So I finally got around to opening Getting Things Done and so far it’s pretty good. Lots of good tips and an overall strategy for managing “all those little things” that I think I can probably work with. I’m only halfway through the book but I’m already excited about applying this stuff :)

I bought Getting Things Done but I haven’t gotten around to reading it yet…

This article made me order Getting things done, and I’ll be interested to see if it can help with the mass of work I always have queued up at the office..

I’ve been playing a bit more poker, and am still doing well :) I spent my winnings from the other night on some poker books to improve my grasp of the theory.. I picked up: Theory of Poker and Hold’em Poker by David Sklansky (great books with a heavy stats angle) and Play Poker Like the Pros (by Phil Helmuth). The last is very different from the first two, it’s a lot more based on Phil’s experience than mathematical expectations (Sklansky’s all about playing the odds). It’s good because it covers more of the human aspects of poker, but quite often Phil will give advice on ways to play without saying why, and I don’t think much of his “beginners limit holdem strategy”.

I have so many books on my “to read” pile now… Maybe I should push Getting things done to the front so it can help me find time to get through the rest? ;)

I spent my winnings from last night on this USB-IDE gadget based on Dan’s review. Looks like something I could really use and the price is right..

It’s been quiet here since Beth left. Not much has really happened except going back to work and being pretty busy getting caught up with things there..

I finished reading The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, which was pretty good - and have now started on Pandora’s Star. I’m currently halfway through that and wow - it’s awesome so far. Hamilton is brilliant.

Thanks to links from Penny Arcade, I’ve started reading a couple of new web comics which are pretty cool - VG Cats, Scarygoround, Spells and Whistles and Copper. I’m especially fond of Copper.

The UK Big Brother awards looked like a lot of fun - shame I missed that.

My new watch continues to be a talking point :p It’s fun seeing if people can work out how to read it. Some people seem overly concerned about it not being very practical, which is amusing because at any one time I generally have 4-6 different items about my person capable of telling the time. Why can’t the one on my wrist be fun? :) Maybe soon I’ll be brave enought to take the back off it - I’m considering the idea of hacking it to display scrolling text eventually :p

My Dad took me out for a nice meal for my birthday, and gave me some vouchers for the Royal Festival Hall - so I guess pretty soon we’ll be using those to go get some culture :)

Thanks to her evil comment, lilyj has got me pondering a Scott E-Vest. I’ve avoided the temptation for so long but their latest V3 vest is the next logical step from my current solution (it has more pockets and hides them better). Damn you lilyj!

People who should know are saying that Code Complete, Second Edition is worth a read. I’m considering ordering a copy..