Archive for the 'Books' Category

I’ve have a post on character sets that’s probably going to sit in my drafts folder for a while, so to fill the void I’ve decided to do an inane post. So without further ado, here are the books currently on my desk at work. (Expect a home edition if my writer’s block continues)

• Mining the Web
• Design Patterns
• Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture
• XSLT
• Java 1.5 Tiger: A Developer’s Notebook
• Effective Java
• Java Threads
• Java Performance Tuning
• Lucene In Action
• Spring In Action

I just came across a great article on the techniques people use to bend a conversation, typically an arguement, in their favour. It’s appropriately called, Conversational Terrorism.

But it reminded me of a book I read, which goes into much greater depth about the underhanded ways people try to win arguments. The book is Bad Thoughts by Jamie Whyte. It’s a must read if you get into a lot of arguments with dimwits.

Disclaimer: Just in case you hadn’t noticed, I’m experimenting with referal links to Amazon. But don’t let that put you off getting the book.