The Wrong Blog

  • 06 April 2010

    April Fools has passed; I never enjoy April Fools because it is hardly ever genuinely funny for anyone. When Google renamed itself 'Topeka' for a day I cringed a little. I know this is what happens when you round-table an idea for discussion in meetings in a corporation, but at some point you have to notice when it all get stale...

  • 12 February 2010

    Valentines Day is Nigh and men across the western world are beginning to feel oppressed with the sullen obligation to manifest a grand romantic gesture. It's not right and it's not fair, but life is filled with injustice, and we are all laden with burdens to be otherwise than who we truly are. In this case, it is the obligation to be romantic - but things might be far worse.

  • 13 January 2010

    This is Movits!

    Last year Stephen Colbert found the Swedish Jazz/Swing/Hiphop ensemble Movits on the Internets. For reasons that'll become more obvious if you watch the music video above, he got his crew to get the guys over from Sweden to perform on their show. (You can find the episode here by the way.)

  • 22 December 2009

    Here is a card I made that you can send to Bill O'Reilly.

    Christmas is pretty awesome because people give me things and nice food appears magically around me, due some social ties I made in the past (marriage and befriending interesting people at Harvard). I have no problem with Christmas provided nobody expects anything from me other than...

  • 29 November 2009

    I just came back from a Thanksgiving in Detroit. Because I'm not American I don't really celebrate Thanksgiving. However, because I'm married I am typically forced to pretend. Now, the in-laws are good, sober Christian folk. A preachers family, in fact. The food was nice, the Mother-in-Law was lovely and the Father-in-Law was taciturn and spent most of his time reading things like Christianity Today with a stern look on his face.

  • 15 October 2009

    You know there actually is a story behind every card but yet I can't bring myself to tell this one. Maybe one day after the Statute of Limitations has run itself out.

  • 17 September 2009

    I've been undertaking a slight rest and respite from the rigors of responsible life. I no longer work at Harvard, and though I'd like to work with for my old boss again, I won't be looking for any other work anywhere else any time soon. Instead I'm going to rest and ponder. So I made this:

  • 16 September 2009

    Alright I'm back from my vacation to Oz. For anyone interested, I'm now technically unemployed. I have to admit it's been very nice so far and I like hanging out with my dog through the day. But now I have some time to put into creating more cards and doing odd-jobs around Wrongcards. So improvements and new content is on the way.

  • 19 August 2009

    That's right. A man needs a break sometimes. What I've gone and done is hopped on a plane and sent myself back in time and space to where I grew up: South East Queensland, Australia. I want you to all forgive me for not creating a new wrongcard each day, as has been my custom, because sometimes I need a break.

  • 16 July 2009

    Press this week have been circulating reports alleging that swearing can ease pain. I've lost count of how many times I've seen journalists sensationalize some article in Nature and get it wrong by leaping to extreme conclusions and overstating everything. You know: a chemical in the skin of a frog is found to prevent cancer in mice - and the headline: Eating Frogs May Cure Cancer, French chefs Right All Along.