It sits in the corner like a retired villain. It jams every Thursday. It refuses to print black-and-white because it is out of cyan. I work in IT. Let me explain why your office printer is the way it is — and why it will never change. Read more →
Category: Technology
The Golden Age of Loading Screens: What We Lost When Instant Became Normal
The loading screen was never just a technical limitation. It was a ritual. The 30 seconds between worlds — the whirr-click of the PS1, the Atari Lynx cartridge slot, the spinning CD icon. Here is what we lost when instant became normal. Read more →
Why We Take Bad Photos on Purpose Now
Blurry, grainy, overexposed. Kids are now taking deliberately terrible photos — not as a joke, but as an aesthetic. Here is why the bad photo became the most authentic thing on the internet, and why Gen-X saw it coming 30 years ago. Read more →
The Unspoken Rules of IT Support That Every Office Worker Should Know
I work in IT. Here are the things every office worker should know before calling the helpdesk. Rule one: restart before you call. Rule four: we can see your uptime. You are not fooling anyone. Read more →
Why We Are Always Wrong About How Long Things Take
I planned to reorganise one desk drawer. 15 minutes, tops. Three hours later, I was on the floor surrounded by cables. This is not just me — it is a psychological phenomenon called the planning fallacy, and it ruins weekends. Read more →
Why I Use Wikipedia for References (and Why You Should Stop Complaining About It)
Every now and then, someone tells me Wikipedia is ‘not a valid source.’ Here is why I use it anyway — and why the criticism says more about knowledge gatekeeping than it does about my References section. Read more →
Why We Still Play Old Games: The PS1 Has Better Stories Than Most Modern Blockbusters
I spent Saturday playing Final Fantasy VII on the original PlayStation — the one where Cloud Strife looks like six triangles and a bad attitude. And I had more fun than with half the new games I bought this year. Here is why old games still win. Read more →
Earth 2.0: If We Start Over on Another Planet, Will We Make the Same Mistakes?
Alright! While everyone is buzzing about Mars being the ultimate “backup plan” for humanity, I’m thinking about the fine print. Moving to another planet sounds like a dream—a chance to leave our problems behind and start a new chapter on a clean slate. But here is the reality: even if we change the planet, we are still bringing the same… Read more →
The “AI-Native” Workspace: Why the “9-to-5” is a Logical Glitch
Alright, Brah! We are deep into the Y2026 runtime now, and it is time to address the most persistent “Legacy Bug” in our modern civilization: the 9-to-5 workday. We are living in an era of high-speed fiber, neural networks, and AI agents that can process a week’s worth of data in the time it takes you to brew a coffee… Read more →
Digital Karma: Your Data is Your Afterlife
Alright. Let’s not pretend this is a soft topic.You will die.Your data won’t. That’s not poetic. That’s policy. Long after your funeral prayers, church hymns, temple chants, or silent cremation rituals fade into memory, your search history will still sit on a server somewhere humming quietly in a climate-controlled warehouse. Your voice notes. Your selfies. Your 2am existential tweets. Immortal.… Read more →