rants and raves

Without a concrete reference image or a single context clue, every bit of progress is tentative. Should this red corner be in the foreground or the…

Like many finicky sleepers, I have a particular nighttime conundrum. I sleep hot—like, wake-up-sweating-in-the-middle-of-the-night hot—but I also need to…

Nearly everyone has a flashlight in their pocket these days in the form of a smartphone, but it’s not a very good one. Sure, it does the trick for walking…

After using the iPhone 12 Pro Max for two solid years, I gingerly made a couple of steps down the range when picking up a newer model—shifting to the vanilla…

Bloody Mary? Yes, please! I'm her number one fan. No, not the ghost who appears in a dark bathroom when you say the name into the mirror. (Why did we do this…

Having been born in New York and raised in the South, I had never rubbed shoulders with a certain piece of New England Americana until a couple of years ago.…

On a recent weekend evening, my spouse addressed our two children. We have a second-grader and a kindergartener. “What do you want for dinner?” he asked,…

The secret to living well in small spaces—as I have for most of the past decade—is to be very organized. As the artist and filmmaker Van Neistat so…

We might not live in the future where 3D printers are as common as microwaves, and that makes sense. Most people don't really need one, and they're rarely…

As a veteran PC gamer with a preference for Sony's PlayStation consoles, I’m a late convert to the delights of Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass Ultimate…