Ken Newquist's Blog at Lafayette College
A Darkling Sea by James Cambias is a story of first contact between humanity and a seemingly primitive race of intelligent crustaceans living in the world ocean of a Europa-like moon. Europa’s fascinated me ever since I read 2010: Odyssey Two by Arthur C. Clarke, and that fascination as only grown as we’ve learned more … Read more
I’ve been on a military sf/space opera jag for a while, so I decided to try something new. The Creative Fire focuses on a young woman named Ruby and her tightly-regimented life onboard a generational starship. It’s inspired by the life of Eva Perón. It’s apparently a quasi-YA scifi novel somewhat reminiscent of the The Hunger Games. I think it’ll … Read more
My Picture of the Day project is slowly moving forward. I’m not hitting it with nearly the frequency that’s needed (as in actually taking a picture a day) but I’ve managed to snap a few good shots over the last month or so, including this post’s featured image of a foggy, chair-filled quad at Lafayette.
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline is an homage to videogames and 1980s pop culture, set in a dystopian cyberpunk future. The audio book is read by Wil Wheaton.
A shot of one of College Hill’s alleys, near High & Porter Streets, looking west.
An experimental shot of the moon taken with my iPhone 4 on my way to work this morning at 4:30 a.m. I wasn’t sure what I would get — it was a beautiful morning, with lots of clouds passing in front of the moon. It wasn’t a long exposure, so I wasn’t sure how much … Read more
One of my great re-discoveries over the last two years has been the pork roll sandwich. This is a New Jersey tradition (so much so that “Egg”, “Cheese” and “Pork Roll” are mascots at the Lakewood Blueclaws minor league baseball team).
I’m restarting the Picture-a-Day project, a year-and-a-half after I lost momentum. I’m starting with a series of photos dedicated to the alleys of College HIll.
When Chapman University launched their new social gateway, social.chapman.edu, they promoted it with sidewalk chalk art. Here’s a video showing it being created: