Life, the Universe and Everything
Another classic from the trilogy of four. I'd always known that Cricket was somehow evil.
The Complete Hammer’s Slammers Volume 3
This book consists of three paperbacks combined into one volume, and follows in from Volume 1 and Volume 2. I'll cover each story separately: The sharp end: this story is a little different from the other Hammer's Slammers stuff. To be honest, its a bit less grim. Normally the stories are about how war is in the end just a bunch of guys trying to not die (for the grunts at least), whereas this story is a little bit more hopeful than that. Then again, there is still plenty of the negative side of war in this story. Paying the piper: I've seen other people complain that this book is disjointed, which is a fair comment. Concepts are reintroduced several times, even though they've already been covered. I wonder if this was originally a set of short stories in a series? Its a good read however. The darkness: a much shorter story, which is a lot more like the ones in Volume 1 and Volume 2. [isbn: 9781892389800]
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Another classic. This book is probably a little better than The Hichhiker's Guide because it doesn't have to spend so much time explaining the background to the story. It is a very fast read, just like the other book, and I enjoyed it.
Books read in January 2009
Bio of a Space Tyrant: Refugee Battlefields Beyond Tomorrow The Compleat Bolo Prince of the Blood Dawnspell The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Refuge
Isaac Asimov’s Robot City: Refuge
This is the fifth book in the Robot City series. I think its actually the best written of those that I have read so far. The story makes sense, isn't hard to believe like some of the others, and the dialog doesn't feel wooden.
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Ok, so this is a classic. I hadn't read it in years though, and it's still awesome. Loved it. Things to note that I hadn't thought of before -- "SubEtha" is talked about a lot, that probably explains "SubEtha Edit" which is an editor I have used in the past; the term "Googleplex" is used in the book, its also the name of the campus I work on; I love the idea of depressed computers, I should see if I can whip one up.
Restricting anonymous edits
Because of two examples of wiki spam today, I am restricting anonymous edits. From now on you will be required to have a wiki account before you can make an edit. That doesn't seem all that onerous to me, and lets me avoid having to deal with spam.
MythTV Chapter Ready: The Easy Way: Installing MythBuntu
The The Easy Way: Installing MythBuntu chapter is now ready. This chapter provides an overview of a basic MythBuntu installation, which is something which wasn't covered at all in Practical MythTV, as MythBuntu wasn't ready at the time. MythBuntu provides a simple installation and configuration option for those people who want to build a new MythTV system from scratch, and want to hide the normal Ubuntu install. Thanks to Michael Carden and Jost Stewart for their reviews of this chapter, as well as Paul Wayper for his comments.
Looking for a logo
I'm not a very graphical person, so I'm looking for someone to help me with a logo for the online MythTV book project -- specifically I need something to replace this image: I hope you agree that the current logo lacks a certain... something. A simple logo which somehow says "book about MythTV" would be really cool. It would also be good to have a version which works as a favicon. Please email me if you think you can help.
Dawnspell: The Bristling Wood
This is the third book in the Deverry series, and is very readable. This book is a little different from the previous two because the two plots aren't as strongly linked as they have been in the previous two books. In previous books they've been interleaved, whereas in this book the first half of the book is one plot, and the second half the other. [isbn: 0586207414;0553285815]