I’ve never been shy to admit I’m a Starbucks addict. I like the coffee, and its uniformity means I can visit any shop across the nation and get the exact same cold brew I love. But recently, there have been changes in the experience. I’m still able to get my…

This year has been an expensive one. We’re barely halfway through the calendar, but inflation is kicking most of us in the ass. The consumer index price rose 9.1% in June 2022 when compared to a year prior, and the impacts are pretty much unavoidable at this point. In…

After three long years, Netflix subscribers finally got new episodes of Stranger Things in 2022, but this release was a bit different. Rather than getting the full season in one massive block, the streaming service staggered the release for the show’s fourth season. The first seven episodes were released on…

In March of 2022, the song Heat Waves by UK band Glass Animals hit the top of the Billboard Hot 100. It had spent 58 weeks on the chart before reaching its peak; over a year gaining momentum and radio play. Clearly, the song has fans, but does it have…

Think of the last time you got food or coffee. Chances are, modern technology played a role in that interaction. The sales clerk likely let you insert your card, then flipped a screen asking you how much you’d like to tip and if you’d like a receipt. There was a…

Thinking of having a child soon? Their world is going to be very different than the one you grew up in. This isn’t a bad thing: We should expect the world to change and technology to advance. Just like elementary school children have no idea what an answering machine tape…

Creators are complaining about YouTube views going down, yet more people are joining the platform. What’s going on? — I’m starting to hear an echo across many of the channels I subscribe to on YouTube. There’s a level of frustration because creators are still putting in the effort, but viewership seems to be going down. I’ve listened to a number of upset YouTubers, and you have to wonder if…

You’ve heard it before; more money brings more problems. When you’re young or paying off debts, you’re probably in a state of mind where you respond to that statement with an eye roll and by saying “yeah right.” Eventually, you start working, you make some money, and you start saving…

When I was young, I had an iPod filled with music by Avril Lavigne, Paramore, My Chemical Romance, and other “emo” acts. My music taste has changed (at least a little bit) since then, but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t return to these songs every so often…