Hoodie Hoo
We just got back from an ice-prolonged trip to Onida (I’m told my mother-in-law maintains that page. boo ya!) during which I finally finished some books that I have been reading since long before Tommy was born.
I started I, Robot about 3 years ago and then lost the book during our most recent move. That’s not really an excuse for not getting it read, as it still gave me over 2 years to read it. The good parts of this book read like a well thought out proof, which for me is a good thing. Especially the last two ’sections.’ Other than the occasional ferefence to Indo-China, it’s hard to tell that this book was written in 1950.
I started Simon Singh’s The Code Book just before Lindsey and I got married 3.5 years ago. It is a wonderful depiction of the evolution of cryptography, with a brrief foray into attepmts at deciphering ancient languages. I picked it up because I liked Fermat’s Enigma (A simliar effort, centered on Fermat’s Last Theorem) so much. Yes these are math books. Ironically, I heard part of an NPR story about Simon Singh Saturday morning, just hours before I finished the book. It looks like he has another book out with which I may need to entangle myself for the next 3-4 years.
I also discovered the Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters this weekend. I saw three episodes in a row last night, which was more than enough to convince me to set up a “dish pass” for it. It reminds me of Junkyard Wars with its devious educational value wrapped in geeky fun.
Having spent time this weekend actually reading books and watching TV (And talking to people just a bit) I made no progress with Fable, I haven’t gotten any more reading done on Make, and I haven’t written any new Python code. Maybe next weekend.
