Posted on Mon, 24 Oct 2011 in Technology
While reading Public Parts by Jeff Jarvis I stumbled upon this little gem from one of my favorite authors.
Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
Anything that's invented between when you're …
Posted on Sun, 14 Nov 2010 in Books • Tagged with ePub, iPhone, Lisp, MIT, PragProg, Programming, Smalltalk, Stanza
I
recently listened to a very interesting
podcast from the
Pragmatic Programmers featuring an
interview with Uncle Bob. At
the end they talked about a book
Robert had
recommended at the most recent
RailsConf called
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs.
It's an older book but it sounded like a …
Posted on Tue, 25 May 2010 in Books • Tagged with 42, HG2G, Towelday
Posted on Fri, 24 Jul 2009 in Pick of the week • Tagged with Cyberpunk, Science Fiction
This
weeks pick is a book - you know those analog ((If you prefer
digital you can get it from
Audible.com
or from
iTunes))
thingies that doesn't require batteries. My pick is
Snow Crash by
Neal Stephenson
and this is quite possibly the best science fiction novel I have
ever …
Posted on Sun, 24 May 2009 in Books
Tomorrow
is May 25th, also known as Towel Day
amongst friends. This is the day where we celebrate the life and
works of my favorite author of all time
Douglas Adams
((Douglas is the reason for my weird obsession with the number
42)). Douglas is the author of
The Hitchhiker's …
Posted on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 in Books • Tagged with iPhone, PragProg
A few days ago
I tweeted about the latest
news from the Pragmatic
Programmers. This morning I received the official
newsletter
in my inbox with all the details. All of the Pragmatic Programmers
eBooks are now available in the ePub and mobi formats as well as
PDF. And whats even …
Posted on Wed, 08 Mar 2006 in Books
I know this cute girl, who thinks she might be mainstream , actually I live with her, and I would definitely say no. Recently she picked up The Da vinci Code , and she haven't been able to put it down until she finished it yesterday evening. Every free moment, every time …