2016-04-30 Saturday - Author Joe Henderson, on running

Will start reading this book next week:

"Run Right Now, What A Half-Century On The Run Has Taught",
by Joe Henderson - former Editor, Runner's World.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6373214-run-right-now

 Other interesting titles by Joe Henderson: 

"Learning to Walk: How walking added miles to my runs and years to my running"
http://www.amazon.com/Learning-Walk.../dp/B009STQG7U/

"Long Slow Distance: The humane way to train"
http://www.amazon.com/Long-Slow-Distance.../dp/B003ZK5QB0/

I close out the month of April having logged 84.50 miles - and a total of 127.75 miles since beginning my training program in March. 

My goal for May is 180 miles. Ambitious, yes. But, I am on a mission to ignite the fire within. Based on my progress thus far, and my expected continued rate of progress - I should easily be able to complete 1,000 miles by the end of the year. 

...and by then, there should be a very different fellow looking back at me in the mirror.

2016-04-23 Learning From The Game of Poker

As a speculator and an investor, I value the lessons that can be learned from the game of Poker.

I recently came across the blog of Haseeb Qureshi, and noted that he has a series of articles that are particular interest (and quite well written):

• http://haseebq.com/how-to-live-as-a-poker-player-part-1
• http://haseebq.com/how-to-live-as-a-poker-player-part-2/
• http://haseebq.com/how-to-live-as-a-poker-player-part-3/

http://haseebq.com/seven-things-poker-taught-me/

I may also pick-up a copy of his book, How to Be a Poker Player: The Philosophy of Poker

The interesting value in all of this - is how some of this thinking can be applied to making oneself a better investor, speculator, trader in the markets...

2016-04-15 Friday - Recent Library Pick-ups

Recently picked-up quite a few books at the Bellevue Public Library

The Development of Mathematics, by E. T. Bell
http://www.amazon.com/Development-Mathematics-Dover-Books/dp/0486272397

A Guide to Mathematics for the Intelligent Nonmathematician, by Edmund C. Berkeley
http://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-Intelligent-Non-Mathematician-Edmund-Berkeley/dp/0671200275/

Math Proofs DeMystified, A Self-Teaching Guilde, by Stan Gibilisco
http://www.amazon.com/Math-Proofs-Demystified-Stan-Gibilisco/dp/0071445765/

An Introduction to The Theory of Numbers, Fifth Edition, by Ivan Niven, et al
http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Theory-Numbers-5Th-Ed/dp/8126518111/

Elementary Number Theory & Its Applications, Third Edition, by Kenneth H. Rosen
(for the 6th Edition...)
http://www.amazon.com/Elementary-Number-Theory-Application-Edition/dp/0321500318/

The Higher Arithmetic, An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers, by H. Davenport
http://www.amazon.com/Higher-Arithmetic-Introduction-Theory-Numbers/dp/0521722365/

R Graphics Cookbook, Practical Recipes for Visualizing Data, by Winston Chang
http://www.amazon.com/R-Graphics-Cookbook-Winston-Chang/dp/1449316956/

How to Solve It, a new aspect of mathematical method, by G. Polya
http://www.amazon.com/How-Solve-Mathematical-Princeton-Science/dp/069116407X

Think Stats, Probability and Statistics for Programmers, by Allen B. Downey
http://www.amazon.com/Think-Stats-Allen-B-Downey/dp/1491907339/

Hackers & Painters, Big Ideas From The Computer Age, by Paul Graham
http://www.amazon.com/Hackers-Painters-Big-Ideas-Computer/dp/1449389554/

More Joel on Software, by Joel Spolsky
http://www.amazon.com/More-Joel-Software-Occasionally-Developers/dp/1430209879

Head First JavaScript Programming, A Brain Friendly Guide, by Eric Freeman & Elisabeth Robson
http://www.amazon.com/Head-First-JavaScript-Programming-Freeman/dp/144934013X/

Understanding Computation, From Simple Machines to Impossible Programs, by Tom Smart
http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Computation-Machines-Impossible-Programs/dp/1449329276/