Frog on The Floor

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Dune (Frank Herbert, 1965) and Dune Messiah (Frank Herbert, 1969) These are influential SF classics, I doubt I can say much about them that hasn't already been said.

Sunday My alarm wakes me at 6.

The 4-10 Schedule My workplace recently changed its rules about core hours, making it possible to work 4 10-hour days and take Friday off.

Ubik (Phillip K Dick, 1969) I think this is the first Phillip K Dick book I've read and unambiguously liked.

Preamble In my previous post, I went through the first two chapters of the GNU tar manual.

Motivation When I'm stumped by a problem in programming or computing, I generally find myself searching the internet.

Part of what I enjoy about biking is exploring new trails, and getting out of my neighborhood.