FTW

For the Win, Cory Doctorow’s second young adult novel after Little Brother, is just as awesome as his first. More importantly, this is a book I would love to assign to my students. I would have finished the book in just a few short days if I weren’t distracted by other things.

Little Brother was all about technology – network, network security, encryption, surveillance – and how they work, and how and when they fail. It was also about knowing standing up for one’s right and liberty, particularly in the face of abuses of technology by authority. For the Win is also about standing up for one’s right, though in this case more specifically one’s right as a worker, even in the world of MMO games. The novel is all about economics – what money is, how markets work, etc. It even explains how financial derivatives work.

Again, I would really love to assign the book to my students. I bought my UK edition hardcover copy from The Book Depository, but the complete book can also be downloaded and read for free here.

:D

My Favourite

It’s been a while since I actually paid for music, but I bought this song the other day – You Are My Favourite by Sophie Madeleine of Rocky and Balls, for £2.

:P

The official mashup music video is cool too.

I also bought their song I <3 U Online before, which was both funny and sweet. Of course, both songs are dedicated to my favourite person.

Four-Letter Words

My wife, my love, my life
Whom I cannot bear being apart from
One second longer.

Cookies Made with Kisses

My sister bakes cookies, and honest to God they’re awesome cookies! I love them. Well, for that matter I love most things that are sweet and are made with butter and lots and lots of chocolate. :D (I have no idea, actually, but am assuming that there is butter in cookies.) She made small batches of them the last two Rayas (if I’m not mistaken) and they were hits. She made them too for my wedding, and I heard that they were hits too. No surprise there, really.

And now she’s selling them. She’s actually set up a company – all legal and registered and everything – to sell them, plus some scarves or something I’m not very interested in. :P

So here’s the least I can do to help. If you’re interested in some awesome honest-to-God delicious homemade cookies (and those other stuff), please do have a look at KuKISS Orked Ungu Enterprise!