October 2018
I just started reading The Gate of Gods (The Fall of Ile-Rien Trilogy 3) by Martha Wells.📚
A rainy hike next to a river.
Review The Wizard Hunters (The Fall of Ile-Rien Trilogy Book 1)
I was following the discussion of some of the people on Micro.blog about Martha Wells and decided that I want to read The Wizard Hunters (The Fall of Ile-Rien Trilogy Book 1) by Martha Wells.📚 I like, how the author does the worldbuilding in this book. It has a refreshing combination of a modern tale about ware sprinkled with fantasy elements. I had some problems with getting the motivation of the main character, but after the first third of the book the motivation was understandable, and to the end of the book, it was also relatable.Review Hello World - How to be Human in the Age of the Machine
On my stay in London this autumn I saw an advertisement for Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine by Hannah Fry.📚 I like thinking about such problems, and the book displays all the problems we have with AI and machine learning algorithms. Some of the examples given in the book are known when you are interested in this topic. But this book composes a nice collection of all the anecdotes and also gives further insight into the issues the different algorithms have.
I like ordering stuff from the internet, but I’m always wondering why the boxes in which they send items in are so big. Usually it has around 30% air in the box, but today I received a carton which was indeed of the charts. Approximately 90% air inside the box. And the best thing was it was a box in a box.
They could have just sent it with the smaller box; it also had bubble wrap in both boxes.
I just started reading The Ships of Air (The Fall of Ile-Rien Trilogy Book 2) by Martha Wells.📚
Projects: Building a birthday present for my mother (Outdoor table build part 1 of 2)
I just started reading The Wizard Hunters (The Fall of Ile-Rien Trilogy Book 1) by Martha Wells.📚
City from above - picture I’ve drawn recently.
Found motivation to finally change the sandpaper for the first time on the disk sander.
Autumn is starting (two mushrooms in our lawn).
I just started reading Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine by Hannah Fry.📚
Review of Borderline – Book one of the Arcadia Project series)
Borderline (The Arcadia Project) by Mishell Baker 📚 is a rather short book which went onto my reading list, I think while browsing Amazon the other day. Due to travel plans for the weekend, I needed something new to read, so I gave it a shot. I only realized after half of the book that this is sort of a detective/crime solving novel, a genre I usually avoid. It was a lucky happenstance as otherwise, I would have missed out of a good book and possible series.Review Twenty Thousand Leagues Under
I’ve read Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne.📚 when I was a child quite some time ago and decided it is time for a reread. It is still a beautiful book to read, but I completely forgot that it consists of mostly listing of fish and other beast living in the sea. I’m not sure if as a child I was riding an abridged version of this book.
I just started reading Phantom Pains (The Arcadia Project Book 2) by Mishell Baker.📚