What’s New in Ubuntu 22.04 ‘Jammy Jellyfish’
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS “Jammy Jellyfish” will be released on April 21, 2022. This latest release of the ever-popular Ubuntu Linux distribution will havelong-term support until 2027. Is...
10 Awesome Alternate Versions of ‘Monopoly’
It’s probably safe to say that everyone has played a game of Monopoly at this point. While it’s an entertaining game (albeit enraging at times), its...
Stop Using Notepad
We’ll be honest: We love Notepad in Windows for taking occasional notes or light text file editing. But if you’re using it for anything else, it...
Leaving Home Meant Losing My Mother Tongue
I was in the first grade, age five, when I was awarded a hamper for being the “Best English Language” student. During the subsequent parents’ meeting...
Can Cleaning a Phone’s Display Ruin the Oleophobic Coating?
Did you know there’s a special “oleophobic coating” on your phone’s screen to help keep fingerprints and smudges away? It’s more important than you might think....
You Better Be Good or the Aswang Will Get You
Melissa Chadburn’s novel A Tiny Upward Shove pulls us headlong into the short and tragic life of Marina, a ward of the state who falls victim...
New Releases Tuesday: The Best Books Out This Week
It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time for a new batch of book releases! Here are a few of the books out today you should add to...
Whether You’re a Gentleman Pirate or a Blackbeard, You’ll Love These 10 Books Like Our Flag Means Death
Imagine a pirate ship with secret passageways full of fancy clothes, an entire library of built-in bookcases, fine china place settings, and a crew that deals...
How the Code of Chivalry of Medieval Knights Still Influences SFF Today
I’ve always been enamored by science fiction and fantasy. Stories about space travel, wizards, spells, and aliens really have a way of sparking the imagination of...
Afrofuturism: Its Origins, Present, and Future
If you google “What is Afrofuturism?” you’ll probably see the same combination of words together like Mark Dery, Black Panther, and “aesthetic.” In his essay “Black...
