I've just sent my face in the space. Well, I submitted my picture to be sent there with NASA's STS-133 mission in September. In the space shuttle. A real one. 

Now I'm wondering what will happen when aliens get my picture. And pictures of thousands other freaks that thought it's a good idea to do so. Read more…

Today the World Cup began. But this is not about football. Or soccer, if you like to call it that way. This is about culture. And world domination. 

Maybe you were not aware of the struggle that was going on for months behind all the big and shiny stories about the World Cup 2010. Traditional Healers' Organisation thought it is essential to have a part in the opening of the event and to ritually sacrifice a cow so that everything goes well and everybody stays safe during the tournament. And so they did. Read more…

Few days ago I was standing on a traffic light. And an old joke popped to my mind and wanted to get out through the smile. We've all been there. Trying to stop ourselves from smiling or even lauging for no obvious reason in the public place. Sometimes we succeed. 

This time, I didn't. It simply burst out before I managed to regain my coolness back. Read more…

Mobile phones and other technology is damaging our minds. And making us stupid. It's not because of the radiation close to our brains (though that probably counts too, in a different way), but because it makes our brains lazy. On one hand, we advance tremendously. On the other, we're dumber and less capable than we were millenia ago. Read more…

Not so long ago, a friend of mine asked me for a couple of advices about writing. Like I should have any wisdom, let alone authority, about writing to share. But scribomaniac as I am, I actually wrote a nice list which still sounds sane after rereading. So here it is. Use it at your own risk. Read more…

I really don't understand why and how can someone give $500 for an iPad. OK, it looks fancy. Apple finally started investing into designers. And it's a great idea, that tablet that is all touch sensitive screen, capable of doing many things. 

But there all the nice stops. The rest of the truth is: iPad is a shiny crap. With a promise of even crappier future.  Read more…