• SIX REASONS YOU SHOULDN’T TAKE DIETARY ADVICE FROM CAVEMEN

    EDIT: I’ve written a followup to this post here. Today, to kick off my triumphant return to writing, we’re going to talk about the so-called “paleo” diet.  At least four people I know have “gone paleo,” as they annoyingly insist on calling the decision to eat this particular way.  It’s all…

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  • A NOTE ON MY LONG ABSENCE

    It’s hard to say what inspires me to write this blog, but obviously whatever I’ve been doing since October isn’t it.  I’ve only written three things in the last eight months, and let’s be honest, that last one was shit.  The one about comets and crap was pretty good though.  Anyway.…

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  • HERE IS A STUPID IDEA THAT IS STUPID

    Hey there!  You know how, each morning, you have a cup of hot coffee and then mess around on your phone, reading Facebook updates or whatever? And you know how, every time you do that, you wish that your phone was simultaneously being charged and that your coffee was getting…

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  • THE MOST AWESOME THING IN SPACE (IF YOU HAVE THE MATURITY OF A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD)

    There’s a lot of science that’s kind of boring if you don’t understand it or its implications. I get that. But there’s also a lot of stuff that’s awesome in the world of science, despite being almost literally unbelievable when you first hear about it. This is one that I…

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  • DEATH FROM THE SKIES! OR SOMETHING.

    First of all, the first sentence of this post’s title is taken from Phil Plait’s book of the same name, which is awesome.  It looks like this. You should buy it and read it, and then make all the people you know do the same thing.  It’s a really good…

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  • ELECTROLUX’S TEN DESIGN LAB FINALISTS (ARE ALL FUCKING STUPID): PART TWO

    Last week, we talked about the first five finalists (I don’t think they’re ranked in any way) of the Electrolux Design Lab Competition.  All of them, as you may recall, were the product of the drug-fueled raves/Photoshop parties that I have no choice but to believe are the chief activity…

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  • ELECTROLUX’S TEN DESIGN LAB FINALISTS (ARE ALL FUCKING STUPID): PART ONE

    Think back to what you were doing on Wednesday, September first, 2010…  Don’t remember?  It’s ok, I do.  You were eagerly reading through that morning’s blog post from your favorite internet writer (me) because I assume you’re all loyal and dedicated readers who have been with me from the start.…

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  • HOW PINTEREST IS MAKING WOMEN INTOLERABLE

    If you read the title and are already upset, then you’re already part of the problem.  If you don’t want to read the opinions of those who think differently than you, you might as well close the browser and move on. Speaking of which, women.  I have long said that…

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  • THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO’S BEEN PAYING ATTENTION

    So at some point last … early this month, the blog surpassed 200,000 all-time pageviews.  I was going to make a big deal out of it, but I forgot and now we’re at 202 thousand and something, so yeah.  Thanks to everyone who reads the blog, “likes” the Facebook page,…

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