[lit-ideas] Re: School Daze/The Modern World


On Aug 28, 2007, at 11:08 AM, Julie Krueger wrote:


"Ahhh.......!  Why aren't you allowed to carry backpacks or bags?"
"Because they said they don't want people carrying around things that could be harmful." "And taking the strap off your shoulder is going to change the contents of your binder/bag???"
Instead of carrying out my plan and working on syllabi this afternoon, I took my brand new iMac to a second repair shop. They confirmed what the first had said: old computer screens were in fact better than the whizzy new LED ones, which are indeed worse at reproducing fonts. The only solution to the text visibility problems that I've been having is to turn off Apple's "text smoothing" at the highest allowed level--twelve point type. No doubt all Apple stores will soon have in their stores a big sign that says, "New and Worse, when it comes to reading text."
If you are near a Borders or similar store that has remaindered books, look for one I found yesterday, a history of "Harper's" magazine. The introductory essay by Lewis Lapham is worth the $4.99 I paid, so the seven hundred or so illustrated pages of essays by great authors are mere cream. Lapham mentioned in passing that the reason cops are so called is because they once wore copper buttons. Who knew? 

David Ritchie,
Portland, Oregon

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