[lit-ideas] Re: School Daze/The Modern World
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:11:28 -0700
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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