Boring router configuration stuff
I was going to preface this with a disclaimer about this post not being particularly interesting. However regular readers won’t need any such preparation for the inevitable. This is basically me recording some details for posterity, because I couldn’t find them anywhere by googling and there’s the slimmest of chances they might prove useful to…
Fortune and Glory
Fun little excursion, whereby Birmo’s written a story featuring 3 of his characters from his “The Disappearance” trilogy but set it in the world of SM Stirling’s “Emberverse”. Not that I’ve read that. But, you don’t really even need to know all that because as a standalone piece it’s quite a good fun post-apocalyptic treasure-hunting…
Cows, Curries and Chaos: An Indian Odyssey on Three Wheels
An old friend from Australia’s produced this smirkworthy tome – a collation of blogposts from his adventures crossing India in an autorickshaw (tuk tuk) as part of a rally race. It’s fun to see the cultural experience unfold in front of naive eyes, and made for a quite enjoyable read.
David & Goliath: Underdogs, misfits, and the art of battling giants
Gladwell doing his Gladwell thing – this time about how underdogs win, and the complexity of assumption which leads you to think that they won’t. Captivating stuff (albeit with some elements that have you thinking “reeeeeeeeallly?” afterwards) and worth a read. My challenge is that now having listened to his podcast a lot I can’t…
