I recently traveled to New Orleans, Louisiana, for a week of beignets, fried food, and urban exploration. It’s a good thing that parts of the exploration came in the form of walking as some level of exercise was needed to compensate for the lack of greens and heavy emphasis on the word “fried” that went along with most of the food.

Outside of the dietary concerns, the humidity was my only complaint. I’m a wimpy West Coaster, as far as weather is concerned. Even with temperatures in the 50s and 60s (Fahrenheit), I could still get all sweaty in the 85% humidity. That surprised me. And something else related to humidity (see what I did there) that surprised me when I first learned of it was that plastic can absorb moisture. I had always thought of plastic as being a moisture barrier. Certain types of plastic are, but not necessarily the plastics and resins typically used to construct electronics gear.