Category Archives: Books

 I purchased the tome Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp by Peter Norvig in the weekend. For two reasons, I wanted to learn more about classic AI solutions, and I wanted to learn about LISP. Two birds … Continue reading →

Well I read The Wisdom of Crowds so long ago, I’m not sure what to say: I do remember enjoying this book a lot. The idea that depending on how a group is structured and how “voting” takes place a … Continue reading →

About a month ago I read the last Harry Potter book. On the whole a fantastic books with some great twists, yet I was informed the first half was boring and then it got good, so I had a good … Continue reading →

I have been wanting to read Do Android Dream of Electric Sheep? for a while now. So while at Borders yesterday I went to the Sci-Fi section (I know how often does a programmer type do that?) and thought of Mr Philip Dick. … Continue reading →

The Amazon order has arrived, now I just need to read the book, what I need is a long weekend holiday in Wellington to read it over. What luck I’m also off to Wellington tonight. Will review once finished…