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Sue Anderson wrote: July 21st, 2021, 1:56 pm I particularly enjoyed your choice of subject, as the small Midwestern town where I live had a medical college back in the 1840s. The building is still standing; it's now a pub, and it is one of the "highlights" of walking tours of the town, due to a notorious body snatching incident in 1849 involving a bride-to-be from a neighboring town. A mob, a riot, a gunfight; the body lost, a spiritual-medium consulted; the body found, etc. All this related to tourists standing on a street corner outside the present-day pub (probably good for business?) https://www.stcmuseum.org/blog/2020/4/18/grave-robbing-gunfights-and-sances-the-story-of-the-richards-riot-of-1849
That's a great story! I enjoyed the "Old Cunny" article because it kept reminding me of one of my favorite movies, "Weekend at Bernie's."
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Sue Anderson wrote: July 21st, 2021, 4:45 am
randyj wrote: July 20th, 2021, 5:47 pm
Sue Anderson wrote: July 7th, 2021, 5:40 pm

Hi Randy, "The Machine That Thinks" is an excellent choice to read for the Short Nonfiction Collection! :D https://www.gutenberg.org/files/11368/11368-h/11368-h.htm#A_MACHINE_THAT_THINKS

From the pictures accompanying that chapter, the machine in question looks like a version of the linotype--fascinating to watch in action!
We look forward to hearing your selection when it's recorded!
The Machine That Thinks from "Stories Of Inventors"
Russell Doubleday
https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf084_storiesinventors_doubleday_jr_128kb.mp3
source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11368
nine minutes

--randyj
Hi Randy, Thanks for this essay on the evolution of typesetting! :D Interesting that the machine used a perforated paper strip to convey the text; I couldn't help but think of the old IBM computer cards when I heard that.

You read flawlessly to the point just above the picture labeled "Where the Brains are Located." However, there's one last bit below the picture, which I would appreciate your adding onto your recording. What's said there is: "Though a machine has been invented that will put an author's words into type, no mechanism has yet been invented that will do away with type altogether. It is one of the problems still to be solved." Of course, the problem has been now been "solved" by U-Tube and other video media. Yesterday, I was reading that "in-the-know" young people now post video resumes on TikTok, because recruiters don't pay attention to paper anymore... https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/19/technology/tiktok-resumes-jobs.html
I failed to include that last sentence because the text version of that chapter did not include it. I downloaded the epub version and found it. Here is the link to the corrected version:

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf084_storiesinventors_doubleday_jr_128kb.mp3

--randyj
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randyj wrote: July 21st, 2021, 5:56 pm
Sue Anderson wrote: July 21st, 2021, 4:45 am
randyj wrote: July 20th, 2021, 5:47 pm

The Machine That Thinks from "Stories Of Inventors"
Russell Doubleday
https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf084_storiesinventors_doubleday_jr_128kb.mp3
source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11368
nine minutes

--randyj
Hi Randy, Thanks for this essay on the evolution of typesetting! :D Interesting that the machine used a perforated paper strip to convey the text; I couldn't help but think of the old IBM computer cards when I heard that.

You read flawlessly to the point just above the picture labeled "Where the Brains are Located." However, there's one last bit below the picture, which I would appreciate your adding onto your recording. What's said there is: "Though a machine has been invented that will put an author's words into type, no mechanism has yet been invented that will do away with type altogether. It is one of the problems still to be solved." Of course, the problem has been now been "solved" by U-Tube and other video media. Yesterday, I was reading that "in-the-know" young people now post video resumes on TikTok, because recruiters don't pay attention to paper anymore... https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/19/technology/tiktok-resumes-jobs.html
I failed to include that last sentence because the text version of that chapter did not include it. I downloaded the epub version and found it. Here is the link to the corrected version:

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf084_storiesinventors_doubleday_jr_128kb.mp3

--randyj
I just discovered that I somehow cut off part of the intro in the above version of the file. I will fix it and submit it this evening.

--randyj
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randyj wrote: July 21st, 2021, 5:59 pm
randyj wrote: July 21st, 2021, 5:56 pm
Sue Anderson wrote: July 21st, 2021, 4:45 am
Hi Randy, Thanks for this essay on the evolution of typesetting! :D Interesting that the machine used a perforated paper strip to convey the text; I couldn't help but think of the old IBM computer cards when I heard that.

You read flawlessly to the point just above the picture labeled "Where the Brains are Located." However, there's one last bit below the picture, which I would appreciate your adding onto your recording. What's said there is: "Though a machine has been invented that will put an author's words into type, no mechanism has yet been invented that will do away with type altogether. It is one of the problems still to be solved." Of course, the problem has been now been "solved" by U-Tube and other video media. Yesterday, I was reading that "in-the-know" young people now post video resumes on TikTok, because recruiters don't pay attention to paper anymore... https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/19/technology/tiktok-resumes-jobs.html
I failed to include that last sentence because the text version of that chapter did not include it. I downloaded the epub version and found it. Here is the link to the corrected version:

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf084_storiesinventors_doubleday_jr_128kb.mp3

--randyj
I just discovered that I somehow cut off part of the intro in the above version of the file. I will fix it and submit it this evening.

