Books 2015
I finished 2014 by reading through all of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series (14 books in 2 months). This post is for a collection of things read this year. I plan to update it each chance I get.
Short Stories and Books
- Hello Moto by Nnedi Okorafor read 2015-01-02 recommended by jcamins
- Kabu Kabu by Nnedi Okorafor (collection of short stories) read 2015-01-02 to 2015-01-07 recommended by jcamins
- The Secret World Chronicles by Mercedes Lackey (Humble Bundle ed.) ISBN 9781939230140 finished 2015-01-13
- The God Engines by John Scalzi finished 2015-01-14
- Mogworld by Yahtzee Croshaw finished 2015-01-20
- Arcanum 101: Welcome New Students by Rosemary Edghill and Mercedes Lackey finished 2015-01-21
- Jumper by Steven Gould finished 2015-01-22
- Zombies vs. Unicorns edited by Justine Larbalestier and Holly Black finished 2015-01-28
- Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves finished 2015-01-29
- Tithe by Holly Black finished 2015-01-30
- Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey finished 2015-02-02
- Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey finished 2015-02-03
- The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey finished 2015-02-04
- Eastern Standard Tribe by Cory Doctorow finished 2015-02-05
- Dune by Frank Herbert finished 2015-02-10
- The State of the Art by Ian M. Banks finished 2015-02-18
- Descendant by Ian M. Banks finished 2015-02-19
- Use of Weapon by Ian M. Banks finished 2015-02-26
- Odd Attachment by Ian M. Banks finished 2015-02-26
Radio Plays and Audiobooks
- "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Primary Phase" listened 2015-01-05
- "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Secondary Phase" listened 2015-01-06
Ducks and databases
Thing I learned today:
Duck typing is a cute name for the very powerful (and lazy) object typing method of not caring what you're handed and running your code on it anyway.
Accomplishment:
First pull request on someone else's project on github.
Books in progress:
CouchDB: The Complete Guide
Plans:
Out to spin fire with the family!
Cabbages and kings not found. Abort? (y/n)
Been busy the past few days, I'm going to try to actually finish one of the draft posts I've started and hidden on you. I promise this won't go completely quiet.
Meanwhile I've been making bunches of chainmail, playing with my new poi, and realizing I need a video camera that I can use as direct input/webcam mode on my laptop as well as for recording. If anyone has any advice on inexpensive models that might serve for this, please let me know.
Reading:
- The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart - Engaging tale of a band of gifted children on a quest to save the world from an evil mind controller. 4.5 of 5 stars, easy read.
My Book Collection
Recently I've been posting all the books that I acquire on my LibraryThing. I <3 it.