This afternoon I read Who Moved My Cheese?. The assistant principal ordered one for every teacher in the building. It was a cute read.
I'm just about to leave for the library (one trip to the Reiche branch and then downtown to the Main branch), where I'll get:
- a CD of Vivaldi's Gloria
- Snow Crash
- Neuromancer
The Vivaldi is so I can memorize it before the 17th, when I have to play it in concert. I'm playing 2nd violin so the part isn't hard, but performing is so much more fun when I don't have to count measures rest and such.
I read Snow Crash in college and enjoyed it a lot. The other day it crossed my mind for some reason and I realized that I want to use it in class to get the kids interested in Java/HTML/Web programming languages. There are a bunch of games that emerged after Snow Crash was published, some of which are listed here. All of these games use their own scripting languages, but I want to use one of them as a teaching tool, so I'm hoping I can make Java and HTML API pieces that will fit in with one of them. If not, we'll have to go with a [mostly] text-based adventure game to start. My Christmas project.
I can't remember whether I've read Neuromancer or not, but I figured I'd immerse myself in the cyberspace-alternate-reality world for a little bit to get me in the mood for this.