//photo by me//

Rebecca from Baby Sloth wrote a very endearing review about my husband's book, Quiet,Please.
It has a spoiler, but it has the best spoiler of the book, in my opinion <3
I can relate to Rebecca because her husband is a writer also!
Thank you, Rebecca!

If you are not familiar with Scott, he is a writer for McSweeney's (Dave Eggers as the genius behind it) and an advocate for the library community and the future of libraries. A book on libraries sounds so boring to some people, but it is funny, and warm, just like him.

His McSweeney's work is here, and check out his blog here.
You may purchase his book here.

Hosted by Flickr, this week is 'Roid Week!

Remember how I mentioned I have a few projects I'm simmering in? In honor of Polaroid Week, I am introducing a series called "My Analog Dilemma". I love all things lo-fi, and as much as I favor myself a gadget girl and my career eats, sleeps and breathe in new technology, I miss the days of analog, simplicity, and how archaic technology was. From photography to computers (do you remember Oregon Trail?), the antiqueted days were congested with the best we took for granted, such as Polaroid cameras, record players, and typewriters. I'm an 80's baby, (born '81!) and I believe technology was at its prime growing up. As barefaced as technology is so much better now, I miss the classics.

Since I have already posted about my love/hate for Poladroid to replace Polaroid here I am starting off with some of my favorite 'roids!

//i think you will like what i got at the mj store. i am going back tuesday to pick it up!//

//do you know how difficult it is to bring a polaroid into a bubble bath?//

These are photos from my One600 camera. I'll be posting more this week from this camera and my iZones (remember those??), and my spectra!

When I discovered Poladroid, I was insulted. The idea that the last of my nostalgic moments were dying off to a digital age was absurd. I have had a love affair with Polaroids since childhood. Then I saw this. Of course, wondering what will happen when I run low on film, the idea of paying $20 for a case of film was enough to put a dent in my husband's pocketbook. If people were paying this much for expired film, then I knew the Poladroid website would not seem so bad after all. Thankfully, for my wedding registry, I received about 80 packs of film to last me, but I am being careful with how they are used.

The demise of the company really hit home. The idea of "instant" technology for film has gone digital and the company lost sales with pricey film. As much as I love 120 analog, this film makes photographs worth the bulkiness to carry around.

I finally gave in and decided to try it. I will admit, as apathetic and almost spiteful as I was to the site, it was easy to use. I would still recommend the orignal camera, but keep in mind, this is a substitute.

If you have never had the opportunity to use a Polaroid camera, you are missing out on of the most magical inventions of our time. However, Poladroid is a next step up if you don't want to mess with analog film. The system was easy to install, although I did use it on a PC, not the Mac. You easily drag and drop the photo to what looks like an actual Polaroid camera on your desktop. I love how it actually makes the developing noise, just like a real Polaroid camera, the system tells you after ten photos "developed" that you have run out of "film" and you must close and re-open the software, aka, "camera".

Here are some samples of the real photo, and what Poladroid does to it.

I recommend Poladroid for fun. It will never replace the magic Polaroid has given us, but until we can afford $70 for a pack of 600Film, this will do.

BTW,
This is what a real Polaroid looks like!
Long live Polaroid.

//photo by me//