http://retinal.dehy.de/docs/ 2026-11-09T03:57:09+01:00 http://retinal.dehy.de/docs/ http://retinal.dehy.de/docs/lib/tpl/minimal/images/favicon.ico text/html 2026-11-08T21:39:32+01:00 antony http://retinal.dehy.de/docs/doku.php?id=miscellaneous:books:the_perfect_wife&rev=1794170372&do=diff ISBN: 9781640296626 Amazon ID: B07JYC69YM [Note: not the same title by JP Delaney; read that, it's excellent.] Several words in the English language start with "psycho" (my copy of the OED lists 113 of them). Some of the possible endings relevant to this book (in alphabetical, rather than significant, order) are: text/html 2026-11-08T21:30:12+01:00 antony http://retinal.dehy.de/docs/doku.php?id=miscellaneous:books:storm_portal&rev=1794169812&do=diff ISBN: 9781976904523 Amazon ID: B078XJ94C2 The first six chapters (of 21) of this book are so American that it's a challenge to get through them. There are so many weird expressions used (I can tell that some of them come from baseball, but I have no idea about others, or quite what they're supposed to mean) that the story loses meaning. text/html 2026-11-08T21:29:29+01:00 antony http://retinal.dehy.de/docs/doku.php?id=miscellaneous:books:the_woman_in_the_cabin&rev=1794169769&do=diff ISBN: 9781471413834 Amazon ID: B0C38ST7RH This is an awful story about a pathetic woman. I don't mean that the writing is awful; I just mean that the story being told is awful. There is nothing to like about the central character; she does nothing to deal with the awful situation she is in, and the story about what happens to her is simply unpleasant. The author has created a deeply unpleasant story with a central character who will make you scream (albeit perhaps only inside your head) "st… text/html 2026-11-08T21:24:03+01:00 antony http://retinal.dehy.de/docs/doku.php?id=miscellaneous:books:executed&rev=1794169443&do=diff ISBN: 9781611099324 Amazon ID: B01N0QQWCL This is the second book in the Extracted trilogy, and is the one where the story starts. The first book is simply a confusing introduction, where nothing happens other than three disparate people being brought together for no adequately explained reason, by someone whose motives and intentions are never revealed. text/html 2026-11-08T21:21:50+01:00 antony http://retinal.dehy.de/docs/doku.php?id=miscellaneous:books:web_of_lies&rev=1794169310&do=diff ISBN: 9788577488307 Amazon ID: B08PYQWJV5 Beginning The book gets off to a bad start, with the main character being an irresponsible idiot who can't even tell when to stop being an idiot, after he's realised that that's what he's being. It is nowhere near as good as the author's Spore. text/html 2026-11-08T20:20:26+01:00 antony http://retinal.dehy.de/docs/doku.php?id=miscellaneous:books:start&rev=1794165626&do=diff I have always read a wide variety of books, from an early age. I am no longer at what anyone would call an early age. These days the main themes of these books are (in no particular order) crime thrillers, science fiction, biographies, fantasy, cryptography, and travel. text/html 2026-11-07T16:50:59+01:00 antony http://retinal.dehy.de/docs/doku.php?id=technotes:kindle&rev=1794066659&do=diff I don't expect the information on this page to be easily comprehensible to anyone else; it is more of an aide-mémoire for my own use. * <https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-2717/> * <http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/modules.shtml> text/html 2022-08-02T22:41:06+01:00 antony http://retinal.dehy.de/docs/doku.php?image=technotes%3Aael.dialplan.sh&ns=technotes&rev=1659472866&tab_details=history&mediado=diff&do=media