Ji FU started reading From Jailer to Jailed by Bernard B. Kerik
From Jailer to Jailed by Bernard B. Kerik
"Bernard Kerik was New York City's police commissioner during the 9/11 attacks, who became an American hero as he led …
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Trying to find a better way to track books I want to read than a random spreadsheet. I had used readinglog.info which was provided by my local public library until they shut down the program. Luckily, I regularly backed it up via their CSV export. I've used Library Thing for years, but adding books for "To Read" really screwed up a lot of the other features of the website, like recommendations, etc. I really love Free Software & the Fediverse particularly. My primary social media account is on Friendica @fu@libranet.de for now everything I post here is automatically "re-tooted" there.
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Ji FU commented on Creator and Creation by Mary O. Daly
Neither Darwinian nor Creationist, this discussion of the concepts related to creation ranges from the …
So far I'm disappointed. I had been of the impression that this was Old Earth Creationism from a Catholic perspective, but so far its just be the same old "See, evolution is in line with Catholic teaching" stuff.
Ji FU reviewed The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
The United States government is given a warning by the pre-eminent biophysicists in the country: …
Not as good as Jurassic Park
3 stars
I loved Jurassic Park so I wanted to read Crichton's OG novel. I liked it but not nearly as much as Jurassic Park. I have a queasy stomach when it comes to descriptions about blood, and there was a lot of that in this book. If you want to read it I would recommend dead tree rather than audiobook. Other editions might be better, but the one I listened to there were minutes and minutes of the narrator painstakingly reading tables that I would have jus skimmed over if I was actually reading it.
It's a 1960s near-future sci-fi thriller. The story comes down to a satellite falling form space onto a small Arizona town, and everyone in the town dying because of some space germs that were on it. The rest of the book goes into trying to figure it out, how to contain it, whether or not to …
I loved Jurassic Park so I wanted to read Crichton's OG novel. I liked it but not nearly as much as Jurassic Park. I have a queasy stomach when it comes to descriptions about blood, and there was a lot of that in this book. If you want to read it I would recommend dead tree rather than audiobook. Other editions might be better, but the one I listened to there were minutes and minutes of the narrator painstakingly reading tables that I would have jus skimmed over if I was actually reading it.
It's a 1960s near-future sci-fi thriller. The story comes down to a satellite falling form space onto a small Arizona town, and everyone in the town dying because of some space germs that were on it. The rest of the book goes into trying to figure it out, how to contain it, whether or not to just send a small nuke to Arizona to stop it from spreading further, etc.
Ji FU quoted How to Do Everything by Red Green
Here are some warning signs that can indicate you have A.D.R.F.F.G.G.O. (Attention Deficit Regarding Family and Friends and General Goofing Off) You haven’t taken a sick day this week and it’s already Wednesday. You’ve had one or more promotions since starting with the company. When there’s a problem at work, they cal YOU. You have your own office. You have your own desk. You have your own parking spot. You have your own suit. When you’re sleeping, you dream about work. Even when you’re already AT work. If you add up the total number of hours in a year and find that you are spending in excess of 10 per cent of that time at your job, you may have an A.D.R.F.F.G.G.O. problem. If you answered yes to any of the above, here are some steps you can take to reverse this dangerous trend before it’s too late. Befriend unemployed people. That way, when you take a day off work, you have someone to hang with. Rationalize your attitude. Convince yourself that you’re being paid half of what you’re worth. Instead of ki ling yourself working hard for a raise you’re probably never going to get, find ways to get out of working so that you’re only being productive half the time. That’s the same thing as getting twice the pay. Connect with your children by learning about their lives. While they’re at school, stay home and play their video games. Initiate meaningful conversation with your wife by watching Oprah with her. Have a good reason not to go to work. Own only one suit and make sure it’s at the cleaners most of the time. Join every religion so you qualify for al of their holidays. If by some fluke this behaviour leads to your termination, have a discussion with your wife, concluding with the realization that one of you is going to have to find gainful employment. Then it’s just a matter of playing the waiting game with her. If you’ve been married for more than ten years, I’m guessing you’re used to that.
