Humor

I am so pleased to see that my favorite news weekly (The Economist) has decided to cover the icon of American journalism we all know and love: The Onion! The Ecoonomist and The Onion are probably in distinctly different categories in most people’s minds. The Onion is clearly satire and The Economist is clearly sober, serious news. Right? It is not so easy actually. The Onion covers news with humor and does not limit itself to the facts. Facts have become so much less fashionable in American politics lately, so their choice probably won’t prevent The Onion from continuing to grow like a bean or prevent random publications from reprinting their articles as real news. And then The Economist also covers the news. The Economist does maintain factuality quite earnestly, but it isn’t afraid to poke fun at silly leadership or appreciate the humor readily apparent in our crazy world. ...

Recently, I’ve been trying out compact computer keyboards to get things to fit better in my keyboard tray. I started off with a few cheap $50 keyboards from Amazon and they were all disappointing in some way. Then I came across an article talking about the Akko Gaming Keyboard MOD007B-HE Santorini. Right off the bat, the design intrigued me. I’ve honestly never seen a set of key caps that is this gorgeous! I would never have suspected that I would be encouraging you to ogle key caps with serif letters, but here we are. Then you can’t help but be amazed at the seaside scenes on the space bar, shift keys, and enter key. The feel of the keys is excellent. The lights are pretty. Finally, $140 was a great deal if it worked for me and luckily it has. ...