Ximplicity v2.0

from now on i guess i would start linking some of the blogs and sites which i read daily.

i shall get it started with some of the sites i personally enjoy reading them daily. as a matter of fact, i even look forward for updates everyday on my feed reader for some of these sites.

however, i shall not try to do mass linking as it defeats my purpose of giving my readers quality reads. otherwise i could’ve just link all 600 blogs/sites on my google reader.

don’t worry i won’t bad-mouth you for not back-linking me as i’m not out for link exchange, i link your blog/site simply because your articles have something i think it deserves more readership, however if you do a back-linking, it’s very much appreciated and you’ll certainly have my sincere thank, afterall, i guess we are just not the lone individual as much as we sometimes wanted ourselves to be.

please, goto the links on my right hand bars, there’re currently 3 main categories:

1. Links - Insightful blogs that has undeniably informative contents on local political scenes, tech, designs, trends, etc.
2. Interesting Reads - some of the blogs which i look forward to reading everyday, both for information as well as entertainment.
3. Feed yourself - Some of the interesting RSS which i’ve subscribed to, including news, tech updates, mash-ups, trends, finance

I guess, to every boy who had dreamt and imagined that one day we could travel between time and space, between stars and planets and galaxies would have read one of Isaac Asimov’s book. if you haven’t, i’m sure you’ve watched the movie i, Robot starring Will Smith, the movie was actually inspired by his novel of the same title

he is by far the best, or probably the only perfect sci-fi novelist i’ve ever come across. his imagination, his choices of names for his characters, his sense of humor in between the lines, his logical layout, and of course, his way of ending his stories with a surprising twist that i had never felt disappointed. and most importantly, he can always present his stories in a way in which you don’t need to score “A” in advanced physics or Quantum Physics, and yet you’ll still be able to understand what he wrote.

I came across a piece of his short stories just before i was about to goto bed. here’s an excerpt of his own words regarding this short story he wrote:

This is by far my favorite story of all those I have written.

After all, I undertook to tell several trillion years of human history in the space of a short story and I leave it to you as to how well I succeeded. I also undertook another task, but I won’t tell you what that was lest l spoil the story for you.

It is a curious fact that innumerable readers have asked me if I wrote this story. They seem never to remember the title of the story or (for sure) the author, except for the vague thought it might be me. But, of course, they never forget the story itself especially the ending. The idea seems to drown out everything — and I’m satisfied that it should.

i must say, this short story, revolves around only ONE question, which was set out to present an ending that has such an impactful punch it can EASILY SUPERSED all others in the same genre i’ve ever read and become the BEST. and the ending? i have to say, it is simply that kind of ending which will make you clap for a full 1 minute and say, “damn, he’s fan-fucking-tasticly good!”

without further delay, i present to you: Isaac Asimov - The Last Question

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