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Apr 17
“Collectively, the past month served as a reminder that a piece of hardware should only be replaced if it’s about to stop working (whether it’s worn-out or just not up to challenges that didn’t exist when you first bought it) or if the new one can transform the way you work. Otherwise, you’re just being a big, dopey consumer.” Andy Ihnatko, “To upgrade, or not?” Macworld.com, April 17, 2011.

Too trivial to commonplace on this tumblelog? I think not. So much of our lives is bound up in such objects that it is important to step back and look at the conversation, or at least snippets from it—like the previous quote on telephoning. Life isn’t always profound.

Mar 19