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Top 50 Greatest Things: Intro and #50

     I decided to rank all of the things I love. There's a lot of different things, people, and activities on this list. I entered about 60 items into a database and pit each thing against each other. I learned a lot about myself and assumptions I had about my preferences were untrue. So join me on this journey that explores my top 50 things.

note: I'd like to add that I decided to do this because I love everything in this list and wanted to celebrate that love.


Number 50: Buying $5 movies on itunes


In the streaming age, it seems silly to want to purchase movies when there's countless services that contain huge libraries of films to watch at a monthly rate. I personally prefer physical media (we'll get to that later) and buying movies on the cheap via iTunes is a second best option for me. Earlier this year I obtained an Apple TV which aside from it's smooth user interface and higher grade capabilities, I wanted to be able to access my movies and shows I've collected either with a digital code or through the iTunes store. There's a great selection of films that go on sale and the lowest price is $4.99. It's never a huge financial commitment if there's something new out on 4K that I can't get a physical copy of yet and just get it on iTunes. Now there is some techno jibber jabber that claims 4k is better with the actual disc, but a downloaded 4k file seems to be just as pristine to me. 




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