We arrive at books by many different routes. It may be that a cover catches our eye in the shop, or a review in a magazine sounds good, or somebody recommends it. I came to this book by a bit of a backwards route. I very much enjoyed a book called The Reader on the […]
Entries from June 14th, 2015
Mr Penumbra’s 24-hour Bookstore
June 14th, 2015 · Comments Off on Mr Penumbra’s 24-hour Bookstore · Life
Feeling at home
June 11th, 2015 · Comments Off on Feeling at home · Life, Politics
You know how it is when you walk into a place for the first time and it immediately feels comfortable? You just feel at home there for some reason. Well I have had that sort of feeling twice in the last week with council matters. The first time was when I went down to see […]
Tags: Crawley Council·Nostalgia
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends
June 3rd, 2015 · Comments Off on Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends · Politics
It is now about a month since the elections, when I re-joined Crawley council. I left the council (involuntarily) about ten years ago and it has been a little strange being back in the town hall for two main reasons: All the things that have changed All the things that haven’t Both are lists too […]
Tags: Crawley Council
Programming flavours
June 3rd, 2015 · Comments Off on Programming flavours · Technology
This evening I came across a great passage in the book I am reading. The passage is about programming languages, the book isn’t. Not really anyway. But, of course, the point of a programming language is that you don’t just read it; you write it, too. You make it do things for you. And this, […]
