More books

Started to read A Random Walk Down Wall Street. Didn't care for it: I don't need to be told to eat my spinach; the charts were misleading in the ways Tufte warns about; and the author has the need to denigrate the theories with which he disagrees. ( For example.... )

So: which ones would work? That he won't tell us, because he so firmly believes in the positive-bias random-walk theory he can't bring himself to provide useful information that might demonstrate that his pet theory is only 99% accurate. Pfeh.

Am in the middle of Peopleware, a book about managing teams of software developers. An engaging read, even if I already realize that I'm quite fortunate to work at a company that does most of what the authors describe.

The Art of SQL was eye-opening. (SQL is a computer language for writing database programs.) This book is for people who know SQL syntax but don't yet have a deep understanding of the implications of relational theory on how a functionally correct query can nonetheless be completely wrong (and have performance, scalability, and contention consequences).

Forced my way to the end of The Sons of Heaven, the last Kage Baker "Company" novel. Will post my review in a separate post, behind a cut, for the benefit of mabfan and whoever else still hasn't read it.

More books

Started to read A Random Walk Down Wall Street. Didn't care for it: I don't need to be told to eat my spinach; the charts were misleading in the ways Tufte warns about; and the author has the need to denigrate the theories with which he disagrees. ( For example.... )

So: which ones would work? That he won't tell us, because he so firmly believes in the positive-bias random-walk theory he can't bring himself to provide useful information that might demonstrate that his pet theory is only 99% accurate. Pfeh.

Am in the middle of Peopleware, a book about managing teams of software developers. An engaging read, even if I already realize that I'm quite fortunate to work at a company that does most of what the authors describe.

The Art of SQL was eye-opening. (SQL is a computer language for writing database programs.) This book is for people who know SQL syntax but don't yet have a deep understanding of the implications of relational theory on how a functionally correct query can nonetheless be completely wrong (and have performance, scalability, and contention consequences).

Forced my way to the end of The Sons of Heaven, the last Kage Baker "Company" novel. Will post my review in a separate post, behind a cut, for the benefit of mabfan and whoever else still hasn't read it.

"The Sons of Heaven" by Kage Baker

( Spoilerama )

"The Sons of Heaven" by Kage Baker

( Spoilerama )

Beethoven's Seventh/Fourth Movement

I've been comparing recordings of the fourth movement of Beethoven's Symphony #7, which I think is the closest anyone has come to perfection in composing orchestral music. (This from an avid Bach lover.) And I still haven't found what I'm looking for. ( Details )

So here's how I'd conduct it: ( Details. )

Anyway, that's how I hear it in my head.

Beethoven's Seventh/Fourth Movement

I've been comparing recordings of the fourth movement of Beethoven's Symphony #7, which I think is the closest anyone has come to perfection in composing orchestral music. (This from an avid Bach lover.) And I still haven't found what I'm looking for. ( Details )

So here's how I'd conduct it: ( Details. )

Anyway, that's how I hear it in my head.

Yesterday's NYSun answer

Can someone verify my solution? ( It don't get more spoily than this )

Yesterday's NYSun answer

Can someone verify my solution? ( It don't get more spoily than this )