Why the death of the laptop is worse than losing your phone As an anonymous wise person once said: “You truly do not know what you’ve got until it is gone.” And when a laptop goes, it takes much more with it than you could have ever anticipated. My computer broke last year, and it took my sanity. Today I ask, where is the empathy for the technologically illiterate and how does one cope with the loss of a constant presence? I seek to advocate for those with computer problems, the underspoken...

For when you accidentally remember everything about someone Doesn’t our whole life revolve around our relationships with others? People we love, people we loathe, people we think are cute and/or hot, and everyone in between. Very often, the people we meet in passing just fade into obscurity or become just another face in the St Andrews crowd. However, sometimes, especially for those burdened with a memory that adores and obsesses over social interactions, these people do not  blur away. They...

Boardgames are function-killers Seeing my friends when I go home means hanging out, laughing, and gossiping about one of the various dramas of our high school experience. I love these people deeply, and I carry them in my heart wherever I go. However, it also means facing one of my immense pet peeves: the board game. My animosity towards most games and their communal love of game nights is a divide that we simply cannot overcome, hard as we may try. Luckily, when I am around them, I can be...