ok, i guess one doesn’t usually rejoice when finishing a book, but i’m going to! i read very slow! i think i started the book last year - no, i don’t just mean 2001 - i mean a full year, maybe even february, 2001, ’cause i didn’t have the house yet. started it at the old apartment… sob, i miss clifton. anyway, i finished the 910 page monster - plus the appendix about the “solitare” encryption stuff. i thought it was great. now on to snow crash… well, after i watch dark angel of course!

note: techincally i did read other books during this period, but they were all non-fiction works such as java servlet programming, java 2 and various other java and xml books and a bazillion tech mags. i also think i re-read hackers: heros of the computer revolution (yes, the classic by levy) during a bout with insomnia at the old apartment.