almost cord-cutting
I’ve been thinking about canceling my cable TV service for quite a while now. But I can never quite talk myself into it. I finally managed to at least convince […]
video
end of vacation, end of year
So it’s back to work tomorrow, after my week-long vacation. Looking at my “things to do on vacation” list, I didn’t do any of them. Which is fine. I did […]
The Holiday Season
OK, I know I already wrote one pointless blog post today, and one per day should really be my quota, but, well, that one was spur of the moment, and […]
distractions
I mentioned in my last post that I was thinking about signing up for Disney+. Well, I did that, and have now watched most of the first season of The […]
more frog boiling
I’ve had a follow-up to my previous frog boiling post kicking around in the back of my head for the past couple of weeks, and I think maybe it’s time […]
The boiling frog
I’ve been thinking about the boiling frog metaphor a lot lately, both with regards to small things and big things. This blog post is going to be about some (relatively) […]
sick day
Back in November, I realized that I had two PTO days that I had to use by the end of the year, so I took today and next Friday off. […]
Organizing my DVD collection
This post is a follow up to my like Goodreads, but for movies post from last week. Since then, I’ve managed to scan a little over 100 DVDs (and one […]
like Goodreads, but for movies
It’s common (even clichéd) to describe a web service or app as “like X, but for Y.” It’s especially clichéd in cases where X=”Netflix” or “Uber.” But it’s the best […]
Star Trek: Discovery
The internet probably doesn’t need another opinion about Star Trek: Discovery, but I binge-watched the first season over the weekend, so… here’s another opinion about Star Trek: Discovery. I avoided […]