In the meantime I am on page 341/565 and did already get two reminders from Jurgen Appelo, to be ready by 31-May-24, relax ...
For your reference and to have all in one place, here the links to my Part-1 and Part-2.
Yesterday I would have been happy to have OREC (here just a joke reference), the virtual personal assistant of the main character in the book. My father in law had switched the TV on-screen menu language to Mongolian and the sound was not working anymore. A manual was not available in the Internet and a hard reset button no possible option. In the end I had to use Google Image search and translate, to find the right page and place in the menu, to get back to German. Like in Putt's law - those who understand what they do not manage ...
By reading the book I was reminded of CATWEAZLE on the one side, as a witch is showing up in the story, coming from a different time line. She is pretty surprised about her new environment, but adjusts quickly and can appreciate some of the better/different/new technology.
On the other side the Groundhog Day, as the main character seems to restart a part of his life over and over again. Still 200+ pages to go for me, looking forward to the next surprises. I will keep you posted.
“What would you do if you were stuck in one place and every day was exactly the same and nothing that you did mattered?” Ralph: “That about sums it up for me.” -- from Eight ‘Groundhog Day’ quotes you’ll want to say over and over again