Bits of old stories were flitting through my head last night, like birds seen about their business out the window behind one’s desk. A phrase here and there, in my peripheral literary vision.
This morning I set out to re-read a couple of the stories, couldn’t find them, and read, or re-read others instead. I’m reminded [...]
Posts Tagged ‘books’
Science Fiction Predicts the Future, Again
Posted in books, philosophy, science fiction, tagged books, philosophy, science fiction on December 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
2007: “Most Influential” Media Writing
Posted in books, recommended, tech, tagged books, recommended, tech on December 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Looking for some good reading over the holiday break? Try starting with John Bracken’s blog posting on The Most Influential Media Writing of 2007, and continue on to the source material he’s so helpfully linked into the post.
I’d not heard of John’s blog before this post was mentioned on Farber’s IP list, and many [...]
Both books now published and available!
Posted in books, recommended, sysadmin, writing, tagged books, recommended, sysadmin, writing on November 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Practice of System and Network Administration, 2nd Edition (Limoncelli, Hogan, Chalup)
Handbook of Network and System Administration
the del.icio.us library list meme
Posted in books, recommended, tagged books, recommended on October 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There has been a list going around lately of the most-unread books in folks’ del.icio.us libraries. I have very few of these books, but have read a number of them. Most of these books are ones I have Not Read because I have zero desire to read them. I'm going to [...]
And the last shall be first
Posted in books, recommended, science fiction, tagged books, recommended, science fiction on September 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Some sci-fi novel series I'm fond of started with one really popular book, and then were expanded. The author ended up writing novels which were technically prequels to the series, but since they were written as a more mature, seasoned writer, they were actually better books (imho) than the ones that introduced everyone to [...]
News from the World of Whatever
Posted in books, real life, recommended, science fiction, tagged books, real life, recommended, science fiction, slacking on June 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
If you haven’t seen me in person in a while, it doesn’t mean I am avoiding you– time is slipping by me in odd ways, and suddenly another week.. or month.. has passed. I’ve also been skulking a bit, and trying not to make plans that I’d end up breaking due to moodiness or [...]
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