I just finished reading Getting Things Done by David Allen. As a result I will be using Omni Focus a lot more to capture all my projects and todo lists.

I just finished reading A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin. It is a pretty short book but the first in a series. The series is up to six books now which is going to take me some time to acquire and read.

I just finished reading Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams by Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister. As a knowledge worker I can relate to all the issues raised in this book. There are so many times while reading it that I thought they were describing either my current company or some past company. I am guilty of even some of the things I've read but now I know a little more and can change my actions. I'd love to find a company that has built a healthy community within it's organization.

I just finished reading Confessor by Terry Goodkind. This is supposed to be the last book in the Sword of Truth series. It is nice to finally have the series wrapped up as it is a long one. I started it with Chainfire that I found in the book store in MP3 audio book format then went on to listen to all of the other books in the series in totally random order.

I was wanting to upgrade my home server from Ubuntu 6.04 LTS (Long Term Server) to the newer 8.04 LTS version. I did the standard update commands for a working server.

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade

How do you know when your stock options are worthless?
When your buy price is higher than the 52-week high and the stock price is at a new 5 year low.

I just finished the book The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman. This is the third and final book in the series titled His Dark Materials. Personally I think the ending of the series is a bit weak but for the age group it is targeted to (teens) it probably makes more sense. After finishing the series, I don't think I would read another book by the author.

I listened to The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman during my road trip. This is book two of the trilogy titled His Dark Materials

I listened to The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman during my road trip. This is book one of the trilogy titled His Dark Materials

I finished reading Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right by Al Franken during my road trip. I think he is pretty funny and enjoy his style.