Please, PLEASE, just tell me a good story!
Read a book!
Some very good books are being written but sales are going down due to the fact that most people love to see a dull movie remake!
BTW, sales of books about magic and the occult are going upward. Maybe something is really wrong here.
PE
BTW, sales of books about magic and the occult are going upward. Maybe something is really wrong here.
PE
I'm ordering Stephen Hawking's new book, "The Grand Design". Can't wait to read about his "M-theory", with "11 space-time dimensions, vibrating strings, point particles, two-dimensional membranes, three-dimensional blobs, and other objects that are more difficult to picture and occupy even more dimensions of space."
Sounds pretty cool to me!
Hey, if one of them can show me how to conjure Kodachrome in a crockpot I'm interested! But it had better show me how to turn it into a finished slide...no scratches or funny color, either!
That's me..crackpot with a crockpot. But if it works I'll be rich, at least as rich as Kodak!
Oh.
Uhhmm....
Yeah, Kodak rich? Nowdays that is a real oxymoron or something!
PE
Don't the add dye and re-label the date "use by"?You cannot reuse or "rescue" outdated or surplus film or paper. It is essentially scrap. Look at it from the aspect of a butcher shop. What do they do with meats that have gone beyond the expiration date and are now bad?
PE
Don't the add dye and re-label the date "use by"?
Well, then, you're going to keel over in your chair when you read this!
http://gizmodo.com/5614433/this-is-the-first-imax-3d-porn-movie-yes-imax-3d-porn
Yes, folks! It's a porno movie in 3-D! IMAX 3-D, no less!
Bouncing boobs and male members, 20 feet tall and floating just inches in front of your face!
It's a must see!
If I'm not mistaken, IMAX 3D is a film process. :munch::munch::munch:
Add nitrates to the meat.
Kodak used to use nitrate. It had some problems.
"His M-theory"?
That has been the subject of many articles before Hawking and Ed Witten has been giving talks on 11 space for years.You don't read enough! PE
What? Gave them migraine headaches?
You cannot reuse or "rescue" outdated or surplus film or paper.
PE
Giveaway camera found readily for sale
By Terry Maurer, What's it worth
Merchandise giveaways have become pretty common in modern business. There are two-for-one specials at department stores and after-purchase rebates on everything from cell phones to wine.
Sometimes you can even get things free.
We may think of these marketing tactics as modern, but they're not.
In today's What's it Worth, a reader asks about her camera, part of one of the first huge promotions of this kind in 1930.
Q. My father gave me this camera a few months ago. He said on Kodak's 50th anniversary, the company gave a camera to 12-year-olds throughout the country and this is the camera they gave him. It appears to be in good shape. The shutter works well, but the viewing glass is cloudy. It has a gold seal on the side depicting Kodak's 50th anniversary. My father did not say much more about it. I don't know if it is worth much, but it is priceless to me.
-- Jane in Richland
A. Kodak is, of course, one of the most famous names in American business. Founded in the late 1800s by a buggy whip salesman and a bank clerk, the company's innovative products soon made it an international photography phenomenon. Producing cameras, film, accessories, lenses and just about anything you'd want or need to make pictures, Kodak had production plants all over the world. Each location made its own cameras for its own market, so collectors find all kinds of variations.
In 1930, Kodak celebrated 50 years in business in a big way. They decided to give a free camera to every 12-year-old in the United States and Canada. Kodak was going to give away 550,000 special cameras -- complete kits with box camera, film, instruction manual and a note from company leader George Eastman.
The widely advertised promotion that was featured in the company's magazine "Kodakery" and announced by first lady Grace Coolidge had two purposes. One was to celebrate the golden anniversary. The other was to get huge numbers of youngsters interested in photography. Kodak always believed they'd make much more money selling roll after roll of film than they would selling cameras.
All a family had to do to get their camera was stop in at a Kodak retailer and ask for one, demonstrating the child was or would be 12 years of age in 1930. The promotion started May 1 and it seems all the more than half-million cameras were gone within about a week.
The camera is a special edition of the "Rainbow Hawkeye" model, with that gold seal on the side. This was a stripped-down version, with one lens, using 120 film. In good condition, they still take pictures today and the film is readily available.
As a collectible, these are of interest to camera fans and there are lots of them for sale in shops and on the Internet. What's rare is that Jane doesn't seem to have the original box. The camera and the other giveaway parts were packaged in an Art Deco-design cardboard box that's seldom found today.
The camera itself ranges in price from $25 upwards and we have seen one offered by a Seattle camera shop for more than $100. Add about 50 percent to any price if the box is still there.
Q. I hope you can give me some information on a serving tray that has a glass top and print underneath. I haven't been able to find out about the print, which shows a family group in fancy dress in an outdoor setting. We think my mother bought the tray at a thrift shop in Winnemucca, Nev., years ago. Thanks.
-- Candyce in Dayton
A. We were able to examine this white tray in person and found the print to be just that, something produced on a printing press. It may have been cut to size to fit the oval opening in the matt. The gilded decoration is uneven and was applied by hand -- perhaps as a craft project.
The print is quite attractive but we don't know which original work of art is the basis for the scene. From the clothing, the family dates from the 1700s or early 1800s. But the tray itself was probably made in the 1920s or 1930s.
There'll be some interest in this, especially among those who like to decorate in the "shabby chic" style. The value isn't high -- in the $25 to $35 range.
Read more: http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2008/09/21/324341/giveaway-camera-found-readily.html#ixzz0ynGgTxEe
From June 25th WSG:
"In March, Kodak's movie-film business, which had remained relatively steady
even as camera film sales plunged, suffered a new blow when three big movie
theater chains secured financing to convert 14,000 movie screens to digital
projection by 2013. The funding is expected to accelerate the digital distribution
of movies, giving Kodak less time to adapt to the long-anticipated decline in its
film cash cow."
A. Perez, in an interview.
From June 25th WSG:
"In March, Kodak's movie-film business, which had remained relatively steady
even as camera film sales plunged, suffered a new blow when three big movie
theater chains secured financing to convert 14,000 movie screens to digital
projection by 2013. The funding is expected to accelerate the digital distribution
of movies, giving Kodak less time to adapt to the long-anticipated decline in its
film cash cow."
A. Perez, in an interview.
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