Procrastination, responsibility avoidance, long walks in the park, lamps, rocket propulsion, and beer. Mainly beer though.
Tim Berners-Lee.
Lots.
Fear & Loathing, Adaptation, Human Nature, Children of Men.
Mighty Boosh, Flight Of The Conchords, Big Train, Sopranos, Entourage, Six Feet Under, Deadwood, Breaking Bad, The Wire.
A Confederacy Of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole, Perdido Street Station - China Mieville, Catch 22 - Joseph Heller, Snowcrash - Neal Stephenson.