doug — off the record

• Steve Nease cartoon, May 21, 2026

• A Boston newspaper editor made a dumb joke in 1839. It became the world's most popular word. – Upworthy

  The word "OK" started as an intentionally misspelled abbreviation in a Boston newspaper making fun of a rival. Then Martin Van Buren's campaign got involved.

• This Windows feature can wreck your Linux files, and most dual-boot users miss it

  Windows “helped” and my Linux files paid for it.

• ‘This is the best I’ve felt all year’ – Lewis Hamilton overjoyed with ‘fun’ Sprint Qualifying in Canada

• Photography Has a Words Problem

  Photography is undergoing change, not just visually but how we respond to it. A word now needs 1000 words, and that's worth thinking about.

• AI is being used to resurrect the voices of dead pilots | TechCrunch

  People used AI on a spectrogram image of cockpit recordings to reconstruct them, forcing the NTSB to temporarily block access to its docket system.

• You got a ticket for running a red. Here’s why that yellow light might have seemed short

• Read Trump’s unsigned AI executive order

• I set up Windows 11's God Mode and then made it even faster with these shortcuts

  I finally fixed my biggest frustration with Windows 11 settings.

• Finally, a Great Free Radio App for Windows | WIRED

  Tune into live broadcasts from your Windows desktop with Trdo, a free and open-source application.

• The Late Show set finds historic new home after Stephen Colbert cancellation

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