Reading log, 2015

The biggest reading news of the year is that I bought a Kindle Paperwhite—my first e-reader. I enjoy reading on it—more so than paper books—a preference that has caused an up-tick in the number of books I read that were published before 1923.

• Ray Bradbury
  The Martian Chronicles (1950)

• Gene Wolfe
  The Sorcerer's House (2010)

• Andy Weir^†
  The Martian (2011)

• Emma Orczy^†
  The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905)

• Joe Haldeman^†
  The Forever War (1974)

• Rudyard Kipling^†
  Kim (1901)

• John Buchan^†
  The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915)

• Robert Heinlein
  The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966)

• G. K. Chesterton^†
  The Man Who Was Thursday (1908)

• T. C. Boyle
  A Friend of the Earth (2000)

• E. O. Wilson^†
  Anthill (2010)

• Ursula le Guin^†
  The Left Hand of Darkness (1969)

• H. G. Wells^†
  The Time Machine (1895)

• H. G. Wells
  The Invisible Man (1897)

• Larry McMurtry^†
  Lonesome Dove (1985)

• Harry Crews^†
  A Feast of Snakes (1976)

• Scott Meyers^†
  Effective Modern C++ (2015)

• H. G. Wells
  The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896)

• Jane Austen
  Mansfield Park (1814)

• Jane Austen
  Pride & Prejudice^‡ (1813)

• Robin Sloan^†
  Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (2012)

• Malcolm Lowry^†
  Under the Volcano (1947)

• Neil Gaiman
  The Ocean at the End of the Lane (2013)

• Agatha Christie
  The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)

• Vernon Lee^†
  Hauntings (1890)

†	First time to read author
‡	Reread

Hikes #82 - 83

Hike #82

When

Wednesday, 2015-12-23

Where

‘A’ Mountain

Duration

½ hour

Notable

Morning hike

Hike #83

When

Wednesday, 2015-12-23

Where

Papago Park

Duration

1 hour

Notable

Evening trail run

I started another blog, Const Volatile. It's where I'll write about software stuff. So far, CV has one post: a how-to article about setting up hibernation in Debian using a just-in-time swap file. If that sentence makes your eyes glaze over then CV is not for you.

At the risk of adding misery to boredom, I'll note CV is hosted on GitHub. That means all of the source code is publicly accessible. I statically render the site on my laptop using a program called Hugo, then I push source code and final output to my Git repo. In addition to my one post, I created a theme from scratch, which I call “simplicitism.” It has a decidedly retro look-and-feel, circa 1998 sans <blink> tag. CV is a work-in-progress.

Hikes #78 - 81

Hike #78

When

Thursday, 2015-11-26

Where

South Mountain at the Pima Canyon Trailhead

Duration

1 hour

Notable

Turkey trot with the Aravaipa trail running group

Hike #79

When

Wednesday, 2015-12-02

Where

Papago Park

Duration

1 hour

Notable

First nighttime trail run with the Aravaipa trail running group

Hike #80>

When

Thursday, 2015-12-10

Where

‘A’ Mountain

Duration

½ hour

Notable

Nothing

Hike #81>

When

Sunday, 2015-12-13

Where

South Mountain, along the Max Delta Loop trail

Duration

½ hour

Notable

Impromptu trail run instead of staying on San Juan road

I've long given up on completing one hundred hikes this year and am now aiming for a B grade, somewhere in the 80's.