tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post8177797366505615318..comments2024-02-09T12:12:37.636-08:00Comments on best minimum wage job a middle aged guy ever had: The print version of Led to the Slaughter is gorgeous.Duncan McGearyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857388833850939721noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post-452019230577708602014-02-25T14:42:01.375-08:002014-02-25T14:42:01.375-08:00"Having the book exist in material form -- th..."Having the book exist in material form -- that means it is real to me."<br /><br />I know the feeling, Dunc. For 25 years I designed consumer audio electronics products. It's one thing to see the thing as drawings on vellum (early days), or later as renderings on a computer monitor. Quite another to pick up the actual piece and turn the knobs, flip the switches -- touch the thing, and hear it work. <br /><br /><br />"Like -- I wrote that? Wow. I wrote that..."<br /><br />Nice feeling. <br /><br />"I wanted to prove I could do it, and so I have."<br /><br />Well done, sir. Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033362800134963627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post-57512065851001939702014-02-25T13:18:00.163-08:002014-02-25T13:18:00.163-08:00I will be all over the print version like a hobo o...I will be all over the print version like a hobo on a ham sandwich. The tech version I am not sure. I would rather have a "nail biting page turner" than a "screen swiper".<br /><br />I am a dinosaur.Kevinnoreply@blogger.com