Ages and ages

[gina_r_snape]

So I went to University yesterday and did a training on EndNote. It's a bibliography software that I've struggled with using in fits and starts over the past few years. My academic advisor gave the instructional session, so I decided to try one more time. I think it's finally sunk in, how it works, and I'll give it a go

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[cmcmck]

We still run a top end hi fi and still play 12" albums- the sound quality is on a different planet to digital stuff. I can't believe how naff iPod sound is!

For classical stuff CDs are good but seem to lose on the high end.

Did you get my comments on your outline, btw?

[gina_r_snape]

I want to purchase a record player with USB port so I can record them to my computer. I hear you can regain some of the sound quality that way.

Yes, I did get them! Thanks. I have not had time to properly reply, but please don't mistake that for lack of appreciation.

[cmcmck]

I'd be inclined to use something like that to put them onto CD to prevent wear and tear on the original albums- but I gotta have decent speakers or I can't see the point. Running French JM Labs Focal 'Chorus' speakers atm and they are fab!

Oh no problem- it's just that sometimes emails go walkabout n the ether as I'm sure you know!

[gina_r_snape]

Oh yes, decent speakers are a must.

*nods*

[dickgloucester]

Are you allowed to copy a chapter off to a USB stick or something so you can take it home and copy it there?

[gina_r_snape]

Nope! It's captive on the ebrary reader.

[dickgloucester]

How the fuck to they expect you to work with it, then?

[gina_r_snape]

I have no fracking idea.

[ex_logospil]

~Call me old fashioned, but I want a hard copy!~

As I am sure you can imagine, I most heartily concur...

I am going to use printed out pictures during one of my presentations at Aeternitas, and just hold them up. *laughs* I am so high tech ;-)

[gina_r_snape]

Heh, heh. I love it.

I am still regretting not taking one of your books off your hands at Infinitus, I must confess.

All the best for a wonderful presentation. I will miss you!

[ex_logospil]

Goodness, thank you so much for your kind words! I shall miss you at Aeternitas too... The bed-in will not be the same without you ;-)

I have some copies of the first edition of Bring forth the best robes on hand... That edition contains about a dozen minor errors; I could send you one, if you would like! :-)

[gina_r_snape]

Aw, that would be lovely!

:remembers bed-in:

[doctorpancakes]

Oh dude, every single online journal article I've ever had to so much as skim, I've printed out.

(Mostly I did this at the office, to save me going through an ink cartridge a week)

I need to be able to highlight, write stuff in the margins, insert bizarre symbols only I understand as a running commentary on the thing as I read. Why the CRAP would they not let you print? That's ludicrous. *frowny face*

[gina_r_snape]

SO GLAD I'm not alone!!!! (I totally print out stuff at work too).

Even the librarian was annoyed at the limited functionality of the ebook in their collection.

Are you a graduate student?

[doctorpancakes]

Yeah, no, it's totally not just you. I think it's actually a lot of people, but the people who aren't like us just don't understand. RAWR.

I am not a grad student at all! Would have been, but, having finished my long-running mature studenthood at Christmas with my undergraduate degree, I couldn't be arsed to put in applications to grad school because I don't know why. XD NOW I WRITE SLASH FOR A LIVING

[gina_r_snape]

Ah, well congrats on your undergrad degree then.

And just remember, you're doing good work, because THE WORLD NEEDS MORE SLASH (esp. of the Boosh-and-related-fandoms-variety)!

[hausfrauatu]

For editing and hard studying, I prefer a hard copy. It's hard to really 'see' things on a screen. Plus scribble, underline and doodle action are important. (Am I OLD?)

I love that picture. "Dad? You were thin? Wait. Is that shirt about DRUGS?" BWAHAHAHAHA. He's gonna have a lot of 'splainin' to do, Lucy. The blurry lettering. Oh God. That really put a much needed smile on my face. (Plus they are both the hotness in this picture.)

[gina_r_snape]

Oh I know. Ju the hipster. Thing is, he can pretty much write off anything he's done in the name of entertainment. Well, almost anything.

And yeah, I can only read things on the computer for so long. Scribbles and doodles - aren't they a required aspect of note taking?!?!

If you're old - WHAT AM I????????

[hausfrauatu]

Ten years younger than me?

[gina_r_snape]

Hee heeeeee.

Well played.