Today I finished reading “Programming the Z80” by Rodnay Zaks
Archives for 1981
Read – The Mythical Man-Month
Today I finished reading “The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering” by Frederick P. Brooks Jr.
Some very interesting points raised in this book.
Interestingly I am not the only person (or even the first person) to realise that adding more programmers to a project that is running late just makes the project later still.
It’s also interesting to note how Brooks points out that people who are invested will produce some of the best work.
Listening – Jeopardy
This week I listened to “Jeopardy” by The Sound
Read – The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms
Today I finished reading “The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms” by Donald Ervin Knuth
Hard to read.
Even harder to implement all of the algorithms in BASIC or 6502 or Z80.
But I did it!
I now have a book festooned with post-it notes and scribbled notes in the margins.
Need to track down the 2nd volume.
Update: Well shit! There’s three volumes in this series.
Listening – Empty Glass
This week I listened to “Empty Glass” by Pete Townshend
Read – Childhood’s End
Today I finished reading “Childhood’s End” by Arthur C. Clarke
Listening – Crimes Of Passion
This week I listened to “Crimes Of Passion” by Pat Benatar
Listening – Signing Off
This week I listened to “Signing Off” by UB40
Precise working
The work that I do and how I do it is precisely what I would be doing even if I wasn’t being paid to do it.
Listening – Killing Joke
This week I listened to “Killing Joke” by Killing Joke
Listening – Super Trouper
This week I listened to “Super Trouper” by ABBA
Listening – Kaleidoscope
This week I listened to “Kaleidoscope” by Siouxsie & The Banshees
Listening – Black Sea
This week I listened to “Black Sea” by XTC
Enjoying the work, but the pay is lousy
I will work diligently for hours on end for no pay but it does not mean I want a job that doesn’t pay me for my time.
Listening – Crocodiles
This week I listened to “Crocodiles” by Echo & The Bunnymen
Listening – The Turn Of A Friendly Card
This week I listened to “The Turn Of A Friendly Card” by The Alan Parsons Project
Listening – Heartattack And Vine
This week I listened to “Heartattack And Vine” by Tom Waits
Listening – Underwater Moonlight
This week I listened to “Underwater Moonlight” by The Soft Boys
Listening – Glass Houses
This week I listened to “Glass Houses” by Billy Joel
Listening – Never For Ever
This week I listened to “Never For Ever” by Kate Bush
Listening – Double Fantasy
This week I listened to “Double Fantasy” by John Lennon & Yoko Ono
Listening – Uprising
This week I listened to “Uprising” by Bob Marley And The Wailers
Read – Black Beauty
Today I finished reading “Black Beauty” by Anna Sewell
Listening – Duke
This week I listened to “Duke” by Genesis
Voices carry
That voice in your head…
Are you the one talking?
Or are you the one listening?
I think, if the voice in my head won’t shut up, then I am the one talking.
But…
If the voice in my head says something I don’t know, then I am the one listening.
Ergo, I hope I never say anything to myself that I don’t know.
Read – Rendezvous with Rama
Today I finished reading “Rendezvous with Rama” by Arthur C. Clarke
Listening – British Steel
This week I listened to “British Steel” by Judas Priest
Read – Winnie-the-Pooh
Today I finished reading “Winnie-the-Pooh” by A. A. Milne
Re-read actually, because you don’t appreciate the art and the stories and the characters when you are six years old and nostalgia (even for a few years ago) is a powerful force.
Nostalgia is a powerful force if you do any kind of product marketing.
Evoking a simpler time, or harkening back to an earlier point in someone’s life, especially their childhood or adolescence (their formative years?) is a huge marketing lever you can use to sell products.
And I think I just had an epiphany of how to sell my video games.
Listening – Iron Maiden
This week I listened to “Iron Maiden” by Iron Maiden
Read – The Lost Worlds of 2001
Today I finished reading “The Lost Worlds of 2001 ” by Arthur C. Clarke
Listening – Kings Of The Wild Frontier
This week I listened to “Kings Of The Wild Frontier” by Adam And The Ants
Listening – The Game
This week I listened to “The Game” by Queen
Listening – Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
This week I listened to “Searching for the Young Soul Rebels” by Dexys Midnight Runners
Listening – Gaucho
This week I listened to “Gaucho” by Steely Dan
Listening – Colossal Youth
This week I listened to “Colossal Youth” by Young Marble Giants
Read – Principles of Compiler Design
Today I finished reading “Principles of Compiler Design” by Alfred V. Aho
Listening – Blizzard Of Ozz
This week I listened to “Blizzard Of Ozz” by Ozzy Osbourne
Listening – Los Angeles
This week I listened to “Los Angeles” by X
Listening – Dirty Mind
This week I listened to “Dirty Mind” by Prince
Read – Asterix and the Big Fight
Today I finished reading “Asterix and the Big Fight” by Rene Goscinny
Listening – Zenyatta Mondatta
This week I listened to “Zenyatta Mondatta” by The Police
Read – The Cat in the Hat
Today I finished reading “The Cat in the Hat” by Dr. Seuss
Re-reading because the cleverness of Seuss is lost on a child.
Listening – Sound Affects
This week I listened to “Sound Affects” by The Jam
Read – 6502 assembly language subroutines
Today I finished reading “6502 assembly language subroutines” by Lance Leventhal
Listening – Ace Of Spades
This week I listened to “Ace Of Spades” by Motörhead
Listening – Get Happy!!
This week I listened to “Get Happy!!” by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Simulation vs emulation
A bureaucracy is a system designed to emulate persistence.
Unfortunately for the bureaucracy it is only an emulation of persistence whereas you are armed with the real-thing.
Listening – Heaven And Hell
This week I listened to “Heaven And Hell” by Black Sabbath
Listening – Crazy Rhythms
This week I listened to “Crazy Rhythms” by The Feelies
Listening – Boy
This week I listened to “Boy” by U2