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Starboy

Nov 27, 2018 some comments

While listening to Starboy by The Weekend I’m reminded about some codebases that I have to dive into more deeply. When reading codebases, be they for fun or profit, I tend to take a systematic approach to exposing them, described as: Get it building and running – not always as easy as it should/could be. […]

The best things and stuff of 2015

Dec 29, 2015 some comments

Great things and people that I discovered, learned, read, met, etc. in 2015. No particular ordering is implied. Not everything is new. also: see the lists from 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010 Great blog posts read 1,000 True Fans – an interesting look into a certain aspect of the long-tail (something I’ve been mulling […]

2014: The Year of the Vonnegut

Dec 7, 2013 some comments

I love Kurt Vonnegut. Everything that I’ve read that he’s written is a gem1 and his interviews are amazing. Except for PG Wodehouse, I consider Vonnegut the greatest writer of comedic depth-psychology in the history of the universe. I read very few biographies, but when I learned of the Vonnegut biography And So It Goes, […]

Books read in 2012

Jan 1, 2013 some comments

Michael’s favorite books »

The Amazing Colossal Science Fiction Ketchup!

Sep 21, 2012 some comments

Compared to many of my colleagues, friends and hamsters I’ve read a pathetic amount of science fiction in my lifetime. It’s not that I never liked sci-fi, in fact much of what I’ve read I like very much, I just never really got around to it. Therefore, in an effort to “catch-up” I’m taking it […]

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