Opinion
The iPhone 18 Pro Starts at $1,199. Let's Not Get Used to It.
The iPhone 18 Pro starts at $1,199 and the folding iPhone Duo at $1,999. Why I'm keeping my 16 Pro, and why those numbers shouldn't become normal.
Personal
Watches
My First Henry Archer Watch: The Vesterhav in Crimson Red
A seven-and-a-half-month, two-application go-live deserved a marker. A crimson automatic from a Danish microbrand turned out to be exactly right.
Personal
I Used to Think Alone. Now I Think in Meetings.
Five hundred meetings into the year, I hit a wall one Friday afternoon. What got me unstuck revealed something new about how my brain works.
Automotive
Ram's Rumble Bee Returns: 777 HP, Yellow, and Out of Reach
Ram revived the Rumble Bee as a three-truck muscle lineup topping out at a 777-hp Hellcat SRT. The trims, the timing, and why the Hemi V8 is back at all — a comeback that lasts only as long as the fuel-economy rollback behind it.
Technology
Hero Images, an Apology, and the API Call That Makes Them
The hero images on this site have been through several styles. The five most recent ones reflect a process I'm finally happy with. Here's how it works, why the older approach broke, and what each image costs.
Personal
Hormuz at the Pump: $102.48 to Fill the Tank
A record fillup at a Stratford Citgo, charted against six months of debit-card history. Connecticut and the U.S. crossed $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022, and the Strait of Hormuz isn't reopening.
AI
ChatGPT in CarPlay, Ten Months After I Asked
I emailed OpenAI a feature request in June 2025. This morning, on my drive to work, I used it.
Automotive
Easter Sunday at the New York Auto Show
A couple of hours on the show floor at the 2026 New York International Auto Show, where a $100,000 truck got upstaged by robot dogs.
Geopolitics
The Last Cheap Tank of Gas
On February 25th, I paid $2.499 a gallon at a Sheetz in Ohio. Three days later, the U.S. began bombing Iran. Five weeks later, gas at my local pumps in Connecticut hit $3.95 — and the worst-case scenarios haven't even started.
Customer Experience
They Made It Both Ways
A Subway crew in Shelton, CT noticed a regular's order looked wrong and made the sandwich both ways — no extra charge, no hesitation.