[ErrantX]

Cliff is one of the original nerds, it's worth reading the whole of kleinbottle.com for the amusing anecdotes and jokes.

My favourite: http://www.kleinbottle.com/drinking_mug_klein_bottle.htm

The Cuckoo's Egg is excellent; I encourage all of my team(s) to read it as it highlights how attention to detail and creative thinking can unlock unexpected value (with the added bonus it's a spy story!).

[leejoramo]

I would add that the Cuckoo's Egg is perhaps the best narrative describing the early days of the Internet. If you want to understand how people originally used and thought about the Internet read this book.

While I had used BBS's previously this book was my formal cultural and technical introduction to the Internet