You know you're a total food geek if...
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sf wrote:
Much as i like to curl up in bed with a nice big fat Trollope you cant
really do that with a notebook or desktop computer
I have yet to try it with an iPad, perhaps that will be acceptable but
the idea of reading a book on a computer screen just don't seem right to me.
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JL
Much as i like to curl up in bed with a nice big fat Trollope you cant
really do that with a notebook or desktop computer
I have yet to try it with an iPad, perhaps that will be acceptable but
the idea of reading a book on a computer screen just don't seem right to me.
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JL
"M. JL Esq." wrote:
Works great, I use the flat end of the apple cover case and rest the iPad
on my chest. No book light is needed. I can adjust the light intensity and
give the books a yellowish tint to make it easier on the eyes. When done
reading I set the alarm clock app on the iPad for some soundscape
background sound to sleep with using the Bluetooth stereo speakers. I
expect I am shorting my life with all that radio frequencies going through
me
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Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)
Works great, I use the flat end of the apple cover case and rest the iPad
on my chest. No book light is needed. I can adjust the light intensity and
give the books a yellowish tint to make it easier on the eyes. When done
reading I set the alarm clock app on the iPad for some soundscape
background sound to sleep with using the Bluetooth stereo speakers. I
expect I am shorting my life with all that radio frequencies going through
me
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Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)
Nad R wrote:
You do raise an issue, i like the idea that i can drop my book on the
floor, or roll over on it, or at the very least not have to turn it off
before i drift off to sleep.
I had almost made up my mind to get a kindle or other dedicated device
and then that iPad came out! now they have i2 and who knows what's next
and when!
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JL
You do raise an issue, i like the idea that i can drop my book on the
floor, or roll over on it, or at the very least not have to turn it off
before i drift off to sleep.
I had almost made up my mind to get a kindle or other dedicated device
and then that iPad came out! now they have i2 and who knows what's next
and when!
--
JL
Forever&Always
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On Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:10:34 -0700, "M. JL Esq."
wrote:
Heh! I read cookbooks the old fashioned way.
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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
wrote:
Heh! I read cookbooks the old fashioned way.
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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
sf wrote:
Me too, in fact i read all my many, many really way too many books the
"old fashioned" way but, for the last few years, i have been building up
a digital file of older more obscure texts that are available as
downloads for free, project Guttenberg for example, and several
libraries i have found access to that have digital collections.
Most of these books i don't have hard copies of because they are costly
and often very large multi volume works or so rare as to have very few
examples available and thus expensive.
Besides which, why pay for rarity when one can get the information for free?
I have a few digital copies of books i study the old fashioned way from
'hard copies' i own but that's just because i quote them a lot in other
more specialized groups i post to.
From what i have seen of the iPad ihope that "page turning" animation
can be turned off, i find it almost offensive. I would find it fully
offensive but i cant think of any good reason to do so accept that it is
I am offended by an animation of a page turning, just skip to the next
(explicative deleted page!
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JL
Me too, in fact i read all my many, many really way too many books the
"old fashioned" way but, for the last few years, i have been building up
a digital file of older more obscure texts that are available as
downloads for free, project Guttenberg for example, and several
libraries i have found access to that have digital collections.
Most of these books i don't have hard copies of because they are costly
and often very large multi volume works or so rare as to have very few
examples available and thus expensive.
Besides which, why pay for rarity when one can get the information for free?
I have a few digital copies of books i study the old fashioned way from
'hard copies' i own but that's just because i quote them a lot in other
more specialized groups i post to.
From what i have seen of the iPad ihope that "page turning" animation
can be turned off, i find it almost offensive. I would find it fully
offensive but i cant think of any good reason to do so accept that it is
I am offended by an animation of a page turning, just skip to the next
(explicative deleted
page!--
JL
I_am_the_best
New member
"M. JL Esq." wrote:
JL,
How exactly can you be so deniably objective?
You own an iPad.
