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. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig . Programming Clojure . Little Schemer (re-reading) . Evidence-Based Technical Analysis: Applying the Scientific Method and Statistical Inference to Trading Signals by David Aronson
The three books I'm currently reading; flex and bison, Mastering Algorithms in C Expert C programming,
The next three books on the "to read" stack are; Cyptonomicom, The definitive guide to GCC, Managing projects with GNU make,
Did anyone else find "Code Complete" to be a bit repetitive, in places a bit redundant, and sometimes repetitive? I think the "pragmatic programmer" was a better read, and I could not put down "programming pearls"
* The Future of the Internet -- And How to Stop It :: by Jonathan Zittrain * The Elementary Particles :: by Michel Houellebecq
Just finished iWoz, by Woz. It's extremely casually written. He comes across as ego-centric but sadly without self-awareness even here, in autobiography (incidentally, I think the appropriate comic strip to represent Steve and Steve would be Calvin and Calvin. But I digress). The guy is a genius, there's some funny bits, and he gives some great advice: being able to think objectively gives you confidence, and independence of the opinions of others. Worth being reminded of when the pressure's on.
now to join the long tail of comments
- Practical Common Lisp
- Programming Clojure
Non technical:
- Empire, Antonio Negri & Michael Hardt. A deep political and philosophical essay about the transition between modern and postmodern times.
- Various material about the International Situationist, an avant-garde political and artistic movement from the 60s.
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini
Still at 'Real World Haskell'...and still not through the Monads part
Programming Clojure, started reading
Chris Okasaki's Thesis on 'Functional Data Structures'
O'Reilly's 'Algorithms in a Nutshell'
'Collective Intelligence', T. Segaran, O'Reilly
Some old Isaac Asimov books I found in my Landlord's cellar
R. L. Stevenson, re-reading 'Treasure Island' on Google Books