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PatB
The digital age killed my old printing machinery business when computers came in. They could make printing plates right on the press and typefaces at the touch of a button. No more film, darkrooms, photostat cameras, typesetting, all of it. Great post Pat.
posted by
WileyJohn
on January 8, 2013 at 5:32 PM
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and I use Google to search for so much...but I am ove ther new tech.
whatever stuff. I don't want to learn anything more!! Great Post for thinking back on dear Pat.
posted by
Kabu
on January 8, 2013 at 4:23 PM
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Like that old saying says . . . the times, they are a changin'! Personally, I like the "old" stuff better!
posted by
JimmyA
on January 8, 2013 at 2:06 PM
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I got a big grin out of the punched-card crafts. Somewhere back then someone donated a whole lot of those for Summer VBS and the kids loved creating things with them.
posted by
TAPS.
on January 8, 2013 at 12:58 PM
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Re: CCT - it's not just "information" that stuff of memory.
It's what happened to us, what made us who we are, it's who we loved and hated, and the shootouts we won, the scrapes we got into and lucked out of. As for the kids, they are so busy texting online the world's just spinning on past them. I don't know anyone who says, "remember that text message?" with quite the same feeling of being fed that we get from remembering grandma's stories or the taste of food cooked over a campfire.
posted by
Pat_B
on January 8, 2013 at 12:30 PM
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Pat
Yep, I can get dates from Google, and I have, but dates are the mere skeletons of history...
posted by
Nautikos
on January 8, 2013 at 10:36 AM
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Well Pat perhaps it is not worth remembering events or history as you say just look it up.
As long as we remember the information for a while, I hope the kids don't just have blank spaces and no imagination.
posted by
C_C_T
on January 8, 2013 at 10:07 AM
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There will never be anything that can replace a book.
The information in it, sure. But not the book.
posted by
Ciel
on January 8, 2013 at 8:17 AM
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LOL - but didn't we learn much from all those hours of research, Pat_B? So true that the information world has come so far so fast. Astounding. But so gratifying!! I wonder what would happen if it all collapsed tomorrow.....
posted by
adnohr
on January 8, 2013 at 5:53 AM
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