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Book - The Ghost Map

Fantastic book. John Snow was absolutely an amazing man -- finding a theory, using statistics to prove it, convincing the government to act, then helping rid the modern world of one of the most deadly diseases -- awesome. Steven Johnson does a great job of telling this story, with a bit of history, a bit of back story, a bit of science and great pacing. Worth a read.

14 October 2012

Book - The Victorian Internet

Very interesting and the parallels to our modern day internet are astounding.

10 October 2012

Book - The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

I loved this book. I love the understated sense of humour, the irony, the characters. I laughed out loud page after page. It is impossible and fun, highly recommended.

28 September 2012

Book - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Well, you don't win the Pulitzer by mistake. This book was pretty amazing. There was a lot of Spanish (my wife claims most of it was filthy) and a lot of sci-fi references. But it was great.

10 September 2012

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