Monthly Archives: January 2014

When you buy a lower-tier (less expensive) computer processor, you’ve actually purchased a top-tier model which has been deliberately modified to lower its performance level.  Why would a company artificially reduce the performance of their product in this way? One … Continue reading →

I’m not sure if anyone else was as seriously affected by Trix cereal’s change from fruit shapes to plain balls but his was devastating to me as an adolescent. I truly believed that the cereals taste was compromised due to … Continue reading →

Why are Newspapers sold in vending machines that allow consumers to take more than one unit as opposed soda vending machines which only supply one item at a time? Throughout the last few decades there have been noticeable changes in … Continue reading →

When my roommate and I were trying to decide on a cable bundle we only wanted a few channels. ABC Family, Fox, and AMC. Others would be nice of course, but we were really only interested in those 3 which … Continue reading →

Recently, I went to the Peacock downtown with a few friends and found there was a price increase for their signature $1 Pabst Blue Ribbion (PBR) beverage to a $1.50. A 50% mark up seemed a little ridiculous to us, … Continue reading →

“What do you want to be when you grow-up?” is the question that every single person on the planet has been asked at least a thousand times. To this day, I still don’t even know and I am about to … Continue reading →

Why do movie theaters charge 4 dollars for a soda which I can purchase at McDonald’s or a gas station for about 99 cents? That movie theater popcorn and soda prices are so “outrageous” used to really annoy me. Surely … Continue reading →

According to a recent study on smartphones, nearly 50% of smartphone users do not use their phones to their full potential. The study found that 40% of users do not use their phone to access the internet and 51% of … Continue reading →

For the producers, there is an extra cost for installing a light into each side of the fridge. It is a fixed cost, since there is no extra cost for the light turning on no matter how many times you … Continue reading →

As an ardent book lover, I spend a good deal of my free time roaming around bookstores. As a kid with a propensity to finish a book a day, and who planned out book releases a year in advance, the … Continue reading →