Why does airplane food taste so bad?

I’ve never had a good meal in coach on any of the major (or even minor) North American carriers but I really enjoyed the meals I’ve had on the trips taken on Cathay Pacific. And I’ve enjoyed the few First Class cabin meals I’ve had.

How Apple’s white earbuds changed the game forever

I’ve always hated Apple’s earbuds – they never fit properly for me and were uncomfortable even after short periods of time – but I love how they were/are signifiers of “certain people”.

Luminar 3 review: A viable alternative to Adobe Lightroom

I really like Luminar. It can be very easy to use for beginners and is visually more interesting than Lightroom. Whether it’s more suitable for “average consumers” than pros is something that can be argued. Let’s just say, it’s not going to replace Lightroom for me.

Alien contact – a Twitter thread

I gotta say, I was enthralled by this. It’s been playing out, one tweet at a time, on Twitter over the past 24+ hours. Great story. I hope there’s a sequel.

The last glassholes

Personally, I have no problem calling Google Glass a complete flop. Maybe it was ahead of its time but the time it was ahead of is one I’m not going to be happy about when it does, inevitably, come.

This metal is powering today’s technology—at what price?

We tend to avoid or be unintentionally ignorant of how our technological world affects our natural world. Lithium is a great example of something we all need but have little idea of how we need it or how it affects the planet.