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 === Non-formal studies and self-teaching ===
 
-To compensate for the lack of good formal education, I became a good customer of the local libraries:
+To compensate for the lack of good academic institutions in the '90s, I became a good customer of the local bookstores:
 
  * **Compilers**, reading plenty of textbooks such as CompilersPrinciplesTechniquesAndTools,
  and many others.
@@ -35,13 +35,15 @@ To compensate for the lack of good formal education, I became a good customer of
 
  * **Programming Techniques** -- Countless.  Such as SeePlusPlusTemplateMetaprogramming
  and the controversial ModernSeePlusPlusDesign by AndreiAlexandrescu.
- My absolute favourite is BrianKernighan's and RobPike's ThePracticeOfProgramming.
+ My absolute favourite is Brian Kernighan's and Rob Pike's [[http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/tpop/ | The Practice of Programming]].
 
  * **Software Architecture and Design** -- All the "must-read" classics such as
  GangOfFour's DesignPatterns, UmlDistilled and UmlDesignPatterns.
 
- * **Project Management** -- My favourite certainly is TheMythicalManMonth, but I've
- read a few others such as ExecutionPlainAndSimple.
+ * **Project Management** -- My favourites are TheMythicalManMonth and
+ [[http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?AntiPatternsBook|AntiPatterns]], but I've also read
+ [[http://www.amazon.com/Waltzing-Bears-Managing-Software-Projects/dp/0932633609|WaltzingWithBears]],
+ [[ExecutionPlainAndSimple]] and a few others.
 
  * **Technical Writing** -- TheElementsOfStyle and DonaldKnuth's TheTexBook are my
  favourites on the topics of stylish writing and typesetting.
@@ -50,4 +52,4 @@ To compensate for the lack of good formal education, I became a good customer of
  Nevertheless, I enjoyed reading DonaldKnuth's ConcreteMathematics and
  CambridgeUniversityPress' NumericalRecipes.
 
- * **Database** -- Relational algebra, principles of schema normalization, SQL.
+ * **Database** -- Relational algebra, principles of schema normalization, SQL.
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