excellent 2.8K OLED display. The latest iteration of the 9i even includes Bowers & Wilkins speakers in the rotating soundbar hinge for some truly impressive sound (for a laptop).
-
-The 9i uses Intel's 13th-generation processors with integrated graphics. That will be the only real rub for some, the lack of a dedicated graphics card. Otherwise this laptop is a tech-savvy traveler's dream.
-
-### Hardware
-
-The Yoga 9i has enough business vibes to it that no one is going to look at you funny when you lay it on the conference room table, but it's also very much not a Thinkpad. The 2023 Yoga 9i is a stylish, powerful 2-in-1 convertible with a unique, impressive soundbar. It's now on its eighth revision and at this point Lenovo pretty much has things down. This release is largely a spec bump. 
-
-You’ll find the same rounded edges and overall elegant design as the last release, which is one of my favorite aspects. I wish more laptops embraced rounded edges. Why make sharp edges right where your wrists are going to rest for hours at time? Typing on the 9i was noticeably more comfortable on my wrists than my Lenovo T14 which has sharper edges. 
+mountainsmith fanny like an evening clutch for hiking. too small for a book, (rounded bottom makes it tough, fits a kindle though) works well for keys, wallet, stuff like that but that's it. comfortable as a sling, wide strap.
 
-There are two colors available, a light "Oatmeal" and a darker gray model. All models use a 13th-generation Intel i7 chip (1360P) and come with 16 gigabytes of RAM (soldered, not upgradeable). Prices start at $1,700 for the 2.8K model with 512-gigabytes SSD, which I tested, and go up for the 4K OLED screen version with a 1-terabyte SSD. The price puts them in the luxury laptop range, and the design and overall 2-in-1 styling reflects that as well. 
+## Acer Swift 14 review
 
-Probably the most impressive aspect of the 9i is the sound. Lenovo has tucked two Bowers & Wilkins 2W tweeters into the hinge, and added two 3W woofers on the bottom. The result is absolutely the best sound I've ever heard come out of a laptop. Admittedly, laptops make a low bar when it comes to sound, but this thing sounds good. Like actually good. It's even better in "tent" mode, which is what you'd want for watching movies.
+ExpressVPN ad, dropbox.
 
-The 14-inch display is equally impressive. I was quite sure Lenovo had sent the 4K version until I checked the specs and realized I'd been using the 2.8K version for two weeks thinking it was a 4K. That actually made me think I'd probably skip the 4K version and get the improved battery life of a slightly less hi-res screen. The 2.8K screen also has a 90Hz refresh rate to the 4K's 60 Hz which makes the lower density screen slightly smoother and better for gaming.
+#### [Nemo Dagger Osmo 3P Tent for $480 ($120 off)](https://www.rei.com/product/215776/nemo-dragonfly-osmo-2p-tent)
 
-Lenovo claims 100% DCI-P3 color accuracy and in my testing I found that my screen supported 100 percent of the sRGB space and 98 percent Adobe RGB color space. I mention my screen because Lenovo screen sometimes vary within the same product line, but these results are generally in keeping with what you'd expect for an OLED screen.
+Nemo's Dagger Osmo 3P tent ([8/10, WIRED Recommends](https://www.wired.com/review/nemo-dagger-osmo-3p-tent-2023/)) is [one of my favorites](https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-camping-tents/#63ecf9777d87edd2f4f350d6). It's incredibly sturdy, well-made, and lightweight. That does make for a pricey tent, and if you're into a million pockets and interior organizational options there are better tents. But if you want a light, virtually bombproof shelter to see you through the night, this is a great option. We also like that it's made of 100 percent recycled nylon and polyester yarns, with no flame-retardant chemicals or fluorinated water repellents (PFC and PFAS).
 
-Unlike some other premium laptops these days—cough, Dell XPS 13, cough—there are plenty of port on the Yoga 9i. On the left side there are two USB-C Thunderbolt 4 ports, along with one USB-A port. On the right you get another USB-C port (oddly, not Thunderbolt 4, though you can charge with it), and headphone jack, and, sadly, a power button. I detest the power button on the side because I also seem to grab it when I carry it around, inadvertently shutting down the laptop. Not a deal breaker, but something to be aware of if you're similarly clumsy. 
+#### [Nemo Hornet Osmo 1P Tent for $320 ($80 off)](https://www.rei.com/product/215775/nemo-hornet-osmo-ultralight-1p-tent)
 
