Author Archives: AdaptiveCurmudgeon

It may not be apparent from this blog but I have an insatiable drive to learn new skills and improve; do this thing well, that thing better, etc… I periodically turn the dial to eleven by striving for excellence at … Continue reading →

Count on Israel to continue being awesome: “an Israeli firm has designed a device that produces clean drinking water from ambient air” Water from ambient air? I call that a win! Obviously this is something we can all understand. We … Continue reading →

The technology in our daily lives changes with time. Mostly it gets better (i.e. better cancer treatments, micro-brewed beer, and all sorts of awesome shit on the internet). Sometimes it gets worse (nearly mandatory automatic transmissions in American cars, those … Continue reading →

[Note: This is Dr. Mingo talking. This post was written entirely by myself and not A.C. Since I forgot the password to post it myself, I had A.C.’s editor (his dog) copy and paste word for word. If the WordPress … Continue reading →

Whenever Larry Correia (Monster Hunter Nation) does a fisking you should drop everything and read it. He’s a master of the art. It’s ballet, a tank driving over an inflated ego, a rainbow, and Christmas… all in one. Some background: … Continue reading →

Folks with excellent hair have begun whining about how terrifying a world without Facebook might be. These people, who are pretty but dumb, are called journalists. Most of them are too clueless to know that Facebook is only 14 years … Continue reading →

I have seen people who otherwise seem mentally fit flake out at the shocking shocking shocking idea that Facebook has political bias. This newfound concern went supernova when it dawned on them that the Orange Menace (President Trump) used the … Continue reading →

Starbucks is in the news so it’s time to watch Foamy the Squirrel:

This guy testified before Congress; which is how you know it’s 2018. When the press stops screaming Russia, Russia, Russia, to cover a robot being questioned by Octogenarian yahoos who can’t use a spreadsheet, the world is approaching peak stupid. Image … Continue reading →