Pocket Telephones Are Coming
In the spring of 1919, news out of the Marconi Company—the folks who invented radio, or “wireless telegraph” in the previous decades—was that they were working on a new type of wireless telephone that...
Category: Humor
Things I find humorous. Most of these are true events.
He made some tools
A few days ago, Twitter user @Bondcliff2008 posted this image to Twitter. I didn’t stop laughing for almost a full minute. Those who get it right off probably love it as well–and I love...
Facebook’s auto-censoring and the Oversight Board appeal pushing me off the platform for good
My Facebook account was put on restricted access because of the most absurd reason, detailed below. It has to do with Facebook’s implementation of an automated artificial intelligence-based approach to censoring content they deem...
Postcard Story: A Happy Easter
My criteria for purchasing old postcards could be described loosely as follows. They should picture an interesting place or location. They should be personalized, that is, they should have a message written on them...
A Phone Play in 1 (Short) Act
Since buying a house we’ve been getting an insane number of telemarketing calls. This is due to a) the house purchase being a public record available to anyone who wants to look up the...
But there is…isn’t there?
While in a Starbucks in Seattle (the Starbucks in fact) I overheard this bit of a conversation between a man and woman as they were leaving. The man had opened the door and the...
Sunny Side Up
From a 2002 New Yorker article: “When people talk about the need to modernize the American air-traffic-control system, this is, in large part, what they are referring to. Whenever a plane takes off, the...
A Phone Play, Scene: My Office
Does anyone ever pay attention to the first 10 seconds of a phone conversation? Today’s phone drama gives weight to my theory that people do not. Me: This is david. Dude: Yeah, uh, Mr....
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