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ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
ysabetwordsmith
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Community Building Tip: Outdoor Movies
For my current set of tips, I'm using the list " 101 Small Ways You Can Improve Your City. 79. Screen a movie outdoors. An impromptu movie…
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Photographs
I took some pictures of my yard today. Read about what makes a good wildlife yard and Fieldhaven as habitat. The larger brush pile is still…
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Birdfeeding
Today is partly sunny and delightfully mild. I fed the birds. I've seen a small flock of house finches and a few sparrows. I walked around the yard…
the opposite of the memex: the memory reducer!
April 5 2018, 09:47:35 UTC 3 years ago
That's why I no longer take photos at family events.
I want to be PART OF THE ACTION AND FUN,
not standing on the sidelines
lining up that "perfect shot" of OTHERS having fun.
The "MEMEX" (memory extension) was an early concept
for computers augmenting our memory.
This seems to prove the opposite.
Re: the opposite of the memex: the memory reducer!
April 5 2018, 09:52:26 UTC 3 years ago
I'm more persistent about tamping things into my memory, but then, I can clock an important event or a perfect day as it is happening. Apparently most people can't. That perfect day at the street fair last summer, I crammed for all it was worth, because I knew I'd be running it through my mental fingers for all eternity, especially in moments like trying to sabotage an enemy warship.
But the memory effect? My idea of a good memory dates back to memorizing 9-day-long ceremonies and all the stars in the sky. Modern memory is already a sieve.