By Jeffrey the Barak Sometimes, as humans, we measure the value or worth of a hapless animal by how much money we can get from it. A performing whale is worth millions of dollars in ocean zoo admission fees. A dairy cow is worth thousands ... Read More

By Jeffrey the Barak When you buy a certain make and model of razor, say for example the Gillette Fusion, you get the handle part at a very low price in relation to the manufacturer cost. But it only takes one type of cartridge, and ... Read More

By Jeffrey the Barak I like nice wallets, and I like leather, but the problem with most wallets is they make a few credit cards and a few banknotes into a single object that is up to six times more bulky than the contents alone. ... Read More

By Brean Harbervaster. Manufacturers would never make cars that no-one would buy so the very existence of electric cars mean that for some people they are already all you need. If you live in a home that has a place to install the dedicated plug-in ... Read More

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By Jeffrey the Barak The Western United States is in a drought. The reservoirs are at their lowest levels, the forests are tinder dry and some wells have no water left in them at all. The snow packs on the mountain tops that eventually become ... Read More

By Jeffrey the Barak. The world is obsessed with “The Selfie”. So many people have smartphones, and a desire to share themselves, that wherever you look you see a picture of someone taking their own picture, either alone or with a group. But here at ... Read More

Once we were one of a very few Internet magazines, but that was in 2000. We had millions of hits back then, Not now. Today we can visit any news site and see more content in once day than the-vu has compiled over fourteen years. ... Read More

By Jeffrey the Barak On and below the surface of our planet is a finite quantity of water. Some of it is drinkable, and some of it is not, either because it is polluted, or because it is salty. Most water is in the oceans ... Read More

By Jeffrey the Barak. Last week I flew to Las Vegas and back from Los Angeles. This is a short flight, less than an hour, and also a silly flight because by the time you add taxis at either end and two hours for security ... Read More