My supervisor coined a new word today:
mundatory—adj. everyday, ordinary, but necessary, as in tasks. A portmanteau of mundane and mandatory.
Excellent...[]
31 August 2011
23 August 2011
BTW...[]
On the bus today (67), I was standing right next to, just feet away from, a Nook user...the tension and rivalry was palpable...sorta. []
Just for the record...[]
This would be awesome:
I've been a fan of Daft Punk for years now, and I do believe I can now consider myself a fan of Deadmau5...imagine my surprise when he responded to a tweet of mine today...I still say I recognize that synth riff from somewhere...
Peace,
JT
I've been a fan of Daft Punk for years now, and I do believe I can now consider myself a fan of Deadmau5...imagine my surprise when he responded to a tweet of mine today...I still say I recognize that synth riff from somewhere...
Peace,
JT
01 June 2011
May get a citation for this...[]
Wait, what? Posting again? Weird...
I had a sudden and disturbing thought today and used it as an excuse to breathe some life back into this blog: in this exciting new era of the e-book, how does citation work?
My thought process began as I pondered my Kindle collection and the books I've been reading of late on that wondrous device. As I was at the time strolling across a college campus, my thoughts then turned to textbooks. I recalled my days as an undergraduate, when I made sure to hit the campus bookstore early on the first day of class to ensure the purchase of my required textbooks. The realization struck me that, with my Kindle, I would need merely to check the titles of the necessary books and search for them in the Kindle Store. Theoretically, nearly all of my required literature for the semester could then be downloaded to one small device, likely for much less expense than the purchase of the hard-copy books (even at used-book prices). I imagined myself explaining to a professor that indeed I did have my textbook out in front of me, that it was on my Kindle. A new age of convenience...
...except when the time would come for paper writing. How exactly does one cite an eBook source? Granted, Kindle is gradually phasing in page numbers instead of "locations," but even that is dependent on the specified text size and column width.
Granted, I've seen plenty of works that cite merely the source work, not the specific page number. For their own purposes, that may be fine, but the typical college (to say nothing of high school) course requires "(Smith 23)"-style citations.
...they'll have to update the stylebooks. As far as the bibliography/works cited page goes, publication information should be easy, although "Kindle edition" will have to be specified. For in-text references, perhaps something like "(Smith Loc. 123) will suffice. Just has to be clear and unambiguous. Being that locations in Kindle books are very much specific, this shouldn't be too much of a problem. Just have to wait until a standard is decided, I suppose...
Peace,
JT
I had a sudden and disturbing thought today and used it as an excuse to breathe some life back into this blog: in this exciting new era of the e-book, how does citation work?
My thought process began as I pondered my Kindle collection and the books I've been reading of late on that wondrous device. As I was at the time strolling across a college campus, my thoughts then turned to textbooks. I recalled my days as an undergraduate, when I made sure to hit the campus bookstore early on the first day of class to ensure the purchase of my required textbooks. The realization struck me that, with my Kindle, I would need merely to check the titles of the necessary books and search for them in the Kindle Store. Theoretically, nearly all of my required literature for the semester could then be downloaded to one small device, likely for much less expense than the purchase of the hard-copy books (even at used-book prices). I imagined myself explaining to a professor that indeed I did have my textbook out in front of me, that it was on my Kindle. A new age of convenience...
...except when the time would come for paper writing. How exactly does one cite an eBook source? Granted, Kindle is gradually phasing in page numbers instead of "locations," but even that is dependent on the specified text size and column width.
Granted, I've seen plenty of works that cite merely the source work, not the specific page number. For their own purposes, that may be fine, but the typical college (to say nothing of high school) course requires "(Smith 23)"-style citations.
...they'll have to update the stylebooks. As far as the bibliography/works cited page goes, publication information should be easy, although "Kindle edition" will have to be specified. For in-text references, perhaps something like "(Smith Loc. 123) will suffice. Just has to be clear and unambiguous. Being that locations in Kindle books are very much specific, this shouldn't be too much of a problem. Just have to wait until a standard is decided, I suppose...
Peace,
JT
30 April 2011
Behold the Caffe Ninjacano! []
The other day I "created" a drink on Starbucks.com, the Caffe Ninjacano. It's a "ristretto quad grande, one shot mocha, one shot hazelnut caffe americano" in Starbucks-ese. In my language, it is just "awesome."
Today, I ordered one. I'm sipping it as I compose this post. It is better than I'd hoped, even if it cost $4.23.
Picture below; I suspect the barista may be an anarchist, but he still brews a mean Ninjacano.
Peace,
JT
23 April 2011
Worst...arcade...ever...[]
Okay, not really...I have actually seen worse, but only in movie theater lobbies and food courts.
This space, at a local mall, used to be a marginally decent arcade...no fighting games, after they removed an old Tekken 5 machine, but at least dance dance revolution (the real version), time crisis, and skeeball, among the various ticket sources (yes, there was a ticket counter). A while back, it finally folded. The sign above the entrance which was visible during remodeling showed two futuristic laser guns, so my friends and I all assumed it would be a (very small) laser tag arena.
We were wrong. Pictures speak for themselves.
This is the sad state of arcades today. It's a horrid catch-22: to get customers, they need good games (fighters MADE arcades, practically), but they can't afford/are not willing to spring for it if they don't get customers...
Peace,
JT
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