Thursday, 16 October 2008

Keep-Alive

Things have been rather busy around here for me. I'm heading off to London for a two-week epic hacking adventure with the rest of my colleagues, and the preparation has taken up all of my free time.

Well, not quite all. I've also just purchased a new laptop and have been spending a fair bit of time getting it ready to use as a development machine. I'm quite enamoured of its light weight and rugged keyboard.

I've also been reading a fair bit:
  • Economics, The Economist Group
  • Master and Commander, Patrick O'Brian
  • The Fionovar Tapestry (again), Guy Gavriel Kay
  • The Little Book of Commonsense Investing, John Bogle
And the occasional Gerard Manley Hopkins poem. What I really want is another vast book to lose myself in, like House of Leaves, Infinite Jest, The Brothers Karamazov or Jonathan Strange — I guess they don't grow on trees though.

posted by jml @ 3:02 PM   5 Comments

5 Comments:

At 16 October 2008 3:59 PM , Blogger Cabernet Leather said...

I was just about to suggest that you update this blog more often. It's always a pleasure to read.

Have fun in London!

 
At 16 October 2008 7:15 PM , Blogger Bice Dibley said...

I suggest Perdido Street Station. It's not as bad as you think.

 
At 16 October 2008 8:02 PM , Blogger jml said...

Thanks Der :)

Good idea Bice, it's probably the perfect thing for the long haul flight. I wonder if the bookstore is still open.

 
At 17 October 2008 8:39 PM , Blogger Benny said...

You could go for USA, John Dos Passos, or Neal Stephenson, if you like that sort of thing. Or A Suitable Boy.

 
At 17 October 2008 10:56 PM , Blogger jml said...

Thanks for the recommendations Benny.

I've given up on Neal Stephenson. Cryptonomicon was great, but the follow-up, Quicksilver was pretty terrible from start to finish.

I'll have a look at USA though.

 

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