-The keyboard is one of the more interesting features of the Yoga 9i. It has flat chiclet style keys that are fine. Not nice, not all that pleasant to type on, but they work. What's interesting is the far right side of the keyboard has a series of 1-touch function keys for controlling performance settings, audio settings, color settings, even adding a background blur to the webcam with a single button. There's also a fingerprint reader. I actually found these keys very useful, particularly the power profile button. By dialing back the power when I was just browsing the web I was able to get more out of the battery. 
+I don't get to do many solo trips these days, but when I do this is the tent I want. It's super light (just over 2 pounds) yet roomy and comfortable. It guys out very securely, and the steep sidewalls and decent headroom make it feel larger than it is. It's also made of the same chemical-free fabrics as the Dagger above.
 
-The touchpad is huge for a 14-inch laptop, on par with Apple’s MacBook Pro 14 in fact, and it worked well with the multi-touch gestures built-in to Windows. The Yoga 9i also comes with an active stylus. It works great for taking notes, and seems like maybe it would be okay for a little sketching as well. 
-
-I am happy to report that the webcam in the Yoga 9i is actually pretty good. It's 2.1MP, with a 16:9 view, giving you 1080p video capture. It's not 5MP quality like you'll find in some recent machines, but it's the best webcam I've tested on a laptop this year.
-
-The Yoga 9i has a 75 Watt-hour battery, which boasts the same Rapid Charge Boost feature found in other recent Lenovo's like the Slim Pro 7 ([8/10, WIRED Recommends](https://www.wired.com/review/lenovo-slim-pro-7-amd-laptop)). I managed 11 hours and 17 minutes in our standard battery test, which loops a 1080p film (local) with the brightness at 75 percent. In more realistic testing, like just using it for work for a few weeks, I was able to regularly get 12 hours, sometimes more so long as I kept the brightness dialed back a bit. That's pretty good for an OLED laptop.
+#### [REI Co-op Half Dome SL 2+ Tent with Footprint for $263 ($65 off)](https://www.rei.com/product/215775/nemo-hornet-osmo-ultralight-1p-tent)
 
-While there is much to love about Yoga 9i it is clearly not aimed at gamers. Even casual gamers will likely be disappointed by the integrated graphics performance. If, however, you're in the market for a stylish, reasonably powerful laptop with awesome sound and a great, movie-friendly screen, the Yoga 9i is a great choice.
+This is your chance to save on [our favorite two-person tent](https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-camping-tents/#60df1435e801084848fb0518). It's rugged, easy to set up, and offers generous living space for two with gear. The mesh design, when coupled with the rainfly and good staking, will stand up to storms and not roast you when camping in the midsummer heat. The dual doors with dual vestibules ensure you aren't climbing over your partner in the middle of the night. The only real drawback is the vestibules, which are on the small side.
 
 
 
