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I have a very small library of about 150 books that I am really proud of. I'm proud of it because I started building it while still taking an allowance from my
by scorpioxy 16y ago
I have a very small library of about 150 books that I am really proud of. I'm proud of it because I started building it while still taking an allowance from my parents.
But I'm also running out of space and I find that technical books become obsolete in a matter of months. So I stopped buying books that talk about frameworks and such and now only stick to the classics that won't lose value unless the technology substantially changes. Others, I now purchase in a digital format.(I have a Sony ebook reader)
Digitization is one approach, but I am too attached to the books to destroy them. And I agree with the sentiment of the article, it's just not the same.
- wazoox 16y agoI have a room actually dedicated now to book storage. And book shelves in all bedrooms, too. In the living room, I have CD and DVD shelves. A quick estimation would be : about 3000 books, 1000 magazines, 1500 CDs, 1000 DVDs. The problem is that I won't ever buy DRM-laden shit. Evar, for chrissake, may they die and burn in the pits of hell. That unfortunately forces me to buy books and CDs, though I'm now an heavy user of my ebook reader and gutenberg.org.