October 2020
Sea of fog.
I just started reading Voice of Power (The Spoken Mage Book 1) by Melanie Cellier.📚
A path in the forest.
Review of A Memory of Light, The Wheel of Time, Book 14
Review of A Memory of Light, The Wheel of Time, Book 14 audiobook 📚. The final book in the story! We stand before the last battle. Every faction is preparing his or her soldiers. War plans are made – and then discarded again. I have forgotten most of what happens in the last battle; I only remembered Egwene’s battle scenes. But this is a bit sad as so much is happening in this book.
New module the math learn in App I’ve created for my daughter.
Review of Valour And Vanity: (The Glamourist Histories #4)
I just finished reading Valour And Vanity: (The Glamourist Histories #4) by Mary Robinette Kowal.📚 Jane and Vincent finally travel to Murano to further experiment with encasing Glamour into glass. On the way to their destination, they get robbed by pirates, and thus they arrive penniless in Murano. Luckily there is a kind soul on board as well, and he offers them to use his house. He is a banker from Murano.I just started reading A Wizard’s Guide To Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher.📚
I just started reading To Be Taught, If Fortunate: A Novella by Becky Chambers.📚
Review of Sunlight (Titans, Cranes & Monsters Games)
I recently finished reading Sunlight (Titans, Cranes & Monsters Games) by Kristian Joseph.📚 In a world in chaos, we observe how the last democracy is on the verge of collapse. We follow the journey of Sam Royle, an ill man without any memory of his life. Nathan Sahl, the Chief of Defence, needs to decide between his friends and his family as the consequences of his choices start to unfold. Then there is Lydia Jacobs, a soldier who begins a quest for revenge after receiving a phone call from her father.Review of Attack Surface
I finished reading Attack Surface by Cory Doctorow.📚 Another book in the Little Brother universe, this makes me happy :-). In this book, Masha Maximow is the main character. She made different choices in her life, and people got hurt because of that. On the other hand, not everything in her life is terrible. She is just not sure on which side she wants to stand. Masha works for an InfoSec company and is responsible for upgrading software for a dictator.Sabbatical Day One
Today was the first day of my two-month sabbatical. It will actually be a bit longer than two months. I think it makes sense to document a bit of what I do with this time. Due to the world’s current situation, there will not be much traveling, but I hope to explore Switzerland a bit. The first day just started perfectly with another Corona Test, as I was not feeling so well last week; let’s hope it is negative.
Bread in the form of a Hart.
I just started reading Of Noble Family (Glamourist Histories Book 5) by Mary Robinette Kowal.📚
Review of Station Theta: A Sci-Fi Dystopian Mystery (Miles & Breaker Book 2)
I finished reading Station Theta: A Sci-Fi Dystopian Mystery (Miles & Breaker Book 2) by Nicole Adrianne.📚 This book is the second issue in the Miles & Breaker series. The new school year has started, and Miles and Jana enjoy exciting lessons. But something is still off, and Jana decides to visit her parents on station Theta. The start is slow. The characters seem to have a different voice now: a lot more internal monologue and a fixation on clothes and looks and luckily some smaller amount on the characters’ insecurities, which is good.My wife just found my extern hard drive with my photo library on it, which I was missing. Lucky me, I’ve already expected to write off most of my photo collection. And now, I need to make a better backup strategy for it!
My new phone
I just started reading Valour And Vanity: (The Glamourist Histories #4) by Mary Robinette Kowal.📚
Review of Selbstzuwendung, Selbstakzeptanz, Selbstvertrauen: Psychotherapeutische Interventionen zum Aufbau von Selbstwertgefühl
I just reading Selbstzuwendung, Selbstakzeptanz, Selbstvertrauen: Psychotherapeutische Interventionen zum Aufbau von Selbstwertgefühl by Friederike Potreck-Rose and Gitta Jacob.📚 A book about how to recreate your self-esteem and self-acceptance again when you have lost it is not directly a “self-help” book, and I liked this aspect of the book. The first part introduced the theoretical concepts of the topic. Whereas in the second part, the authors present multiple interventions to rebuild your self-esteem.I just started reading Sunlight (Titans, Cranes & Monsters Games) by Kristian Joseph.📚
For the case that we have Rails and Devise experts here, I could use some help with this issue.
⤑ Devise authenticate_admin_user! does not work after upgrading to rails 5.
Review of Without A Summer (Glamourist Histories Series Book 3)
I just started reading Without A Summer (Glamourist Histories Series Book 3) by Mary Robinette Kowal.📚 Jane and her husband Vincent travel to London to handle a commission by an Irish Baron. They decide to take Melody – Jane’s sister – with them to enjoy London and find an eligible husband for her. The author changed the writing style and tone again in this book. Compared to the second issue, this book is nearer to the first book.I just started reading Attack Surface by Cory Doctorow.📚
I just started reading Station Theta: A Sci-Fi Dystopian Mystery (Miles & Breaker Book 2) by Nicole Adrianne.📚
Nice autumn colors on the tree bevor my office window.
Review of Glamour in Glass (Glamourist Histories Series Book 2)
I finished reading Glamour in Glass (Glamourist Histories Series Book 2) by Mary Robinette Kowal.📚 Vincent and Jane are married and work now together as Glamourists. After a successful commission by the prince regent, they start a honeymoon to Belgium. As the English defeated Napoleon, it is deemed safe again to travel there. But soon after arriving, there are signs that it could not be as safe as thought. The book’s tone has changed; this issue is a lot more adventure-driven, and Jane can finally be herself.
Perfect score for the first time!
Bridge
Review of Station Alpha: A Sci-Fi Dystopian Mystery (Miles & Breaker Book 1)
I finished reading Station Alpha: A Sci-Fi Dystopian Mystery (Miles & Breaker Book 1) by Nicole Adrianne.📚 A book about Miles and Jana, two teenagers in a future world: Miles is from the earth, and Jana is born on Space Station Alpha. Due to good results in his last school year, Miles can switch to the school on Station Alpha and joins with Jana into the same class. Jana is the best pupil in the school system, and as such, she is quite famous.Review of Shades of Milk and Honey (Glamourist Histories Book 1)
I finished reading Shades of Milk and Honey (Glamourist Histories Book 1) by Mary Robinette Kowal.📚 It is the year 1800, and we follow the days of Jane, a young woman living at home with her parents and sister. She longs for love but thinks it unable to achieve. She is talented in the arts of the glamour, a special kind of magic. Unfortunately, most of the eligible men she finds are more interested in her sister as they look more to the outside of a woman then on then on the inside.I just started reading Without A Summer (Glamourist Histories Series Book 3) by Mary Robinette Kowal.📚