My Latest Failure

Not long ago, I did something unusual: I succumbed to fashion. This, however, was a particular type of fashion — nothing to do with buying a certain pair of jeans, or the latest phone. No, I did something far more trendy: I failed.  Failure is all the rage these days. The phrase Fail Fast, Fail …

Computers, Like Us

In many ways, the original computers were much like computers of today. They would spend their days sat in offices, occasionally overheating, as they performed a series of complex tasks. But there was one crucial difference: the first computers could catch colds, and feel pangs of hunger. Occasionally, they might even come into work with …