Category: Misc
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Reading 2019
Edgedancer by Brandon Sanderson – short story from the Stormlight Archive Stonehenge by Bernard Cornwall – really good historical fiction, some of Cornwalls output seems a little formulaic but this standalone novel felt really imaginative. Codebreakers Secret History – massively comprehensive book covering cryptography until about 1960 (post-enigma computer cryptography is covered only in the…
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2018 in sport
Running Running went downhill for me, I never took it up properly after getting shin splints, I started running more as the year went on but only ever managing 5km or so each week. Over the year I averaged 5km a fortnight, which was rather disappointing. I did run the Bolsover 10k which was supposed…
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Reading 2018
Man in the High Castle by Phillip K Dick – fantastic, though ending let it down slightly. World War Z by Max Brooks – unusual format – a series of fictional interviews. Nice take on zombie fiction though. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest by Stieg Larsson. Gripping This is the Way the World…
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2017 in sport
Running One of the biggest changes to my life in 2017 was that I took up running. I built up from running 2-3km to regularly running a 5k two-or-three times a week. Running culminated in finishing the rather hilly Hardwick 10k in one hour and 41 seconds. Sadly, after the race my motivation waned and I gradually…
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Reading 2017
Nomad by Alan Partridge. I do miss the TV show Bands of mourning by Brandon Sanderson. Enjoying the Wax and Wayne series more and more Mistborn: secret history. Novella. Reread due to reading Bands of Mourning Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb. Fantastic story telling as usual. Really needs live ships trilogy to have been read…
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Cycling 2016
2016 was my first full calendar year of cycling. Most weeks just have the short ~20 minute round daily commute to the train station. Once the days are longer though and on some weekends I’ve taken the chance to cycle further. In March I bought a new bike – another hybrid, a Giant Roam 2.…
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Reading 2016
First full year commuting by public transport, which is where I’ve done the vast majority of my reading, well on public transport or hanging around empty platforms… I thought 52 books sounded very achievable this year. Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson (reread) What If? by Randall Munroe – Enjoyable, though I’d read most of…
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Reading 2015
I was very busy playing Destiny so didn’t read much this year until Terry Pratchett’s death in March kickstarted me on a Discworld city watch re-read. Commuting via the train rather than driving also meant I read more after August. Too many re-reads though. We need to talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver – I’d…
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Reading 2013
During 2013 I have read 50 novels, as compared to 57 last year. A big part of the reduction was that in 2012 I spent a lot of time reading while feeding Hugo. Here’s what I’ve read in 2013, in a rough chronological order: Foundation by Asimov – for the umpteenth time Foundation and Empire by…
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Cooking with wine
I have just found out that some people refuse to cook with wine if they have children. It has never occurred to me that a glass of wine in a risotto or stew might be a problem, and I’ve been happily serving it up to my son (there’s a stew in the oven now). Being…
Dean Sas 