End of an era.

[Combwork]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Progress? I still remember burning my finger on the used flash from an old toyish 216 camera as a kid.

Books and newspapers to follow shortly.

Pete

Burning magnesium wire in an oxygen rich environment hot enough to melt the glass envelope. Yep, that'll do it every time.

As to books and newspapers I'm not so sure. The Harry Potter films use special effects to animate still photographs in newspapers. Pure fantasy? Apparently not. According to a radio program in the U.K. the technology is being worked on. Panels slightly thicker than the paper, surrounded by text and backed up with video.

Books have the great advantage that they can get wet, get covered in flour or batter in the kitchen, even dropped down the toilet, retrieved and dried out page by page.

Try doing any of the above with a laptop or mobile phone.

[merrylander]

Yeah, I snagged a couple of 625s for my Minolta SRT101, have not used it in years.

[Charles]

Originally Posted by Combwork

Burning magnesium wire in an oxygen rich environment hot enough to melt the glass envelope. Yep, that'll do it every time.

As to books and newspapers I'm not so sure. The Harry Potter films use special effects to animate still photographs in newspapers. Pure fantasy? Apparently not. According to a radio program in the U.K. the technology is being worked on. Panels slightly thicker than the paper, surrounded by text and backed up with video.

Books have the great advantage that they can get wet, get covered in flour or batter in the kitchen, even dropped down the toilet, retrieved and dried out page by page.

Try doing any of the above with a laptop or mobile phone.

I like real books.

The local college station is playing Count Basie, and I like him too.

Guess I'm hopelessly lost in the past.

And I like that too.

Chas

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by Charles

I like real books.

The local college station is playing Count Basie, and I like him too.

Guess I'm hopelessly lost in the past.

And I like that too.

Chas

Don't own a cell phone, nor one of the electronic books, don't ever plan to buy either one.

So I guess I am a Luddite also.

As long as Jobs has everything built by Foxcomm in China I don't imagine I will ever replace our PCs with Apples either.

[Charles]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Don't own a cell phone, nor one of the electronic books, don't ever plan to buy either one.

So I guess I am a Luddite also.

As long as Jobs has everything built by Foxcomm in China I don't imagine I will ever replace our PCs with Apples either.

Well, I own a cell phone as it's pretty much indispensable for me, but it's the simplest and cheapest thing I can find which works.

Chas

[d-ray657]

Originally Posted by Charles

I like real books.

The local college station is playing Count Basie, and I like him too.

Guess I'm hopelessly lost in the past.

And I like that too.

Chas

I heard an interesting story on NPR last night. A songwriter, who is responsible for much of the drivel that makes it to the top of the charts, talked about listening to the 1940s station on Sirrius as his favorite station. Made him sound pretty mercenary to me - listening to Count Basie, Etta James and Frank Sinatra, but writing songs for Katie Perry. He know what sells.

Regards,

D-ray

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

I heard an interesting story on NPR last night. A songwriter, who is responsible for much of the drivel that makes it to the top of the charts, talked about listening to the 1940s station on Sirrius as his favorite station. Made him sound pretty mercenary to me - listening to Count Basie, Etta James and Frank Sinatra, but writing songs for Katie Perry. He know what sells.

Regards,

D-ray

A similar story aired a few weeks back about how songs are written and produced in contemporary Nashville. It's no friggin' wonder that so much dreck comes out of there nowadays. A very good read (or listen):

http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2...in-the-kitchen

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Charles

BTW Blue, just how many TOTL 7" tapes do you need for your Revox? I've got 50 or so, in excellent condition, recorded once. And a few virgins. Maxell and Memorex.

Chas

Whoa! How did I miss this the first time? How much? PM me.

Dave

[Charles]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

Whoa! How did I miss this the first time? How much? PM me.

Dave

10-4, will do later on. Have to run to the store and go back to work on my miserable computer. Miserable POS.

Currently using my wife's laptop, need one up and running to get hints on how to fix the other.

Chas

[merrylander]

A buddy just walked in the door with two RT-707s and a Teac X-1000R, now all I have to do is see if I can make one good RT-707 and clear up the sound on the X-1000R.