tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1735588181193684377.comments2019-02-09T06:22:30.887-08:00the accidental geekistVéro Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895169022031921712noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1735588181193684377.post-10769279487679634242011-10-25T09:37:34.082-07:002011-10-25T09:37:34.082-07:00And whatever effect that is that people do to digi...And whatever effect that is that people do to digital movies to make them look like old film. Yes, it is interesting!<br /><br />I have a guitar playing friend with an amp that's basically a computer. It will emulate dozens of different amplifier sounds. I prefer the actual vacuum tubes myself.Véro Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02895169022031921712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1735588181193684377.post-40295328314182349562011-10-24T17:45:45.071-07:002011-10-24T17:45:45.071-07:00Sometimes having more than one blog allows you to ...Sometimes having more than one blog allows you to unblock other topics that you may have restricted yourself on in the theme of your blog. Keep it up!Geraldinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00409034701187809574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1735588181193684377.post-56706663773082844472011-10-24T17:40:03.425-07:002011-10-24T17:40:03.425-07:00What I find very interesting is how there is, alon...What I find very interesting is how there is, along with technological changes, a simultaneous hankering for everything nostalgic and 'retro'. I find it rather amusing that with certain apps, you can manipulate your photos to look 'old-timey'(think Hipstamatic) or you can add digital effects to music to add an analogue feel...Geraldinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00409034701187809574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1735588181193684377.post-69705606663906874712011-10-11T19:28:25.335-07:002011-10-11T19:28:25.335-07:00If you like Monty Python and Kids in the Hall, the...If you like Monty Python and Kids in the Hall, then may I also suggest Little Britain. Unhealthy, perhaps, but definitely funny.James Hardernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1735588181193684377.post-58753612639470202752011-10-03T11:38:30.897-07:002011-10-03T11:38:30.897-07:00I was speaking to a librarian friend, and she was ...I was speaking to a librarian friend, and she was weeding out the books that get poor circulation in order to buy new books(of course!). She noted that when she had multiple copies of a book, the older, more evidently loved and worn copy had more circulation stats that a new copy does. Interesting, eh? <br /><br />And I love that medieval help desk video. So TRUE and speaks volumes about change.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00488340659989973741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1735588181193684377.post-58367137808200692462011-09-29T11:56:01.578-07:002011-09-29T11:56:01.578-07:00As both a lifetime reader and an author, I'm o...As both a lifetime reader and an author, I'm of two minds about e-books. On one hand, like you, I love the feel of a book. I have a huge library in my house and sometimes just looking at a book evokes the memory of it. As a writer, holding my published book is a strange power...I've made this thing that now lives beyond me. <br /><br />But I also have a Kindle. As a reader, it's lovely. It's convenient and it holds the words that I want to read (hundreds of titles in such a small little bitty thing). But as much as I enjoy just the reading part, I will say it is slightly like listening to an MP3 versus the actual CD track. The music is there, but there is something slightly missing...some deeper enjoyment of the text that comes from the feel of a book, of seeing the pages read and pages left to read. If I only had the Kindle, I would still get to read, but I would be sad in a very fundamental way. As a writer, I sell a lot more Kindle copies of my novel than hard copies. At this point in my career, I want readers more than anything and if the e-version of my book is getting out there, then I am happy because it means I am being read and if one person reads my book and loves it, that person may tell a few more people and it could spread. And since I charge very little for the e-book in comparison, I will sell more of them.<br /><br />There is a lot to be said for both...I hope people understand that and we don't lose the hard record of our great history of words.<br /><br />TBMBridge Maidenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07512406564573356356noreply@blogger.com