Repairs Gone Bad

As I spent yesterday fixing things around my house I began to wonder: why? In my intro to Economics textbook from college Greg Mankiw proclaims “Trade can make everyone better off.” However I have learned time and time again that the effort required to procure competent people to fix things exceeds the effort to simply learn how to and fix them myself.

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Weekend Links

Programming Note: The blog will be “off” this week. Returning next weekend.

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Why Galactic Starcruiser Failed

In March of 2022 Disney opened an ambitious project called Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser. A little over a year later, it will close in September of 2023. This ambitious project was quickly lampooned for its premium price tag. The initial surge of demand seemed to prove the critics wrong, but the well of galactic voyagers dried up quickly, and Disney is mercilessly ending this project.

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Facial Recognition at Logan Airport

The Associated Press reports that the TSA is testing facial recognition at Logan Airport’s Terminal A. Instead of handing your identification to a TSA worker you will place it on a kiosk and it will use a camera to compare the photo on your ID with your photo taken from a camera. They are not yet storing photos so you do not have to take your ID out, but that may be coming soon.

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The Best Way to Listen to Audio is Your AirPods Pro

When I got the AirPods Pro 2 I was amazed by how effective the noise cancelling technology is. My over the ear headphones with noise cancelling barely matched how much noise was silenced or blocked out by it. However the high quality of the audio made using AirPods Pro appealing for more situations than just when I need privacy or to cancel out external noise. They are now my default preference.

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