This morning on the Metro (how many of my posts begin like that?) I finished A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin. This is an old read for me, I first read the Earthsea Trilogy in High School. I never considered myself a big Fantasy reader, but I really enjoy the story and wanderings of the wizard Ged.
seele :: Apr.19.2005 :: Books, General :: 2 Comments »
Today I came across this study of user’s eye movements when looking at a web page. This study, named “Eyetrack III” was released by The Poynter Institute, the Estlow Center for Journalism & New Media, and Eyetools. Although this study could be influenced by marketing to some degree (Eyetools), the results are very interesting.
seele :: Apr.14.2005 :: General, HCI :: No Comments »
Today I finished The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. It was a cute and whimsey story, but I find Tolkien’s writing style rather annoying. His style is more difficult to adjust to than William Gibson. There are also a lot of characters to keep track of which is a gripe for some Tolkien readers. Nevertheless it was a cute story, however I will not be reading the Lord of the Rings series.
Books read: 13/50
seele :: Apr.12.2005 :: Books, General :: 2 Comments »
After finding some very strong rumors on the ‘net about being able to “alter” the game Wipeout Pure to utilize its web browser, I managed to get a hold of a copy and try it out myself.
seele :: Apr.04.2005 :: Games, General :: No Comments »
Yesterday afternoon before heading to the Cherry Blossom Festival, I finished the final book in the Robot Novels: Robots of Dawn. I was very impressed with the Robot series and with Asimov as a writer. He has me thinking and acting like a robot. His “Three Laws” have influenced many media involving robots and human-created intelligetn forms. Eli (who let me borrow his Asimov) had also given me the Foundation books, however I think im going to take a break from robots for a little while.
Total Books Read: 12 (05/04/02)
seele :: Apr.03.2005 :: Books, General :: 1 Comment »