I prefer trade paperbacks over the initial first-run hardcovers because they are easier to carry around. I will carry around a big old heavy hardcover if there is no paperback though. The only drawback with this is, sometimes there is not enough light to read, and the book machines provide that.

I hope to avoid the apocalypse, Armageddon and black Friday but I know I must eventually succumb to time.

Whether it’s a back-alley transaction or a multinational corporation transaction “the first one is free” is a marketing tactic that seems to work time and time again.

Oops! I meant PEX. Kindly disregard.

I use Plex to save money on plumbers because I cannot solder. Plex gives me the ability to exact repairs myself.

I’ve always though that the more popular linux becomes, the more vulnerabilities it will expose.