Decided to reread the old stories I had read in my childhood. Started with Ben–Hur. You might know the movie, more the book. Adventure, slave galleys, a love triangle, and of course really well written historical fiction. Loved it so much that I went and got the rest of Lew Wallace’s fiction. The rains are going to be so much more enjoyable :)
It calls itself, an eco thriller. But that is selling the series short. It’s a lush, beautiful soundscape. The forests still ring in my ears. The drums still thump. The future is chilly and industrial. The writing and the dialogue are crisp. And most importantly, it has an all woman cast. And that is all I am willing to share. Find the podcast here. It says episodes available indefinitely. So go have fun! I binged it. I’m sure you will too. ...
More learning. Did about an hour today. Tried figuring out how to read in a csv manually. (and then, he thanks God for libraries) Will keep chugging away at this.
While the storm passed us by, it bought upon us a day of no power. So I just deciced to make the most of it and read a book, I’ve wanted to, for quite a while. Finished Jon Stokes’, “Inside the Machine”. This book is like a 5000 feet, overview on how the CPU inside a computer works. If you’re curious like me, and don’t want to delve into the nitty-gritties of Computer Science, this is just the book for you. Starting with a fictional CPU and then racing through the Intel/AMD (x86, IA-64, x86-64) and AIM (Apple, IBM, Motorala - PowerPC) line of CPUs, this is a wonderful exposition of how the brains in your computer work. (spoiler, they are really dumb and plenty fast!) ...
Nothing much done today. But I am learning to pace myself and say stop :) Learnt some, about finding the absolute path of a file. Anyhoo, nothing much I can do. A gigantic, storm’s a-comin’! Time to batten down the hatches.
Ok, back from hiatus, much earlier than expected :) Need to take care not to burn myself out now. I need to do this slowly. Done with a tiny program, Kushal asked me to write. If you download a log from the DGPLUG log archive and then run the program and give it the filename, it’ll spit out a list of how many nicks, spoke how many words. The code is here, Gitlab and Github ...