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 # Reviews 
 
+## Vivaldi 6 Review
+
+About tk years ago I got an email from an old contact at Opera, who said some ex-Opera designers and developers, including Opera's co-founder, Jon Von Tetzchner, were launching a new web browser, would I like to try an early beta? I did try it, and I never went back to another web browser. 
+
+I've already called Vivaldi the web's best browser and that's still true, but somehow it manages to keep getting better. Version 6, which was released last week, brings a new method of managing tabs dubbed Workspaces. 
+
+Vivaldi already had more ways to manage tabs than every other browser put together, so even I was wondering what Workspaces were going to be good for, but they turn out to be yet another great option to tame your tab jungle.
+
+The usefulness of Workspaces is based on the premise that you have a lot of tabs open. I know I do, but every now and then someone will share their screen and I'll notice they only have a couple of tabs open. God bless you, if that's you. I want to be you, but I am in the middle or researching Norse exploration of North America for a homeschool lesson, trying to expand my collection of grilled meat on a skewer recipes, reading several 18th century sailing diaries on Archive.org, ordering parts for my Jeep, writing a post for my website, and reading several articles sent by friends. 
+
+That's just in my personal profile Vivaldi. My work profile has 67 tabs open right now, researching a dozen different products I am in some stage of testing and writing about, including this one, natch.
+
+My tabs would be absolute chaos and mayhem were it not for Vivaldi's tab management tools. Keeping work and personal separate is possible in any browser, but Vivaldi's tab tools also include the ability to group tabs in clusters, tile groups of them in a single window, and now, with Vivaldi 6, put them in Workspaces. 
+
+I think of Workspaces as bit like virtual desktops on your PC—in this case they're all part of the same web browser, they're just visually cordoned off from each other. That's an important distinction by the way, you can't be logged into different Gmail accounts in different workspaces, hence the *virtual* desktop metaphor.
+
+In my case, within my work profile I have a series of tabs related to Linux laptops, several tabs about sleeping pads, hard drives, solar panels, and other topics I research and write about. Then there are the core tabs I need for day to day work, like email and all the publishing tools we use. 
+
+Prior to Workspaces I would group all these tabs by topic in tab stacks. This works, but I have found that once a tab stack gets over about four tabs, it's tough to navigate. Now, with Vivaldi 6, I group these topic-related tabs into Workspaces. I set a keyboard shortcut so that I can cycle through them and easily jump between topics. When my editor asks me something about an upcoming guide, I can quickly jump to the workspace with that topic and find the answer. This workflow feels clearer and cleaner than it did before Workspaces when I spent much more time hunting for tiny tabs.
+
+Workspaces also make it easier to reduce the memory footprint of all those open tabs. Just as you would with an individual tab, or a tab stack, you can right-click and hibernate a whole Workspace. When you re-open your browser only the tabs in the current workspace load, which also helps to keep memory down.
+
+The power of Workspaces goes beyond how I use them, especially if you start creating custom Command Chains (which arrived in Vivaldi 5.5). For example, you could combine switch workspace commands with switch themes to give all your workspaces a custom visual cue to know which workspace you're in. The Vivaldi blog has [details](https://vivaldi.com/blog/how-to/pawel-shows-you-how-to-play-with-workspaces-and-custom-icons-in-vivaldi/) on how to do that and add custom icons to your toolbar to switch to specific workspaces.
+
+As powerful as Workspace are, there are a couple of things I think would improve them. I'd like a way to make pinned tabs exist across all Workspaces. Keeping with the example above, I'd like to see my work email tab in every Workspace, which would be possible if you could somehow pin tabs to be outside Workspaces. It would also be great to have some kind of visual workspace switcher accessible via keyboard shortcuts, something like the tab switcher, so I could jump between workspaces (it's possible to cycle through Workspaces with the keyboard, but when you have quite a few this can be a little slow).
+
+Re-reading this I realize it sounds perhaps a little insane, but then I think Vivaldi is made for those of use who browse the web a bit more, um, thoroughly than normal people. 
+
+Even if you aren't quite at this level of nonsense Workspaces can help add a little separation to your browser. Vivaldi's example includes separating work, shopping, and school. They're also good for keeping a web-based game hidden when the boss walks by (though I might suggest new job is a better long term bet). You could even use them something like Profiles for different family if you didn't need to keep account logins separate.
+
+The biggest downside to Workspaces is that they're not currently available on mobile. On the desktop though, Workspaces in Vivaldi 6 provide yet another way to browse the web smarter.
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+In some ways Vivaldi is confusing to the uninitiated because there are so many possibilities. Managing tabs is s good example of this: there are now three distinct ways you can organize them. 
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+
+I use all three. The first way I divide things up is with two "profiles," one for work, one for personal. Profiles are the most isolated way to divide things up. There is no data sharing between profiles. That means you can login to your work Gmail account in your work profile and your personal Gmail account in your personal profile and there's no conflict because the two profiles are totally separate. This is more or less the same functionality Chrome offers, though Vivaldi is using its own implementation of profiles.
+
