Slog - Comments on Ejected http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected Joining Woolworths and HMV, England's biggest electronics retailer, Curry's, will no longer sell cassettes. And as this wisftul article in the Sun reports: And beware, here are other devices we reckon could be on the way out next: Answering machines Fax machines Portable CD players Watches Watches? Watches?? Aw shit, Jonah you were right.... Copyright 2008 Wed, 09 May 2007 06:58:42 -0800 Sat, 19 May 2007 02:17:15 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Boomer in NYC I think CD players are already headed toward extinction--and not just the portable kind.

]]> Boomer in NYC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710645 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710645 Life Wed, 09 May 2007 07:05:24 -0800 Comment by stacy nurses will keep watches alive.

]]> stacy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710648 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710648 Life Wed, 09 May 2007 07:11:30 -0800 Comment by konstantConsumer watches probably won't be used as a functional item anymore, but more of a status symbol.

]]> konstantConsumer http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710649 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710649 Life Wed, 09 May 2007 07:15:38 -0800 Comment by Gloria Watches, not any time soon ... like konstantConsumer said, they'll evolve into status symbols, or fashion items. Evidence: recent proliferation of super geeky but stylish watches that often make telling time harder. See Tokyowatch.

]]> Gloria http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710651 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710651 Life Wed, 09 May 2007 07:21:22 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Watches can be sexy.

CD players...not so much.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710656 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710656 Life Wed, 09 May 2007 07:55:39 -0800 Comment by um i can't believe any place still sells cds, let alone tapes.

]]> um http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710659 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710659 Life Wed, 09 May 2007 07:58:27 -0800 Comment by elswinger What #3 said. A friend of mine teaches watch repair at North Seattle Community college and it's a very hard program to graduate from (it's funded by Rolex). His wife works at Fox's Jewlers and watched make up a lot of their sales.

I look forward to the end of fax machines. A pdf file by email is so much easier and it's a lot less noisy.

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710661 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710661 Life Wed, 09 May 2007 08:06:35 -0800 Comment by Josh Feit I read it on a Sassy magazine page/ if you make a girl a mix-up tape/ she will know you dig her/ she will know/ you're in love with her

]]> Josh Feit http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710663 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710663 Life Wed, 09 May 2007 08:10:29 -0800 Comment by Levislade Having just finished reading Love Is a Mixtape, this makes me a little sad. Of course, I haven't made a proper mixtape myself in years.

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710686 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710686 Life Wed, 09 May 2007 08:40:37 -0800 Comment by SDA in SEA Fuck, I feel old all of a sudden. I still use all that stuff.

Cassettes I can live without. I can see the end of Fax and answering machines. But watches? No way! The only way you're getting my watch is to pull it from my cold dead wrist!

]]> SDA in SEA http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710693 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710693 Life Wed, 09 May 2007 08:44:56 -0800 Comment by Garrett @7 -12 houses down the block during my pre-teens, a watch-repairer lived. the neighborhood was geriatric, and i would guess the house today might sell for 75k? after mowing his lawn, i'd go in and "watch";) him work. very nice man.

i'm at times relieved to get the fax noise blip zzziiiiing chuuhhhhh when i dial a number. often more interesting than what the person/recording would have had to say, or to put it more plainly, "i will now pass the buck, thank, have niceday!-zzzz

pdf's? i don't know, i've got no Microsoft suite. And because they were loading us up with the necessary ADVICE for MARKETING ourselves, must get that this thut thoot, i went out and bought a cheap scanner 2 years ago. Works begrudingly, bugs, difficult drivers, blinks for no reason, annoying options that probably don't touvchch the overload of other more 'reliable' brands. -
(I'll Post Drawings and Paintings soon on Vox)
So my resume has been scanned from hard copy into pdf. Not many employers accept or are seemingly happy with that. often i get not even a "your resume has been received"

and good riddance to cassettes. i can barely control myself at 2nd time around, half-price books and everyday music. maybe i'll scan those and post 'em on Vox for an eBid type of thing. most interesting comment gets a copy of - yeasterday's filler $2.49! Ripoff!
Midnight in Moscow choral
Glen Campbell greatest
Monster rem
Amplified Heart was already given to the street singer/guitarist I accompany for hours at a time

still, Wordpad is my fave for journal writing. does anyone need my iPode? -1200 twee songs, TIG holding case.


]]> Garrett http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710719 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710719 Life Wed, 09 May 2007 09:02:49 -0800 Comment by COMTE Watches have become almost as multi-functional as PDA's in the last five or six years, particularly at the low-mid price range, so I don't necessarily see them going completely the way of the 8-track player anytime soon. On the other hand, practically every portable electronic device we carry around these days has some sort of time-keeping function, so I can certainly see them disappearing on the low-end market. For example, do people even buy Swatches anymore?

