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Why is VR? The long history of grinding failure. 14^th April, 2026
Still with the clipping! Why do all modern games not care about intersecting polygons? 2^nd March, 2026
Buttons are not Coming Back. Mobile phones with a full, tactile keyboard are not coming back despite interest from romanticists. 7^th January, 2026
Shut-up About Casio Why do so many people get giddy about cheap, trashy resin-cased Casio digital watches? 11^th November, 2025
FTTP Flimsy Why are all FTTP internet boxes destroyed in the high street? 2^nd October, 2025
Desperate Dan (Air) The super ‘thinnest’ new iPhone that's not quite as thin as previous iPhones. 9^th September, 2025
Car Doors My gosh are car doors a hassle to get in and out of. 15^th August, 2025
Windows Weak Clipboard The most important tool on any desktop operating system is heavily compromised on Windows. 22^nd July, 2025
Cringe Start-ups Why are start-up retail firms so lame? Why are their ideas so samey and lame? 13^th June, 2025
Ecosystems Tech firms want to lock you into their ‘ecosystem’ where you buy additional products from the same company to escape friction. 7^th May, 2025
Pointless Skimpery Needless short-cutting in uPVC windows and doors. 27^th April, 2025
Tubular Formatting Bizarre typography choices on the Underground signage. 18^th April, 2025
Don't Assume! Settings dialogues that immediately implement changes even when made by accident. Resurrect ‘Apply’! 22^nd July, 2025
Keyboard Paralysis Finding the ‘right’ keyboard is deliberately hard. 22^nd July, 2025
Imperialism Why on earth do we persist with the weird imperial measurements in some places thing? 22^nd July, 2025
Satan's Word Processor Microsoft Word is the most efficient way to ruin your day. 22^nd July, 2025
Partial Infusion Tea pots that morally judge your tea intake. 17^th December, 2024
Buy More Towels The funny tape thing on towels designed to not keep their shape through the wash. 2^nd November, 2024
Garbage Design Soft close pegs taking any opportunity to un-alive themselves. 19^th October, 2024
Accepted Awfulness The crooked, legacy brokenness of keyboards and shortcuts. 21^st August, 2024
Holy God Phones are Terrible More on the tyranny of mobile phones. 9^th July, 2024
Begrudging Design Street furniture that the council and private estates would rather not provide. 8^th May, 2024
Shear Staircase Lethal hand rails. 2^nd April, 2024
Cooking Instructions At least I think they are, it's so small I can barely make it out. 21^st March, 2024
Finger Workout Cups designed for teensy tiny little Italian fingers. 12^th January, 2024
False Economy Metal on plastic hinges on terrible laptops. 5^th December, 2023
The Candy Bar Problem Packaging that doesn't consider how it's opened. 15^th November, 2023
Pilot Greenwash Pen Virtue signalling with permanent markers. 10^th October, 2023
Non-Expandable Boxes Tiny little dialogue boxes in Windows. 16^th August, 2023
Terrible Great Sauce Sauce bottles where 50% retention improves customer purchase frequency. 6^th August, 2023
One Strike Rule Under-screen finger print readers are awful. 15^th July, 2023
Wonky Data Connectors Data connector hilarity from the days of yore. 30^th June, 2023
Copy Pasta (Web) Copying text from a web page is an increasingly fun adventure. 12^th June, 2023

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