And after the first leg of this thrilling catalogue, Isaac Asimov is way out in front with 33 titles. Bill Bryson is in second place, just edging out Douglas Adams and the chasing pack of Time-Life editors. Collins and Penguin are neck-and-neck vying for the publisher’s cup, and the year 1994 had a very strong… Continue reading The leaders so far
Category: Books
Managing Collections
Well, after a bit of a foray into barcode recognition on the webcam, a friend at work talked me into buying a CueCat off eBay. Well, he had the eBay account, so he actually bought it. All of about $13 including shipping. So for that price, I decided to give up on the image recognition… Continue reading Managing Collections
Another Library Book Sale
On Friday night, Mrs Elbeno remarked to me: “There’s a book sale tomorrow!” Luckily she had read about it in the paper, because I had forgotten it, even though I received the reminder by email from the mayor. So on Saturday morning we headed down to the library at about 9.40 to trawl through the… Continue reading Another Library Book Sale
Media consumption
Ben Board, my ex-colleague, good friend and co-conspirator in the realm of cryptic crosswords, has a gamasutra column/interview piece talking about his current media consumption. By comparison, my media consumption (what a prejudiced phrase, but let’s go with it) is a bit more skewed towards books. Sounds: Daft Punk‘s Discovery, Blur’s Modern Life is Rubbish… Continue reading Media consumption
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
I’ve just finished it, so I can now return to the Internet. Sorry for the delay – I’m in a late timezone to start with, and had to look after mini-Elbeno this morning.
Bye Bye Internet
Apparently scans of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows have been leaked to Bittorrent. So I’m boycotting the Internet until I’ve read it.
Book Sale Haul
Today was the quarterly book sale at the Culver City library. The haul: 16 Hardy Boys books The Past Through Tomorrow – Robert A Heinlein River Out of Eden – Richard Dawkins Operating Systems Design and Implementation – Andrew Tanenbaum The Design of the Unix Operating System – Maurice Bach Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages… Continue reading Book Sale Haul
3 new books
I have been meaning to read Flow for a while now. While at Borders, I also noticed The Elegant Solution which has recently been a topic of discussion among my peers at work. Of course, in bookshops I always go first to the computer section, where I can judge if the store is any good.… Continue reading 3 new books
LA Times Book Festival, Day 2
We arrived a little later than yesterday since Mrs. Elbeno does a long run on Sunday mornings – 12.5 miles today. But we parked in almost exactly the same spot. I hurried to get to a panel entitled “Science Fiction: The Road From Here to There” featuring Cory Doctorow (author, blogger, civil rights advocate), John… Continue reading LA Times Book Festival, Day 2
LA Times Book Festival
We spent the day at the LA Times Festival of Books at UCLA. I’d never been to UCLA before – it’s a nice campus. Ample parking meant no hassles getting in or out despite the huge numbers of people there. I attended a morning panel session entitled “New Media: Blogging and Beyond”. The panelists were… Continue reading LA Times Book Festival