Recent Sci-fi readings …

Some sci-fi books I’ve read recently that I’d recommend:

Orphan’s Journey (Jason Wander)

Orphan’s Destiny (Jason Wander)

Orphanage (Jason Wander)

The above books by Robert Buettner were very enjoyable, although shorter than I would have liked (either more depth added or fewer books).

Ilium

Ilium is a bit tough to read (as the story parallels some of the Iliad along with all of the names), but I definitely enjoyed the twists and turns of the book. It’s gotten really good reviews generally (although there’s of course some people who hated it).

If you haven’t tried Dan Simmons before, I’d definitely recommend this book:

Hyperion

(It’s gotten awesome reviews at Amazon).

Here’s some of my older recommendations for sci-fi books. I definitely appreciate the advice given then and any new suggestions you might have!

My Mix09 10K entry is now showing …

I entered the Mix09 10K programming contest this year.  The basic premise – code  any Silverlight or WPF click-once application and use less than 10K code/assets total. I struggled to get what I wanted in under 10K (I kept trimming/removing)! I had to change my idea several times to get it to fit into 10K. All my variables had one or two character names, I used var, lambda expressions, every messy-code-squashing trick I could think of to get it to fit!

I’d appreciate your vote here.

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Thanks!

Backspace on a calculator?! No Way!

What a great idea! A back button on a calculator! I don’t use “real” world calculators much anymore, but seeing a back button made me wonder why it’s taken so long for a back button to be added! (OK, maybe they’ve been there for a while … and I haven’t noticed them.).

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