Market Oddity: One Ounce of Silver Is Now Worth More Than a Barrel of Oil
TL;DR A Wall Street Journal headline reports that the market value of a single ounce of silver has exceeded the…
Always Bet on Text: Why Written Language Still Outperforms Rich Media
TL;DR A 2014 blog post argues that text remains the most durable, flexible and efficient communication medium, outperforming images, audio…
Always Bet on Text: Why Text Outlasts and Outperforms Other Media
TL;DR A longtime blogger argues that text remains the most durable, flexible and efficient communication medium, able to encode precision,…
From Pocket Books to TikTok: What Cheap Media Means for Serious Work
TL;DR The Pocket Books paperback revolution of 1939 expanded the market for cheap, disposable reading and raised worries that serious…
You don’t need Linux to run free, open-source software on macOS and Windows
TL;DR You can replace paid apps on aging macOS or Windows PCs with free and open-source alternatives without installing Linux.…
Jingle Bells (Batman Smells): An incomplete taxonomy of festive folk rhymes
TL;DR A lexicographer solicited versions of the schoolyard parody “Jingle Bells (Batman Smells)” on BlueSky and mapped dozens of variants.…
Study: Electric vehicles no more likely to injure pedestrians than petrol cars
TL;DR Researchers at the University of Leeds analyzed UK road safety data from 2014–2023 and found pedestrian casualty rates for…