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shadowkat1. I'm okay -- regarding latest terrorist attack in NYC -- was in Jamaica, Queens, NY at work all day. No where near the incident. Apparently it was a lower Manhattan Bike Path.
(Unfortunately, I've gotten used to these attacks. Last year, my co-worker narrowly missed the bombing on the Chelsea Piers. Crazy-ass world.)
2. Every once and a while, I get reminded of the insane technological generation gap between Generation X and the Millenials. Or rather between everyone born prior to roughly 1995, and everyone born after 1995. It may be more like 1990.
Twenty question technology meme:
1. Did you have a cell phone prior to your thirties? Did they exist?
No. And no, they didn't exist until mid-thirties, as far as I knew. People had beepers, walkie talkies or huge car phones.
2. Did you have cable when you were a little kid? When did you first get cable?
No. Cable started with HBO and Showtime and Cinemax. We didn't get it until I was about 14. And it was just about 10 channels, if that, with the premium channels.
3. Do you know what 8-track tapes are and did you ever own an 8-track tape player?
Yes. I owned one when I was a teenager.
4. Did you own cassette tapes and walkman or tape player in high school and college?
Yes, I taped everything on cassettes. Owned them in junior high through my early to late twenties. Didn't get rid of them until I turned 40.
5. When did you get your first DVD player?
I got my first DVD player in my late 30s. Before that I had a tape player or VHS.
I remember talking to librarians about the invention of the DVD and how it would change everything. They didn't appear until I was in my late 30s. I've always been a bit leery of them, because saw the predecessors. And refuse to waste money on a Blue-Ray, because I saw all the former iterations come and go.
6. Did you learn how to type on a type-writer? Did you own a type-writer growing up?
Type-writer. Yes.
7. What was the first computer you owned?
Apple IIe, on my own the original Mac with the tiny screen. First one was MS-DOS.
8. What age were you when you first got email?
30s.
9. What age were you when you first encountered the internet? Was it around when you were a kid?
No, it didn't exist when I was a kid. First encountered it in my 30s and it was rudimentary. Only Explorer was available.
10. What age were you when Facebook, Twitter, and Dreamwidth, and Livejournal started?
Facebook? 40s.
Livejournal? 30s
DW? 30s
Twitter? 40s
11. What was your first cell phone? How old were you when you got it? Do you even own one?
40s. A cheap flip-phone, couldn't text on it. Just got phone calls.
12. Have you ever owned a smartphone? How old?
Yes. 40s.
13. What was the first printer like and the paper that you used when you got your very first computer? Could it print photos -- the first printer you worked on or owned?
No. It was huge. And you used paper with perforated holes on the sides, and green lines.
14. When you were in college, freshman and sophmore years, did you type on a computer or type-writer?
Type-writer. Didn't start using a computer until my junior and senior year of college.
15. What age were you when streaming came out? You can pick decade - aka 20s, 30s, teens...
40s.
DVR's came out when I was in my mid-40s as well.
16. What age were you when you got your first MP3 Player? Do you even own one?
Came out in my late 30s.
17. Did you own a record player, cassette player, CD player or MP3 player as a kid or teen?
Record player. Then a cassette player. Didn't get a CD player until I was in my mid twenties.
18. At what age did you start blogging on the internet?
mid-late 30s, when live journal first started. Came over from voy-forums discussion boards, along with others...most of the people who I came over with are here now. And most of them are older than me. I got an invite from a social media friend. Never paid. Paying for a blog seems odd to me.
19. E-book reader -- when did these come out? What age?
40s. Funny story, we didn't think they'd ever take off. A friend of mine said they probable would, but I couldn't imagine not reading print books.
20. How do you listen to music? On what devices? And what devices did you use growing up and in college?
On MP3 Player right now or Ipod. But growing up? record player, radio, 8-track and cassettes. It wasn't until after college that I had CDs.
2. Watching Dancing with the Stars -- wish there was more dancing, less talking, and interviews.
3. Reading Alec Baldwin's memoir Nevertheless -- which makes me want to re-watch a lot of his performances, and get a hold of his televised performance as Stanley Kowalski in the Broadway Revival of Streetcar Named Desire.
Baldwin is a versatile and quite talented character actor who has played a few lead roles, but mainly character roles. (Harrison Ford is a screen-actor who basically plays himself and a lead, but not much of a character actor. While Baldwin is a theater actor first, and disappears into various supporting character roles. )
The book goes into detail about Baldwin's early life and his experiences and love of acting.
Theater is the actor's platform. If you can't do theater, you can't act.
* Television is the writer's medium, writers pretty much run the show.
* Theater is actor's -- at the end of the day, the actor controls what airs on the stage.
* Film is the director's medium, the director controls what winds up on film.
So, if you are a writer? Do television. If you are director? Film. Actor? Theater.
Baldwin pretty much states this -- and he's done all of them.
He also talks about how nasty the film business is, in particular Hollywood. And how he got screwed over by big studios. The story about how he lost the Jack Ryan franchise to Ford is rather nasty.
And how he got past his cocaine addiction -- which was through AA.
It's a compelling read, particularly if you are at all interested in acting, the film and theater industry.
(Unfortunately, I've gotten used to these attacks. Last year, my co-worker narrowly missed the bombing on the Chelsea Piers. Crazy-ass world.)
2. Every once and a while, I get reminded of the insane technological generation gap between Generation X and the Millenials. Or rather between everyone born prior to roughly 1995, and everyone born after 1995. It may be more like 1990.
Twenty question technology meme:
1. Did you have a cell phone prior to your thirties? Did they exist?
No. And no, they didn't exist until mid-thirties, as far as I knew. People had beepers, walkie talkies or huge car phones.
