The Dumbest Thing I Ever Did That The New York Times Wrote About

And why are they so obsessed with standpipes?

I got you these presents

That’s better than yet another gift guide, right?

Lessons From The Movies

Go to the head of the class

Let’s Visit Some Alternate Timelines

Because the one we’re in sucks now

A Real Huge Voter Fraud Scandal [video]

A case that history has swept under the rug

The SNL Superfan Who Saw Every Episode In Person

Well okay almost every episode

The Company Company

We Make Products That Keep You Company

The Found Art of My eBay Folder

Old auction photos as art exhibit

The Perfect Cup of Coffee Doesn’t Exi—

Two coffee men and one flying ring

Weird and Wonderful Filmstrips

[beep!] Turn the knob to advance to the next slide

A Moth Story

Not a story from The Moth

I made a new daily puzzle. It’s called Gisnep!

I’d love to know what you think

A Look Back at StripWare

It’s not what it sounds like

Why you should always email people who make things

In this case, people who make opening credits sequences

Hunting in Central Park

One man’s urban safari

A Real Life Wayne’s World

They went from public access to MTV

Classic Video Game Dioramas

How do you make a diorama of a text adventure?

Media Roundup #2

More of what I’ve been watching, reading, playing

A Nobel Prize Winner And Chocolate

What one has to do with the other

How To Photograph The Solar System

We’re gonna need a bigger lens

Researching An Old Sitcom With AI

Plus: The “Til Death” viewing guide

The Life and Death of the Bulbdial Clock

An idea that casts a long shadow

The U.S. Census Is Wrong on Purpose

They literally doubled one town’s population

The Man Who Made The Cell Phone

And why it’s not the ideal communication device

A Font Confession

I’ve known this is wrong for 15 years