I realise that I haven’t been doing much posts for a while now. I guess I should explain.
I got accepted into a university, where I’m studying student councelling, life has been really busy. I’ve also been unmotivated to do any posts on the blog due to being so busy with everything that has been going on.
Done some reading though so here are quick verdicts:
John Scalzi – Fuzzy Nation
Verdict: A book to read, I found it a pretty good read, pick it up as paperback for cheap and it is really worth it.
Patrick Rothfuss – The Wise Mans Fear
Verdict: GET! I myself am waiting for the next one..if only there were more of these..(Side note: I was a little bit disappointed about the story progression and some little things but all in all it is a great book and definately worth having..I’m just nitpicking here really..)
Kristine Kathryn Rusch – Boneyards
Verdict: I really love these three books (diving into the wreck, city of ruins) and I heartily recommend each of these, that said I think Boneyards isn’t as good as City of Ruins, but considering how good that book was..Boneyards is really worth reading though you should probably not pick this book up if you haven’t read the two before it..now to wait for the next one.
G.R.R Martin – A Dance With Dragons
Verdict: Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire gets back into the good stuff (after the book before this..) and I’m glad he does that, I do hope there won’t be a long wait for the next book..we can only hope and I think the wait will be worth it.
John Steakley – Armor
Verdict: Did I tell you this book has power armors? It does. A good book, very minor flaw (Not being more books for me to read being it!). I could not put it down, read this mostly in one sitting (had to sleep at times) very worth getting if you liked Starship Troopers.
Mark Lawrence – Prince of Thorns
Verdict: Good, I had some minor issues with this book (Damn you for misleading me for a bit! but thanks for it too..). Going to follow this writer and read more of his books, he can do good books..and I want to read more about the world in this book.
Well that is the update with books, next onto the kickstarter
Kickstarter projects that I like and have backed:
Today’s post is a bit different, as I’ll be talking about the recent changes in some interesting technology I’ve noticed.
As the subject is quite large I’m not going to go into details that I don’t have but we will start with the coming together of computer modelling and 3d printing for the common man.
Following that link you will find a good article about 3d printing, one that lists all the 3d software that is relevant to it, for me it is quite interesting how all these programs have started to work alongside each other to enable someone to create or mould plastic parts for their own use.
So now we have the necessary tools for making our own tools/parts/funny objects, but to print them you don’t necessarily need to own a 3d printer, why you can just order what you modeled through post.
Enter shapeways a company that “we’re a NY start-up that harnesses 3D printing to help you make, buy and sell anything you want.” sounds pretty interesting and they apparently don’t cost too much and have several different kind of materials available for your printing. (this is currently the only one I know of, there are others but I have no idea about them)
I would have to say the keypoint might be the 3d modeling software, and we can see this development somewhere else when we look at what is happening to animation when it collides with 3d modeling and games: enter the Valve’s Source Film maker http://www.sourcefilmmaker.com/ which will most likely revolutionize animation (atleast for the casual animator) and also has me drooling all over it.
These technologies are coming together, and what the end result is I don’t know but I’m sure it will be something that will have us wondering in a few years what the world was like back then when we didn’t have them working together.
Mechanical keyboards are something I’ve been considering for a while, my current keyboard the logitech wave is decent but when I try to type fast with it the keys get stuck and the build quality feels flimsy..so next keyboard will be mechanical, the Thermaltake meka G1 seems interesting.
http://isbw.murlafferty.com/ — the “I should Be Writing” podcast (“It’s a podcast for the wanna-be writer, someone who had always wanted to write but just hadn’t for… whatever reason.”) seems quite interesting, haven’t listened to this much yet though.
