This week I listened to “Ghost In The Machine” by The Police
Read – Boule et Bill #1 – 60 gags de Boule et Bill
Today I finished reading “Boule et Bill #1 – 60 gags de Boule et Bill” by Jean Roba
Read – Aesop’s Fables
Today I finished reading “Aesop’s Fables” by Aesop
Listening – Computer World
This week I listened to “Computer World” by Kraftwerk
That’s a really short skirt
The BBS now has a quick chat forum.
You are limited to a maximum of 128 characters per message.
Think of it this way, posts to the quick chat forum should be like a young lady’s skirt. Long enough to cover the subject, but short enough to maintain the viewer’s interest.
When you login you will get a scroll of all the latest quick chats from the people in your subscribed social forums (unless you’ve blocked them).
You can also subscribe to the quick chats of people outside of your subscribed social forums by subscribing individually to each person’s quick chat.
Share news. Share life. Don’t share things you don’t want other people to see.
Read – Lucky Luke #45 – L’Empereur Smith
Today I finished reading “Lucky Luke #45 – L’Empereur Smith” by Morris
You and yours
Is life about finding yourself?
Or is life about creating your self?
Read – Lucky Luke #9 – Des Rails sur la Prairie
Today I finished reading “Lucky Luke #9 – Des Rails sur la Prairie” by Morris
Read – Spirou et Fantasio #7 – Le Dictateur et le champignon
Today I finished reading “Spirou et Fantasio #7 – Le Dictateur et le champignon” by Andre Franquin
Listening – My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
This week I listened to “My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts” by Brian Eno & David Byrne
Read – Lucky Luke Adventure #4 – Jesse James
Today I finished reading “Lucky Luke Adventure #4 – Jesse James” by Morris
Are Grammar Nazis Anti-Semantic?
Grammar is the difference between knowing your shit and knowing you’re shit.
Listening – Discipline
This week I listened to “Discipline” by King Crimson
Read – Les Collines Noires
Today I finished reading “Les Collines Noires” by Morris
Read – Lucky Luke Adventure #7 – Barbed Wire on the Prairie
Today I finished reading “Lucky Luke Adventure #7 – Barbed Wire on the Prairie” by Morris
Doctor! Doctor! I’ve got this duck stuck in my…
If you think about it, the difference between fetish and deviance is that the fetishist uses the feather and the deviant uses the duck.
Listening – Damaged
This week I listened to “Damaged” by Black Flag
Legally questionable
Just because it was legal to do doesn’t mean it was right to do.
Slavery was legal.
Certain laws are as much about our morality at the time they are written.
I wonder what someone in the late 21-st century (a hundred years from now) will make of our laws today?
Read – The Lord of the Rings
Today I finished reading “The Lord of the Rings” by J.R.R. Tolkien
Update: Apparently I am informed this is a trilogy. Not just one book.
Listening – Beauty And The Beat
This week I listened to “Beauty And The Beat” by The Go-Go’s
Read – Les Dalton dans le blizzard
Today I finished reading “Les Dalton dans le blizzard” by Morris
Read – Spirou et Fantasio #17 – Spirou et les Hommes-Bulles
Today I finished reading “Spirou et Fantasio #17 – Spirou et les Hommes-Bulles” by Andre Franquin
Read – Anne of Avonlea
Today I finished reading “Anne of Avonlea” by L.M. Montgomery
Read – Gaston Classique #R3 – Gare Aux Gaffes Du Gars Gonflé
Today I finished reading “Gaston Classique #R3 – Gare Aux Gaffes Du Gars Gonflé” by Andre Franquin
Read – Spirou et Fantasio #14 – Le Prisonnier du Bouddha
Today I finished reading “Spirou et Fantasio #14 – Le Prisonnier du Bouddha” by Andre Franquin
Listening – High ‘n’ Dry
This week I listened to “High ‘n’ Dry” by Def Leppard
Read – Operating Systems Design and Implementation
Today I finished reading “Operating Systems Design and Implementation” by Andrew S. Tanenbaum
Read – Spirou et Fantasio #4 – Spirou et les heritiers
Today I finished reading “Spirou et Fantasio #4 – Spirou et les heritiers” by Andre Franquin
Read – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Today I finished reading “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams
Read – Spirou et Fantasio #8 – La Mauvaise tête
Today I finished reading “Spirou et Fantasio #8 – La Mauvaise tête” by Andre Franquin
Read – Lucky Luke Adventure #1 – Billy the Kid
Today I finished reading “Lucky Luke Adventure #1 – Billy the Kid” by Morris
Read – Spirou et Fantasio#2 – Il y a un sorcier a Champignac
Today I finished reading “Spirou et Fantasio#2 – Il y a un sorcier a Champignac” by Andre Franquin
Read – Programming the Z80
Today I finished reading “Programming the Z80” by Rodnay Zaks
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