New Column: A Geek's Bookshelf @ ECLIPSE DEVELOPER'S JOURNAL

What I am going to do in this regular column is feed my habit by highlighting some of the books I am reading, and (mostly) enjoying. (I will only rarely write negative reviews; it's a rare book that I 'do not put down gently but throw across the room with great force' after all.) Geeks like to read - and not only programming books. Most of us read incessantly. Whether it's popular science, sci-fi or fantasy, a good thriller or an occasional popular history book or biography, it's a rare geek who isn't in love with books. And I am no exception, although I have to confess I am rather an extreme case since my love of books and eclectic tastes borders on the 'gentle madness' aka bibliomania.

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#4	Debbie Moynihan commented on the 15 Oct 2007 Interesting review, I love the idea of a geek book review column. The suggestion to make raw financial data available in XML would be interesting. It would be cool to be able to grab data from various companies and do interesting things with it, but that might be a bit scary to some people...
#3	Jane commented on the 11 Oct 2007 Nice start to your new column, Gary. Great review of an interesting sounding book.
#2	Paul E. Hanson commented on the 11 Oct 2007 I did get a laugh (on a morbid level) that the blame for LTCM debacle does not lay where popularly thought. I will not give away the source for future readers.
#1	Rajat Bhatia commented on the 11 Oct 2007 Derivatives, trading and hedge funds are here to stay. They perform a valuable service to the financial markets, though Warren Buffet will disagree with me. Nevertheless, it is the mis-use of derivatives and the excessive use of leverage that leads to financial disasters. This book provides an excellent insight into why we witness financial turmoil in some of the most liquid markets.

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