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diff --git a/content-org/blog.org b/content-org/blog.org index 868f7ba..57fdbfc 100644 --- a/content-org/blog.org +++ b/content-org/blog.org @@ -7,45 +7,61 @@ #+HUGO_WEIGHT: auto #+HUGO_SECTION: blog -* 2024 [31/31] :@blog: +* 2024 [32/32] :@blog: :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_HUGO_SECTION: blog/2024 :END: -** TODO Libraries +** DONE Libraries +CLOSED: [2024-05-21 Tue 21:50] +:PROPERTIES: +:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: libraries +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER: :abstract The coolest places out there +:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-c +:END: -You make have noticed that I've added quite a lot of media reviews recently under the name of "brain rots". +You may have noticed that I've added quite a lot of media reviews recently under the name of "brain rots". Yup, I've returned to watching and reading fiction. -But since space if not made of gum and book publishers are at war with the remaninig shelve space, buying is not an option. +But since space if not made of gum and book publishers are [[/blog/2024/book-size/][at war]] with the remaining shelf space I've still got, buying is not an option. This led me back to an old friend of mine - library. There's so much /magic/ involved in renting a book! -It is fasionable to have house stuffed with art. +It is fashionable to have house stuffed with art. I fully get it - the only reason I have not bought many more bookcases is my wife. -I'd overflow the apartament with books, music and games. +I'd overflow the apartment with books, music and old games. But I would not read all of that. -I am software enginer and it allows me for a comfortable life. -Buying /full/ set of Discworld is not out the question. -I won't have time and before finishing them I'd buy something else. +I am software engineer, and it allows me for a comfortable life. +Buying /full/ set of /Discworld/ is not out the question. +I won't have time to enjoy them, and before finishing I'd buy something else. -In the same time library book have seen a lot. -They were touched by a lot of greesy fingers, seen a lot of toilets. +In the same time library books have seen a lot. +They were touched by a lot of greasy fingers, seen a lot of toilets. Just look at those two. -The are still fully usable. +Both are still fully usable, despite the tired look. +#+attr_shortcode: "lib1.JPEG" +#+begin_img-c +Lady of the Lake and The Heaven Makers. +I hate such oversized reissues as we have here, with Witcher. +#+end_img-c -There is something beautiful that I am just another person who can ejoy them. -It has a calming effect on me, which I desperatrly need. +#+attr_shortcode: "lib2.JPEG" +#+begin_img-c +They have seen better days +#+end_img-c + +There is something beautiful that I am only just another person who can enjoy them. +It has a calming effect on me, which I desperately need. -Now, I use a very small filia of Krakow Library. -I am mostly intersted in SciFi[fn:sf] and the selection of "fantasy and scifi" is /very/ small. -We've got some of the great, but the likes of Dune or Hyperion are missing. -When I open online booktore, the selection is overhelming, even if Poland publishing stats are a joke. -Having a small set of book to choose from allows for discovery and ramdomness. -Now, I knew of /The Heaven Makers/, but most Likely I would never bother. +Now, I use a very small location of Krakow Library network. +I am mostly interested in SciFi[fn:sf] and the selection of "fantasy and scifi" is /very/ small. +We've got some great classics, but the likes of Dune or Hyperion are missing. +When I open online bookstore, the selection is overwhelming, even if Poland publishing stats are a joke. +Having a small set of books to choose from allows for discovery and randomness. +Now, I knew of /The Heaven Makers/, but most likely I would never bother in the vast sea of the greatest books ever. Here? Having it my hand? Risking nothing? @@ -53,7 +69,13 @@ It was an instant pick. Libraries have a distinct soul. Slow, quiet, full of surprises. -We need to presrve them at all cost. +We need to preserve them at all cost. + +#+attr_shortcode: "lib4.JPEG" +#+begin_img-c +And they come with their own badgadge of experience. +In Poland such stamps indicate when the books is to be returned. +#+end_img-c [fn:sf] with age comes acceptance. I no longer read what I think I should enjoy, but rather what I will enjoy. diff --git a/content/blog/2024/libraries.md b/content/blog/2024/libraries.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..83dbc97 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2024/libraries.md @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ ++++ +title = "Libraries" +author = ["Michał Sapka"] +date = 2024-05-21T21:50:00+02:00 +categories = ["blog"] +draft = false +weight = 2001 +abstract = "The coolest places out there" ++++ + +You may have noticed that I've added quite a lot of media reviews recently under the name of "brain rots". +Yup, I've returned to watching and reading fiction. + +But since space if not made of gum and book publishers are [at war](/blog/2024/book-size/) with the remaining shelf space I've still got, buying is not an option. +This led me back to an old friend of mine - library. +There's so much _magic_ involved in renting a book! + +It is fashionable to have house stuffed with art. +I fully get it - the only reason I have not bought many more bookcases is my wife. +I'd overflow the apartment with books, music and old games. +But I would not read all of that. +I am software engineer, and it allows me for a comfortable life. +Buying _full_ set of _Discworld_ is not out the question. +I won't have time to enjoy them, and before finishing I'd buy something else. + +In the same time library books have seen a lot. +They were touched by a lot of greasy fingers, seen a lot of toilets. +Just look at those two. +Both are still fully usable, despite the tired look. + +{{< img-c "lib1.JPEG" >}} +Lady of the Lake and The Heaven Makers. +I hate such oversized reissues as we have here, with Witcher. +{{< /img-c >}} + +{{< img-c "lib2.JPEG" >}} +They have seen better days +{{< /img-c >}} + +There is something beautiful that I am only just another person who can enjoy them. +It has a calming effect on me, which I desperately need. + +Now, I use a very small location of Krakow Library network. +I am mostly interested in SciFi[^fn:1] and the selection of "fantasy and scifi" is _very_ small. +We've got some great classics, but the likes of Dune or Hyperion are missing. +When I open online bookstore, the selection is overwhelming, even if Poland publishing stats are a joke. +Having a small set of books to choose from allows for discovery and randomness. +Now, I knew of _The Heaven Makers_, but most likely I would never bother in the vast sea of the greatest books ever. +Here? +Having it my hand? +Risking nothing? +It was an instant pick. + +Libraries have a distinct soul. +Slow, quiet, full of surprises. +We need to preserve them at all cost. + +{{< img-c "lib4.JPEG" >}} +And they come with their own badgadge of experience. +In Poland such stamps indicate when the books is to be returned. +{{< /img-c >}} + +[^fn:1]: with age comes acceptance. + I no longer read what I think I should enjoy, but rather what I will enjoy. diff --git 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