[scifinoir2] Scott Pilgrim vs. the box office

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/aug/17/entertainment/la-et-scott-pilgrim-20100817 For Amy Berciano, this was the moviegoing weekend of the summer. More than a year before "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" hit movie theaters, the 20-year-old UCLA junior became a huge fan of the graphic novels that i

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Barnes and Noble bites the dust

Nice thought, and very nicely written! You put me in mind of the fact that we also too often forget that a significant portion of the population isn't wired to the level of being able to replace books, mags, and even regular TVs with iPads/iPods, Kindles, and the like. Many of our people can bar

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Barnes and Noble bites the dust

Agreed, there's a difference in the experiences. I guess for younger folks, the tactile experience is the button pushing and scrolling, which is as familiar to them as page turning and caressing the spine of a book is to us. I guess when those kids' children and grandchildren are reading, then t

Re: [scifinoir2] Barnes and Noble bites the dust

I agree with you and Charles. I miss Oxford--and it's comic book selling little sister, Oxford, Too--immensely. I still seek out small, independent coffee shops when I can. Places where I can sit on couches and talk to my wife and friends, places that don't feel corporate. It's unfortunately all

[scifinoir2] Jumping the shark: the Innespace Seabreacher X

Jumping the shark: the Innespace Seabreacher X By Loz Blain *01:41 August 19, 2010* 6 Pictures [image: The Seabreacher X: admit it, you'd soil yourself if this came at

[scifinoir2] Re: Barnes and Noble bites the dust

Has anybody read "Queen City Jazz" where the banned electronic libraries are nearly sentient? - rave? --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Kelwyn" wrote: > > The city of milwaukee has a wonderful library system. Our Central Library > downtown is a marble floor and collumned cathedral of books

[scifinoir2] Re: Barnes and Noble bites the dust

I have and I love the esthetic of it. By the by, the most popular feature of Milwaukee's local libraries are not the books but the banks of public access computers. ~ rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Worf" wrote: > > Has anyone seen the Ipad running software that makes it "feel"

[scifinoir2] Re: Barnes and Noble bites the dust

The city of milwaukee has a wonderful library system. Our Central Library downtown is a marble floor and collumned cathedral of books - but current urban fiscal realities have put our libraries at peril. Staffing and hours have been cut. Neighborhood libraries will be closed. ~(no) rave! -

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Barnes and Noble bites the dust

Plus when bookpacalypse comes from the retail meltdown there will be a shortage of new and interesting books in the library anyway. Bosco --- On Thu, 8/19/10, Kelwyn wrote: From: Kelwyn Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Barnes and Noble bites the dust To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, Au

Re: [scifinoir2] Stan Lee's Superhumans

I have it on my list. On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Martin Baxter wrote: > > > Is anyone else watching this on the History Channel? > > http://www.history.com/shows/stan-lees-superhumans > > Stan the Man decided to scour the planet, looking for people with real-life > superhuman abilities. Hi

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Barnes and Noble bites the dust

Has anyone seen the Ipad running software that makes it "feel" like a magazine? On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Kelwyn wrote: > The city of milwaukee has a wonderful library system. Our Central Library > downtown is a marble floor and collumned cathedral of books - but current > urban fiscal

[scifinoir2] Re: Barnes and Noble bites the dust

The city of milwaukee has a wonderful library system. Our Central Library downtown is a marble floor and collumned cathedral of books - but current urban fiscal realities have put our libraries at peril. Staffing and hours have been cut. Neighborhood libraries will be closed. ~(no) rave! -

[scifinoir2] Stan Lee's Superhumans

Is anyone else watching this on the History Channel? http://www.history.com/shows/stan-lees-superhumans Stan the Man decided to scour the planet, looking for people with real-life superhuman abilities. His man on the ground is Daniel Browning Smith, the World's Most Flexible Man, and he's found a

[scifinoir2] Re: Barnes and Noble bites the dust

I still like paper books too. But even if the book store market falls apart, there will be one last refuge: the public library. After decades of neglect, we have 2 new BEAUTIFUL libraries in walking distance of us in DC. They are busy with people of all walks. The librarians are far more he

[scifinoir2] Re: Barnes and Noble bites the dust

I agree about the tactile experience of holding a book or a magazine. I still purchase 12 to 20 books a year, preferably in hardcover (even though, regrettably, I no longer READ 12 to 20 books a year - I am surrounded by books I haven't read - and hundreds others I have read - in my basement o

[scifinoir2] Re: Barnes and Noble bites the dust

I miss that as well. I can't do the e-book thing. Comic books work for me in that format but I love the experience of holding and reading a printed book. The Kindle, Nook, I-pad, etc. can't seem to replicate it for me. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter wrote: > > I admit to mis

Re: [scifinoir2] Barnes and Noble bites the dust

I admit to missing that as well, Charles, sitting around and chatting. Didn't get to do it often, with the demands of work, though. On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Charles Sheehan-Miles < char...@sheehanmiles.net> wrote: > > > I made the comment to my wife a couple weeks ago that I'd be screwed

[scifinoir2] Sci-Fi Vistas Milked From Boring Old Earth

Enjoy. http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2010/08/sci-fi-vistas-milked-from-boring-old-earth/ -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

[scifinoir2] Foxconn Rallies Workers, Leaves Suicide Nets in Place

NOT Faux/Fixed/Fox, folks... http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/08/foxconn-rallies-workers-installs-suicide-nets/ -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

Re: [scifinoir2] Barnes and Noble bites the dust

I made the comment to my wife a couple weeks ago that I'd be screwed if we had any sort of apocalypse (or lengthy power outage for that matter). After three moves in one year (and another one coming up in a few weeks), we got tired of lugging around dozens of boxes of books from state to state. A

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Geeks cool off at box office

Keith, I don't get that hateration, either. He's a kid with incredible talent and a host of personal issues, the latter understandable, considering his life growing up. (His father, according to him, verbally and mentally abused him, even pointed a gun at him once.) On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 8:03 PM

Re: [scifinoir2] Barnes and Noble bites the dust

"My hunch is that B&N never really embraced the Internet or e-books, tied as it was to the old-fashioned world of physical books and stores." Personally, rave, I think that just might be why I like B&N so much. I'm not big on e-books at all (I picked up a batch over the past few weeks, only becaus

Re: [scifinoir2] More crap from comscum

Lipstick on a pig, Mr Worf, plain and simple. On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 1:47 AM, Mr. Worf wrote: > > > Comscum did a OS update on their dvrs in their attempt to keep up with ATT. > The new updates include the "ability to view recordings on any other dvr in > the house." Funny thing about that is n