Journal | Jason R Briggs

It's funny how the brain works

(In memorial: David Bowie)

I saw David Bowie in 1987, at the final concert of the Glass Spider Tour at Western Springs Stadium in Auckland. A local radio station had organized a couple of buses, and my friend and I - both teenagers at the time - decided we had to go (much convincing of parents t...

When you should check the forecast...

The above picture was the view walking towards Pico de la Zarza, in Fuerteventura, on Tuesday.

The cloud was thick enough that you could barely see a few metres ahead of you (which is more than a little disturbing once you reach the top and you know there’s a fairly steep cliff on the other side...

Spacing causing confusion

Martin writes:

My son is working through your book. He spotted a very minor error and I thought we would report it: In Chapter 8 on Page 102, the code for the three classes is missing an extra newline between the Animal and Mammal class. This can create some confusion when typing in the code...