This makes me nostalgically sad even though I haven't bought a print
edition in a long while. I had Byte, Maximum PC, PC Gamer and 2600 >subscriptions at one point and would randomly purchase Computer Shopper
(all 20 pounds of it) as needed before the advent of the intertubes.
I'll miss them but it's ultimately a good thing, though. What a long,
strange trip it's been :)
https://www.technologizer.com/2023/04/15/the-end-of-computer-magazines-in-america/
This makes me nostalgically sad even though I haven't bought a print
edition in a long while. I had Byte, Maximum PC, PC Gamer and 2600
This makes me nostalgically sad even though I haven't bought a print
edition in a long while. I had Byte, Maximum PC, PC Gamer and 2600 subscriptions at one point and would randomly purchase Computer Shopper
(all 20 pounds of it) as needed before the advent of the intertubes.
I'll miss them but it's ultimately a good thing, though. What a long,
strange trip it's been :)
https://www.technologizer.com/2023/04/15/the-end-of-computer-magazines-in-america/
This makes me nostalgically sad even though I haven't bought a print
edition in a long while. I had Byte, Maximum PC, PC Gamer and 2600 >subscriptions at one point and would randomly purchase Computer Shopper
(all 20 pounds of it) as needed before the advent of the intertubes.
I'll miss them but it's ultimately a good thing, though. What a long,
strange trip it's been :)
https://www.technologizer.com/2023/04/15/the-end-of-computer-magazines-in-america/
I gave up on my last print magazine subscription just about a year
ago. I still regret it to some degree. News read on dead trees felt
somehow more substantial than that on an ephemeral website. What you
read today would be there tomorrow, or in ten years; no worries about
a 404 or the page being edited after the fact to remove an embarassing
error.
The format also forced a certain necessary conciseness that articles
on websites sometimes lack*. You had to write an article that would
fit on one or two pages. The fixed layout of the page also helped
mitigate some of the worst excesses of the advertising; no flashing
adverts in the middle of the page distracting you from what you just
read; all the marketing was usually bumped to the side. It just felt
more... polite.
And thus, print had a feeling of authenticity and reliability that web articles lacked. Surely, my subconscious thought, any company willing
to put the time and effort into printing this story onto paper and
mailing it to me MUST have put the same amount of effort into
researching the story in a fair and unbiased way. Intellectually, I
knew this wasn't true; print journalists could be just as biased and inaccurate as most web-based stories... but still, they benefited from
that assumption.
Nonetheless, despite all these advantages, even I eventually gave up
on hard-copy media. Partly because of its inconvenience, because it
was always dated by the time I got it, or because of its price... but
mostly because I was just reading so much on the web already, that I
never got around to the print versions. Who has time for a magazine
when I have fifty websites to scan?
I'll miss the passing of computer magazines, but even I have to admit,
their time has come and gone.
* yes, I see the irony of my complaining about people not getting to
the point on the internet
This makes me nostalgically sad even though I haven't bought a print
edition in a long while. I had Byte, Maximum PC, PC Gamer and 2600 >subscriptions at one point and would randomly purchase Computer Shopper
(all 20 pounds of it) as needed before the advent of the intertubes.
I'll miss them but it's ultimately a good thing, though. What a long,
strange trip it's been :)
https://www.technologizer.com/2023/04/15/the-end-of-computer-magazines-in-america/
I used to get free Entertainment Weekly magazines, but they stopped last
year or so. :(
On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 00:07:13 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
I used to get free Entertainment Weekly magazines, but they stopped last >year or so. :(
I used to get this one for free as well. I had airline mile reward
points to piss away or something like that and I used them for this
magazine for several years. I am not surprised that they are gone.
On Wed, 26 Apr 2023 13:38:08 -0400, Metal Guru <MetalGuru@IsItYou.com>
wrote:
This makes me nostalgically sad even though I haven't bought a print >edition in a long while. I had Byte, Maximum PC, PC Gamer and 2600 >subscriptions at one point and would randomly purchase Computer Shopper >(all 20 pounds of it) as needed before the advent of the intertubes.
