Refusing to look at a calendar app on a smartphone, firmly maintaining that if a month doesn’t feature a physical picture of a sleeping puppy… Read More »2024 Classic: The Paper Calendar Defense

Getting locked out of the afternoon broadcast of Judge Judy because the television automatically performed an internet software update and now demands a two-factor security… Read More »2023 Vintage: The Smart TV App Deregistration

Causing a high-pitched, metallic whistle to echo through the quiet dining room because the small microphone is pressing directly against the wire frame of a… Read More »2023 Legacy: The Hearing Aid Feedback Drone

Walking completely out of a modern sandwich shop because the cashier pointed to a black-and-white pixelated sticker on the glass counter instead of handing over… Read More »2023 Archive: The QR Code Stand-Off

Paralyzing a supermarket checkout lane for five minutes to manually balance a ledger down to the exact penny for a single bottle of prune juice.… Read More »2023 Classic: The Paper Checkbook Standoff

Yelling directly back at the dashboard electronic map display because a pre-recorded female voice insists on a detour around a main highway Grandpa has driven… Read More »2023 Vintage: The GPS Navigation Confrontation

Using a yellow wooden pencil to manually spin the plastic gears of an old country music tape that got mangled by the dashboard player’s teeth.… Read More »2023 Vintage: The Cassette Ribbon Pencil Rescue

Keeping an ultra-thin modern smartphone locked inside a massive, heavy-duty leather pouch clipped tightly to a braided leather belt right next to a plastic tube… Read More »2023 Archive: The Cellular Waistband Armor

Refusing to believe that a major historical event occurred unless it can be physically pointed out in a volume of the 1994 World Book Encyclopedia… Read More »2023 Vintage: The Encyclopedia Ultimate Trust

Standing exactly half an inch away from the automated checkout screen to ensure the computer program properly applied a ten-cent coupon for fiber bran flakes.… Read More »2023 Vintage: The Grocery Scanner Audit