Literally so no hard feelings A decade ago, a penny pinching manager decided to buy IKEA office furniture and directed me assemble them. The building of the furniture was seen as a management tool to encourage initiative. The only problem was that the filing cabinet had screws so I needed…

Or how did it get such a name Today, I learn that there is a Nothing’s phone. A company called Nothing made a smartphone. I can understand if a company training people how to meditate is called Nothing. Or if it specializes in minimalist design. But a tech company called…

Naval gazing at a sunken warship A modern metal warship was sunk recently. Modern being a relative term since the ship was launched in the late 70s. The interesting fact was that the Russian ship was allegedly carrying a two thousand year old relic. Let that fact sink in (Pun…

The loss that people brag about I recently lost weight. My solution is portion control. If you manage your portions, the pounds will drop off like magic. And before you click to another article, I will reveal my secret. Truth is seldom what it seems. Skim milk masquerades as cream. …

Or what is wrong with the war in Ukraine I am not playing down the current war on Ukraine. But there is something that is missing. The Russians are supposed to be experts in the cyber warfare. Cyber warfare is supposed the face of the new war. …

Simple explanation about plasma When I was a child, I was taught that there were four states of matter instead of three. Gas, liquid, solid and plasma. Plasma was supposed to be the state that fire was¹. It was explained in vague exotic terms. What caught my eye was that…

Or why the name of food is important There is one practise that I hate in the food industry and that is to change the name of a dish and then charge a higher price. Or to mislabel something and call it as food. Sausages It is just meat in tubes…

Or why things mean different things to different people I learn a new fact recently. The first animal to be domesticated may not have been men’s best friend. It may not even be a farm animal. It was possibly a cassowary. If you look at the picture and think that…

Or why modern zoos are so boring When I was young most kids wanted to go to the zoo. If you ask kids today if they want to go to the zoo, you need to make sure that the tablet or smartphone is not competing. It is not just kids…