A Neal Stephenson fan’s dream
I was replaying one of my favorite Flash animations the other day and came across a weblog entry by the animation’s creator. A Neal Stephenson fan, the ubergeek ended up being invited to a party for Stephenson’s Quicksilver release tour. It’s a pretty cool read, if you’ve ever wondered what it would be like if you ended up somewhere in a small setting with a celebrity whose work you greatly admire. I haven’t read any Stephenson, but the more I hear about his stuff the more I think I would like it. I am very fond of William Gibson’s work, as some may know.
Oh yeah, ubergeek’s Mac switch parody is about as good as the Linux switch animation I mentioned earlier. IntelliToast is good, too, if you’re a computer geek.
Man, I have to stop letting drafts in this blog pile up on me. Perfectionism is not always your friend. In fact, I often find it to be my delusion-inducing side kick. The idea that any of these latest posts are complete, much less perfect, is insane. Maybe it’s just medium-grade procrastination and not that high-brow perfectionist stuff.
With your being out of town so much recently, it’s likely that no one has yet managed to start you on any Stephenson. A couple words of advice:
Snow Crash.
Comment by michelle — August 3, 2004 @ 8:23 pm
Agreed. I actually walked past a copy of Snow Crash at Borders last night. I am trying to hold off until I finish the heap of technical stuff I have to get through and then finish Gibson’s Pattern Recognition before moving on to Neal’s stuff. Thanks for the recommendation.
Comment by Barry Hawkins — August 4, 2004 @ 11:12 am