Making sense of the articles: “Why Luddites Matter” and “Telephone operation was a good career for women. Then it got automated”

The article ‘Why Luddites Matter” makes a good argument that there is nothing particularly radical or incomprehensible about the desires of Luddites. All they wanted after all was to feed their children instead of letting factory owners grow more powerful. I agree that workers should have the right to determine their labor conditions and be […]

Definitely live by these:

Think so lowly of yourself, that way you won’t worry what everyone else thinks, because your perception of self will always be worse. This gives you the excuse to not try, because you’ll fail anyway. Downgrade yourself in every situation to the worst you could possibly do, that way, in a situation that depends on […]

An issue I have with wearing headphones.

The idea usually is – when wearing headphones, to receive isolated audio from some external source exclusively. Headphones have this property where they can sometimes filter out the surround noise – these usually are noise cancelling headphones or they can isolate audio so you know exactly where some sound is coming from. Let’s focus on […]

Flatulence Fiasco: Man’s Mile-High Misadventure Forces Emergency Landing

Creator: blamb | Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Copyright: Brett Lamb In a bizarre turn of events, a routine flight from New York to Los Angeles was abruptly diverted yesterday, leaving passengers bewildered and air traffic controllers scratching their heads. The culprit? None other than a lone passenger whose prodigious flatulence triggered a chain of events that led to an unscheduled touchdown. […]