Some Fivers

[ornoth]

Every so often you have to do the Friday Five. Or two, since there’s two of them going now…

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What is the oldest object in the room with you?

Probably an early Waltham 8-day deck watch / marine chronometer, in its original gimabelled mahogany case. It was probably manufactured around 1920, and came to me via my father, who was in the jewellery business back about 45 years ago. It’s probably work around three grand.
 

What is the newest?

A CD-ROM backup of DargonZine’s Web site that I cut this afternoon in preparation to move the site to a new ISP.
 

What is your favorite object in the room with you?

Hands down: the Puggle.
 

What is the most valuable object?

In terms of dollars? Probably that chronometer.
 

What is the ugliest object?

An early art project of mine which shows a scientist standing next to a large telescope that reveals a pair of woman’s lips.

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What's your favorite radio station?

Hmmm. I haven’t listened to radio in a long time. I used to listen to Indiana Pacers games on WIBC, until the NBA shut them down. Recently, my employer gave us Sirius Satellite Radios as a gift, and I’m still exploring the available channels. I most frequently listen to the classical “Symphony Hall” channel, and certain NBA games, but you might catch me listening to a reggae, 60s, 70s, 80s, or techno channel. Back in the day, I used to listen to Emerson’s WERS, BC’s WZBC, and Brown’s WBRU (not WBUR).
 

How would you describe the format?

Huh? Hard drives have formats; radio stations either play music, talk, or commercials.
 

Do you think satellite radio will become commonplace, like subscribing to cable TV?

Interesting question, since I’ve just been given one! It certainly could, if it doesn’t suffer from the same inanity that cable television has become. But as I see it, the real problem is that unlike cable television, on satellite radio the same company that bills you is the same one that produces the content, which is highly monopolistic. I’d rather have the delivery company be independent of the content producers.
 

Have you thought about buying a satellite radio subscription?

No. I got one, even though I really wasn’t interested in it. Despite that, so far it’s been tolerable.
 

When is the last time you said goodbye?

Leaving work.