I swear, I was actually doing homework when I took this pic. OK, well, I was taking a break and eating my homework, but still.
Seminar (an immensely vague class name) has some obscure projects this quarter. The first of which was to take an everyday action (McDonald’s meal) and represent it in 4 different ways: scientific, humorous, insightful, and normal. Oddly enough it is the normal one I am having the most trouble with. I’ll post when I’m finished.
by: Isaac Asimov
I went on a short story kick in New York; my 40 minute subway ride was perfect for reading a short story but never really gave me enough time to get into a novel. I, Robot is one of those books that I was loosing geek cred having not read it and I have to say, I don't know why I didn't read this earlier.
I loved that the short stories followed the same characters through different experiences and challenges that they face. It took a story about robots and made it about humanity. My favorite stories were probably "Catch that Rabbit" and "Liar." The first was about a little girl who was attached to her nanny robot and how her father thought it was inappropriate. It is something I have wanted to explore in my own writing, what are the consequences when technology replaces a human being in an emotional capacity, even when it preforms its tasks perfectly. The other is about a robot that reads minds, I have a thing with mind reading, I'm not entirely sure why, but I'm writing a story about it now and am very intrigued by the idea.
Overall, If you are a sci-fi fan like me who hasn't picked this up, go do it. Now.