I found it about a year ago - and was gobsmacked!
Not the usual “I hear voices” etc… which is normally shown.
I didn’t like the part about the Italian guy and his radio, but the main part about the images imposed on unopened negatives, gave me shivers.
I also like the fact that so many scientists and third parties were involved, and they all said “how can that happen” ?
I’m laughing my way through Bill Fawcett’s book It Looked Good on Paper. It’s a remarkable compendium of wild schemes, mad plans, crazy inventions, and truly glorious disasters
It’s many years since I read lord of the Rings.
Back then I’d start it then stop and then because I’d forgotten what I’d read I’d have to start it again.
It was a staple to take on holiday. In Europe, students get a great deal travelling by rail.
Producing LOTR almost guaranteed a conversation, 'Aah tolkiiiiien!
Eventually I got around to reading the whole book and long before the end it was un-put-down-able.
As for the songs just skip everything in italics.
my non-programming books are generally on things like agile development methodologies or mgt book. I am dyslexic so reading for me (non-technical) is painful at times. Technical books are easier for me to read. So I tend to read technical books. Which for some is odd.
A Study In Scarlet is a little unrefined compared to later Holmes stories, I feel. It’s a good story but some of the plot is a bit of a stretch and the characters aren’t quite there yet. But if you stick with the Sherlock Holmes canon, it’s incredibly rewarding and feels quite genius in places.
I re-read the entire Sherlock Holmes canon a year or 2 ago… Hadn’t read them since high school, and I found lots more nuance there now that I’m older.
I also recently re-read the entire Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy (all 5 books) last year. Also hadn’t read it since high school. This time through I was struck by how each book was progressively less refined than the first one. Don’t get me wrong, Adams is a master, but the first book was much better than the last one. It really felt like he was giving up on the craft by the last book. His Dirk Gently series is pretty good, though.
Right now I’m reading Blackout, by John J. Nance. It’s a novel about a new weapon that is able to bring down airliners by causing permanent blindness / incapacitation to the pilots. Don’t read it while you fly anywhere.
Last books read were Bob Mayer’s “The Rift (Area 51: The Nightstalkers)” and Preston and Child’s “White Fire”
Currently reading Mark Whiteway’s “The Lodestone Trilogy”
German version of Glenn Greenwald’s “No Place to Hide”.
Maybe one day our grandchildren will ask similar question as we may have asked to our (German) grand-parents. And we will not be able to say: we did not know.
[quote]Unfortunately, the Scole Experiment was tainted by profound investigative failings. In short, the investigators imposed little or no controls or restrictions upon the mediums, and at the same time, agreed to all of the restrictions imposed by the mediums. The mediums were in control of the seances, not the investigators. What the Scole Report authors describe as a scientific investigation of the phenomena, was in fact (by any reasonable interpretation of the scientific method) hampered by a set of rules which explicitly prevented any scientific investigation of the phenomena.
The primary control offered by the mediums was their use of luminous wristbands, to show the sitters that their hands were not moving about during the seances. I consulted with Mark Edward, a friend in Los Angeles who gives mentalism and seance performances professionally. He knows all the tricks, and luminous wristbands are, apparently, one of the tricks. There are any number of ways that a medium can get into and out of luminous wristbands during a seance. The wristbands used at Scole were made and provided by the mediums themselves, and were never subjected to testing, which is a gross dereliction of control by the investigators. Without having been at the Scole Experiment in person, Mark couldn’t speculate on what those mediums may have done or how they may have done it. Suffice it to say that professional seance performers are not in the least bit impressed by this so-called control. Tricks like this have been part of the game for more than a century. Since hand holding was not employed in the Scole seances, the mediums effectively had every opportunity to be completely hands free and do whatever they wanted to do.[/quote]
Much more on the site. Sorry, “true believers”, but it doesn’t stack up to scientific scrutiny.
Recently I read “Rewire your brain - Think your way to a better life” by John B Arden. This is a book on neuroplasticity , a concept that challenges the old school of thought that our brains are hard wired. Is easy reading and doesn’t require a medical background.
I just read Green Eggs and Ham to my four year old. What an absolute pain in the &$$ to read.
I’m about to start The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, it’s sitting on my iPad mini. I once read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer but I never got round to reading Huck Finn.
Not nearly as bad as Have You Seen the Crocodile and related books. I have asthma and it always acts up trying to read that one. Seuss at least has a rhythm that allows you to breathe.
We’re not easily duped at all - we just have an open mind towards things which haven’t yet been scientifically proven.
Years ago people thought the Earth was flat - and closed minded individuals laughed at them - but who’s laughing now!
Can you personally, scientifically prove and measure for example - LOVE?
If so, I would like to see your scientifically proven results - you can post them here for all of us to see.
Not quite sure why you felt the need to try and belittle Mike and myself, but hey ho - each to their own.
I never remember the names or authors of what I’m reading for some reason but I read about a book a week, sometimes more. Almost always crime fiction. It’s currently one about a deceive called tom thorne and the plot seems to be about someone killing old people and making it look like suicide.
One of my favourite ‘computer books’ of all time though is ‘the cookoos egg’ by cliff stoll.
Also, I’m currently contemplating a paper white kindle but I’m resisting as I can dry out a paperback after dropping it in the bath!