Updating now and books pages

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 <h4>Currently Reading</h4>
 <p>
-    Re reading one of my favourites, Gnomon by Nick Harkaway.
+    You must be Joking Mr Feynman. Feynman has always been one of my favourite people and this book lives up to all of that.
+    Various stories from his life, the endless curiosity. 
+    This man never could have been anything but a scientist.
 </p>
 
 <h4>Read so far in 2024</h4>
 <ul class="no-bul">
+    <li>Technofeudalism - Yannis Varoufakis</li> 
+    <li>Gnomon</li> 
     <li>StormChaser - Paul Stewart + Chris Riddel</li> 
     <li>Red Seas Under Red Skies - Scott Lynch</li>
     <li>Beyond the Deepwoods - Paul Stewart + Chris Riddel</li>

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 <p>
-    Last updated: 2024-10-01
+    Last updated: 2024-10-28
 </p>
 <h2>Work</h2>
 <p>
     Preparing for the spike of traffic over peak.
     Struggling with personal moral issues with the company as a whole (everyone I work with is great).
-    Putting some last touches on a project that I have been working on for a while, hoping to get it out this week.
+    Starting the job hunt again, first applications sent out this past weekend.
+    I have decided that it is time to move on.
 </p>
 <h2>Life</h2>
 <p>
@@ -41,28 +42,23 @@
     I love the program and it is 100% worth paying for, but the fact that even when paying it keeps asking for ratings, putting widgets on my home screen, or turning on notifications bothers me.
     You already have my money now please don't bother me.
     Finding the lessons really helpful.
+    Coupling it with Anki flashcards for memory is working well.
 </p>
 <p>
-    Had not realized how much the anki flash cards that I have been making alongside the course were until I got out of sync.
+    Starting to learn <a href="go.dev">Go</a>.
-    Did make the time to make new cards for a few weeks and was wondering why I was having such a hard time remembering the new japanese words.
+    A very simple and concise language.
-    I didn't have flashcards for them.
+    Both similar in ways to Rust (focus on performance, strong type system), and completely different (still a runtime, much simpler).
-    So updated them all today and am now back on track.
+    Enjoying it so far, still very early days.
 </p>
 <h2>Tinkering</h2>
 <p>
-    The last week has been spent entirely on the wedding website.
+    Wedding website still under construction.
-    Would link here but we have it shut down for guest access only because it contains a lot of personal information.
+    Adding final touches and new information as it comes up.
-    It was the first time that I have done any web development work with cookies or authentication systems.
+    Very pleased to have rolled my own auth for this which was fun.
-    That was really cool to figure out and implement.
 </p>
 <p>
-    I like that I got to build it myself and have it customized slightly for each guest with a personal message and using proper names instead of general "you" etc.
+    Shifting my attention back to adding content to my personal website.
-    Also set up a database to store all the various RSVPs, seating arrangements, and menu choices once we get to that point.
+    I am thinking a recipes database and display in the cooking section.
-</p>
-<p>
-    It was the first time that I gave myself a personal project and a short deadline (a week essentially) and hammered it out around work.
-    Really pleased with that level of depth and focus, very excited to try and keep that momentum going working on other stuff.
-    Some extra things to add to this site, and some other things I have been thinking about.
 </p>
 <p>
     Awstin