
grams vs ounces: a kitchen scale stand-off
7 September 2026
The recipe says 100 grams, the scale says ounces, and dinner is caught in the middle. The whole conversion, plus the numbers worth stealing.
pocket no. 3 — where things get written down
Notes from a pocket of tools: how we build them, one at a time, and why nobody asked for any of this.

7 September 2026
The recipe says 100 grams, the scale says ounces, and dinner is caught in the middle. The whole conversion, plus the numbers worth stealing.

30 August 2026
One cup of flour, one tricky liter, and the great divide between recipes that measure with cups and jugs that measure with milliliters.

30 August 2026
A kilometer per hour and a mile per hour are the same speed with different names. A friendly guide to the dashboards, signs and fines that speak both.

17 August 2026
Google shows about 160 characters of your meta description, then cuts you off with a "…". Here's how to make those 160 characters actually earn the click.

17 August 2026
Metres or feet? Litres or gallons? Celsius or Fahrenheit? A friendly guide to the two great families of units, who started the fight, and how to translate without losing your mind.

17 August 2026
You bought 1 TB, your computer says 931 GB, and 69 GB disappeared. It's not a scam. It's two different ways of counting, and you can check it right here.

16 August 2026
The pocket is officially open: 24 tools across six drawers, all live, all free, and all confirmed not to be AI slop. Details inside.