Month: July 2008

a vacation…. bloody Nora we needed one, what with leaving the country, and all that entailed, and buying a house we decided to take a vacation (note it’s not even a holiday anymore)
Well after an evening getting all excited over Mexico, Grand Cayman and the Car-RIB-eean, even Disney, we settled on Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for our anniversary vacation.
We’ve never been to a family resort destination in high season, but after the initial culture shock I think we would do it again. No fine dining, or high culture, but plenty to keep us occupied, straight out onto the beach and indoor and outdoor pools- lazy rivers are all the rage it seems, but with temperatures and humidity both through the roof you can see why sitting in a rubber ring and just floating around to cool off is such a hit.

As I write a storm is outside and everyone waits for it to get rid of the humidity and make things a bit more bearable, we’re getting ready to go try something called Magiquest

In Borders (the book shop) I noticed that they had one of those central stands full of Vinyl records. There was an odd selection, I can remember seeing the new Radiohead album (or was it Coldplay, I can never really remember which is which) and bizarrely the ‘Violator’ by Depeche Mode. Anyhow I realised what a genius idea it is for record companies start pushing vinyl records.

• It’s easy to convince customers via nostalgia that vinyl sounds better than CD, and so they should pay a premium price.(*)
• It’s a real pain in the arse to copy a vinyl record and share it with your friends.

(*)The records were prices at around $24 whilst CD’s are more like $15. In terms of fidelity, I think that a properly setup vinyl HiFi probably is superior to CD, but for the layman I still reckon CD’s are easier to get a decent sound from.