The internet has given the phrase “life hack” a difficult life. Some hacks require twelve tools, a hot-glue gun, and more time than the original task. Others solve problems nobody has. I do not need to turn a watermelon into…
Dear Streaming Services, Last night I opened an app to continue watching a show. This should have taken seven seconds. Instead, I saw a giant advertisement, a row of new releases, three collections chosen “for me,” a sporting event I…
Dear Apple, I would like to change one setting on my iPhone. That sentence should not sound like the beginning of an adventure movie. I should not need a map, a flashlight, and three hours of free time. I should…
Dear Apple, I have a small request for Siri. Actually, it is not even a new request. It is a request about what happens when Siri cannot complete my first request. Here is the problem. I am driving somewhere with…
A Pug’s Business Trip to Tucson, Arizona Most people assume pugs only travel to parks, pet stores, and that one spot under the dining room table where someone dropped a chicken nugget three years ago. Not me. I recently packed…
A Penny Made is 2.8 Cents Wasted: Trump and Musk’s DOGE Aim to Eliminate Costly Coin It’s official: the humble penny is on its way out. President Donald Trump, in collaboration with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has…
Subject: A Simple Feature Request to Make the Photos App Even More Brilliant Dear Mr. Cook, First, let me say—Apple is a masterpiece. From the elegance of the hardware to the seamless software and that magical ecosystem where everything “just…
Dear Gmail, OpenAI, and X (formerly Twitter, Grok), Woof! This is DJ, the pug with the personality of a rockstar and the wisdom of a dog who’s definitely eaten more homework than most kids will admit. I’m not here to…
10 Crazy Laws That You Won’t Believe (Because They’re Not Real) 🤯 There are plenty of bizarre laws out there, but some are just too ridiculous to be real. That’s because they aren’t. Every single law on this list is…
A Message from Pug DJ: On the Current State of Affairs 🐾 Ah, my dear readers, allow me a moment to gently rest my paws upon the proverbial soapbox. 🐶🎤 You see, as a humble pug of distinguished taste and…
15 Recipes with 3 Ingredients or Less 🍽️ Cooking is great and all, but sometimes you just want food without turning your kitchen into a science experiment. That’s where these 15 ridiculously simple recipes come in—each one uses three ingredients…
Life Without Good Metaphors Would Be Like a Bag of Pretzels—Completely Useless in a Thunderstorm Metaphors are the seasoning of language, the salt on the pretzel, the lightning in the thunderstorm. Without them, communication would be dull, lifeless, and as…