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Engineer writing about tech, fitness, engineering, and productivity.
Jul 3, 2026
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2 min read
The smartest people don't always ask how to succeed, sometimes they ask how they'd guarantee failure, then refuse to do those things.
Jul 1, 2026
3 min read
You probably aren't eating enough protein
Jun 29, 2026
Addition by subtraction
Jun 26, 2026
Maps using the Mercator projection distort the world more than you realize.
Jun 25, 2026
Why does smell have such a direct path to your memory?
Jun 24, 2026
Most people still use AI like a search engine. The real leverage comes from using it to challenge your own thinking.
Jun 23, 2026
How Domino's turned it around in 2009
Jun 22, 2026
A color so dark your eyes can't see the shape underneath.
Jun 19, 2026
If you're like me, you sit at a desk a lot. Here's a few tips to keep your spine happy.
Jun 18, 2026
5 min read
How to fix problems for good using a 70-year-old manufacturing tool.
Jun 17, 2026
1 min read
When the economy gets scary, people don't stop treating themselves. They just buy smaller treats.
Jun 16, 2026
Being the only person who can do your job feels like security. It's the most comfortable cage in the building.
Jun 15, 2026
Have you ever walked into a room and immediately forgot why? It's not your age. It's the door.
Jun 12, 2026
The story of the most stubbornly cheap hot dog in America, and the threat that keeps it that way.
Jun 11, 2026
On Toyota's assembly line, anyone can halt a billion-dollar operation with one tug. Handing them that power was the smartest thing the company ever did.
Jun 10, 2026
A single blood draw that screens for dozens of cancers at once just faced its biggest test. The result was messier, and more interesting, than the headlines.
Jun 9, 2026
The world's tallest building sways with the wind
Jun 8, 2026
For a century we hunted for the pigeon's compass in its eyes and its beak. It was hiding in the last place anyone thought to look.
Jun 5, 2026
If you noticed The Manifold showing up less, you were right. Here's why.
May 21, 2026
Invented in 1816, ignored for 150 years, and most people have never heard of it.
May 19, 2026
Why window geometry caused two planes to crash in 1954
May 15, 2026
4 min read
In 1901, a group of sponge divers pulled the world's first computer out of a Roman shipwreck. It took us a century to realize what it was.
May 8, 2026
"Follow your passion" is one of the worst pieces of career advice ever given
Apr 30, 2026
A four-inch animal with the most violent strike and the strangest vision system on Earth.
Apr 28, 2026
Inside the chemistry, the secret formulas, and the most recognized smell in America.
