by Nate Hoffelder | Dec 13, 2024 | Opinion
I was just shopping at my local supermarket today, and as I was walking out I passed by the defunct Redbox kiosk/ You may recall from this past summer that Redbox ceased operations after their parent company changed its bankruptcy filing from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7...
by Nate Hoffelder | Sep 15, 2024 | review
For the past few months I have been toying with the idea of becoming an online bookseller (and possibly in person). I haven’t made up my mind on this point, but I decided to take a step in this direction and get a postage printer. I have actually been shipping a fair...
by Nate Hoffelder | Dec 17, 2023 | Tips and Tricks
As I mentioned in my last post, the ongoing shittification of streaming has made me decide to get back into watching DVDs again. With all the services becoming more expensive while at the same time getting encrusted with adverts, it honestly makes a lot of sense to...
by Nate Hoffelder | Dec 12, 2023 | What's That!
For the past few weeks I’ve been planning to get a DVD player. This move was inspired in part by streaming market getting both more expensive and shittier (moving back to DVDs is making more and more sense) and also in part by the old TV I picked up by the side...
by Nate Hoffelder | Nov 19, 2023 | review
One of the things I really liked about Dell when I first got a laptop was that they offered next day service. File a ticket, and (assuming it’s a hardware issue) a tech will show up the next business day with a part to do the work. That was over 15 year ago,...