Design Observation: YUCK

In terms of practicality, I don't think there should be very many things in your day to day life that you don't enjoy using, unless it is absolutely necessary. This is what I thought when I was trying to find an item to critique, because otherwise it would be really difficult to tolerate something which you would readily describe as being "yuck".

But while sitting at my computer pondering this, I instantly found the solution to my problem. In the context of what I said earlier, there is one particular object in my room that I use almost always but which nonetheless irritates me, although sometimes I am not always aware of it. And that object is...

...my electric fan.

As of writing this blog, I have baptized my electric fan "Kitty", which is short for "kiti-kiti". Apparently it can't sit still AT ALL when facing forward, unless I turn the head all the way to the side and make it face me in that awkward angle or if I prop it up against something, like a chair. I haven't figured out the root of the problem yet, nor have I any desire to. But if I were to speculate, it's either because the propeller moves so fast that the vibration is too much for the little thing to handle, or it's because the base is too small for such a big head. Although not entirely a big deal because I can still use the fan for what it was made for, this little design flaw annoys me to no end but I have to live with it lest I perish from a heat stroke or drown in perspiration.

To further prove my point, here are some photos:

This is Point A. (10:00 PM)

Observe, dear reader, how Kitty moves from Point A to Point B.

Walang hiyang pasimple pa eh. (10:10 PM)

I completely forgot to check on it again after that, since the night was pretty cool and I didn't notice the absence of a breeze, but when I next checked it at around 11:20, it was here:

Kitty the Ninja Electric Fan.

I think it thinks it's a Knight chess piece, with the L pattern and all.

Despite its shortcomings, I don't think I'll be replacing Kitty. Other than that minor flaw, I'm just going to go ahead and accept it as being eccentric. And besides, it feels pretty good to know that I have the only electric fan in the world that can defy the laws of physics.