But, yeah as a status symbol, I don't think Rolex or Olympus has anything to worry about; filthy-rich or filthy-rich-wannabee guys are still going to shell out big $$ for expensive self-winding, eighteen jewel, quartz action, Swiss made wrist watches simply to show people that they can. Meanwhile, I imagine techno-geeks will continue to purchase cheaper, but multi-function watches for all the gizmos they contain.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710732 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710732 Life Wed, 09 May 2007 09:10:59 -0800 Comment by Petrelli Oh, sure watch repairmen may SEEM nice - until they slice open your skull like a ripe cantaloupe and steal your super powers...

]]> Petrelli http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710733 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710733 Life Wed, 09 May 2007 09:13:37 -0800 Comment by Stephanie Oh, #13 you made me spit coffee on my computer...

]]> Stephanie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710750 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710750 Life Wed, 09 May 2007 09:22:22 -0800 Comment by Garrett 13, true. he wasn't near as nice as his neighbors (one of the younger couples in the hood, and future head of ASU guitar dept). First bass lessons - follow tabs to "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" "Theme to Hill St. Blues"- he even did his best at transcribing Ritchie's bass solo in V Femmes "please don't Go".

]]> Garrett http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710764 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710764 Life Wed, 09 May 2007 09:29:41 -0800 Comment by matthew fisher wilder Judging from the kids I see on the buses, Portable CD players are not going away anytime soon, and neither are CDs.

]]> matthew fisher wilder http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710767 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710767 Life Wed, 09 May 2007 09:30:14 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Um, none of these things are going away, they're just going away from the biggest High Street retailers in Britain. There's a difference. I guarantee you will be able to buy both a watch and a new blank cassette somewhere in 25 years. Technology takes a long time to die. The last maker of 126 Instamatic film cartridges just announced they're stopping, but you can still buy them. Dare I mention vinyl records?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710774 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710774 Life Wed, 09 May 2007 09:35:35 -0800 Comment by PA Native There are still Woolworth's around?

]]> PA Native http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710787 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710787 Life Wed, 09 May 2007 09:48:39 -0800 Comment by PA Native There are still Woolworth's around?

]]> PA Native http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710790 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710790 Life Wed, 09 May 2007 09:49:10 -0800 Comment by come again
uh, name me a band that doesn't produce a cd when they have the music together to warrant putting one out,,, ok, forget that last part.

]]> come again http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710811 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710811 Life Wed, 09 May 2007 10:17:14 -0800 Comment by Garrett i play in a jazzband up in Shoreline, but we've never gigged out, some recordings on cassette. we're called the Antibodies- (at least that's what I put on the flyer for one of our BBQ jamsessions about 6 years ago) The sax player, drummer, rhythm guitarist and me on bass were/are all Puget Sound Blood Center employees.

]]> Garrett http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710822 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710822 Life Wed, 09 May 2007 10:37:11 -0800 Comment by elswinger #16 I see a lot of poor people riding the bus with portable CD players (I even see the occasional Walkman).

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710855 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710855 Life Wed, 09 May 2007 10:59:45 -0800 Comment by Gomez Someone was still selling cassettes?

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710886 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710886 Life Wed, 09 May 2007 11:24:58 -0800 Comment by Yakima 16 and @22
I see a lot of poor children occasionally walking without shoes and humming to themselves.

]]> Yakima http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710887 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710887 Life Wed, 09 May 2007 11:26:41 -0800 Comment by maxsolomon CDs offer better quality sound than mp3s. significantly. so does vinyl.

they're not going away at MY audiophile household. neither are turntables.

and my cassette deck still works.

fuck all y'all.

]]> maxsolomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710892 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710892 Life Wed, 09 May 2007 11:29:46 -0800 Comment by Sid Vicious My mixtapes smoke the living you-know-what out of your MP3 players set to random.

And yeah, chicks dig ‘em.

]]> Sid Vicious http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710920 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c710920 Life Wed, 09 May 2007 11:49:03 -0800 Comment by Grant Cogswell But please, PLEASE get rid of the fax machine.

]]> Grant Cogswell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c711022 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c711022 Life Wed, 09 May 2007 13:32:59 -0800 Comment by K Answering machines and fax machines I could see. Then again, knowing telephone companies, I could see answering machines coming back as customers avoid having their private messages stored on telephone company servers.

Portable CD players won't go away until CD's do. Watches won't really go away, but will probably morph into wrist-cellphones.

]]> K http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c711032 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/ejected#c711032 Life Wed, 09 May 2007 13:46:22 -0800 Comment by Bill MSN I NIIPET
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