There exists a peaceful, blissful state of ignorance in the world of audio. It’s a place where people listen to music on the earbuds that came with their phone, or on a Bluetooth speaker they won at a company golf[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ah, prank calls—the original form of trolling, back when the only “anonymous” you could be was a kid with a squeaky voice pretending to be “Mr. Stinky Pants from the IRS.” Before robocalls ruined everything by making unsolicited phone calls[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If you can’t find it on Amazon, it probably doesn’t exist. Need a gallon of pickles? A life-sized garden gnome? A toilet paper holder shaped like a T-rex? Congratulations, with just one click, it’ll be on your doorstep in 48[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There’s a special kind of magic in how government agencies can turn the simplest tasks into multi-million dollar tech nightmares. While the rest of the world zips documents across the globe in seconds via email, many bureaucracies still cling to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Vacations—those magical weeks where you escape the stresses of daily life only to realize your emotional baggage packed itself in your carry-on. Nothing brings buried issues to the surface like being trapped in a timeshare with your family or realizing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I often have to kick myself when I lend something out with the naive hope that it will return to me in the same condition, or at all. Somewhere in the universe, there’s a black hole where pens, chargers, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We’ve officially reached peak civilization when our greatest existential threat isn’t plague or war or asteroid impacts, but the nagging fear that somewhere out there, people are having more fun without us. While our ancestors worried about saber-toothed tigers and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Remember the golden age of Black Friday? Those were simpler times. You’d bundle up like an Arctic explorer, camp outside Best Buy from midnight until dawn, and engage in light combat with fellow shoppers over the last $100 TV. Sure,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I get so annoyed with people who blast videos from their phones in public spaces like it’s their personal movie theater—one where the surround sound is tinny, the dialogue is incomprehensible, and the only available snack is your growing rage.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There is a new modern symphony of public spaces. In addition to the chirping birds and hissing coffee machines, is that one person loudly explaining their entire medical history to their phone like they’re starring in a one-man podcast. Mobile[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…