Tech Reviews
Mario Bertulli elevator shoes: 2–4 in invisible Italian leather luxury
May 09, 2026 • by Sophie Laurent
I’ve been testing and writing about products that live at the intersection of design, ergonomics and daily workflows for years, and I’m fascinated by items that quietly change how you move through the world. elevator shoes are one of those...
How to test and pick the exact webcam + capture combo that keeps color and skin tones consistent across lights and encoders
Apr 23, 2026 • by Sophie Laurent
I’m obsessed with keeping skin tones honest. Nothing kills trust in a stream faster than a presenter who looks two shades too orange on one platform, washed out on another, or whose complexion shifts between scenes because of an encoder quirk....
How to evaluate new streaming tools against your existing stack using a reproducible test matrix
Dec 02, 2025 • by Sophie Laurent
When a shiny new streaming tool lands in my inbox or I catch a demo on Twitter/X, the instinct is to click, test and—if it looks promising—switch everything over. Over the last decade of building and optimizing streaming stacks, that impulse has...
Which inexpensive capture cards reliably handle console passthrough for longform streaming sessions
Dec 02, 2025 • by Sophie Laurent
I’ve spent a lot of time stress‑testing affordable capture cards with consoles — long nights of party games, speedruns and marathon co‑op sessions that reveal the kind of failure modes you only find after hours of streaming. If you want a...