Archive for the ‘Beyond’ Category

Snow Crash

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

I just finished reading Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson after being recommended to the book by a colleague. Although, I had trouble staying with Neal’s writing style. There was never a sense of “flow” for me. At times I felt he over-indulged with his descriptions; so much so, to actually detract from my experience and use of my own imagination. I loved the story as a whole, though, and considering the time it was written, Neal definitely foresaw conventions such as MMORPGs like World of Warcraft, Second Life, and more. My question is, “When will this book be made into a movie”?

Synchronicity

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

This is my Synchronicity post. I will update it as appropriate.

In 2003 I gave a public lecture at Ball State University on the topic of Synchronicity during a weeklong festival called UniverCity. My experience, or rather awareness of this phenomena, begins with Carl Gustav Jung, the Swiss psychologist, who wrote an essay bearing the same name.