Musings on the Magic of Reality by Richard Dawkins

Today I finished reading the Magic of Reality by Richard Dawkins.

I bought from iTune stores for iPad because it comes with an app to play around (Only available for iPad, not for iPhone). In addition, the app offers illustrations for each chapter, theory, and findings so that a reader can better conceptualize while they're reading. The book was intended for 12 years old and adults from non scientific background. It's so much clearer and easily understandable. But Dawkins answered that it's so much harder for him to write such a book because he has to maintain scientific facts and integrity while reducing the complexity of the scientific terms.

Youtube and its Evolution

Back in 2007 when I was with my friend, enjoying random chatting,

Friend: “Hey I saw the video clip the other day, it was so funny.”

Me: “Ok, what is it about?”

“It was a song they made it funny.”

“Where did you watch that clip?”

“You know it’s very popular website.”

“um…Friendster?”

“nope. I can’t remember the site. But it’s very well-known.”

“You said it’s very popular, and yet you can’t remember?”

“HAHAHA, yea… what is it? C’mon. It’s at the tip of my tongue.”

“Well, how would I know?”

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

For holidays, I was looking for a book that I can enjoy; not too sensitive, not too fictional, not too provocative. Finally I came upon a sci-fi genre that, I thought, could intrigue and entertain me for a couple of weeks. I picked Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice (1st book of her trilogy). The book won numerous awards: Hugo Award, Nebula Award, and Arthur C. Clarke Award. The recipient books of those awards at least exude excellence and best science works in novels.