» Good Books - Killing Rommel by Stephen Pressfield Another quick summer read - Killing Rommel is a return to form for Stephen Pressfield - his 'Gates of Fire' was a masterpiece but after that I found 'Tides of War' and 'Last of the Amazons' to be a little dry.

His latest novel tells the tale of the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) and their various exploits in the North African campaign, culminating in a mission to track down and kill Rommel.   | ¶

» Good Books - Old Mans War by John Scalzi My linkdump sidebar has been a little stale so I thought I'd fill it with a few short reviews.

Over Christmas I was looking for some lightweight reading material and Old Mans War certainly did the trick. Easy to read, great pacing, nice ideas and a milieu that you can't wait to immerse yourself in again (which I did by reading Ghost Brigades soon afterwards).

Both books focus on humanities move to colonise space, the competing species struggling for the same limited resources, the inevitable conflicts that arise and the rather unique solution humanity has come up with to ensure its survival.

Only complaint would have to be the 'el cheapo' Tor publishing values - cramped text and tiny margins made both books tough on the eyes.   | ¶

» IBM Model M You know you want one - IBM Model M keyboards.

Now I know I'm not the only keyboard nut on the interweb.   | ¶

» Retro Remake - Wizball Dust off the joystick - Retrospec has remade Wizball for Windows.

If you had a Commodore64 in the 80's then chances are you had Wizball - one of the classic games on the platform.   | ¶

» Operations Competitive Advantage Those infrastructure guys beavering away in the background really are important - Operations is a competitive advantage.   | ¶

» Lessig: Corruption Lecture Highly recommended viewing - Lawrence Lessig new ten year project is to tackle Corruption - view his presentation here. Starts a little slow but builds momentum and its an entertaining presentation.   | ¶

» FitPC Tiny PC - FitPC. Looks like an ideal way to drive a kiosk or display system.   | ¶

» DHTML Arkanoid If you grew up in the mid to late 80's then you would have heard of Arkanoid - now it can be played in your web browser as pure DHTML Arkanoid.   | ¶

» Retro Mac Wordpress Theme If you use Wordpress try out the Retro Mac Wordpress Theme in all its one-bit glory. Another brilliant domain name too.   | ¶

» For Lego and Apple Fanboys Nifty - Young Woz and Jobs Playset goes on sale in two days. Goes to show that a little creativity goes a looong way on the interweb.   | ¶