An update on books I’m reading
So I'm always reading a book. Or two or three. At the same time of course. However, I'm not a very fast reader, nor am I a consistent reader. So even though I'm "always reading a book", it may take me 4 or 5 months to finish one.
Last year I read probably 3 or 4 books. So far this year I've read two and am almost finished with a third:
- The Fellowship of the Ring (first book in the Lord of the Rings trilogy)
- Johnathan Livingston Seagull
- Eragon (almost finished with this one)
They've all been enjoyable. While these are the ones I've finished (or nearly), here are some that I'm still in the midst of:
- The Art of Scalability (about scalable system and business architecture)
- Learning Groovy and Grails
- Myths of Innovation
- 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know
- Oracle Essentials
Blog face lift
I've been using Movable Type for blogging for a long time now, like 2 years. I am now switching to WordPress. Reason being- I did a custom install of Movable Type and I don't really want to go through the effort to upgrade it, or maintain it. My hosting service provider has an auto-install of WordPress with automated upgrades and plugins and all sorts of things that I don't have to manage. Simple enough.
So, I've imported everything from my MT blog over here and think this will be a better long-term blog platform.
Oh- p.s. I changed the name of the blog. Different name, but same concept.