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I know: Analysts are always wrong when it comes to Apple. ...And I have always thought so. BUT, it has been on my mind for the last two years (and I finally heard the same with Jason Snell and John Gruber on podcast) that production in China will someday be a huge problem for Apple. China continues to cause more regional and world problems and postures throughout the Pacific, and no doubt will indeed someday launch its military against Taiwan. No analyst nor Apple exec has even hinted that Apple has a plan for when the shooting starts or the trade penalties hit high gear for ALL of Chinese production. From MacBooks to iPhones and practically all Apple hardware, there is no other place to pick up ALL that production with even one year warning. So, producing NEW categories of Apple hardware in China too? Dang unnerving. Even if Foxconn were Taiwanese-owned, most Foxconn facilities are in an ever increasingly hostile China.

Ordered and hope they're "good." Love the Beats Pro with the ear hooks for running. But for yard work, the earhooks are problematic when using ear-covering protection. So, maybe these will both stay in my ear and not hurt with the ear-muff like protection. Having buds stay in my ears have always been a problem. We'll see.

Similar to the author, I was desperate for something in the dead of winter and tried three different routines one day. I have not stopped since then. Four times a week. 20 min of this, 10 min of that, sometimes a 30 min spin bike (at school where I work), sometimes some HIIT or Cardio before my 3-mile jog when weather permits. Yeah, the sweet spot of needed activity and motivation. I like that I can choose so many different things and even then choose my own cool down.

At $5 a month, it is a good value. For $5, I feel like there is one new quality show (or season of a show) every month, all original content, an occasional movie or two of very high quality (Tom Hanks and such), and a documentary series. For $5 a month, and the quality, it is worth it to me. I spend more than that on one book.

It'd be a pain to not use the dock. I put only my frequently used apps there. Been using it since the first iteration of OS X, and from back then up to today, I place it on the right side of the screen. The right side of the screen is where the old finder shortcuts and launcher used to sit in OS 7, 8, & 9, so it made sense to me that this too is a launcher. I always thought Microsoft converters would like the dock on the left side of the screen as that is where they were use dot seeing their Windows shortcuts and such. Having it on the bottom of the screen was annoying. It seemed in the way, and it made my window viewing areas even shorter.