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I'll file this under 'another' - the last 303 Blockbuster stores today. In between the original owner censorship early and missed streaming opportunities late many may cheer the death of a chain that put a lot of great urban indie vid stores out of business. But like a few other chains it for a while was a possible window to the outside for a lot of smaller places in America. I've lived in the middle of nowhere and Blockbuster was often the only option for many indie and foreign films. I bitched and wanted it to be more, but in the end the list of films discovered there is long.

Yesterday toddler birthday parties from 11am-6pm. I need to build up some stamina there. More importantly as we were trying to avoid screentime until Emsé was two and she hit that recently, got the TV out of the garage for limited use. Received a Chromecast as a gift recently so experimented there and generally really impressed for $35. In a sense it's more Apple-like than the Apple TV (does far less - no audio out, most mirroring not possible, can't even 'cast' iOS/Android Chrome tabs, etc. but simple, clear setup and great for what it does - YouTube/Netflix/Hulu Plus/HBOgo/desktop Chrome). Unless you already have a different solution seems like a no-brainer. Also at least at this point the iOS and Android experiences are nearly identical. Streaming MOG at the moment through desktop Chrome for background.

C'mon U.S.!

A couple cakes for a young girls belated daycare birthday party this afternoon. Fingers crossed.

x2 + Van Morrison set from yesterday.

Oh, I miss Pavement.

Wow. Lake Michigan... http://youtu.be/J5iPbihuzPc

[WARNING] There's a new product coming: http://www.stereophile.com/content/light-harmonic-sire-dac [/WARNING]

It definitely has its drawbacks. Today...

Keep going smaller.

Yo Colin! http://geekologie.com/2014/01/match-made-in-heaven-mountain-dew-flavor.php

http://www.concerthotels.com/100-years-of-rock

RIP Run Run Shaw. Thanks for the Kung Fu Genre. http://t.co/cxI8WMPJFR http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/72ec27e4-7742-11e3-807e-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2pgb62XmP

Kinda.

Before Match.com gets to it... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2085255/Hazel-Jones-I-lost-virginity-twice-I-TWO-vaginas.html

This site says it does, though historically Sony support for Macs and Apple formats has been poor/non-existent.

Oh, no. http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4544709

Shinichi Maruyama’s Nudes

I've been debating for the last week or so coming up with fun uses. Only $100 off expected MSRP though which makes the risk less interesting than some other Kickstarter/Indiegogo campaigns.

Ugh. Sorry to hear.

Sci-fi thrillers Nexus & Crux are Kindle Daily Deals today. $1.99 each. One of them a NPR Best Book of 2013. http://amzn.to/19GE84T