Does the title of this article sound ridiculous in this day and age? It should. The situation that lead me to it cerainly was.

As my readers (both of you) will have observed, my blog has been out of commission for almost a month. You will also have observed that, coming back up now, it looks radically different. There is a good reason for this.

For those who don’t speak Latin, Tech Gratia Technis is a play on words of MGM Studios’ slogan, Ars Gratia Artis, “Art for art’s sake”. Yes, I made the term up, and it refers to technology that is applied for no reason other than to apply technology.

Q. Why do you buy or rent a DVD?

Well, let’s face it, needless complexity is really the key issue on this blog, isn’t it?