Author Archives: Jeff Sham

I was talking about this phenomenon with a friend when we were driving a couple hours on vacation and it made some sense but also didn’t make sense. Like if I am going faster than the speed limit, I would expect my estimated time of arrival on the navigation app to decrease, but it didn’tContinue reading “Driving faster than the speed limit does not save much time”

One tradition that is relatively familiar to me is getting a cake and singing “Happy Birthday”. However, I wonder what people used to do before the song was created. After looking it up, the song was created in 1893, so it has been around for a while. After some more searching on the internet, seemsContinue reading “Happy Birthday traditions”

I went to the barber today, yes the same barber with the innovative technology, and she mentioned a story about a new customer and their journey in finding a barber that they like. The new customer ended up liking this barber, but during the story, she mentioned that Caucasian barbers tend to cut hair toContinue reading “Haircutting styles”

What if there was a game show where the contestant had to answer facts about themselves in order to win? The facts would be sent to the show by friends and family and would need to be verified, but if they are able to answer them all correctly, they would win.

When I was walking to my office, there was a sliding door that took a while to open. Then, I thought it might make for a good insult or diss. Like someone is so forgettable/low presence/invisible/insignificant that even an automatic sliding door does not open for you. But then, I feel like you could sayContinue reading “An insult concept while walking to the office”

How do you signal that dishes are dirty? Is there a spectrum? For me, the thought process goes like this: 1. This dish is relatively clean but not clean enough to go into the cupboard. So, I’ll leave it on the counter. 2. This dish is dirty, but I could use it again if I’veContinue reading “Dirty dishes”