Lookie What I Found
For those who have internet savvy, this is old hat. For those who have been sharing and swapping music for years, you will think I am a fossil. I have started loading my CD’s on my home computer and letting them play while I play Civ. Some CD’s I am selective on what I load because there are only a few songs I like. Others, (the majority) I enjoy the “album” experience.
In the age where you can buy your music over your cell phone, I am just starting my trek down the digital pathway. I knew I had an understanding of the process when my oldest daughter asked me to burn a CD for the bus ride to her scrimmage on Saturday. I asked her what she wanted and clicked the song, loaded the blank into the record drive and viola, a CD is born.
Now I listen to “my” music when I play Civ which is short for Civilization. It is a computer based turns game where you take a civilization from cradle to the stars or world domination.
It normally takes about 36 hours to complete a game which in reality could be a month of playing. Sid Meier created the game in the mid-90’s and a friend of mine from high school turned me on to it. I started playing with a pirated version of the original and have moved onto Civ IV (Civ 4). I am not overly thrilled with the last version and am still playing Civ III most of the time. I will eventually get to version four but have run into interference from my children. There seems to be a competition for the computer with one child playing Runescape on-line and the others playing SIMS.
Anyway, I am slowly working my way through my CD collection to get what I want on the computer. Once I get my music on the computer, I will probably start buying what I want but don’t have from the on line catalogs. Hopefully by the time I retire, (hopefully another 15 or so years) I will have the music I enjoy available any time I want it. You have got to love technology.
I remember when my 9th grade English teacher rolled a huge VCR into her classroom so we could watch some educational program. I don’t think that video stores had come into existence yet. Now we are watching the death of that format and the birth of streaming digital.
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Cobb
In the age where you can buy your music over your cell phone, I am just starting my trek down the digital pathway. I knew I had an understanding of the process when my oldest daughter asked me to burn a CD for the bus ride to her scrimmage on Saturday. I asked her what she wanted and clicked the song, loaded the blank into the record drive and viola, a CD is born.
Now I listen to “my” music when I play Civ which is short for Civilization. It is a computer based turns game where you take a civilization from cradle to the stars or world domination.
It normally takes about 36 hours to complete a game which in reality could be a month of playing. Sid Meier created the game in the mid-90’s and a friend of mine from high school turned me on to it. I started playing with a pirated version of the original and have moved onto Civ IV (Civ 4). I am not overly thrilled with the last version and am still playing Civ III most of the time. I will eventually get to version four but have run into interference from my children. There seems to be a competition for the computer with one child playing Runescape on-line and the others playing SIMS.Anyway, I am slowly working my way through my CD collection to get what I want on the computer. Once I get my music on the computer, I will probably start buying what I want but don’t have from the on line catalogs. Hopefully by the time I retire, (hopefully another 15 or so years) I will have the music I enjoy available any time I want it. You have got to love technology.
I remember when my 9th grade English teacher rolled a huge VCR into her classroom so we could watch some educational program. I don’t think that video stores had come into existence yet. Now we are watching the death of that format and the birth of streaming digital.
Icool
Cobb
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