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Notes on always-on displays, screen wake locks, and getting a readable clock onto a screen you are not using.
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Turn an old phone or tablet into a bedside clock
A drawer phone makes a better nightstand clock than most things you can buy. Here is the setup on iOS and Android, and the two things that actually go wrong.
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A clock for your second monitor
Your taskbar clock is 11 pixels tall. Here is how to fill a spare screen with a readable one, and why the display still sleeps after you do.
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Why always-on displays dim, and what burn-in actually is
Phones do four specific things to their lock screens overnight. Three of them are about OLED physics, and only one is about your eyes.