Book recommendations and recent reads

Be aware, I feel books worth reading are ones that should affect your thinking on the world, your world view.  That means they should impact the most controversial topics…

 

 

Latest Reads - In Progress

               Christian Bible

               (Currently going through the book of Proverbs. I find the Contemporary English Version the translation I like the best, with World English Bible  being the freely available translation I like. The section of the Gospel of John and the 1st Letter to the Corinthians by Paul are good places to start, and the whole is beneficial.)

               Security Engineering by Ross Anderson:https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/book.html

               (It is slow going for me due to time constraints and the large size, but I like it.)

 

Latest Reads finished

               Francis Bacon's New Atlantis

 

Recommended

               U.S.A. Constitution and amendments

               DVZine 

               The Cathedral and the Bazaar

               Transparent Society

(Both an article and a book. Previously shared this with some in SBD on Teams)

In the Beginning was the Command Line

               (Excellent discussion of user interfaces approaches)

             Hackers, Heroes of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy

               E-Books by Jules Verne at Project Gutenberg, https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/60

               E-Books by many other freely available at Project Gutenberg

 

Longer list (but still incomplete) available at

               https://www.librarything.com/catalog/hrabbey

               or

               https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/155915753-howard-abbey

               (My rating scale is 1 = worth reading, 3 = really good, 5 = a must read)

 

 

Another tidbit:

My wife Jodi is a voracious reader, helps with our church library, and enjoys helping people find books that they might enjoy reading.

 

Enjoy,

Howard

A good selection of Reese's peanut butter cups

 I love all #REESES pb cups, but my wife only loves the white ones. Thankfully many varieties to choose from.

Happy Thanksgiving & Merry Christmas!

SAE International endorses joint effort ... for common naming of Advanced Driver Assistance

I fully support this effort.  Car safety systems should have common, understandable names.

SAE International endorses joint effort by AAA, Consumer Reports, J.D. Power and the National Safety Council for common naming of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems

Return Shout-out to Automotive News

Had a great time talking with Automotive News on the #COVID19 effect on #AutonomousVehicles. A quick 15min listen on AV and EV status.

May 6th Daily Drive Podcast

Sale Announcement: Ancestral home contents finally (mostly sorted)

I am pleased to announce that there will be an estate sale at my parents house on 9/27-30/2017.

More than a year after the first big dig and dumpster filling, the collection is now sifted, sorted, and pushed around to a point that people can see what is there. 

I give a lot of credit to Integrity Estate Sales team for being willing to persevere in their digging and sorting.
They have posted pictures of some of the items for sale.

There will be a family only day available before it opens to friends and public.  I would love to visit and see family there, so please let me know if you can come so I can give the details.

Labor Day for 1st dumpster filling at H.R.Abbey estate

If anyone is available on Labor Day, starting mid-morning, to help clear out a bit of my junk in Roseville, let me know.

Sally Abbey funeral arrangements for this weekend, 7/29-30/2016 A.D.

Apologies for not sharing this sooner.
My mother, Sally Abbey, died suddenly Tuesday in the morning.

She died from a stroke / heart attack.

I found her early Tuesday evening on the floor.
It seems it was very sudden, with minimal suffering.

We had visited Saturday, and she had a very nice, enjoyable day. She
seemed healthy as always.

Funeral arrangements are for visitation on Friday evening and Catholic
Mass on Saturday, at 11am at Kaul's of Roseville.

Details are on her online obituary.
Mom is with Jesus, and no longer missing Dad.