You knew what was coming well in advance!
Give the rest of us a reality break!
Best,
Andy
JL,
How exactly can you be so deniably objective?
You own an iPad.
You knew what was coming well in advance!
Give the rest of us a reality break!
Best,
Andy
DarkStarKid69
New member
Andy wrote:
Well....1. No, i don't own an iPad. And the rest of what you write i
cant really claim to fully understand in any but the most freely
interpretative manner.
Im being objective and denying it at the same time?
Im a "fortune Teller"?
As to any particular reality break ....... well, best to you too Andy
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JL
Well....1. No, i don't own an iPad. And the rest of what you write i
cant really claim to fully understand in any but the most freely
interpretative manner.
Im being objective and denying it at the same time?
Im a "fortune Teller"?
As to any particular reality break ....... well, best to you too Andy
--
JL
Andy wrote:
Well....1. No, i don't own an iPad. And the rest of what you write i
cant really claim to fully understand in any but the most freely
interpretative manner.
Im being objective and denying it at the same time?
Im a "Fortune Teller"?
As to any particular reality break ....... well, best to you too Andy
--
JL
Well....1. No, i don't own an iPad. And the rest of what you write i
cant really claim to fully understand in any but the most freely
interpretative manner.
Im being objective and denying it at the same time?
Im a "Fortune Teller"?
As to any particular reality break ....... well, best to you too Andy
--
JL
Desperado 85
New member
sf wrote:
"TURN OFF YOUR COMPUTER!"
There's a sisterly reminder!
Girls!!!
Andy
"TURN OFF YOUR COMPUTER!"
There's a sisterly
reminder!Girls!!!
Andy
On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 01:22:40 -0500, Andy wrote:
Both and I don't do cookbooks written like a story either. I want a
recipe laid out with ingredients first and method second with a pretty
picture of the finished product. If it's complicated, I don't mind a
few "how to" pictures also.
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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
Both and I don't do cookbooks written like a story either. I want a
recipe laid out with ingredients first and method second with a pretty
picture of the finished product. If it's complicated, I don't mind a
few "how to" pictures also.
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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
On Mon, 04 Apr 2011 23:57:02 -0700, "M. JL Esq."
wrote:
Sky turned me on to the public library's extended network, which I've
been taking advantage of for the past year. If I wait long enough, I
can get just about any cookbook I request. It saves me a lot of money
and I can scan any recipes I want to keep into my computer.
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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
wrote:
Sky turned me on to the public library's extended network, which I've
been taking advantage of for the past year. If I wait long enough, I
can get just about any cookbook I request. It saves me a lot of money
and I can scan any recipes I want to keep into my computer.
--
Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
sf wrote:
sf,
The Gourmet cookbook volume's recipes are in paragraph/story format.
They take a bit of study to figure out the ingredients and order of
cooking precedence to be "time thrifty."
It does soothe the appetite, reading recipes that way, without having to
actually cook anything!
Best,
Andy
sf,
The Gourmet cookbook volume's recipes are in paragraph/story format.
They take a bit of study to figure out the ingredients and order of
cooking precedence to be "time thrifty."
It does soothe the appetite, reading recipes that way, without having to
actually cook anything!
Best,
Andy
Dashkhuu K
New member
On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:03:10 -0500, Andy wrote:
If I open a cookbook and it's laid out like that, it goes back to the
shelf immediately.
I may spend as much time with a cookbook as I would with a novel, but
recipes are not a story or a journey for me. They are a process.
Recipes are interesting all on their own written in a clear abc-123
format, without extraneous words and paragraphs thrown in for color.
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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
If I open a cookbook and it's laid out like that, it goes back to the
shelf immediately.
I may spend as much time with a cookbook as I would with a novel, but
recipes are not a story or a journey for me. They are a process.
Recipes are interesting all on their own written in a clear abc-123
format, without extraneous words and paragraphs thrown in for color.
--
Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.