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FLOSSUK reviews: CoffeeScript and Data Science from scratch
I recently reviewed a couple of books for FLOSSUK, formerly the UK UNIX Users Group for their Spetember Newsletter. The books were CoffeeScript 2nd Edition by Trevor Burnham and Data Science from Scratch by Joel Grus. You can read both reviews in the September newsletter which ought to be embedded …
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September 2015 Reading
I picked this up from Blackwells some time ago hoping to learn a little about the profession of psychoanalysis as it is practiced. Malcolm focuses on a series of interviews with a New York psychoanalyist. The material …
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August 2015 Reading
I was reading this for a review in the FLOSS UK newsletter due out some time in September. The author aims to chart a course somewhere between dry mathematical rigour and tool-centric shallowness of coverage. Something which I think he …
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July 2015 Reading
A well thought out book that covers ground from stats, to information and quantum theory, to computer science in an attempt to understand our information infrastructure and how it may evolve in the future. Burgess talks rather a lot about h …
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June 2015 Reading
Benders are a traditional, low-impact dwelling space, traditionally used by travellers and protestors. Having lived in a few, it was lovely to come across a book about them. It is a beautifully illustrated and wryly amusing little book that I read cover to …
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May 2015 Reading
I am actually kind of surprised that I hadn’t read this novel before. It is probably one of the first steampunk books. Imagine an alternate Victorian era Neal Stephenson and you will have a fairly good idea of w …
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April 2015 Reading
This is a collection of Gibson’s ruminations on technology written for various publications including Wired, Time and Rolling Stone. I enjoyed the collection immensely. This is smart, accessible and compelling writing abou …
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March 2015 Reading
I have been working my way slowly through this classic FP book for the last couple of months. Bird’s style is rigorously mathematical but very readable. He is interested in developing programs a …
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February 2015 Reading
This was a birthday present from a chum of mine. A really wonderful book that manages to capture the anarchic spirit of Anonymous, LulzSec and all those lot. It manages to be anthropologically interestin …
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January 2015 Reading
A pioneering lit …
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