tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post679138637811324556..comments2023-10-26T03:19:41.569-07:00Comments on Stephen Bodio's Querencia: Latest idiot newsSteve Bodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-90438930475105714112009-11-23T07:41:55.404-08:002009-11-23T07:41:55.404-08:00Thanks for checking in, John-- glad you are a fan....Thanks for checking in, John-- glad you are a fan. Sorry this took so long-- computer down for over a week. Do you have a website?Steve Bodiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-31102836051809965442009-10-23T19:19:44.478-07:002009-10-23T19:19:44.478-07:00Hey there, Steve. Been reading your blog for awhil...Hey there, Steve. Been reading your blog for awhile now, but had to comment on this one. <br />The idea of a "learning center" in itself, made all "laptop-friendly and all, doesn't irritate me so much as the idea expressed by this headmaster that books are an outdated technology. I can think of few things that give me as much pleasure as walking into a space filled with books, real honest to god paper and leather and buckram books, which excite in me something hard to describe. Maybe because I grew up coveting them like the treasures they were (and still are) to me, not just for the words and ideas and adventures they contained, but as tactile objects. I can only feel pity for this James Tracy, who doesn't seem to have the imagination and sense to be able to embrace the old with the new. <br />Ok, I do like the idea of that schmancy cappuccino machine...<br />John BaumlinJohnBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18118012786107199632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-60215785849222592382009-10-18T08:26:06.621-07:002009-10-18T08:26:06.621-07:00Agree--lots of good literature, short stories etc ...Agree--lots of good literature, short stories etc coming, including your stuff-- though I think it is harder for longer forms. But it has never been a books vs the Web issue for me-- why not have BOTH? I find my appetite for longer stuff does not diminish vs time spent on the box.Steve Bodiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-7468068970992125382009-10-16T17:13:05.799-07:002009-10-16T17:13:05.799-07:00I've been blogging about the emerging/recently...I've been blogging about the emerging/recently emerged move towards a digital reading landscape (mainly in literature/creative writing, but its coming across the board) - It's pretty exciting and with only a few reservations, I do think its good thing.<br />However... this is madness. Utter and complete madness.<br /><br />Why can't they keep the library and just add the coffee shop? Sounds perfect to me.Nagromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12464768190969600481noreply@blogger.com