Everything Paul Buchheit has bought from Amazon in the last 3 years

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Post by whalesalad » Tue, Jan 05, 2010, 5:17 AM UTC

Everything Paul Buchheit has bought from Amazon in the last 3 years
paulbuchheit.blogspot.com

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Post by kwamenum86 » Tue, Jan 05, 2010, 5:46 AM UTC

156 items in 3 years? That is obscene. He averaged one purchase per week from amazon over this time period, which basically makes Amazon.com PB's religion.

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Post by jdanndc » Tue, Jan 05, 2010, 6:17 AM UTC

Recommend start at '156.' and scroll upwards.

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Post by mahmud » Tue, Jan 05, 2010, 6:29 AM UTC

Very little finance/investment reading. I am surprised.

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Post by tfh » Tue, Jan 05, 2010, 6:32 AM UTC

  93. Rules of the Game

I thought Paul was married :)

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Post by whalesalad » Tue, Jan 05, 2010, 6:38 AM UTC

tfh wrote: post #5

93. Rules of the Game I thought Paul was married :)

That's a great book, not just for getting laid ;) It teaches you a lot about the human mind. It opened my door to NLP as well (neuro-linguistic programming) which I have a few books on but have yet to really dive into. It's a fast and entertaining read.

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Post by brandonkm » Tue, Jan 05, 2010, 6:41 AM UTC

Some excellent titles throughout this list. I'm currently enjoying 'Tell Me a Story: Narrative and Intelligence (Rethinking Theory)'. Such a great read.

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Post by nostrademons » Tue, Jan 05, 2010, 6:42 AM UTC

kwamenum86 wrote: post #2

156 items in 3 years? That is obscene. He averaged one purchase per week from amazon over this time period, which basically makes Amazon.com PB's religion.

If you s/Amazon.com/public library/, that is fairly typical of people who read a lot. There is a LiveJournal community called 50bookchallenge that encourages people to read 50 books a year, keep track of them, and share what they're reading with others. It has 7000+ members. My reading lists for 2003-2006:

2003: http://nostrademons.livejournal.com/24851.html

2004: http://nostrademons.livejournal.com/60579.html

2005: http://nostrademons.livejournal.com/83785.html

2006: http://nostrademons.livejournal.com/105646.html

(The part I can't imagine is spending so much money on books when the library is perfectly adequate, but I imagine that's not so much of a concern for PB.)

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Post by pgbovine » Tue, Jan 05, 2010, 6:51 AM UTC

mahmud wrote: post #4

Very little finance/investment reading. I am surprised.

my lame speculation:

a.) once you're that wealthy, i don't think you care too much about 'get rich quick' or 'crazy investment strategies of the week' books anymore. you probably stash your money somewhere safe

b.) i'm sure paul cares a lot more about hacking than the latest fads in finance/investment

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Post by mahmud » Tue, Jan 05, 2010, 7:02 AM UTC

kwamenum86 wrote: post #2

156 items in 3 years? That is obscene. He averaged one purchase per week from amazon over this time period, which basically makes Amazon.com PB's religion.

I concurrently read 2-3 books per week; just finished one since yesterday morning. And it's not a hobby.