Aha!

[xenith]

I think it's interesting how two question that don't seem obviously related can give you an answer when considered together.

Like when we used to go see films at the old Princess Theatre. There was huge dome over the centre of the seats, with a chandelier handing from it. If I had to sit under it, I spent a lot of time looking up and hoping it wouildn't choose today to fall. There was also a large balcony at the back that had more seats on it and I used to wonder how you actually got up there. At the entrance to the actual theatre bit, there was a wide staircase and I used to wonder where it went. It was after the new cinema complex was built and we went back to the Princess one night for a charity film screening that I managed to find the answers to both those questions :) (Yes, it led up to the balcony.) So I'm slow sometimes.

I do that a lot with computers too. Why is there an unused grey cable inside my computer? And why am I getting hard drive failure messages? Oh.

Or tonight, what _is_ the purpose of the third hole in the back in the sound card (one for speakers, one for mic and one for...)? And why isn't the computer recording sound from stereo now that I've hooked them up? Oh.

So now I know what the third hole is for and I can record from records :)

Comments

[terrymcgarry.livejournal.com]

Woo! Glad you noticed that extra hole.

A friend of mine has become totally addicted to digitizing his vinyl collection. I'm envious of both of you.

There was an old movie theatre in the Bronx where pieces of the ceiling actually did fall down on the audience sometimes, in chunks. Some of the seats were missing, too; you would go to sit down before your eyes had adjusted to the dark, and get a rude surprise.

[monissaw.livejournal.com]

After spending yesterday evening/night trying to copy one side of one records, I was wondering why anyone would want to. How many times do I have to listen to one song just to get a copy of it?

I think/hope they were mainly teething problems as I workd out the process. But it does make you appreciate how CD tracks can be handled separately :\

[terrymcgarry.livejournal.com]

I'll try to remember to ask my friend about his method. I think he has it pretty automated, but it's possible that he sees the painstaking track-by-track aspects as a kind of Zen activity, so it feels simple to him but would make someone else tear their hair out. Hmm.