--randyj
Here at last is the correct corrected version of my recording: https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf084_storiesinventors_doubleday_jr_128kb.mp3

--randyj
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Thanks for the fix, Randy! PL OK now. :)
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Hi RLohner, Thank you for your contribution to vol. 084! :D Your expressive reading of this correspondence between Hamilton and Burr admirably conveys the tension building between these two men.

There is only one place where I am going to ask for an edit, and that it at 6:24, where you forgot to introduce the writer and receiver of the letter of June 26, 1804, The Wikipedia text says: "VanNess to Pendleton, June 26, 1804." Once you fix this, I'll mark your selection PL OK.

Since you have an ongoing interest in Hamilton, indicated by your reading of The Reynolds Pamphlet for vol. 081, I'm going to say something about Hamilton sources. Wikisource is not a very reliable source. The letters you read from Wikisource come originally from an 1899 pamphlet transcribed for Wikisource, which has not yet, according to Wikisource, been proofread: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:The_Burr-Hamilton_duel_with_correspondence.djvu.

A photocopy of the original pamphlet is available on archive.org. https://archive.org/details/burrhamiltonduel00gayl/page/n4/mode/1up. I compared the two and discovered many misprints in Wikisource. Words were added and/or changed. For instance: Pamphlet text: "Or how should I annex any precise idea to language so indifferent" Wiki: "language so vague." Pamphlet text: "...as the calumny has now first been disclosed..." Wiki: "as the calumny has now just been disclosed..." Your reading was, therefore, a word-perfect reading of an unperfect text...

I'm going to suggest a site you might want to explore for future research. Hamilton's original letters are available to read on-line from the U.S. National Archives Founders Online project: https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-26-02-0001-0207. The original letters you find on this site are in the public domain, although, please be aware that annotations and any other modern editorial content are not.

Again, that you for contributing to vol. 084!
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Here's something to fill that last spot in the MW :) The Encyclopedia Britannica entry for Danzig (today's Gdańsk)
https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf084_danzig_encyclopediabritannica_pn81.mp3 duration 7:01

Some of the sights mentioned in the entry:
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brama_Wy%C5%BCynna_w_Gda%C5%84sku Hohes Tor (Brama Wyżynna)
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brama_Z%C5%82ota_w_Gda%C5%84sku Langgaser Tor (Brama Złota)
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dw%C3%B3r_Artusa_w_Gda%C5%84sku Artushof (Dwór Artusa)
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Piotrek81 wrote: July 24th, 2021, 10:23 am Here's something to fill that last spot in the MW :) The Encyclopedia Britannica entry for Danzig (today's Gdańsk)
https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf084_danzig_encyclopediabritannica_pn81.mp3 duration 7:01

Some of the sights mentioned in the entry:
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brama_Wy%C5%BCynna_w_Gda%C5%84sku Hohes Tor (Brama Wyżynna)
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brama_Z%C5%82ota_w_Gda%C5%84sku Langgaser Tor (Brama Złota)
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dw%C3%B3r_Artusa_w_Gda%C5%84sku Artushof (Dwór Artusa)
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/38799/38799-h/38799-h.htm#ar122

Hi Piotrek81, Thanks for filling the last slot in vol. 084 with this descriptive essay about Danzig's history and architecture! :D I really appreciated the links to the photos of the historic buildings in Danzig!

There are just a couple of spots in the reading that need an edit.

In the 2nd paragraph, at 2:26, the text says: "...the Hohe Tor is a remarkable monumental erection of the 16th century." You said "18th century."

In the paragraph labeled "History," at 5:49, the text says "Although nominally subject to Poland...it enjoyed the rights of a free city..." What I thought I heard was "it enjoys the rights" (present tense).
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Fixed and re-uploaded.
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Thanks, Piotrek81, PL OK! :)
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Volume 084 is now full! Vol. 085 will be open soon. I'll announce the opening here, or keep an eye out for it in the Readers Wanted: Short Works (Poetry & Prose) thread.
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Hi Sue:

This is actually for the next collection (85) -- but depending on your state of mind, could be used in this one to finish it off for publication.

The Borgias
By Frederick Robert Buckley
From Adventure, June 30, 1925
Read by Dale Grothmann
Time 4:36

Audio at:
https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf085_borgias_buckley_dg_128kb.mp3

Text at:
https://archive.org/details/AdventureV053N0319250630/page/n91/mode/2up

Frederick Buckley is an interesting guy -- But I don't see any of his work in Librivox...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Robert_Buckley

Anyway, Thank you for your time in putting these collections together,
Dale
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Post by Sue Anderson »

Hi Everyone,
Volume 085 is now open! viewtopic.php?f=19&t=88438 :clap:

Thank you to everyone who contributed to volume 084! :D
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