I was home sick all day yesterday. In the afternoon I could not sleep anymore so I started reading Paul Grahams very promising ‘Hackers and Painters’.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hackers-Painters-Computer-Essays-Programming/dp/0596006624/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266957762&sr=8-3
By now I have read the first 3 chapters and as I wrote the book is very promising, not to say good.
I am however very happy that I had my iPhone handy with the Dictionary.app installed (http://dictionary.reference.com/apps/iphone)
I really enjoy reading english books/blogs/articles etc, that push my boundaries for my English vocabulary – Paul has however proved to be quite the english tutor in my case.
After 3 chapters, my list of lookups look as follows:
- feral
- coeval
- balk at
- effigy
- ostracise
- nadir
I wonder if this pattern will continue…
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