Weather is a bit sucky today, it’s raining all over the place. Well, at least it’s a Friday and we’re all looking forward to the weekend, not that we’ll be doing much. My wife has her PLAB 2 exams on Monday so we’ll be home, I’ll be reading something or hacking on something or running or cooking or whatever. I try to do most of the cooking on the weekends since Sadia is has to study, and it’s all fun.
I just finished reading Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson last night. It’s a science fiction novel about a virtual reality world called the Metaverse, a hacker who always goes around carrying two samurai swords, and a virus known as Snow Crash. Very deeply thought out novel, and most of Stephenson’s work always is 
Cryptonomicon was very good as well, although it got a bit long sometimes.
No, I haven’t read the Diamond Age. I might read it, but probably not anytime soon. I’ve just read 2 of Neal’s books in a row and don’t want to read another one just yet. Cryptonomicon is really good, but I think you need a lot of time to get into it, and sometimes you don’t want to read it if you’re too tired.
I really liked Snow Crash. Have you read The Diamond Age? That’s a good read too. I haven’t read Cryptonomicon, but plan to this summer.