Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Ach, diese Lücke, diese entsetzliche Lücke by Joachim Meyerhoff

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Extremely heart-warming, emotional, funny, wonderful autobiography.  Now I have to go back and read the earlier books by Meyerhoff.  5/5 sta...

Keeper of Dreams by Orson Scott Card

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Too short, great stories.  Can't wait for the next volume, 5/5 stars.

Ganymede Club by Charles Sheffield

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Great space opera by the master, 5/5 stars.
Sunday, February 17, 2019

Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Taken

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Fun, entertaining, and actionable. 5/5 stars. -- mfw@wyle.org | 1.425.249.3936
Saturday, February 16, 2019

new advances in understanding superpermutations

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If a television series has three episodes, there are six possible orders in which to view them: 123, 132, 213, 231, 312 and 321. You could...
Thursday, February 14, 2019

Click here to kill everybody by Bruce Schneier

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I enjoyed this one.  It was simple, quick, to the point, and insightful.  None of the concepts was complex and the summaries were not too si...

A mind at play, Claude Shannon by Jim Soni & Rob Goodman

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Too long and rambling but interesting life and times, not enough rigor. 2/5 stars, meh.
Sunday, February 10, 2019

Our Transparent Society

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https://medium.com/@jeffreypbezos/no-thank-you-mr-pecker-146e3922310f  Is very encouraging. -- mfw@wyle.org | 1.425.249.3936
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Wednesday, February 6, 2019

City on the Edge forever by Harlan Ellison (original script and essays)

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The original Star Trek series from 1964 has always been near and dear to me.  I was also a fan of Harlan Ellison's writings.  Harlan die...

Proteus in the underworld by Charles Sheffield

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Unwinding the mysteries at the end was great and it's fun to experience "Silver Age" plots sometimes.  Not Sheffield's bes...