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ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 15 Jun 2009, 18:40

Oh, i believe you can do worse then Jane Austen... oh yes.

Kalah · Unread postby **Kalah** » 15 Jun 2009, 20:14

Wha'...? Housewife porn?

Lord Lakely · Unread postby **Lord Lakely** » 15 Jun 2009, 20:38

Jane Austin....

Our English teacher forced us to read Jane Eyre last year.

I never found the courage/Stupidity/Longing-For-Death-Feeling to do so.

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 16 Jun 2009, 06:28

Kalah wrote:Wha'...? Housewife porn?

I meant worst victorian romances... i mean there's a reason why you've heard of her but not many others...

Kalah · Unread postby **Kalah** » 16 Jun 2009, 14:01

Good lord, yes.

Pol · Unread postby **Pol** » 10 Apr 2010, 22:45

Read Battle Angel Alita
(manga comix)
Rating: Good

*It's about a cybergirl, again. And it's indeed havinga story which you must fold up a little. Just enough to make you think it over.

Milla aka. the Slayer · Unread postby **Milla aka. the Slayer** » 10 Apr 2010, 23:06

"HTML, XHTML & CSS" by some dude named Castro...

ByteBandit · Unread postby **ByteBandit** » 11 Apr 2010, 18:24

I plan on reading James Micheners book 'Mexico' pretty soon. I liked eveything he's written. Especially 'Centennial' which I've read twice now. His other books, Texas, Alaska, and Hawaii were also excellent reads.

Kalah · Unread postby **Kalah** » 11 Apr 2010, 19:33

I'm on the "Paradiso" part of Dante's Divine Comedy. It's an English translation, and it's probably better in the original vulgare Italian.

pirvix · Unread postby **pirvix** » 12 Apr 2010, 18:50

Just started reading the Kalevala. Finnish names sound awsome

Ethric · Unread postby **Ethric** » 12 Apr 2010, 19:52

Kalah wrote:I'm on the "Paradiso" part of Dante's Divine Comedy. It's an English translation, and it's probably better in the original vulgare Italian.

Then you should get that to read instead, no?

Gaidal Cain · Unread postby **Gaidal Cain** » 12 Apr 2010, 19:58

Kalah wrote:I'm on the "Paradiso" part of Dante's Divine Comedy. It's an English translation, and it's probably better in the original vulgare Italian.

Undoubtedly. but the question is, is it any good even there? All I can remember of it is that Dante met a lot of souls and angels that were glowing so brightly he couldn't look at them. It was boring the first time, and repeating it didn't help.

Kalah · Unread postby **Kalah** » 23 Aug 2010, 17:45

Currently reading Ibsen's Brand. Now that is boring, at least some of the time. Great prose, though.

theLuckyDragon · Unread postby **theLuckyDragon** » 24 Aug 2010, 22:00

I was bored at home and grabbed the Romanian translation of A Song of Ice and Fire - A Game of Thrones. It's good reading for when you're bored.

Kristo · Unread postby **Kristo** » 25 Aug 2010, 01:03

I'm currently reading The Design of Everyday Things. The basic premise is it's the designer's fault if you can't figure out how to use something. Maybe we're not such klutzes after all.

Next up is Being Geek by Michael Lopp, aka "Rands."

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 25 Aug 2010, 07:32

Kristo wrote:The basic premise is it's the designer's fault if you can't figure out how to use something. Maybe we're not such klutzes after all.

Making it moron-usable is the holy grail of design, but they're still morons, designed for them or not.

UI should be as simple as it can be without sacrificing usability.

robert4 · Unread postby **robert4** » 01 Sep 2010, 20:10

I'm reading Tomorrow's God by Neale Donald Walsch for the third time now. I think everybody on Earth should read it.

Maranthea · Unread postby **Maranthea** » 14 Sep 2010, 19:21

I just finished Terry Pratchet's Guards! and am in the middle of a friend's novel. (he's actually pretty good!) Also recently finished "The Female Brain" and "The Male Brain" by Dr. Louann Brizendine.

About UI - it's really hard to get right and lots of times gets stuffed to the background. Or isn't tested by a wide variety of people. UI requires tons of iterations (I've seen over 20 versions on some products) to get it right, so if you don't take the time early on it turns out disastrous later.

Secret_Holder · Unread postby **Secret_Holder** » 14 Sep 2010, 19:30

Just started reading Richard Dawkins' The Selfish Gene. Should be interesting.

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 15 Sep 2010, 07:21

Secret_Holder wrote:Just started reading Richard Dawkins' The Selfish Gene. Should be interesting.

Your genes are so secure in their dominance of you they're probably evil laughing right now...

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