Monday, October 22, 2007
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Hello World
What else can I call my first blog post?
Three things interest me; Cars, Computers and Science Fiction. That's in alphabetical order because I don't want to try and list them in order if importance, it changes from time to time. I suppose that statement also sets the boundaries of what's probably going to be featured in this blog.
Of course I might just get interested is something else at some point of time, but I seriously doubt I'll be writing about golf, ballet or sky diving in the foreseeable future.
The final race of the formula 1 season is tomorrow and I had received news that Hamilton may be getting a penalty for breaking tyre rules in practice, but my happiness was short lived; apparently the teams are going to be fined but the drivers aren't being penalized :-(. I think Lewis is a great driver and deserves all the adoration he's getting from the media and his loyal fan base, but I'd rather watch Alonso win! In either case, someone out there is likely to record a few minutes of footage none of the sports channels captured and put it up on youTube, and Formula Flicks will show it to you Monday morning!
On the Sci-fi front, I'm still going through the Iain M. Banks book I picked up at the fair last month and savoring it. Being my first culture novel (I had just read The Algebraist, which was not set in the same time frame) I was fascinated with the whole idea of Minds, benevolent AI's running the critical machinery while biological life goes about having a good time. I think of all the possible futures involving self-aware machines, Mr. Banks' vision is the most positive one yet, and hopefully the most likely. With all the money I've been spending on accessories for it, I should hope my PC treats me well if it becomes sentient!
I've also been catching up on a few of the older sci-fi movies and TV series I had not been able to get my hands on in the past. I first found out that 'Children of Dune' had been made into a mini series about four or five years ago, and finally managed to watch it about a month back. It was nice to finally see characters that I had visualized when I first read the book (borrowed from the College Library when I was doing my A Levels) and find myself not disappointed.
I started looking for Tarkovsky's Solyaris around the same time I started looking for the book, soon after watching the excellent remake in 2003 and reading reviews that said the original was so much better. Fortunately a friend gave me the book, which he found in the US, later that year, but it took me this long to get my hands on the movie.
I read somewhere that technology's doing for all forms of entertainment, what the printing press started with the written word; I agree and am overjoyed! It's probably even more obvious to us in the developing world, where a few hundred years ago only a king or noble would have had access to entertainment on demand. About 30 years ago I went to a friend's birthday party, and the highlight was a Popeye movie shown using projector. I was thinking 'movies at home, wow' and I'm sure every other kid there was too!
Three things interest me; Cars, Computers and Science Fiction. That's in alphabetical order because I don't want to try and list them in order if importance, it changes from time to time. I suppose that statement also sets the boundaries of what's probably going to be featured in this blog.
Of course I might just get interested is something else at some point of time, but I seriously doubt I'll be writing about golf, ballet or sky diving in the foreseeable future.
The final race of the formula 1 season is tomorrow and I had received news that Hamilton may be getting a penalty for breaking tyre rules in practice, but my happiness was short lived; apparently the teams are going to be fined but the drivers aren't being penalized :-(. I think Lewis is a great driver and deserves all the adoration he's getting from the media and his loyal fan base, but I'd rather watch Alonso win! In either case, someone out there is likely to record a few minutes of footage none of the sports channels captured and put it up on youTube, and Formula Flicks will show it to you Monday morning!
On the Sci-fi front, I'm still going through the Iain M. Banks book I picked up at the fair last month and savoring it. Being my first culture novel (I had just read The Algebraist, which was not set in the same time frame) I was fascinated with the whole idea of Minds, benevolent AI's running the critical machinery while biological life goes about having a good time. I think of all the possible futures involving self-aware machines, Mr. Banks' vision is the most positive one yet, and hopefully the most likely. With all the money I've been spending on accessories for it, I should hope my PC treats me well if it becomes sentient!
I've also been catching up on a few of the older sci-fi movies and TV series I had not been able to get my hands on in the past. I first found out that 'Children of Dune' had been made into a mini series about four or five years ago, and finally managed to watch it about a month back. It was nice to finally see characters that I had visualized when I first read the book (borrowed from the College Library when I was doing my A Levels) and find myself not disappointed.
I started looking for Tarkovsky's Solyaris around the same time I started looking for the book, soon after watching the excellent remake in 2003 and reading reviews that said the original was so much better. Fortunately a friend gave me the book, which he found in the US, later that year, but it took me this long to get my hands on the movie.
I read somewhere that technology's doing for all forms of entertainment, what the printing press started with the written word; I agree and am overjoyed! It's probably even more obvious to us in the developing world, where a few hundred years ago only a king or noble would have had access to entertainment on demand. About 30 years ago I went to a friend's birthday party, and the highlight was a Popeye movie shown using projector. I was thinking 'movies at home, wow' and I'm sure every other kid there was too!
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