I have started reading The Java Language Specification. I started by wanting to know the background on why I get VerifyError's at runtime. The HTML book is also a review of some CS concepts.

The Turing Machine part of Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages and Computation is easier to understand and more fun to read than the Languages part I was having a hard time with. Now I learn more about the machines I work with. I have read The Universal Computer for the historical background, a few months ago.

For a bit of nostalgia, a directory of Philippine ISP's circa December 1998 is still up. How times have changed.