ppk on JavaScript, 1/e (VOICES) Another excellent introductory book. I got this mostly as a way of thanking Pete Paul Koch for all of his invaluable work over the years at quirksmode.org, but reading it was still a worthy way … Continue reading
The Design of Everyday Things I’m embarrassed it’s taken me this long to (a) start reading this book and (b) finish it. It’s been on my radar for several years and it was only earlier this year that I got … Continue reading
Sandworms of Dune Disappointing. At least a a piece of literature. If I hadn’t read most of it during 14 hours of plane flight and it wasn’t theoretically the culmination of something like 10,000 pages of the Dune stories I … Continue reading
Spook Country I’ve been trying to decide whether or not to be disappointed by this book. It wasn’t as good as I’d hoped. That’s for certain. I guess the question is- can a book that is merely good be a … Continue reading
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) I just realized I’d never noted this. I read it over the first weekend (mostly on Saturday night) and, drumroll please, I really enjoyed it. If I go into more depth than … Continue reading
RSS - Posts