Books

Finished reading iWoz, written by Steve Wozniak last night. I picked the book up a few days before i left Rocky to come home to Inverell.

The book starts out pretty slow but does come through with the goods. Ive always known Woz was involved with Apple from the start, but i never really realised what exactly he did do. Reading about how he created the Apple I, Apple II, the floppy drive, etc amazed me. The guy must be one smart cookie thats for sure.

The second part of the book is a lot more interesting then the first in my opinion and the last 2 chapters close the book off well.

Well worth the read for Apple fans. Non Apple fans might not be as interested, but i would encourage them to at least give it a try… Woz did pioneer the personal computer as we know it.

Ive started reading Parallel Worlds again. Its a book i bought when i was in the US the last time and started reading it over there. I kind of stopped reading it when i got back to Australia but its a really interesting book so ive been putting some time aside each night before i go to bed to read a small section. I figure reading a small section each night is enough to get me thinking about it and not get myself too confused.

Its a cool book though, dealing with lots of cool ideas including time travel, parallel universes, etc Some of the ideas go right over my head, but i still enjoy reading it.

Ive got so many books that ive started reading. I tend to have more then one book in the state of being read at any particular time. Ranging from psychology, comedy, programming and non fiction.

Books are cool.

So im currently reading Parallel Worlds by Michio Kaku, its an interesting book. Its basically about the current research into string theory and such. It talks about the universe and how it was formed and what exactly it is.

Theres some discussion about time travel and parallel universes and stuff. Its interesting.

So, last few weeks ive read 2 books.

First was the second book in the Warcraft War of the Ancients trilogy. It followed on well from the first book and was equally as good. Im waiting now for the third and final book to be released. Its really cool how it relates so much to the games, the storyline from the book flows right through all the warcraft games and theres a lot explained in the books so far that i hadnt picked up from the games.

Second book was the Davinci Code by Dan Brown. Flicked through it when my sister was up at easter and thought id grab a copy. Its a really good read as well. I had a hard time putting it down and the storyline was awesome. It has a lot of interesting topics in it and made me think a lot which was good.

So yeah, thats about it. Both books are great and worth reading.

Just ordered the second Warcraft: War of the Ancients book. “The Demon Soul” is the second book in the trilogy which follows on from “The Well of Eternity”.

I really enjoyed the first book, hopefully the second will be just as enjoyable.

Bought it through SeekBooks.com.au. Their site looks kinda dodgy, but its actually very user friendly and easy to get the info you need.

Ill hold my final comments about seekbooks until after i actually get the book (If i actually get it )

On a side note, i wonder if Thomas ever read the first book copy that i gave him. He hasnt said anything about it so im guessing he hasnt. Should have just kept it myself and sold it

Currently reading/browsing this book. Its pretty interesting and goes into a lot of detail on lowish level unix stuff.

Has a great section on gdb (the debugger) as well, amazing what you can do with that if you know the right commands.

hrmmm, other books im reading in some shape or form include:
* Applescript the definitive guide
* Numbers XLib and X11 programming books

Thats about it. I havnt read a non computer related book in a while. Seems to be something i dont do much anymore. *shrugs*

Wow, i forgot i had this category… hrmmm – books… im still reading the lord of the rings books, bought halfway through them all. Problem is i havnt looked at it in a while and im guessing when i go to start again ill have to read the last few chapters to figure out where im up to…

Also browsing through the Applescript in a nutshell book – havnt actually read much but i flick through it every now and then hoping i get a chance to read it someday.

Same goes for the numerous Cocoa books iv e got, all in various stages of being read.

Thats about it, havnt read any other books really, thats something i dont get much time to do anymore, should make some time to do that – sit and read to myself.

bleh… ok, back to php

So im reading this book i got on sale at BigW, not too bad. I realise im a bad procrastinator… so ive gotta try stopping that.

Nice quotes:

“Inspiration, readiness, and the like, are not necessary feelings for moving ahead and getting a job done. They are artificial impediments to completion.”

This is so true, i make so many ‘im not motivated, im not ready, i dont feel like it” excuses every day.

If the task is set by others and a deadline is involved, procrastination occurs. The intense anxiety involved in facing the task can be overwhelming and can be avoided by delay. As the deadline nears, dread increases, and at some point activity begins. Because so much time has been wasted hiding from a fear of failure, little time is left for a good effort. The job is pulled off at the last minute and does not represent a best effort. You are left then with some sense of failure – which you started out to avoid. You also have a sense of relief. Its over. You’ve scraped by again. Because you have in one sense succeeded, you are very likely to repeat this destructive unfulfilling pattern again”

gotta stop that