Hi,
from now on I will be blogging from http://blog.u2u.info/DottextWeb/peter/
I would like to thank dotnetjunkies for enabling me to blog through their site but since we started our own blog at U2U (see www.u2u.info for more blogs) I am moving there.
Peter
Ok, first week of my holiday is over, and I've read some...
First one was "The Davinci Code" by Dan Brown (ISBN 0-552-14951-9). Great read, I couldn't stop reading it. Nothing with .NET of course, not even BizTalk :), but still grappling; a real thriller filled with codes and some nice parts about Da Vinci (you wouldn't think, would you?). You have been warned, only read it when you have time to spare!
The other one is called "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Lynne Truss (ISBN 1-86197-612-7). This is a non-fiction book about punctuation. We all known where to put our commas, semicolons and quotes in our code but do we know where to put it in our english? Well, I certainly don't. This books is an unofficial guide to writing correct english, and reading the back of the book, which is about a panda by the way, explains a lot. Putting a comma in the wrong spot can give a sentence a completely different meaning; that is why this book will have you laughing on the floor and you will learn a lot in the same time. Great!
Another one I have been reading is "Patterns Of Enterprise Application Architecture" by Martin Fowler & co (ISBN 0-321-12742-0). This book earns a place next to GOF. That should be enough to get you running out the door to get a copy.
Of course I also did some other things, real holiday things, like driving to Spain, read, swim, sleep, play with the kids, visit Barcelona (had to see the TEMPLE EXPIATORI SAGRADA FAMÍLIA) since I have never been there (true!).
Ok, two more weeks of holiday to look forward to...