It happens all the time. You’re walking along, getting stuff done, and an elevator comes into the equation. Now what?

It was a mistake that when I finally bought a Switch, I got a Switch Lite. Sure, it’s a gorgeous indigo blue, but I’m old and the screen is too small. So, I bought an OLED Switch. It was also likely a mistake when instead of returning the Lite, I…

Step 1. Be Elon Musk. Step 2. Buy Twitter for $45 billion. Step 3. Tweet. Step 4. Never, ever apologize for anything. Now just sit back, soak in the sun on some private island, sip on your cocktail, check your stocks and bank balances, and wait. Of course, your tweets…

Nothing makes people feel at ease more than a very public discussion about pooping… Right? Fortunately for you, I’m not making this a video or podcast, so you can read it anywhere. Even on a public toilet. Let’s talk about conservation of energy. Now, I know that’s a scientific principle…

Boy, oh boy, did I screw up. I left in two egregious typos, including the FIRST WORD IN THE TITLE. I recently watched a video about an incident where pitot tube socks were installed on a commercial airliner, but due to situational blindness and a lack of teamwork skills, all checks on that system failed and risked the lives of all on-board. No worries, they landed safely. Anyway, I fixed the typos.

So, the brain trust is at it again… According to a report from NBC the headstone you see above is at the center of a “great controversy”* at the, “…Warren-Powers Cemetery in Camp Township, a rural community in unincorporated Polk County, Iowa.” That’s a long title… * read as air…

Dear Chris, I heard the news. I’m sorry I didn’t write sooner. Things have been a tad crazy of late, what with the pandemic and gun violence and political division and illegal wars and whatnot. I started writing this before the war and Uvalde, but I felt it was important…

I am quite well versed in the extensive history of the operating system wars. Apple effectively created the home computer industry, and Microsoft has been doggedly chasing after ever since. This is not a new story in the slightest. Historical documents tell us that Steve Jobs managed to arrange a…

How do we define the United States of America? We call it a country, but that just means a plot of land with established borders. …