My latest book is "The Code Book" by Simon Singh, an interesting book that follows cryptography all the way from it's beginning to early 21st and late 20th century computer cryptography, including DES encryption and the powerful public and private key encryption scheme powered by the RSA algorithm. Also included is a short chapter about the mechanics of quantum cryptography and the power of quantum computers to break modern encryption systems. If you enjoy reading about security (Who doesn't? Sorry, bad question.) then you'll probably like this book.

Technically I'm just borrowing it until I buy it over the weekend, but that's just a minor difference. (It also depends on whether or not I give it back.) Either way, I am now in a proud possessor of Stephen Colbert's new book "I Am America (And So Can You!)". The book, a winner of the Stephen T. Colbert Award for Literary Excellence, covers every aspect of his vision of American life. From the family to old people, animals, religion, sports, proper sex and dating, Hollywood, wars, immigrants, homosexuality,  and race Stephen has covered it all. It's definitely spot-on with the humor; and Stephen (And his 10+ ghost writers.) do a good job of providing opinionated opinions on current events.

The horror! Once again I have been struck by the security book craze; the latest title, Security and Usability, which appears to be a collection of essays written by numerous security gurus. (I think I spotted a certain Bruce Schneier referenced a couple of places.) It's quite the read, featuring many good points about how we can make secure systems without sacrificing usability. I'm already over a hundred pages in to it; which is a major fact considering I started less than 24 hours ago and have a very busy schedule. This morning I finished reading an essay about better visual security systems that could one day replace those annoying passwords! It's definitely an interesting read; and some of the thoughts that it's prompted might make a difference in the upcoming ZMS (Zine Management System) of Revision Magazine.