Jeff Sham

Ways to peel a clementine

I was chatting with some people the other day when we stumbled upon the conversation of peeling a clementine. I know, pretty exciting stuff. I wanted to show off how kooky / crazy I was, so I mentioned that I sometimes peel clementines with a chopstick. They didn’t believe me. So, this post is dedicatedContinue reading “Ways to peel a clementine”

Imperfecto review

I went to a Michelin star restaurant today with my family because I won a push-up competition. My brother, dad, and I competed to see how many push-ups we could do in a row and I completed 57, my brother completed 56, and my dad completed 33. So, I decided the prize would be toContinue reading “Imperfecto review”

Story idea – plants that whine

You know how household pets like cats and dogs whine for food when hungry? What if plants did the same thing? Wow, would we live in a noisy world or what? What. I am not very good at raising plants, so I know that mine would be regularly whining for water. But I could imagineContinue reading “Story idea – plants that whine”

September 24th, 2023 – Uber rides

This weekend, I went to a friend’s wedding in New Jersey, and in order to get to and from the venue, I took a couple of Uber rides. I don’t usually talk to the driver, but these two drivers were initiating the conversation, so I was fine with chatting with them. The vibe of theContinue reading “September 24th, 2023 – Uber rides”

Story idea – Generative AI hallucinations

I read on the news a couple months back that there were instances where ChatGPT would hallucinate and make up “facts” that never happened, such as court cases and studies. I thought it would be interesting if these “facts” were actually real, but they were actually sourced from an alternative dimension. Like the Generative AIContinue reading “Story idea – Generative AI hallucinations”

Superpower idea – historian

If it was possible for you to get a history of an object by touching it, would you want it? I probably would get information overload unless there was a way to turn the power on and off. It would be super useful in crime scene investigations and just understanding what happened in history. IContinue reading “Superpower idea – historian”

Animal languages

You know how for people, language changes over time? Some languages rise and fall. People study languages in school. Communities develop new words, and old words are repurposed for the times. I was wondering if the same thing happened in the other animals in the animal kingdom. Could a dog in the 1500s be ableContinue reading “Animal languages”

Superpower idea – swap places

I think it would be a cool power to be able to swap physical locations with anyone in the world. Like if I’m in New York and I need to go to London, I’d find someone in London that wants to be in New York and then swap places. It would be really convenient forContinue reading “Superpower idea – swap places”

Story ideas – introduction

Over the past few years, I’ve come up with some story ideas that I think would be neat. I might end up writing short stories for them, but I haven’t put in the time to do so. Anyways, I wanted to share some of these ideas, so if other people are able to write aContinue reading “Story ideas – introduction”

Video streaming services thoughts

I’ve talked to a few people about the strikes that are going on about actors and writers not getting paid enough. I’m not sure how any of the deals are structured between the video streaming services and the production companies and between the production companies and the actors and writers. From what I’ve heard, residualsContinue reading “Video streaming services thoughts”