January 9, 2018

Carpet

The more you think about carpet, the less it seems like a good idea. Much like toilet paper, really, it’s best not to question too closely the suitability of carpet for its assigned duties. That’s probably why in Japan you get less carpet and less toilet paper. Surprising, really, given that Japan has such an ancient culture; you’d expect if…

Electricity

Someone, maybe an ancestor of the man who said that no home needed a computer, that the internet is a flash in the pan, or that television will fail for the same reason the telegraph will, once thought electricity was a stupid idea. For every great discovery and every amazing invention, there are those who cannot see the damned point. For them, indoor…