Wow, Jumper Is a brilliant read. I quite enjoyed the film, but having read the book the two are very different stories and the film pales in comparison. I also just discovered there’s a sequel, I’m all over that.
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Recent Reading
After Cluster Bombs: Raining Nails
And perhaps most intriguing: Inside the Attack that Crippled Revision3 – One of the strangest denial-of-service attacks i’ve ever heard of.
Book Decor
Something about this really irks me:
The most important element of library décor is, of course, the books. The more impressive in appearance the books, the more striking the library. When designing a home or office library, functionality often takes a back seat to beauty. That is precisely why decorative books are so popular.
Because, honestly, who reads books these days?
Recent (Electronic) Reading.
- My Addicted Son in the NYT
- Another AIDS Casualty in NYM*
- Exposed in the NYT
*I picked up AIDS Doctors: Voices from the Epidemic after it was mentioned in this article. it’s a fascinating and educational read. The first hand accounts of the early years from the people on the front lines is eye-opening and sobering.
Words
Just wanted to share an extract from the US Declaration of Independence, which I must admit I had never read until it was quoted in Little Brother:
“That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, – That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”
They certainly had a way with words.
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