Life, often sometimes, is not fair. When it comes to hair (hair on head, not body hair), the scale is clearly tilted in the favor of women. This favoritism (damn you, Darwin) is most obvious in old(er) age. As men get older, most ...
Dave Engledow is a photographer that is working on a hilarious project — ‘World Best Father’. The project consists of photos that include him, his young daughter, and his ‘World Best Father’ coffee cu...
Gordon Buchanan is a wildlife cameraman who has been filming dangerous animals for the past 20 years. His latest endeavor sees him going into polar bear territory and capturing footage for BBC’s ‘The Polar Bear Family ...
You know one of my pet peeves? Hypocrisy. I cannot stand people who say one thing to you then, behind your back, go do the same damn thing they told you not to do. It annoys the crap out of me. You know another thing I hate? Peopl...
Armed forces around the world prefer to wear ‘camo’ or ‘camouflaged’ clothes for the purposes of being able to better blend into natural surroundings. I’m not sure how well army camo gear works but va...
What would you do if you worked at a food joint with a drive-thru and a car drove up with no one inside? Magic of Rahat, the ‘Magician Prankster’, wanted to see the reaction of people when they see a person-less car go...
Companies, specifically tech companies, may not be people in and of themselves but they do have characteristics (or personalities, if you will). Because of these characteristics, it is often enticing to compare the companies to ot...
Anyone familiar with the history of the United States knows that in the founding years of the country there was a big struggle between pro-navy and anti-navy advocates. Since then, however, the United States has come to build and ...
Anyone that has taken an elementary-level Sociology or Psychology knows, among other things, there are two basic types of perceptions of people; perceptions people have of themselves and perceptions people have of others. Generall...
Every year National Geographic holds a photo contest. 2012’s results are in. In total, National Geographic says there were over 22,000 entries. Out of these 22,000 entries, a winner was picked for each category (‘Natur...
Mothers. Mothers are — probably quite literally — genetically coded to bug take care of their children. Part of this parental process is calling the child regularly if the child lives away (sometimes it involves callin...
I will be completely, truly, 100 percent honest with everyone: Ashraf loves cakes. (Ashraf also loves talking about himself in third person, but that is a story for another hour.) Not necessarily all cakes — he is not a big ...
The other day I was thinking about how complex programming has become today and how much easier it was back in the day when writing a ‘Hello World’ program was considered genius. I then commented to my wife on the matt...
A friend of mine used to say (still says?): “flashy lights are for the simple minded”. To an extent, I am sure there is some truth in that statement. After all, one can easily be distracted and awed by otherwise simple...
Any dotTechies, or dotTechies’ children, have read the ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ novels? For those that have not read or heard about them, ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ are children books that allow y...