Justin Lloyd's Thinkering

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Reading

I made it a goal in 1985 to read one book a week.

Generally I have managed to stick to that goal for the most part.

Some years I couldn't get as much reading done as I wanted to.

My GoodReads list shows that I have a smidgen under 3,500 books that I have read.

And there are at least 300 books on my GoodReads list I have yet to tackle.

So much to read. So slow a reader.

Due to dyslexia I am not a particularly fast reader.

I plod through books at a pedestrian pace. I am jealous of people who can read quickly and I have no clue how people are able to speed read and retain all that information.

It's only dogged persistence that lets me get through a book some days.

Read – Complete Spectrum Rom Disassembly

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Today I finished reading “Complete Spectrum Rom Disassembly” by Ian Logan

Tons of useful information. Took a while to make notes and insert post-its in the appropriate places.

What the hell people do to put notes in their books before post-its?

Read – The Art of Computer Programming: Volume 3: Sorting and Searching

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Today I finished reading “The Art of Computer Programming: Volume 3: Sorting and Searching” by Donald Ervin Knuth

Aaannddd… I’m done.

All three volumes of a series of programming books that I am sure people will describe as “classic.”

This volume took me a long time to work my way through. I think I read about 30 other books in parallel whilst I was doing all the examples.

I have read every book in this series cover-to-cover.

And I have implemented all but two of the algorithms in BASIC, 6502 and Z80.

Please God, don’t let there be a fourth volume.

Read – Dungeons and Dragons: Expert Set

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Today I finished reading “Dungeons and Dragons: Expert Set” by David Zeb Cook

Sat down and read the rule books cover-to-cover rather than the “dipping in to” knowledge I sort of picked up through osmosis and playing the game alongside other people.

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