I'll miss them but it's ultimately a good thing, though. What a long, >strange trip it's been :)
https://www.technologizer.com/2023/04/15/the-end-of-computer-magazines-in-america/
*--
Maximum PC is now going to digital only. Gone are my abilities to
bookmark and highlight and tear out pages that I am interested in.
I am going to cancel my subscription. There is nothing like holding a
book, magazine, or newspaper in my hands.
And the wear and tear on my eyes and neck reading something in a web
browser.
Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 00:07:13 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
I used to get free Entertainment Weekly magazines, but they stopped last
year or so. :(
I used to get this one for free as well. I had airline mile reward
points to piss away or something like that and I used them for this
magazine for several years. I am not surprised that they are gone.
United? :) EW does this weird weekly special collection digital
subscription:
https://www.magazines.com/entertainment-weekly-magazine.html. They said
those with old subscription would get People magazines. I never got
them! :(
On Fri, 28 Apr 2023 00:20:15 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 00:07:13 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
I used to get free Entertainment Weekly magazines, but they stopped last >> >year or so. :(
I used to get this one for free as well. I had airline mile reward
points to piss away or something like that and I used them for this
magazine for several years. I am not surprised that they are gone.
United? :) EW does this weird weekly special collection digital >subscription:
https://www.magazines.com/entertainment-weekly-magazine.html. They said >those with old subscription would get People magazines. I never got
them! :(
American Airlines.
Does AA still offer free magazine subscriptions? United's sucks now as shown in https://magazinerewards.mileageplus.com/. :(
On Sun, 30 Apr 2023 02:30:39 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
Does AA still offer free magazine subscriptions? United's sucks now as shown in https://magazinerewards.mileageplus.com/. :(
Sorry Ant, I do not fly anymore and have not for some time. I have no
idea.
This makes me nostalgically sad even though I haven't bought a print
edition in a long while. I had Byte, Maximum PC, PC Gamer and 2600 subscriptions at one point and would randomly purchase Computer Shopper
(all 20 pounds of it) as needed before the advent of the intertubes.
I'll miss them but it's ultimately a good thing, though. What a long,
strange trip it's been :)
https://www.technologizer.com/2023/04/15/the-end-of-computer-magazines-in-america/
Sorry Ant, I do not fly anymore and have not for some time. I have no
idea.
Ah, I don't fly (haven't flown since summer of 1993) but others do. ;)
Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
Sorry Ant, I do not fly anymore and have not for some time. I have no
idea.
Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
Ah, I don't fly (haven't flown since summer of 1993) but others do. ;)
I haven't flown in a plane since I was a baby. Does that mean I win?
I haven't flown in a plane since I was a baby. Does that mean I win?
I haven't flown in a plane since I was a baby. Does that mean I win?
Wow. How come?
Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
Wow. How come?
Don't like to travel. It never seemed worth spending all that money on.
If I could magically teleport to Paris or Tokyo that would be cool,
but not if it cost thousands of dollars and two days of my vacation
would be wasted just going there and coming back.
Also I haven't been able to get a passport until recently. I think now
I have all the necessary ID I need to get the ID I need to get a passport
but until I do I can't even visit the US.
Same here! I don't even like going out much! I was forced to travel
with my folks when I was younger, but I disliked it. I do wished we had >t(ele/rans)porters and portals. I hate long commutes. Also, I have
health issues when I use the bath and rest rooms a lot. :(
Where are you?
Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
Same here! I don't even like going out much! I was forced to travel
with my folks when I was younger, but I disliked it. I do wished we had >t(ele/rans)porters and portals. I hate long commutes. Also, I have
health issues when I use the bath and rest rooms a lot. :(
The worst for me as a kid was a two week trip through Western Canada. Basically 7 days driving west from Toronto, and 7 days drving back.
Where are you?
I live in Canada. I've only been to the US once as an adult, back in
1994 for a conference in Boston, but I didn't even need to show ID,
let alone have a passport.
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