After a long day of rat-killing—running errands, knocking out chores and generally getting things done, for those of you who aren’t familiar with the Southern idiom—I kicked back in the recliner and rewatched the 1979 Alien last night, the whole thing in 4K, and found myself almost giddy at how beautiful it still is. AfterContinueContinue reading “Jettisoning The Nostromo Files, or: How I Learned to Stop Obsessing and Love “Alien””
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The Burden of Infinite Choices
The other day I wanted to accomplish something simple. I wanted my smartphone to ring loudly when someone called, but I also wanted to turn the volume down while watching a video. That was it. Instead, I found myself wandering through settings with names like Ringer and Alerts, Media Volume, Change with Buttons, and enoughContinueContinue reading “The Burden of Infinite Choices”