Copenhagen
I've just posted a new photo album of pictures taken during a recent business visit to Copenhagen, Denmark. It was a short last minute visit I took just before taking my holiday in Cornwall. Copenhagen is a beautiful city but unfortunately I didn't have much time to explore. To see the full photo album click here.
Still Raining!
It's still raining...I guess it looks like I'm going to get my third book read this week. My next book is The Google Story by David A. Vise! Watch out for my posting letting you know what I thought of it.
Book: Macintosh...The Naked Truth
Two books in one week
(four days to be exact) that must be a personal
record! It's been a few years since Scott Kelby wrote
and published this book and some of it is a little
dated now. That said the book is still a great read
for any Mac fans out there. The book explains the
truth around being a Mac user in a PC centric world.
Being a mac user now myself after switching a number
of years ago I can really appreciate the amusing
stories told in this book. I've even experienced some
of the situations first hand. It's really interesting
to read now and see just how things have changed with
Apple and the Macintosh since the book was published.
In my view this is a great and very entertaining book
especially if like me you have realised what its all
about being a Mac user. You can get your own copy of
the bok by clicking on one of the following links.
Click
here to find Macintosh...The Naked Truth on
amazon.co.uk.
Neighbourhood Cows
As mentioned in my last post the weather during our stay in Cornwall has not been the best so unfortunately I've not been able to take as many photographs as I had hoped and planned to. The only pictures I've managed to take have been of our current neighbours, a heard of cows and some distant shots of surfers on Fistral Beach in Newquay. I need to check how the surfer pictures have turned out and whether or not they are worth posting, but for now here are the pictures of the neighbourhood cows! You can also few some of my previous postings of images taken in Cornwall during 2003 and some others taken in 2005.
Trevethoe
As I've previously
mentioned one of our favourite places is Cornwall in
the South West of the United Kingdom. One day we hope
to be in a position to move and make a life down
here. We are currently spending some time in a place
called Lelant just a few miles from St Ives. We are
staying in a small peaceful and relaxing cottage off
the beaten track at Trevethoe
Farm. We've been visiting Trevethoe farm for a
few years now and can recommend it to anyone who
wants some time away from the hustle and bustle of
working life today. It's the perfect place to
escape to. The weather hasn't been fantastic
during this stay but we have definately recharged
our batteries and caught up on our reading and
podcasts :).
Book: iWoz
I've had Steve Wozniak's
autobiography on the bookshelf since it was released
late in 2006 but have just got around to reading it.
Once started though I couldn't put it down and
finished it in just a few days. If you know me you
will know this is fast going for a book as I'm
generally a slow reader. I like to read every word
and take them all in.
The book is great and takes you back to Steve's
childhood and how he got interested in electronics
and then later computers. The book goes into Woz's
obsession with creating circuits with as few
components as possible, which proved to be one of the
many reasons why the first personal computer,
designed and built by Steve was so successful. The
book goes on describing how Apple Computers was born
and became an overnight success. Importantly and
interestingly, Steve rights a number of truths which
prior the publishing of this book were documented in
every book, movie, web site relating to the history
of Apple.
Finally Woz explains what took place after he left
Apple, starting his own company developing universal
remote controls, organising festivals and how he
started teaching. In my opinion this book is a must
read for anyone interested in the history of the home
computer and/or Apple computers. You can get your own
copy of iWoz by clicking
here.