By: Adrian Tchaikovsky | Rating: 3/5A little frustrating to read, as seems to be the standard for this series. I liked the lost colony idea, but the presentation is very fragmented. I guess that's on purpose, but it doesn't work for me. I wont be getting part 4 of the series, I'm done.

Alexander's high tech laboratory still needed something on the roof. This James Webb Telescope seems to do the job just fine.

By: Diederik Baazil | Rating: 1/5The book describes the political headwinds the Dutch company ASML found itself in, after people found out what the strategic importance of their products was. It is however a very light book. It glances over ASML's history, jumps back and forth in the timeline, and it keeps repeating...

By: Bob de Graaff | Rating: 4/5Yes, the Netherlands had its own CIA. Spies and everything. But with about 1% of the necessary budget, and you get a typically Dutch version of it. Always underfunded, more lucky than competent, the IDB was never going to be a great success. This book gives a fascinating insight into...

On this day eight years ago, apparently I was enjoying a holiday in Ireland. This looks like somewhere in the Dingle harbour area.

You know those days? This is one of those. A full day prompt training. Probably nothing about sql queries or basic logic.

My airsoft team decided to get a logo patch.

By: Cory Doctorow | Rating: 5/5Cory has the amazing ability to say things in a way they completely resonate. His view on the current hype cycle and how it links to the thinking patterns of Big tech managers make a lot of sense. If only more decision makers could see beyond “oh, look, shiny” and dig a little deeper,...

By: Louis A. DiMarco | Rating: 2/5Two chapters are relevant, but incredibly thin on theory. The rest is a fairly well written overview of a number of urban operations scenarios, clearly chosen to stress the authors' point, whatever it may be. The whole thing has a sizable US slant. So yes. We have more cities, so...

By: Martijn Kitzen, Tim Sweijs | Rating: 1/5Sadly disappointing. Authors spend a lot of time vaguely skimming over the changing patterns of war and then vaguely make a point of that we don't know what the next war is going to be. Sad. Avoid.

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky | Rating: 2/5Where the first part was breathtaking in its scope and scale, this one feels almost claustrophobic. It took me a lot of energy to finish. It seems a rehash of the most uninteresting sections of the first book. I hope number three is better as this one is making me consider...

By: Dimko Zhluktenko | Rating: 3/5His personal tale of what he did when the Russians invaded. Very inspiring, sadly a bit short. It also cuts off before he actually joins the military. Dimko does give a great overview of the operation and reasoning behind his amazing charity. The signed edition was quite expensive,...