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I think you hit the nail on the head here, Bryan: these are all business decisions. And we as users/customers aren’t entitled to anything other than what is on offer. If you didn’t finance the movie, if you didn’t commission or build the platform, then you

My brother and I have this ongoing discussion about his media collection. He is fond of possessing and outright owning physical media that he can play locally on technology that, again, he owns and maintains. I understand this position, but I don’t entirely subscribe to it. There are advantages

Over the long weekend I had the opportunity to take in a second viewing of Ad Astra (2019) starring Brad Pitt. I saw it in the theater when it originally came out, but I don’t think I was in the right headspace to properly consider it then. When I

Yesterday my sister-in-law had something curious happen to her. She was in her office building alone with a client. The client was in the waiting area by the main entrance, and Sis was in her office. These two spaces are connected by a single, uninterrupted hallway. Between the two points

Bryan, you asked at the end of your last post for an analogy to help contextualize the advent of AI. You wondered about a member of religious sect, whose teachings prohibit the use of automobiles, perhaps opting to use one in service to a noble purpose. That is a curious

This past weekend we hosted a murder mystery party. The theme was that of a posh eighteenth-century masquerade. Guests arrived in costume themed to the period and each with their own mask tied to the identity of the character they were playing, ranging from the Countess to Bluebird, Dove, Lion,

Last night my Pilot Iro-Utsushi Dip Pen arrived with a bottle of De Atramentis Document Ink. It’s rare for me to buy things for myself, but I have a soft spot for fine papers, pens, and inks. It’s a curious fascination that I know I share with many—

We were talking around the house this morning about verified online identities. Apparently this came up in recent conversation with Nikki Haley. I understand that she is in favor of such things, for which she received significant blowback. Be that as it may, we found online identities to be an

I received my University of Wisconsin alumni magazine the other day in the mail, and in the course of reading an interview with the new provost, Charles Isbell, I was struck by his response on a question about his philosophy of leadership: To me, these kinds of questions boil down

I live a few miles from a rail line. Freight trains pass by on a very rugular basis, most often in the waning hours of the afternoon or early evening. I love hearing their whistle call out and the thrum of their wheels on the track. It’s soothing and