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Software developer in Austin, TX Reads a lot of computer history, science fiction, politics, and science
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Ben Combee rated Spilt Milk: 4 stars
Ben Combee rated The Hardware Hacker: 5 stars
Ben Combee rated The Atrocity Archives: 4 stars

The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross
Bob Howard is a computer-hacker desk jockey, who has more than enough trouble keeping up with the endless paperwork he …
Ben Combee rated iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: 5 stars
Ben Combee rated Effective C++: 5 stars

Effective C++ by Scott Meyers (Effective C++ Series, #1)
Since early in the 90s, working C++ programmers have relied on Scott Meyers s Effective C++ to dramatically improve their …
Ben Combee rated Miniatures: The Very Short Fiction of John Scalzi: 4 stars
Ben Combee rated Endless Loop: 5 stars
Ben Combee rated A Slow Year: 5 stars
Ben Combee rated Racing the Beam: 5 stars

Racing the Beam by Nick Montfort, Ian Bogost (Platform Studies)
A study of the relationship between platform and creative expression in the Atari VCS.
Ben Combee rated Between the World and Me: 5 stars
Ben Combee rated Twisty Little Passages: 4 stars

Twisty Little Passages by Nick Montfort
A critical approach to interactive fiction, as literature and game.
Interactive fiction—the best-known form of which is the text game …