Once upon a time, in a land not so far away (probably France), a group of very serious scientists sat around a table and said, “You know what the world needs? A logical, decimal-based measurement system that makes sense!” And[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Looking back at the school posters of the 80s and 90s, it’s clear they were designed with good intentions, but not always with a clear understanding of how to connect with kids. They loomed on classroom walls like earnest but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In the shadowy depths of every office, there lurks a silent menace—more persistent than a printer error, more elusive than a missing semicolon. No, it’s not a virus. It’s not even the guy who keeps microwaving fish in the breakroom.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There’s something beautifully absurd about watching a ten-year-old command a fire-breathing dragon to fight a psychic cat while an entire stadium cheers them on. Pokémon battles are essentially high-stakes pet fights with better special effects and significantly worse labor laws.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There was a time when no meant no. A simple, clean rejection. Two letters, one syllable, infinite power. But somewhere along the way, Big Tech decided that no was bad for business—too harsh, too final, too likely to cut into[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I feel like I’m playing Whack-a-Mole with documents that multiply faster than gremlins in a rainstorm whenever I work on documents collaboratively with others. You open what you swear is the latest draft, only to realize you’ve been editing an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Autographs—those sacred scribbles from the famous, the pride of collectors, and the reason eBay’s authenticity team drinks heavily at lunch. But why bother with the real thing when you can embrace the wild, unpredictable world of fake autographs? After all,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There’s a special kind of regret that comes with realizing your 12-year-old self didn’t think things through when picking out an email address. You know the one—the email you signed up for that was cool at the time but now[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Every profession has its own special dialect—a bizarre, acronym-laden, jargon-packed way of speaking that sounds like fluent nonsense to outsiders. Doctors, soldiers, engineers, and IT guys seem to take particular pride in this, casually dropping phrases that leave the rest[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…