+I've found profiles work best for high-level separations. For example I have two profiles, my wife has a profile, my kids have a profile. That way we can all have our own stuff, but within a single browser on a single device. 
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+Every now and then I see someone using 
+
+## Lenovo Yoga 9i
+
+Lenovo's latest Yoga 9i is everything a flagship laptop should be: powerful, sleek, and portable with an excellent 2.8K OLED display. The latest iteration of the 9i even includes Bowers & Wilkins speakers in the rotating soundbar hinge for some truly impressive sound (for a laptop).
+
+The 9i uses Intel's 13th-generation processors with integrated graphics. That will be the only real rub for some, the lack of a dedicated graphics card. Otherwise this laptop is a tech-savvy traveler's dream.
+
+### Hardware
+
+The Yoga 9i has enough business vibes to it that no one is going to look at you funny when you lay it on the conference room table, but it's also very much not a Thinkpad. The 2023 Yoga 9i is a stylish, powerful 2-in-1 convertible with a unique, impressive soundbar. It's now on its eighth revision and at this point Lenovo pretty much has things down. This release is largely a spec bump. 
+
+You’ll find the same rounded edges and overall elegant design as the last release, which is one of my favorite aspects. I wish more laptops embraced rounded edges. Why make sharp edges right where your wrists are going to rest for hours at time? Typing on the 9i was noticeably more comfortable on my wrists than my Lenovo T14 which has sharper edges. 
+
+There are two colors available, a light "Oatmeal" and a darker gray model. All models use a 13th-generation Intel i7 chip (1360P) and come with 16 gigabytes of RAM (soldered, not upgradeable). Prices start at $1,700 for the 2.8K model with 512-gigabytes SSD, which I tested, and go up for the 4K OLED screen version with a 1-terabyte SSD. The price puts them in the luxury laptop range, and the design and overall 2-in-1 styling reflects that as well. 
+
+Probably the most impressive aspect of the 9i is the sound. Lenovo has tucked two Bowers & Wilkins 2W tweeters into the hinge, and added two 3W woofers on the bottom. The result is absolutely the best sound I've ever heard come out of a laptop. Admittedly, laptops make a low bar when it comes to sound, but this thing sounds good. Like actually good. It's even better in "tent" mode, which is what you'd want for watching movies.
+
+The 14-inch display is equally impressive. I was quite sure Lenovo had sent the 4K version until I checked the specs and realized I'd been using the 2.8K version for two weeks thinking it was a 4K. That actually made me think I'd probably skip the 4K version and get the improved battery life of a slightly less hi-res screen. The 2.8K screen also has a 90Hz refresh rate to the 4K's 60 Hz which makes the lower density screen slightly smoother and better for gaming.
+
+Lenovo claims 100% DCI-P3 color accuracy and in my testing I found that my screen supported 100 percent of the sRGB space and 98 percent Adobe RGB color space. I mention my screen because Lenovo screen sometimes vary within the same product line, but these results are generally in keeping with what you'd expect for an OLED screen.
+
+Unlike some other premium laptops these days—cough, Dell XPS 13, cough—there are plenty of port on the Yoga 9i. On the left side there are two USB-C Thunderbolt 4 ports, along with one USB-A port. On the right you get another USB-C port (oddly, not Thunderbolt 4, though you can charge with it), and headphone jack, and, sadly, a power button. I detest the power button on the side because I also seem to grab it when I carry it around, inadvertently shutting down the laptop. Not a deal breaker, but something to be aware of if you're similarly clumsy. 
+
+The keyboard is one of the more interesting features of the Yoga 9i. It has flat chiclet style keys that are fine. Not nice, not all that pleasant to type on, but they work. What's interesting is the far right side of the keyboard has a series of 1-touch function keys for controlling performance settings, audio settings, color settings, even adding a background blur to the webcam with a single button. There's also a fingerprint reader. I actually found these keys very useful, particularly the power profile button. By dialing back the power when I was just browsing the web I was able to get more out of the battery. 
+
+The touchpad is huge for a 14-inch laptop, on par with Apple’s MacBook Pro 14 in fact, and it worked well with the multi-touch gestures built-in to Windows. The Yoga 9i also comes with an active stylus. It works great for taking notes, and seems like maybe it would be okay for a little sketching as well. 
+
+I am happy to report that the webcam in the Yoga 9i is actually pretty good. It's 2.1MP, with a 16:9 view, giving you 1080p video capture. It's not 5MP quality like you'll find in some recent machines, but it's the best webcam I've tested on a laptop this year.
+
+The Yoga 9i has a 75 Watt-hour battery, which boasts the same Rapid Charge Boost feature found in other recent Lenovo's like the Slim Pro 7 ([8/10, WIRED Recommends](https://www.wired.com/review/lenovo-slim-pro-7-amd-laptop)). I managed 11 hours and 17 minutes in our standard battery test, which loops a 1080p film (local) with the brightness at 75 percent. In more realistic testing, like just using it for work for a few weeks, I was able to regularly get 12 hours, sometimes more so long as I kept the brightness dialed back a bit. That's pretty good for an OLED laptop.
+
+While there is much to love about Yoga 9i it is clearly not aimed at gamers. Even casual gamers will likely be disappointed by the integrated graphics performance. If, however, you're in the market for a stylish, reasonably powerful laptop with awesome sound and a great, movie-friendly screen, the Yoga 9i is a great choice.
+
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+
 ## Lenovo Slim 7 Pro Review
 
 Lenovo's new Slim Pro 7 manages to be both powerful enough to edit video, and portable enough—with enough battery life—to actually be useful o the road. That's a rare combination, especially at this price.