2. Did you have cable when you were a little kid? When did you first get cable?
No. Cable started with HBO and Showtime and Cinemax. We didn't get it until I was about 14. And it was just about 10 channels, if that, with the premium channels.
3. Do you know what 8-track tapes are and did you ever own an 8-track tape player?
Yes. I owned one when I was a teenager.
4. Did you own cassette tapes and walkman or tape player in high school and college?
Yes, I taped everything on cassettes. Owned them in junior high through my early to late twenties. Didn't get rid of them until I turned 40.
5. When did you get your first DVD player?
I got my first DVD player in my late 30s. Before that I had a tape player or VHS.
I remember talking to librarians about the invention of the DVD and how it would change everything. They didn't appear until I was in my late 30s. I've always been a bit leery of them, because saw the predecessors. And refuse to waste money on a Blue-Ray, because I saw all the former iterations come and go.
6. Did you learn how to type on a type-writer? Did you own a type-writer growing up?
Type-writer. Yes.
7. What was the first computer you owned?
Apple IIe, on my own the original Mac with the tiny screen. First one was MS-DOS.
8. What age were you when you first got email?
30s.
9. What age were you when you first encountered the internet? Was it around when you were a kid?
No, it didn't exist when I was a kid. First encountered it in my 30s and it was rudimentary. Only Explorer was available.
10. What age were you when Facebook, Twitter, and Dreamwidth, and Livejournal started?
Facebook? 40s.
Livejournal? 30s
DW? 30s
Twitter? 40s
11. What was your first cell phone? How old were you when you got it? Do you even own one?
40s. A cheap flip-phone, couldn't text on it. Just got phone calls.
12. Have you ever owned a smartphone? How old?
Yes. 40s.
13. What was the first printer like and the paper that you used when you got your very first computer? Could it print photos -- the first printer you worked on or owned?
No. It was huge. And you used paper with perforated holes on the sides, and green lines.
14. When you were in college, freshman and sophmore years, did you type on a computer or type-writer?
Type-writer. Didn't start using a computer until my junior and senior year of college.
15. What age were you when streaming came out? You can pick decade - aka 20s, 30s, teens...
40s.
DVR's came out when I was in my mid-40s as well.
16. What age were you when you got your first MP3 Player? Do you even own one?
Came out in my late 30s.
17. Did you own a record player, cassette player, CD player or MP3 player as a kid or teen?
Record player. Then a cassette player. Didn't get a CD player until I was in my mid twenties.
18. At what age did you start blogging on the internet?
mid-late 30s, when live journal first started. Came over from voy-forums discussion boards, along with others...most of the people who I came over with are here now. And most of them are older than me. I got an invite from a social media friend. Never paid. Paying for a blog seems odd to me.
19. E-book reader -- when did these come out? What age?
40s. Funny story, we didn't think they'd ever take off. A friend of mine said they probable would, but I couldn't imagine not reading print books.
20. How do you listen to music? On what devices? And what devices did you use growing up and in college?
On MP3 Player right now or Ipod. But growing up? record player, radio, 8-track and cassettes. It wasn't until after college that I had CDs.
2. Watching Dancing with the Stars -- wish there was more dancing, less talking, and interviews.
3. Reading Alec Baldwin's memoir Nevertheless -- which makes me want to re-watch a lot of his performances, and get a hold of his televised performance as Stanley Kowalski in the Broadway Revival of Streetcar Named Desire.
Baldwin is a versatile and quite talented character actor who has played a few lead roles, but mainly character roles. (Harrison Ford is a screen-actor who basically plays himself and a lead, but not much of a character actor. While Baldwin is a theater actor first, and disappears into various supporting character roles. )
The book goes into detail about Baldwin's early life and his experiences and love of acting.
Theater is the actor's platform. If you can't do theater, you can't act.
* Television is the writer's medium, writers pretty much run the show.
* Theater is actor's -- at the end of the day, the actor controls what airs on the stage.
* Film is the director's medium, the director controls what winds up on film.
So, if you are a writer? Do television. If you are director? Film. Actor? Theater.
Baldwin pretty much states this -- and he's done all of them.
He also talks about how nasty the film business is, in particular Hollywood. And how he got screwed over by big studios. The story about how he lost the Jack Ryan franchise to Ford is rather nasty.
And how he got past his cocaine addiction -- which was through AA.
It's a compelling read, particularly if you are at all interested in acting, the film and theater industry.
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Date: 2017-11-01 01:49 pm (UTC)I think everyone but the NY based media is fairly hardened by now. Very sad, but it's the way we all cope. NBC national news played it up heavily. Our local news, of course, had it as a lead story, but moved on very quickly, as if it was not much out of the ordinary...
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Date: 2017-11-01 03:18 pm (UTC)My mother acted like it was the biggest terrorist attack in NYC since 9/11. And I was like...eh, no. The bombing at the Chelsea Piers last year was worse.
The significance? This is the fourth or maybe fifth one using a truck. First was in Berlin, then I think France, then London, then Barcelona, and now NYC.
Also the news was confusing...first it was a home depot truck, now it is a pick up truck.
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Date: 2017-11-01 03:49 pm (UTC)The meme came out of one too many odd conversations with people in their twenties and early 30s about tech.
ie. " I stopped doing live journal in high school - I moved on to instagram or tumblr now! "
There's this odd perception that people have that everyone online is the same age they are or from the same age group. I ran into it on discussion boards, and remember how shocked some people were when we did an age/location meme and all these college kids and young teens discovered that people who were their parents age or older were posting on the board. Also ran into it on livejournal and dw, where a lot of people think the only ones posting in fandoms or blogging are under the age of 30. No. Really not.