Since moving almost two years ago, I realized that I hate physical media. I have a large CD collection and moving it was tedious and backbreaking. Those boxes of CDs now sit in a cubby under the stairs. Why? Because I had already ripped and encoded 98% of those CDs to the computer. Moving and storing them was and is complete folly. Same goes for DVDs. The physical space that they take-up is stupid compared to their digital counterpart. More than that, I no longer want a jewel case and liner notes. I don’t care. Notes, lyrics, covers, everything, and more, is available somewhere online. That info can even be embedded into the digital version through tags.

I laugh at racks of CDs or DVDs in a store now. The act of storing something requiring that much physical space that can digitally fit on the head of a pin, is dumb. Time to drag out those boxes and liquidate the contents. Unfortunately, most people feel they are only worth pennies as well.