When I arrived at King’s Cross station, I smiled after a bus with an oat drink ad passed by:

I love this kind of wit:

Shoreditch

Action movies suck. There’s no drama or story to them.

Repeating a story keeps it from being forgotten.

Holidays exist to help this cause, so they should tell meaningful stories and lessons, like Thanksgiving does. They should not be moronic festivities consisting of nothing, such as World Ice Cream Day.

Week 22 ←→ Week 24

Thursday, June 4

Copyright isn’t meant to protect authors.

Elbow bumps were fantastic while they lasted.

Friday, June 5

I’m deeply saddened by the reality of affirmative action in the United States. I will do everything possible to make sure that this never happens in the countries I live in.

I do not trust Elon Musk. And I didn’t even mention the overpriced Tesla stock tweets.

Beautiful:

Saturday, June 6

Just updated my website. Each project now has a stunning image:

The next step is filling the empty space to the right.

I updated my Nice tramway map with a better design of the Terminal 2 terminus, more legible bus and train icons, and some other minor details:

Deleting dangerous posts? Killing free speech.

Not deleting dangerous posts? Blessing the crazy.

Week 21 ←→ Week 23

Tuesday, May 26

Leap years are indeed worse than regular years: there’s an extra day for bad events to happen.

Interesting clock you have, Ros Atkins:

I never understood this sort of infographic. If it’s impossible to compare differently-colored areas to each other, what’s the point of the whole thing?

Friday, May 29

Just updated my post about train door buttons with better photos and a mention of the pandemic.

I hate topiary.

Saturday, May 30

In January, I wrote the following:

As much as airlines want to make money, humans will continue being humans and change seats with each other. This is, of course, splendid.

Well, I’m afraid this won’t be true for the next few years.

One of the best things about watching movies at home is being able to pause it and think about what’s going on.

The words month and Moon share a common root because a month is a period related to the Moon’s motion.

There is a reasonable question to be asked after reading The theory of little scars: why didn’t nature make the human body powerful enough to beat these scars? After all, most people die due to their organisms deteriorating.

Well, nature isn’t perfect. Our species was given intelligence, but not immunity to scars. Hydras were given immunity to scars, but not an anus.

The vitriolic scars annihilating our species must be counteracted.

Weeks 16...20 ←→ Week 22

Tuesday, May 19

Made myself a standing workplace outside:

Wednesday, May 20

From President Zelensky’s NYT op-ed: “Ukraine remains a good partner and friend of the United States. We received the military assistance we needed to continue to ensure our country’s independence.”

Independence, you say? Needing something = being dependent on that something’s provider.

Thursday, May 21

I love drinking tea with ice cream.

Friday, May 22

I always click Submit instead of the arrows. Stupid design:

I’m writing a program that will help me write another program.

People should not be working towards 1TB/s internet, but towards files that take up less space.

Saturday, May 23

Evil doesn’t exist. Interests do.

It’s a good thing that English got rid of the long s. If we ſtill had it today, reading would be much ſlower and ſlippier.

Sunday, May 24

Government bureaucracy is not always bad: it’s a strong filter that stops all extreme initiatives.

Bad design: both sides are made of the same material. People sometimes rub with the side that’s supposed to be held. The eraser becomes dirty.

Good design: hard grip. The eraser stays clean.