Month: October 2007

  • Wondering what Jimmie Dale Gilmore is thinking

    History tells us: convenience wins, hubris loses. “Who is going to want a shitty quality LP when these 78s sound so good? Who wants a hissy cassette when they have an awesome quadrophonic system? Who wants digitized music on discs now that we have Dolby on our cassettes? Who wants to listen to compressed audio…

  • Can I go back to asleep now?

    Boots suffering through a photo while she wanted to be asleep on a Sunday afternoon. More photos here.

  • Thoughts of a fuzzy-headed fifty-something

    Meranda A. Watling, a 20-something newspaper reporter in Lafayette, Ind., reacts to Allan Mutters’ post last week on the newsroom Brain Drain with her own experiences of being the token “target audience” in a newspaper new product development committee. If you haven’t already, read Mutter’s post and particularly the comments. And read Watling post and…