Getting interested in Emacs and Common Lisp lately.

[bugarup]

Trouble being, of course, that I'm a first-year undergrad, barely managing my introductory JavaAlice and Processing course as it is. And next year there'll be C and Unix to explore, which promises a lot of fun. So I suspect this is yet another case of me attempting to branch out too early, before I have decent roots in the ground. Shan't have a lot of Copious Spare Time anyway, but AI is definitely perceptible in the blurry nebula of my far-off interests, right next to kernels and the hardware-software interface. [Also, this year I've definitely been getting more interested in astronomy. Curse you, Makoto Shinkai, Mami Kashiwabara, Carl Sagan, Arthur C. Clarke, The Space Fellowship and Phil Plait! I don't want to save up for a telescope, durn it. (Admittedly, though, I'm in a pretty decent location for stargazing.)]

So yes, any book recommendations for me to shove on the shelves and look at longingly every so often? I should point out in advance that comments from non-friends will be screened. Cannot be bothered to check my defaults right now.

Also, the laptop randomly shut itself off while I was typing the entry. Thank the devs for saved drafts, I guess. In terms of causes I currently suspect:

1. Partially crystallised battery due to AC woes as of late
2. Dust in the fans leading to overheating
3. Silly hardware incompatibilities
4. Some of the above
5. All of the above.