This weekend was another book sale, this time over at our other local library. It’s a smaller library and fairly new – I wasn’t expecting much. There were only about 10 smallish tables of books, so I was quite surprised to find quite a cache of computer science books on a chair in the corner.… Continue reading Unexpected CS Book Bonanza
Category: Books
Why Reading Books Matters to a Programmer
The programming book market these days is small. Nothing like what it was eight years ago or so. And apparently, programmers don’t read books (any more). It’s mostly true. But of course, there are still books worth reading. I’m going to take as read the easy arguments: let’s assume that you’ve already pared away all… Continue reading Why Reading Books Matters to a Programmer
LA Times Book Festival
I went with the family to the LA Times Book Festival today. We parked in the same lot as last year, avoiding the snarls off the 405 at Wilshire (signed UCLA) and heading up to Sunset to come in from the north side. This year, we had got tickets ahead of time for three panel… Continue reading LA Times Book Festival
Book sale time again
Last night I got an email from the library mailing list about another book sale this morning. We snagged a lot of books, including many SF paperbacks. Mini-Elbeno also got a ton of new titles. Not many computer titles this time around, but I got a book on python and The Man who Knew Infinity,… Continue reading Book sale time again
Recent Readings
Making Money by Terry Pratchett. (I seem to have missed Thud!) Old Man’s War by John Scalzi. Heinlein-esque SF that I first heard about at last year’s LA Times Festival of Books. Both quick reads – I finished each one in less than 2 days.
Book sale again
Seems like we just had the last book sale… Saturday was this quarter’s already. Here’s the haul: Infinity One Tunnel in the Sky Goodbye, Mr. Chips Stuart Little Me Digital Fortress Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace Stupid White Men Minerals Dinosaurs Pop-up Book Comprehensive Fortran Programming Say the Magic Word, Please Roll the Bones… Continue reading Book sale again
The library project continues
Another bookshelf done. I’m up to 1209 books by 142 authors, spanning 53 distinct years.
That’s my boy!
This morning, mini-Elbeno decided to look at one of Daddy’s books.
Projects update
This morning I did a bit more work on the MAME cabinet. It’s coming along slowly. I now have both sides cut out (and they match each other!) and the slots cut for the t-molding, which I received in the week. The slot cutter bit was too big to fit through my router’s base, so… Continue reading Projects update
Books I keep at work
The working bookshelf of a games programmer.