Hi, James.

Ben, how are you?

A little, little irritated, I have to say.

I'm, I'm going to, I'm going to tee this up.

What's making you feel irritated right now, Ben?

Well, so it started out that my favorite basketball team lost the game today,

and they lost the game due for predictable reasons that I think go back to the coaching,

and I have, whatever, no one wants to about my take on, well, maybe some people will do, but no one wants

to hear about basketball on the X-Py podcast.

And then I'm already feeling a little grumpy.

And then I sit down to set up for this podcast and my computer is just having lots

of problems.

No.

And I'm, yeah, well, it's okay.

I'm not mad at the computer. Like, but I am so hard on my computers because,

I mean, like, one, they're just, I obviously use one all the time. It's going to grow for my

life. But I mean, I put it in a bag every day, care back from my office to, to home. It's, it's

banging around. I've carried it all over the world. Like, this computer has been, it's been everywhere. I'm hard on my computers. That's fine. I think of them as tools, not jewels, and I use them that way.

The problem is that because of that and because it's so integral to my work, I don't feel bad buying a new computer every year.

You know, not only just get the best performance, but, you know, just stuff, you know, stuff wears down, especially around the ports and things like that. The problem is that, so back in 2016, I have my credit card out, waiting for the Apple MacBook event.

I'm going to buy a new computer.

And no, I don't think so.

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