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  • What to do if you find a shipwreck and other practical advice I wrote this week

    What to do if you find a shipwreck and other practical advice I wrote this week

    June 13, 2025
    Stuff I Wrote

    I had a great time writing about what to do if you find a shipwreck over at PopSci. The good news: it’s not impossible! The bad news:…

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  • How to bring democracy to America

    How to bring democracy to America

    June 13, 2025
    Commentary

    Imagine that you, as a philanthropist or activist who wants to help spread democracy across the world, read about a country described as a “flawed…

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  • Oh No There’s an AI Clippy Now (and other stuff I wrote this week)

    Oh No There’s an AI Clippy Now (and other stuff I wrote this week)

    June 6, 2025
    Stuff I Wrote

    I regret to inform you that someone made an actual AI Clippy. The application, which is more art project than useful application, run an actual local…

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  • The hardest thing I do every week (and how I do it)

    The hardest thing I do every week (and how I do it)

    June 5, 2025
    Commentary

    ​​I write a lot. I’ve finished just shy of 150 articles so far this year between Lifehacker, PopSci, WIRED, and PCMag, an average of 25…

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  • Dishwashers are great and other stuff I wrote this week

    May 22, 2025
    Stuff I Wrote

    I think dishwashers are great, so I wrote about the science of why you should use your dishwasher over at PopSci. It’s easier to do and better…

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  • Tech is making things easier—just not for you

    Tech is making things easier—just not for you

    May 22, 2025
    Commentary

    “Technology makes everything more complicated,” an elderly relative said to me. It’s hard to argue with.  In this specific situation she had paid to reserve…

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  • Mark Zuckerberg sees loneliness as a market opportunity

    Mark Zuckerberg sees loneliness as a market opportunity

    May 9, 2025
    Commentary

    The internet used to be exciting—its potential to make the world better seemed endless. In the early 2010s it felt inevitable that innovation would make…

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  • The End of Windows 10 is coming (and other stuff I wrote this week)

    The End of Windows 10 is coming (and other stuff I wrote this week)

    May 9, 2025
    Stuff I Wrote

    More people use Windows 10 than Windows 11, but later this year Windows 10 will stop getting security updates. What does that mean? I explained…

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  • Get Minesweeper back on your PC and other stuff I wrote this week

    Get Minesweeper back on your PC and other stuff I wrote this week

    May 2, 2025
    Short Story

    It’s been over a decade since Microsoft removed Minesweeper from Windows. If you don’t go a single day without thinking about this loss you might…

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  • You can use your laptop as a desktop computer

    You can use your laptop as a desktop computer

    April 30, 2025
    Commentary

    The more you learn about a subject the less capable you are of understanding what the average person knows about it. In journalism this can…

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