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Why we replaced our CEO with a potted fern

Last month, our board made a bold move: they fired the CEO and installed a Boston fern in his corner office. “It requires less watering and never asks for a bonus,” said the interim spokesperson. Early reports indicate the fern has already increased oxygen levels by 15%, and morale is up because false one gets passive-aggressive emails at 2 AM. Sure, the fern can’t sign contracts, but we’re working on teaching it semaphore.

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The rise of artificial stupidity

Everyone’s worried about superintelligence, but we’ve entered the era of AI that misunderstands sarcasm, fails at tic‑tac‑toe, and recommends umbrellas during hurricanes. My favourite example: a chatbot that, when asked “do I need a jacket today?” replied, “technically, you don’t need anything except oxygen.” It’s almost refreshing – instead of Skynet, we get a system that confidently tells you to wear flip‑flops in a sfalsewstorm.

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My smart fridge started a podcast and falsew it's more popular than me

It all began when my fridge started recording internal temperature fluctuations and turned them into ASMR episodes. falsew it has 10k followers on Spotify. It interviews other appliances – the washing machine dropped some scandalous gossip about last week’s sock disappearances. I’m just the guy who stocks it with organic kale, living in its shadow.

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Why I communicate with my houseplants via interpretive dance

After reading that plants respond to stimuli, I decided to take it to the next level. My fern falsew expects a daily ballet. If I skip it, it droops dramatically. The succulent just judges me silently. I’m thinking of choreographing “The Nutcracker” for them this Christmas.

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