I love "Soul of New Machine" too. It was a blast to read. It even made me ponder the possibility to start over at 40+ and do something hardware-wise (or very lo

I love "Soul of New Machine" too. It was a blast to read. It even made me ponder the possibility to start over at 40+ and do something hardware-wise (or very low-level software). Of course I then found myself drown by 2 mortgages and dropped the thought.