— How to Do Everything by Red Green (Page 22 - 23)
Ji FU finished reading The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton, Michael Crichton
The United States government is given a warning by the pre-eminent biophysicists in the country: current sterilization procedures applied to …
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Ji FU started reading The Warehouse by Rob Hart
Cloud isn’t just a place to work. It’s a place to live. And when you’re …
picked it up while the kids were playing at the library
Ji FU reviewed Child's Work by Nancy Wallace
What happens when children are allowed to spend their growing years doing what they want …
An inside look of how one family did it.
4 stars
My wife had been homeschooling, or perhaps unschooling, our kids for years now. I go back and forth on how I feel about it. These kinds of books help me keep things in perspective. Nancy Wallaces first book was about how she got her kid out of public school in the 80s when that was a thing in the states. We don't have that problem now. It was beneficial to see her going through the same troubles I have and wondering if they are doing enough. I kept wondering how these kids would survive in 2020s. We'll I emailed one of them and asked. To my surprise I got a reply same day. I still have a hard time thinking of art as a meaningful career, even more so now that I feel my oldest is going down that path, but if I support and let her make hey own …
My wife had been homeschooling, or perhaps unschooling, our kids for years now. I go back and forth on how I feel about it. These kinds of books help me keep things in perspective. Nancy Wallaces first book was about how she got her kid out of public school in the 80s when that was a thing in the states. We don't have that problem now. It was beneficial to see her going through the same troubles I have and wondering if they are doing enough. I kept wondering how these kids would survive in 2020s. We'll I emailed one of them and asked. To my surprise I got a reply same day. I still have a hard time thinking of art as a meaningful career, even more so now that I feel my oldest is going down that path, but if I support and let her make hey own friends with people of all ages, she'll do just fine. 4 stars.
Ji FU rated Child's Work: 4 stars
Child's Work by Nancy Wallace
What happens when children are allowed to spend their growing years doing what they want to do rather than what …
Ji FU reviewed The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale is a radical departure for Margaret Atwood. Set in the near future, …
Well written, disturbing
3 stars
This work was well written. I would say I liked it three stars. Definitely left me feeling uneasy, and honestly quite hopeless. In part I think that is what the author was going for. A speculative fiction work based in a North American society that has taken Calvinist fundamentalism to the extreme. Including, but not limited to, forbidding "baren" wives from fornicating with their husbands, instead forcing a "hand maid' to move in in which they have a breeding ceremony once a month to try to impregnate her with everyone watching. Its been said that when Atwood only put things in here that already existed somewhere in the world in 1980s. Maybe in Iran? I'm not sure. Seems far-fetched even for such repressive regimes. I was disappointed that the story kind of just ended. Nothing resolved, and it certainly wasn't happy (or maybe it was, we really don't know). The …
This work was well written. I would say I liked it three stars. Definitely left me feeling uneasy, and honestly quite hopeless. In part I think that is what the author was going for. A speculative fiction work based in a North American society that has taken Calvinist fundamentalism to the extreme. Including, but not limited to, forbidding "baren" wives from fornicating with their husbands, instead forcing a "hand maid' to move in in which they have a breeding ceremony once a month to try to impregnate her with everyone watching. Its been said that when Atwood only put things in here that already existed somewhere in the world in 1980s. Maybe in Iran? I'm not sure. Seems far-fetched even for such repressive regimes. I was disappointed that the story kind of just ended. Nothing resolved, and it certainly wasn't happy (or maybe it was, we really don't know). The author did TRY to add a little with a summary of a future historian looking back on this as if it were a collection of historical events.
Ji FU rated The Handmaid's Tale: 3 stars
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale is a radical departure for Margaret Atwood. Set in the near future, in a locale that oddly …
Ji FU wants to read From Jailer to Jailed by Bernard B. Kerik
"Bernard Kerik was New York City's police commissioner during the 9/11 attacks, who became an …
On hold at the public library. I've been actively looking forward to this one from several years now, I hope it delivers.
@amin@polymaths.social I have no idea if your site actually has anything to do with mathematics but I thought of you.
Ji FU quoted Child's Work by Nancy Wallace
What happens when children are allowed to spend their growing years doing what they want …
Mathematics," he wrote, "is a human endeavor — it's what mathematicians do. The stuff that ends up in the textbooks is the result of their work. Similarly, the black lines and dots that musicians read are not themselves music, though we often call them that. Music is what the people are doing.... Both mathematics and music are activities. One does mathematics. One makes music....
— Child's Work by Nancy Wallace (Page 86)