Excellent Month of Reading, plus... Peak Oil Practicalities
Excellent Reading
My streak of good books continues. I enjoyed Guy Haley's Reality 36 quite a bit and just last night, I got to start one of my most anticipated reads ever: Angelmaker, by Nick Harkaway. Nick's first book, The Gone-Away World pretty much defines the term "tour de force" for me. I loved it and have raved about it too many times already.
So far, the new book is just as laced with insanity as the first. More soon!
Peak Oil Practicalities
I've been terrified of Peak Oil for at least ten years. The worst part, was that, unlike an asteroid strike on Ireland, I knew all along that sooner or later I'd be one of those who would have to live through it.
The other day, I was working out my expenses for a job I was doing in town. I take the train, but curiosity drove me to find out the distance by road. You can check these things in Ireland using the AA Roadwatch Route Planner. It tells you how long your trip will take depending on the route etc.
But now, they've added a new toy: a cost calculator to see how much you'll need to spend in petrol (or "gas" if you're North American). The results were pretty shocking, i can tell you. I calculated the price of several journeys I need to take regularly. Among other things, I discovered that just travelling to the day-job is €8.80 worth of petrol for each return trip.
Or was last week. It's more now.
Watching
I saw an episode or two of Homeland. A lot more nudity than I was expecting, but I think it might just be worth the awards and the hype.
My streak of good books continues. I enjoyed Guy Haley's Reality 36 quite a bit and just last night, I got to start one of my most anticipated reads ever: Angelmaker, by Nick Harkaway. Nick's first book, The Gone-Away World pretty much defines the term "tour de force" for me. I loved it and have raved about it too many times already.
So far, the new book is just as laced with insanity as the first. More soon!
Peak Oil Practicalities
I've been terrified of Peak Oil for at least ten years. The worst part, was that, unlike an asteroid strike on Ireland, I knew all along that sooner or later I'd be one of those who would have to live through it.
The other day, I was working out my expenses for a job I was doing in town. I take the train, but curiosity drove me to find out the distance by road. You can check these things in Ireland using the AA Roadwatch Route Planner. It tells you how long your trip will take depending on the route etc.
But now, they've added a new toy: a cost calculator to see how much you'll need to spend in petrol (or "gas" if you're North American). The results were pretty shocking, i can tell you. I calculated the price of several journeys I need to take regularly. Among other things, I discovered that just travelling to the day-job is €8.80 worth of petrol for each return trip.
Or was last week. It's more now.
Watching
I saw an episode or two of Homeland. A lot more nudity than I was expecting, but I think it might just be worth the awards and the hype.
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