Stuff I've been reading
I've been at CERN for the last ten or 11 days, and I brought a lot of stuff with me. The latest copy of Asimov's and my laptop and my cell phone (which isn't useful as a cell phone, but makes an OK pocket web browser), and my running kit and all kinds of stuff. It's really kind of ridiculous how much I have to entertain me. Mostly I've been reading in bed on my cell phone though
Just skim the list. Click things that interest you. I've been careful to make sure the links work. Then? Reply back to start a conversation about something you've chosen to read.
There are a lot of these, so I've only put a subset in this blog post; I'll post more sometime later. And then the books.
* Clarkesworld Magazine - Online Science Fiction and Fantasy : Night, in Dark Perfection by Richard Parks
* Clarkesworld Magazine - Online Science Fiction and Fantasy : The Border between Writing and Life: A Conversation with Marly Youmans by Jeremy L. C. Jones
* Secret of AA: After 75 Years, We Don’t Know How It Works: being a very short summary of the history of AA, the neurobiology of addiction, and why it's hard to do comparative analysis.
* Why Johnny can't code: argues that line-oriented computer programming a la BASIC is the best way to get a feel for how computers really work. Then panics because decent BASIC systems are very hard to come by.
* From Habit to Process: Matt Taylor wants to sell you something. He wants to tell you how creative people act, then get you to pay him to make you act that way, without voluntarily ruining your life. But if you're very clever, reading how creative people act is probably enough data for you to figure out how to act yourself.
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Lincoln's Great Depression: Abraham Lincoln was seriously depressed most of his adult life. This article deals frankly with the fact, and argues that maybe he was such a great man because of the way his suffering shaped him.
* about "The Myth of the Super Programming Language"
* Lawmakers Hear Arguments for and Against Open Access to Research - Research - The Chronicle of Higher Education: Oh, you have no idea. I could choke.
* Early flaw brings on muscular dystrophy: Summarizes recent findings related to the genetic underpinnings of facioscapulohumeral MD.
Just skim the list. Click things that interest you. I've been careful to make sure the links work. Then? Reply back to start a conversation about something you've chosen to read.
There are a lot of these, so I've only put a subset in this blog post; I'll post more sometime later. And then the books.
* Clarkesworld Magazine - Online Science Fiction and Fantasy : Night, in Dark Perfection by Richard Parks
* Clarkesworld Magazine - Online Science Fiction and Fantasy : The Border between Writing and Life: A Conversation with Marly Youmans by Jeremy L. C. Jones
* Secret of AA: After 75 Years, We Don’t Know How It Works: being a very short summary of the history of AA, the neurobiology of addiction, and why it's hard to do comparative analysis.
* Why Johnny can't code: argues that line-oriented computer programming a la BASIC is the best way to get a feel for how computers really work. Then panics because decent BASIC systems are very hard to come by.
* From Habit to Process: Matt Taylor wants to sell you something. He wants to tell you how creative people act, then get you to pay him to make you act that way, without voluntarily ruining your life. But if you're very clever, reading how creative people act is probably enough data for you to figure out how to act yourself.
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Lincoln's Great Depression: Abraham Lincoln was seriously depressed most of his adult life. This article deals frankly with the fact, and argues that maybe he was such a great man because of the way his suffering shaped him.
* about "The Myth of the Super Programming Language"
* Lawmakers Hear Arguments for and Against Open Access to Research - Research - The Chronicle of Higher Education: Oh, you have no idea. I could choke.
* Early flaw brings on muscular dystrophy: Summarizes recent findings related to the genetic underpinnings of facioscapulohumeral MD.