Good point about the transaction fees -- ...

Good point about the transaction fees -- which is why I offer primarily a season ticket for six months of Eat This Podcast, at different levels. Of course I'm also happy to accept one-off donations, but the season ticket is what I'm hoping people will buy.

Gift Wrapping Reason - Why Do We Wrap Presents?

Carrier argued that gift wrap transforms something impersonal into something personal—ritually turning an anonymous commodity into an idiosyncratic gift. In today’s terms, for example, the iPhone anyone can buy becomes, when wrapped, the iPhone I got for you. Carrier pointed out that this is why homemade gifts, such as a jar of jam, don’t require full wrapping. A simple bow around the top will do.

Entirely by coincidence, I am sure, this ...

Entirely by coincidence, I am sure, this morning I once again turned my attention to the possibility of beefing up my raging iMac's performance buy adding an external SSD as startup disc. Seems a lot more doable than cracking the computer open, and a lot more affordable than a new machine. I'm in the land of cheaper for a little longer yet, so time for more research, but I think I am going to continue down this road.