When a company moves (either from building to building, or inside of a building) invariably lots of items are found that nobody really feels like hauling. Often they get thrown directly away, but sometimes a recycling spot is setup when people can bring and take items. I like those recycling spots, because there’s a chance of finding something neat and not everything gets thrown away and wasted.
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Hot summer
Summer has been extremely hot and we have been enjoying it at the fullest. While this meant that I haven’t gotten around writing here as much as usually, I haven’t forgotten the blog.
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The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror #11
This is a review of The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror #11, which I finished just recently.
Modern Naval Combat
I recently read Modern Naval Combat by David and Chris Miller, detailing naval technology, showcasing some ships and weapons and finishing with overview of naval tactics.
The Theodosian Code – Studies in the imperial law of late antiquity
Codex Theodosianus is a compilation of Roman laws since roughly 310 until 440. The Theodosian Code is a collection of papers or studies relating to the Codex.
Rooman viimeiset päivät
Rooman viimeiset päivät by Maijastina Kahlos gives a broad and high level view on the last centuries of Rome and details many things considered as its downfall.
Ab Urbe Condita XXII – Kathagon Hannibal Rooman porteilla
Ab Urbe Condita XXII continues, unsurprisingly, where Ab Urbe Condita XXI left: Hannibal has crossed Alps and is in his winter camp close to Apennine mountains.
Ab Urbe Condita XXI – Karthagon Hannibal Lähtee Sotaan
Karthagon Hannibal Lähtee Sotaan is Finnish translation of 21st book of Ab Urbe Condita, a massive history of Rome written by Titus Livius. It covers bits of Hannibal’s childhood (around 228 BC), but concentrates mostly on time from just before the attack to Saguntum and beginning of the 2nd Punic war, until Hannibal’s winter campaign in Italy. Timespan is fairly short (around one year), but there’s more than enough action in the book.
Ab Urbe Condita I – II – Rooman synty
Ab Urbe Condita is gigantic collection of history books written by Titus Livius and covering history of Rome from before Time of Kings to 9 BC. Big portions of the collection has been lost and not many of the surviving books have been translated into Finnish.
Clausewitz – On War
Clausewitz’s Vom Krige (On War or Sodankäynnistä) is a military and strategy treatise written by a prussian general Carl von Clausewitz in the beginning of the 19th century. My copy is from the first printing and 5th printing is out of print, so keep this in mind while reading this review (although I don’t expect big revisions between printings in this book).
Engineer's Journey 