Some people identify me as a reader. Fifty books a year sounds way beyond them. Even ten books a year can seem unattainable. Lifehacker’s How to Fit Reading Into Your Schedule and Actually Finish the Books You Want to Read is an okay start. Its suggestions: Schedule a Daily Reading Time Organize or Join a Book…
Today is the end of the third month, so where am I with those goals? Reading goals: Complete unfinished novel series. 7 of 24 done. That is 29%. I should be at 25%. So I am a little ahead. American History and Decision Making. 2 of 9 done. That is 22%. So a behind 25%. (A quarter…
My favorite quote from the video below. We should learn from history about the destruction of books. When I was fifteen years old, Hitler burned books in the streets of Berlin. So I learned then how dangerous it all was because if you didn’t have books and the ability to read, then you could not…
There is a Java vulnerability where an attacker can exploit the hash predictability. The exploit is apparently easier when the content is larger. So the workaround is to limit the size of HTTP POSTÂ requests. Weblogic’s 10.3 config.xml has a max-post-size which does this. The handling of when the condition is reached is pathetic. It closes…
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire My review: 2 of 5 stars It was okay. The book seemed more about the philosophy of religion and politics and their intermixing than I expected and without a clear point. It was more Xenocide than Ender’s game. Scarily, the…
The reading list went pretty well last year. The only problem is it made me buy a bunch of books. Inventorying my books (thanks to the Goodreads app) made me aware I own a ton of books I ought to read. So this years goals are books I already have. Reading goals: Complete unfinished novel…
For 2011 I had three reading goals: Complete unfinished novel series. DONE - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4) - Rowling, J.K. DONE - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5) - Rowling, J.K. DONE - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6) - Rowling, J.K. DONE - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) - Rowling,…
Today is the 365th day of the year, so at the end, here is an update on my resolution progress. Complete unfinished novel series. At the previous update, I reported finishing the all the series on the list and adding a few more series. These additions are also done. Complete the first 25 of the BBC The…