tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post9116750011883417178..comments2024-03-22T21:02:55.051+13:00Comments on Bat, Bean, Beam: The readerGiovanni Tisohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-3173318535214353342013-04-29T16:40:15.026+12:002013-04-29T16:40:15.026+12:00The sharp edge of the serif
lifts, a little,
the l...The sharp edge of the serif<br />lifts, a little,<br />the last layer of skin<br />whose cells, within,<br /><br /><i>part of an infinite<br />matched<br /><br />set</i><br /><br />cohere, where?<br />Your last good bet.<br /><br />The stickiest fingers<br />abuse the new, flat page<br />smear, adhere,<br />but do not abrade:<br /><br /><i>to a monochrome thought<br />in a monochrome <br /><br />Megan Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03584562106579704547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-51572439595290541462013-04-25T18:46:08.310+12:002013-04-25T18:46:08.310+12:00I would draw a rotary one for sure. However I just...I would draw a rotary one for sure. However I just tried with Joseph and a friend of his and they drew a cellphone and a smartphone respectively.Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-86481658506358300982013-04-25T14:48:30.489+12:002013-04-25T14:48:30.489+12:00Maybe you're seeing a sneer that isn't the...Maybe you're seeing a sneer that isn't there. <br />Perhaps these chaps are aware that what they have to offer is a bit thin and shabby by comparison with the riches of the heritage technology, so they're trying to buy into a bit of its elegance and respectability - hoping that we will see them as part of a great tradition.<br /><br />Just as an experiment, try asking a group of Daleawaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-28808613342427321432013-04-23T19:50:51.036+12:002013-04-23T19:50:51.036+12:00It's sort of like the opposite of how in the T...It's sort of like the opposite of how in the The Name of the Rose the monks who read the book die. <br /><br />Okay, not really.Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-14878213284338720702013-04-23T18:28:15.161+12:002013-04-23T18:28:15.161+12:00There are also, I just learned, textbooks which lo...There are also, I just learned, textbooks which log your reading habits, then send the information back to your teachers. Haven't done the readings? Read the book just before the exam? Your teacher will know. They can even apparently alert the teacher if you fail to highlight "important" passages. There may be good educational reasons for this, I don't know.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03194998408842328605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-7835771466714710662013-04-23T12:33:24.279+12:002013-04-23T12:33:24.279+12:00My sony reader uses the front page from the epub, ...My sony reader uses the front page from the epub, or just the title in plain text on a white page as the idle screen.<br /><br />Problem there is that the front page is the title page, not the cover, so it feels weirdly like some book-hater has ripped the cover off if its open.<br /><br />Of course, if you buy the nice little cover with the faux-leather binding, the book is intact but published Gregnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-89451042124182641482013-04-23T09:49:46.098+12:002013-04-23T09:49:46.098+12:00Those pictures look like dumping grounds where old...Those pictures look like dumping grounds where old technology goes to die...<br /><br />I still haven't tried using a Kindle or similar and this post makes me less likely to in the immediate future. The spectre of advertising popping up while I'm trying to read is a horrible one in itself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com