I am a fan of the HBO TV series Boardwalk Empire. It takes place in 1920s Atlantic City highlighting the corruption and other problems mostly related to prohibition during an otherwise booming economic time. But signs of the times are everywhere. In a recent episode, a...
Sure we always had headphones. But back in the ancient 1960s, those headphones had a wire that had a giant plug that had to be attached to a "stereo" or "hi-fi" system in your house. These were expensive groups of components that would generally include...
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The New York Times reports an interesting trend: more and more restaurants replacing tipping with a mandatory surcharge, or across the board increase in food prices, and the extra is shared with all employees of the establishment. Many hotels have been doing it for years, and...
The "college for everyone" concept known as massive open online courses (MOOCs) seems to be evolving. A number of companies offering the populist-driven idea are not giving up. But they are, according to University World News, finding some challenges getting universities to offer college credit for...
As with all exciting cultural developments, a new trend towards paying to "upgrade" your situation in jail started in California. Sadly, it is more because the general prison situation there is so horrid and municipalities are so strapped for cash than because of some exciting...
There is a saying in advertising that if you can find a flat surface an ad can go there. Hence bathroom stall ads, covering the sides and windows of buses with ads, etc. We're seeing everything temporary these days - pop up stores, restaurants, flash...