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Post by Ron Walker on Dec 8, 2022 12:40:24 GMT -7
All of these tend to fade out toward the end. Is that intentional.
Your 4 track tapes will never play more the two tracks at a time on a conventional player and then play two of the tracks backwards unless you reverse them in a computer and mix them in with the first two. But then they will probably not stay in sync as there is no physical alignment nor time code to keep them in sync.
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Post by scotttucker on Dec 11, 2022 8:58:48 GMT -7
Just listened to the episode about encyclopedias. We had a set of children's encyclopedias in the 1970s in the corner of the living room. I remember not being particularly interested in them as a child except from time to time we would fish out volume 13 just to have a look at the cover photo - it was a very mysterious picture. I think there was a planisphere tucked into the inside cover of another volume - they were really the only two things we would look at despite them being on the shelf for years. I can't help feeling it may have sown a seed.
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Post by scotttucker on Dec 11, 2022 9:19:31 GMT -7
Just noticed Sir Bernard Lovell was on the advisory board for this set.
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Post by Ron Walker on Dec 11, 2022 10:57:03 GMT -7
My uncle, who lived in the flat directly above us, had a set of Encyclopedia Britannica from the 50's (which I inherited so it must be around someplace) had a rather large article on the planetarium and as I remember a very nice full page of pictures of such. I need to put that on my search list to find. I know it was inspiration for many years as I would go upstairs to look something up for school and then often spend much to much time on that planetarium page rather then the one required for study. I also spent time on the "motion picture" section so all of my dream interests were satisfied.
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Post by Ron Walker on Dec 17, 2022 12:41:11 GMT -7
202-11 - ENCYCLOPEDIA PLANETARIA OBSCURA - ENTRY 3
Well worth the read (and yes, I said read which some might find strange for a podcast) Gare places the home planetarian into one of four boxes. It is interesting as well that we are all placed in a rather small space in the great time scale. There appears to be a great shifting when the shift from optical to digital took place. And yet, that doesn.t quite fit, does it. There are still a substantial number of optical/mechanical projectors doing their thing and with just a little maintenance will continue to do so for many years to come. But people want more (or perhaps want to do less) and are willing to replace computers and projectors on a regular basis and I thank them for it. Without this transition I would not have a planetarium as my poor efforts would not meet my minds eye needs. What I find interesting is that while perhaps a dozen of us have made it to an operational level, you would think there would be more (or perhaps replacements) for those of us who have gone before. But perhaps we are indeed a rare breed indeed. After all, before the HPA there were only a half dozen or so builders of home planetariums and there was no used market of commercial machines. HPA grew to about 23 people or so, some made or were on the process of making a projector, others, just joined the dream. OC held the banner for well over a decade and then this feeble try at resurrecting that board. Perhaps the golden age of the home planetarian has come and gone but I am honored to have been part of it.
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Post by mrgare5050 on Dec 18, 2022 3:21:44 GMT -7
I am honored to have been part of it.
Me too! In that I was trying to write in Asimov's style, with sweeping 'kingdom' references, which naturally overlapped with what came before and after I guess.
Interestingly, I finally figured out who this mysterious 'Male Muse' was in my story. None other than Moon Magic - was he not like a Muse to us all? A source of inspiration. Might as well have been 'Muse Magic' lol
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