This page is a sort of sandbox/notepad for me to write stuff down and keep it some place online. It’s public in case anyone else is interested or wants to add to my book-list, or comment about something here.
Have fun and behave.
Books:
conservatives without conscience
nuclear showdown
the decency wars
“Reasons to Live” by Amy Hempel
Marcia Fiamengo: hey, you should read alfred bester’s “the stars my destination”
:13 PM) Chris: http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=51805
(4:00:49 PM) Emily: NICE
(4:01:29 PM) Chris: it’s a hard choice though.. give them access to lots of information with some hidden? or no information at all
(4:02:38 PM) Emily: i think it’s the right choice.
(4:02:42 PM) Emily: with google, maybe it was harder
(4:02:49 PM) Emily: because they wanted that market and that revenue
(4:03:05 PM) Emily: but wikipedia doesn’t make money through its members. so it’s more free to stick to its culture like this
(4:04:00 PM) Emily: besides, i’m sure wikipedia doesn’t have the resouces to have someone censor and moderate EVERY SINGLE submission
(4:04:15 PM) Emily: unlike search engine filtering technologies, it’s just not possible with a wiki
“While it is possible
for a programmer to be relatively successful while being actively anti-social
and programming does tend to attract people less comfortable with human
interaction, computing is as social as you make it.” (source)
beers:
Red Tale ale
[carla] nashife: Drop Top and St. Pauli Girl are excellent breakfast brews as well
