Amir Bohlooli-Senior Editor

Amir Bohlooli

Senior Editor

Contributor Since February, 2021
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Productivity, Creative, Windows
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About Amir Bohlooli

Amir is the Segment Lead for Software at MUO. He's a PharmD student who's interested in clinical outcomes and Pharmacoeconomics. He loves looking at numbers and spreadsheets. His passion for data manipulation sparked during his early academic years, back when he used spreadsheets for lab reports.

Inspired by his father's hobbies, Amir developed a knack for DIY projects and built his first quadcopter in high school. At 18, he began writing about 3D printing, and now contributes to MUO where he writes and edits productivity, spreadsheets, photography, music, and more.

Amir also enjoys creating music, although its categorization as such remains open to interpretation. In addition to his academic pursuits, Amir is an avid gamer, car enthusiast, and proud owner of a 1993 Mitsubishi Galant. 

A smartphone showing the ChatGPT app with the seahorse emoji on it

Why does this harmless emoji make ChatGPT lose its mind?

A set of colorful AA batteries next to each other

I wasted so much money on AA batteries because I missed this tiny detail

Excel logo surronded by a swirl of Excel functions

The strangest Excel functions you'll never use

A smartphone on a bag of trash with the Microsoft Outlook app on the display

Please stop using Outlook

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WiFi antenna and Nothing Ear earbud on Intel vPro laptop
I made one hardware change and my Bluetooth audio on Windows 11 instantly fixed itself
Bluetooth

I can't believe the fix for my stuttering Bluetooth audio on Windows had nothing to do with Windows.

List of apps in the App Store showing Get and in app purchases
This is why free apps don't exist anymore
Productivity

Free apps used to be free, but then everything changed.

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A Bluetooth remote connected to a TV
This $4 app is the best money I've spent on my TV setup
Android TV

Stop letting your remote's dead buttons go to waste — this app puts every key to work.

A hand holding an HDMI Type A cable-1
The forgotten HDMI feature that was supposed to replace your Ethernet cable
Technology Explained

This HDMI feature was baked into the spec, wired into every cable, and dead on arrival before most people knew it existed

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Amazon Spring Deals image featuring a Kindle, an Odyssey OLED G9 monitor, and Sony wireless earbuds on an orange background.
The best Amazon Spring Sale deals actually worth buying this year
Deals

Spring is springing, and it's time to pick up some bargains.

A Samsung TV showing the results of an internet speed test
I accidentally added a gigabit Ethernet port to my smart TV
Entertainment

Your TV's Ethernet port is probably stuck at 100 Mbps. Mine accidentally got 1000 Mbps. It doesn't make a difference.

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Close up of a Raspbery Pi 4 on a desk
I plugged a Raspberry Pi into my smart TV and it changed how I watch everything
Media Streaming

An old TV, a Raspberry Pi, and a setup that beats every streaming box on the market.

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An Android phone running LineageOS on the lock screen
I almost gave up on LineageOS, but these tweaks changed everything
Custom Android ROM

LineageOS wasn't for me when I wanted a polished out-of-the-box experience — but customizing it turned that regret around completely.

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A Wi-Fi router with a mini UPS sitting on a shelf
Your router and phone are probably fighting over DNS without you realizing it
Router

How a DNS conflict might be slowing down your phone's internet.

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Claude open in a browser on a laptop
I switched from ChatGPT to Claude and hit a wall almost immediately
Productivity

Claude wowed me in two prompts, then immediately humbled me with its quota.

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A solar system simulation build by Claude on a MacBook
I asked Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini to build a simulation, and one winner was obvious
Artificial Intelligence

The LLM race stopped being a close contest pretty quickly.

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Two monitors and a laptop showing NotebookLM and Obsidian
I connected my Obsidian vault to NotebookLM for real — it’s absurdly powerful
Obsidian

This is the first Obsidian and NotebookLM setup that actually feels connected.

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A monitor showing the Wino Mail app on Windows 11
Outlook on Windows is finally fixed — and it’s not from Microsoft
Microsoft Outlook

Outlook stayed messy. Someone else finally did the obvious fix.

Android phone on a desk running LineageOS
I installed LineageOS for Android 16 and immediately regretted it
Android Customization

Clean Android isn't necessarily good Android.

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Monitor showing Windows power settings
I turned on Windows 11's hidden "Ultimate Performance" mode and the boost is insane
Performance Tweaks

The temperatures are also about to go insane.

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Laptop showing a slideshow made with Markdown in Obsidian
I use Markdown instead of PowerPoint to make slideshows and it's fantastic
Obsidian

Markdown slides feel like cheating in the best way.

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OpenClaw running on a MacBook
I finally caught up and tried OpenClaw — it’s everything you’d expect
Artificial Intelligence

The “agent” hype finally earned it.

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Laptop screen showing VSCode with a sample program in the C language
Why is the C programming language called C? and what happened to D?
Programming

There's more to the story than the alphabet.

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Computer screen showing the Excel IMAGE function at work
I've used Excel for over a decade and didn't know about this extremely useful trick
Productivity

An Excel trick that opens nearly infinite possibilities.

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A Windows 11 setup showing off the YASB status bar and Wallpaper Engine
YASB is the Windows status bar that Microsoft forgot to build
Productivity

The missing Windows feature is here, and it’s sitting at the top of your screen.

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