So you’ve learned enough C++ to function. You’ve read a bunch of the usual recommendations: Meyers, Stroustrup, maybe even Alexandrescu and Stepanov. You know enough to recommend Lippman et al. to newbies rather than the other “C++ Primer.” The internet has lots of C++-related book recommendations to make — for…
Category: Books
2013 Books
Books I read in 2013: Mr Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore (Robin Sloane)I loved this book. A modern-day mystery story, set in San Francisco with all the tech hipsterism that implies, but also featuring old books, movable type and a secret society. Taking Sudoku Seriously (Jason Rosenhouse and Laura Taalman)This was…
The Year in Books
Books I’ve read this year: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (Daniel H Pink)I started the year by finishing this book. I was rather late to the party in reading it; it’s practically received wisdom now, especially for managers of knowledge workers. And of course there is a…
Some books I’ve read this year
So, I’m quite a reader. Mostly non-fiction, and books with scientific or technical subject matter. I’ve read some good ones this year. So I thought I’d share what I remember reading in case anyone is looking for a good book for Xmas. Earlier in the year, I picked up a…
Book Festival
This weekend we all went to the LA Times Festival of Books at UCLA. The number of stalls was noticeably smaller this year: a whole row of children’s publishers was gone. We saw the following panels: Real Science (K. C. Cole moderating, with Carl Zimmer, Leonard Susskind and Avery Gilbert)….
Knowing what to search for
The Internet has its limits. Sometimes one of those limits is simply not knowing what to search for. There is a book that I read in school which I have been trying to track down for many years. It was an anthology of short stories, called Twisters – each story…
Book sale time again
And this time it seems like it’s been quite a while since the last one. Shelf space in our house is still at a premium, of course. We picked up lots of things for mini-Elbeno, including some really nice non-fiction stuff (a science encyclopedia and a book on weather). Mrs….
Book Meme
Here are the Top 100 Most Popular Books on LibraryThing. Bold what you own, italicize what you’ve read. Star what you liked. Star multiple times what you loved! 1. Harry Potter and the sorcerer’s stone by J.K. Rowling (32,484) * 2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) by…
e-book reader
I got an e-book reader for my birthday! It’s very shiny. Comparable to the weight of a small hardback, with an internal memory of 200MB (doesn’t sound a lot, but novels don’t take up much space), and expansion slots for SD and Memory Stick Pro Duo. The e-ink technology is…