Have you visited the Google books site? I'm impressed with what these guys are doing. I just hope more writers and publishers would sing up with the service.
Many people across the world who do not have access to books, especially in Africa( East Africa recently installed a fast Fiber Optics internet connection known as TEAMS ) would find it very convenient to read the books online.
Google books
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Japanese robotics
Friday, August 28, 2009
I was watching a Japanese show on their obsession with robotics. I mean, these guys are doing some serious stuff.
One was riding a tricycle mimicking human movement and another could actually walk just like humans do getting everything correct form the first step of walking which is known as the contact pose.
Another was a noodle making robot installed in a Japanese restaurant that did everything form actual cooking to serving the customers. While it was not working, it entertained diners with clever stunts such as spinning a plate on its arms.
I think in the near future, the robotics industry will blow when when it will be economically viable to mass produce robots for various uses like helping in the house, pets, drivers, pilots and many other uses.
This will only be true once the robotics foundation is properly laid, just like computing and the internet started out as slow, ineffective to what we witness today. The robots the Japanese create are very expensive today and are not a very viable for trade. The makers just construct them for display and research.
Hopefully, we hope the story that is told in the Matrix Trilogy movies will not prove to Happen.
Big up all you robotics creators. The age of transformers is not very far off.
Democracy, Corruption, and Politics in Kenya & Africa
Friday, August 21, 2009
The west insistence of enforcing democracy in African countries is misguided. In Afriaca unlike the U.S. or Europe, democracy can't just be established firmly before some various issues have properly been sorted out. The main issue is grand corruption by governments.
This is the main stepping stone the western countries should try to weed out through encouraging reforms because no Government that is squandering its citizens money would let democracy see light of the day.
The second issue is Aid. western countries simply think that aid is the way to get Africa out of the poverty abyss it is in. In fact, the thing western countries should do is encourage trade. They should lean less on aid because this is what perpetuates corruption in the first place.
My Gaming History Part 2
This is a continuation from last weeks story of my gaming history. I finished with where i had just played Colin McRae rally and the game had just blown me away totally. I wondered what i would do on this earth just to acquire this evidently powerful piece of hardware and the racing game out of this world.
I would later go on to acquire the hardware and play great games like Crash Bandicoot series which i personally rate very highly.
Years Later, the PlayStation 2 arrived and the gaming scenario had changed. Sony not only totally distorted the reality of gaming forever, but had finally ignited the spark that would send the console market wars to the stratosphere.
Later, The likes of Nintendo, Xbox, Xbox360 and PlayStation 3 would firmly establish gaming as a viable and vibrant industry akin to The movie industry.
My old town of Nanyuki on Google maps
It was a very emotional moment when i was bored.. decided to go to Google maps to try to find my old house. Oh how i miss that place and if time could just go back. This technology is simply amazing. the map is at the following adress
http://maps.google.co.ke/maps?hl=en&tab=wl
matrix
Monday, August 17, 2009
Neo: "I know what you are trying to do!" Morpheus: "I am trying to free your mind Neo. But I can only show you the door. You are the One that has to walk through it. You have to let it all go Neo, Fear, doubt and disbelief. Free your mind!" Morpheus: "There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path." 
The MATRIX: The movie. 1999
- The material presented herein is to be read very slowly. Most of it originates from very deep levels of Mind. Pause when you feel the need to do so when something seems a bit obscure, and meditate on it. All will easily reveal itself. It is meant to.
- Spread rapidly this message worldwide to as many human entities as you can using Email or any other means of communication. Time is of the essence now, as the dawn of a hopeful new era for all of us, as the One, wants to break free and shine within us.
Social media
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
I am a big fan of social media. From facebook, to twitter, to blogspot. All these are powerful tools that can be easily used to disseminate information, improve your business or career e.t.c. if used correctly.
Be it that you are in the music industry, movies, gaming comics etc... you can not avoid riding in the storm of social media.
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