tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058472817603514138.post8131789535137283424..comments2023-04-27T06:14:51.777-07:00Comments on clickthing: Doomsday in 2012?mpclemenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12807147515549175803noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058472817603514138.post-88964655260508642852011-12-16T12:28:57.387-08:002011-12-16T12:28:57.387-08:00The story is told, in my family, that when my olde...The story is told, in my family, that when my oldest cousin was born, my grandfather cleaned out the cash drawer at the family business, and bought camera gear to photograph "the girl." Anybody have a story like that, involving the latest iThingy? No? That's because megapixels have none of the romance that silver halide does.<br /><br />Locals call the local paper "the fish-wrapper" in reference to the level of writing found in it, and I frequently describe the Monday edition as a pamphlet. We might grieve the loss of print media if it was something worth reading.<br /><br />As for the Post Office, I don't know if it's because I'm a typewriter-loving neo-luddite, but I absolutely refuse to pay my bills electronically. The notion of ending the USPS smacks of a conspiracy to get people like me to publish our personal information on the internet.<br /><br />These are dark days, indeed.MTCoalhopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08340714747359998522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058472817603514138.post-76277829686721953002011-12-16T09:03:45.989-08:002011-12-16T09:03:45.989-08:00This is all very well put.
I think the great nond...This is all very well put.<br /><br />I think the great nondigital institutions like these are largely doomed (although physical objects still need to be delivered in packages, and USPS can compete with the private companies in that area). <br /><br />What's the role of the typosphere? Exploring niches and gaps within the digital paradigm, creating pockets of alternative possibilities, working with and through the digital world to promote these possibilities. There isn't going to be any antidigital revolution, but there can be synergies between old and new, and there can be reservations where we maintain older ways of doing things.Richard Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058472817603514138.post-6443448072013932032011-12-16T08:31:05.036-08:002011-12-16T08:31:05.036-08:00You make me sad.
(Come along, Patsy.)You make me sad.<br />(Come along, Patsy.)Duffy Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10105074089216551597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058472817603514138.post-40735662569580333322011-12-16T04:54:20.889-08:002011-12-16T04:54:20.889-08:00Enjoyed the post, thanks Mike. I have a couple of ...Enjoyed the post, thanks Mike. I have a couple of those yellow Kodak cans too. They have Pan-F in them. Somewhat past the expiry date. There's no history of photography in my immediate family, but my late uncle Cliff was a jazz man and photographer/film maker in his spare time - that's where they came from - couldn't part with them, silly really.Rob Bowkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065940710708289511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058472817603514138.post-78390360674051709942011-12-16T03:26:53.755-08:002011-12-16T03:26:53.755-08:00A great post about sad things. Liked it very much....A great post about sad things. Liked it very much. I find your white on black text a bit hard to read, though.maschinengeschriebenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01955578932937697125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058472817603514138.post-72801623681638874372011-12-16T01:45:32.146-08:002011-12-16T01:45:32.146-08:00Great post.
It amazes me how fast a corporation w...Great post.<br /><br />It amazes me how fast a corporation will give up on a product, Kodak has been in bad shape for decades and giving up on film photography has been one of their faults. The other is not getting into digital photography properly and early. Kodak invented the CCD array and also bought some of the early electronics manufacturing technology developed by one of the company's I worked for, however Kodak failed to have good vision instead they focused only on the bottom line. I was shooting up to 2000 f.p.s. in the mid 80s with their high speed digital cameras, but it did not take long until Redlake overtook them.<br /><br />I'm a film photographer and will continue to use film even when I am forced to buy foreign film only.<br /><br />Blame Congress for screwing up the postal service decades ago when they disolved the Post Office Department and created a business unit the USPS.Bill Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649212489891769390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058472817603514138.post-34707308812705655932011-12-15T22:52:52.616-08:002011-12-15T22:52:52.616-08:00As a former film user and still fan of Kodak's...As a former film user and still fan of Kodak's cameras of old, their near death saddens me as well. They did not adapt to the new digital world. Yes, me being a former film user does not help, but I mostly shot with Fuji Reala anyway.<br /><br />Our local paper, the Kansas City Star, is apparently a cash cow for the chain. It is being milked for all it is worth and continues to shrink. The layout gets worse year to year and typos are increasingly common for the precious few non-sports related words that are left. They are trying some new things, but if they ditch our favorite comics or the NYT crossword, we'll cancel our subscription.<br /><br />Last week I passed by the smallest post office in America. Roughly the size of a bathroom, it is tucked on a gravel pullout in the midst of the Big Cypress swamp. It would suck to have no access to service, but on the other hand it seems hard to justify the overhead necessary to support outposts like this and the airlift to rural Alaska.Dwayne F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07032059161503386028noreply@blogger.com