Recently I completed a lossless re-rip of the entire CD collection and got me thinking about the difference in generations. I’ve tried music services and in the end I never keep them, its because my music is just that mine. Its my carefully curated playlists, its my distinct sorting of the music, its my incredible amazing and accurate album art.
My head may not fit through the office door.
I’ve waited my entire life for this day.
My Keys To Success In Business
- Do what you think is right.
- Speak authoritatively while projecting unwavering confidence.
- Pretend it was a plan all along.
(Your Mileage May Vary)
Looking Back on Two Years of Cord Cutting
October 31st marked the end of year two of Cord Cutting in the Stapleton household.  I’m always evaluating what I’m doing, so two years in is a good time to pull some reports from Quicken and see how I did(who doesn’t categorize every transaction and can pull reports on demand). 
After reviewing the report it occurred to me I needed to rethink how I was calculating the spending on Cord Cutting. Â You see in my mind (yes inside my head is a glorious place to be) Cord Cutting only applies to replacing what you would get from Cable and I was lumping Jess’s baseball into that category. However the more I thought about it there is no cable package I could purchase to get her every single Royals game like I’m able to do using a combination of MLB.tv and Unlocator. Also to be honest I do love her and crap, so even if we had cable I would still be spending this money so I think it inappropriate to include it in the calculation. Continue reading “Looking Back on Two Years of Cord Cutting”
A Special Christmas Card
Geek Achievement Unlocked!
On a recent episode of Tekzillia on Revision 3 my cord cutting tip to @Robert Herron was used for a segment.
I not sure what this means except that the show was really great in giving me credit for the tip, and I’m sure I unlocked a geek achievement level on some scale.
The segment is below and my article on my cord cutter setup can be found here. Continue reading “Geek Achievement Unlocked!”
Adventures In Cord Cutting
Since announcing last fall that we had cut the cord, I have been repeatedly asked how things are going, what I use, etc. Â So here we go!
