https://pragmaticsysadmin.help/tags/display/Practical sysadmin guides, senior tech help for aging parents, and kids' learning games — without the buzzwords. By Jonne, a Finnish sysadmin.Hugo -- gohugo.ioenPragmatic Sysadmin (Pragmatic Sysadmin)Pragmatic Sysadmin (Pragmatic Sysadmin)Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://pragmaticsysadmin.help/meta/hallway-display-for-my-parents-the-idea/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000Pragmatic Sysadminhttps://pragmaticsysadmin.help/meta/hallway-display-for-my-parents-the-idea/<p>When my dad&rsquo;s phone became unusable, the answer everyone gives you is a tablet. Big screen, big buttons, simple. And it works.</p> <p>But here&rsquo;s what a tablet actually is, mounted on a hallway wall:</p> <ul> <li>A rectangle of light that pulls your eye whether you want it to or not</li> <li>A wallpaper nobody chose, glowing in a dark hallway at 11pm</li> <li>Something that buzzes when a stranger sends a WhatsApp</li> <li>Something that needs charging, and doesn&rsquo;t work when it isn&rsquo;t</li> <li>€150 and a sheet of glass that breaks</li> <li>And — this is the actual problem — <strong>an interactive device</strong>, for a person whose problem is that interactive devices got hard</li> </ul> <p>None of those are why tablets fail. Tablets fail because of what they <em>are</em>: a second computer, asking for attention.</p>