Lorenzo Rambles

A lot of people have probably seen the ads for VPN'S, and not know what they are. Many of the ads are flashy, forceful explaining ads, urging you to pay for a VPN service. "If you don't do this your going to get viruses, and bad stuff." Then they'll explain in confusing terms, what a VPN is. I've seen people using VPN'S on their phone, and sometimes I'll question why they are using it. Many times they're answer will be something like this: "I had a whole bunch of viruses on my phone, and now I don't have any more viruses and my phone runs faster." Or  "I want to use Snapchat on school wifi." (More on that later) Yeah.....No....  It doesn't make your phone run faster, or stop viruses. (However it does, sometimes, allow you to use Snapchat on school WiFi.) I mostly ask people this because I don't want them to get ripped off. I feel like VPN advertising is very misleading and

Source: Flickr user Jim     I'm sure you never thought that you would see a Lorenzo Ramble about a toaster. (hint: it had something to do with a weird YouTube recommendation.) But, here we are. Toasters are something that you probably don't think about on a daily basis. Mostly because they aren't needy, they just work. These toasters were first manufactured in 1949, but were most popular during the 1950s and 60s. "Those newfangled toasters, they don't toast like they used to,and they aren't made the same!" every stereotypical American person ever. Except in this case, they wouldn't be exaggerating. There is a pretty devout following to these toasters, and there is a website dedicated to them. The website, Automatic Beyond Belief contains tabs with names such as: "dating your toaster." Besides being really good looking, this toaster also toasts bread in a unique way. Today's ramble will be a little shorter, because I ha