Musing the idea of sharing one language with the entire world. — My daughter and I frequent the playgrounds around our city. We came across a girl who could only speak Spanish on several occasions. She behaves shy at first but soon warms up to my daughter, and they chase each other around the playground as only toddlers could. I would catch…

This is why you have preflight testing. — On 20 June 2022, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) finished their extensive wet dress rehearsal for the agency’s Artemis I mission at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA. Though met with a few hiccups, this weekend’s practice session reached a satisfactory conclusion. The Artemis Program NASA revitalized the U.S. space…

Thrifty Words 100 Challenge #72: ‘Fear’ — Whenever one flies by, I yelp and remove myself. Wasps stung me many times as a kid — even on my birthday — and instilled me with fear of anything black-and-yellow zooming about their business. As an adult, this fear gets dismissed as irrational. Like many fears — spiders, heights…

But are we willing to give up these conveniences? — On Sunday, Last Week Tonight raised awareness among viewers that there are two bills in the works to take the monopoly away from big tech companies — most notably Amazon, Alphabet (Google), meta (Facebook), and Apple. The two bills in question are the Open App Markets bill and the American…

Thrifty Word Challenge 50 #92: Fix It — “Can you come over and fix my computer? The computer is running so slow, and I can’t read my email. And every time I open internet, these weird websites load, and when I close my daughter’s music download program, the computer suddenly freezes.” “I’ll come and reformat your computer again.” …

The USPS works long and hard to deliver your Amazon purchases every day of the year. — You are celebrating a federal holiday in your backyard. The doorbell rings as you flip your twelfth burger patty. You open the door and find a package on your porch. You’re happy that your Amazon order came in, but who delivered it? It wasn’t UPS and also not FedEx —…

How much more screen space do we need to give up? — Advertisements are everywhere. There’s no getting around them — especially on your smartphone. Many websites that use advertisements display them as much as they can so they can earn as much as they can. …

A summary of frequently asked questions and the usual answers artists give. — Using computer software to bring their art to life, digital artists who engage with their followers often get asked the same questions. These questions always show up on their streams and posts, forcing the artist to repeat themselves, whether it’s about drawing or 3D modeling. I listed the most common…

The ongoing struggle of getting to the content you deserve! — Lately, I’ve been skipping the introductions and conclusions of most YouTube videos — they are boring and repetitive. You could say they’re as bad as the advertisements that roll before the video starts. Know what? I did just say that. Introductions always start with the same casual “Hi guys.” How…