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Ret Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Administration Unleashed
Title: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 administration Unleashed Author: Tammy Fox ISBN10: 0672328925 ISBN13: 978-0672328923 Publisher: SAMS Cost: $49.99 Format: Paperback, 624 pages Published: April 20, 2007 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Administration, part of SAMS Unleashed series is a comprehensive overview of installing, configuring, maintaining and securing RHEL5 servers. This book covers everything from [...]
Continue reading...Forbidden Lego
27. April 2007
Title: Forbidden Lego Author(s): Ulrik Pilegaard, and Mike Dooley. ISBN10: 1593271379 ISBN13: 978-1593271374 Publisher: No Starch Press Cost: $24.95 Format: Paperback, 192 pages. Published: July 2007 Here’s a book that I’ve been waiting to review for some time now. The folks at No Starch Press were kind enough to offer me an advanced copy and [...]
Continue reading...Linux Appliance Design: A Hands-on Guide to Building Linux Appliances
26. April 2007
Title: Linux Appliance Design: A Hands-on Guide to Building Linux Appliances Authors: Bob Smith, John Hardin, Graham Phillips and Bill Pierce ISBN10: 1593271409 ISBN13: 978-1593271404 Publisher: No Starch Press Cost: $59.95 Format: Paperback, 356 pages, CD Included Published: Linux Appliance Design may be the only book around right now that deals exclusively with building a [...]
Continue reading...WotC to end another license – Dragonlance
24. April 2007
Gamingreport.com reports that Margaret Weis Productions, ltd. has announced that the Dragonlance license from WotC will not be renewed, and is expiring at the end of the year. As many of you know, Margaret Wies, along with Tracy Hickman, wrote the original (and lots more) Dragonlance books, dating back quite a few years. This is [...]
Continue reading...Moving to Ubuntu Linux
24. April 2007
Title: Moving to Ubuntu Linux Author: Marcel Gagne ISBN10: 032142722X ISBN13: 978-0321427229 Publisher: Addison Wesley Cost: $34.99 Format: Softcover, 463 pages with Ubuntu 6.06 DVD Published: August 17, 2006 If you are new to Ubuntu Linux and are thinking about installing it on your computer this book will make the process easy and relatively painless [...]
Continue reading...The Unofficial Lego Builder’s Guide
17. April 2007
Title: The Unofficial Lego Builder’s Guide Author: Allan Bedford ISBN10: 1593270542 ISBN13: 978-1593270544 Publisher: No Starch Press Cost: $24.95 Format: Paperback, 344 pages Published: July 1, 2005 Lego. It’s something of a universal toy. How many of us grew up (or continue as adults) playing with these wonderful building blocks that we can turn into [...]
Continue reading...The Unofficial Tourists’ Guide to Second Life
12. April 2007
Title: The Unofficial Tourists’ Guide to Second Life Author(s): Paul Carr & Graham Pond ISBN10: 0312376480 ISBN13: 978-0-7522-2646-0 Publisher: Boxtree Cost: $9.95 Format: Paperback, 223 pages Published: TBD I generally review technical books. Tomes about the latest and greatest operating systems or striped down pocket guides on servers. Books that while they’re good guides on [...]
Continue reading...Inside the Machine: An Illustrated Introduction to Microprocessors and Computer Architecture
11. April 2007
Title: Inside the Machine: An Illustrated Introduction to Microprocessors and Computer Architecture Author: Jon Stokes ISBN10: 1-59327-104-2 ISBN13: 978-1593271046 Publisher: No Starch Press Cost: $49.95 Format: Hardcover, 292 pages. Published: 2007 Jon Stokes’ Inside the Machine falls somewhere between Computer Science textbook and Popular Science reading. It’s packed with a lot of information that is [...]
Continue reading...Review – iPod: The Missing Manual, 5th Edition
10. April 2007
Title: iPod: The Missing Manual, 5th edition Author: J.D. Biersdorfer ISBN10: 0596529783 ISBN13: 978-0596529789 Publisher: O’Reilly, Pogue Press Cost: $19.99 Format: Paperpack Published: November 2006 iPod: The Missing Manual covers all the basics of using the various iPod models and the iTunes Music Store, but it might leave advanced users looking for more. The 11 [...]
Continue reading...Whoosh Boom Splat: The Garage Warrior’s Guide to Building Projectile Shooters
3. April 2007
Title: Whoosh Boom Splat: The Garage Warrior’s Guide to Building Projectile Shooters Author: William Gurstelle ISBN10: 0307339483 ISBN13: 978-0307339485 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Cost: $16.95 Format: Softcover, 160 pages. Published: March, 2007 I’ve walked away from this book with several impressions. The first two that come to mind: Making things that shoot other things, go [...]
Continue reading...The Computer: An Illustrated History
27. March 2007
Title: The Computer: An Illustrated History Author: Mark Frauenfelder ISBN10: 1847320139 ISBN13: 978-1847320131 Publisher: Carlton Publishing Group Cost: $35.00 Format: Hardcover, 256 pages – Coffee Table Size. Published: May 1, 2007 When I first opened the package that contained this book, I was absolutely amazed. I knew the book would be fairly big and that [...]
Continue reading...Windows Vista Pocket Reference
12. March 2007
Title: Windows Vista Pocket Reference Author(s): Preston Gralla ISBN10: 0596-52808-6 ISBN13: 978-0-596-52808-9 Publisher: O’Reilly Cost: $12.99 Format: Paperback, 182 pages Published: February 2007 Windows Vista Pocket Reference is just that, a small and light book that will easily fit into your pocket or into a laptop bag. With just five chapters and 182 pages, this [...]
Continue reading...Building the Perfect PC 2nd Edition
6. March 2007
With 8 chapters and six different computer configurations this book covers a range of options which should satisfy just about every user. The authors detail their decisions based on a number of factors, including price, reliability, size, noise level, expandability, processor performance, video performance and disk capacity and performance for each build type.
Continue reading...Windows Vista: The Missing Manual
1. March 2007
Title: Windows Vista: The Missing Manual Author: David Pogue ISBN(10): 0596528272 ISBN(13): 978-0596528270 Publisher: O’Reilly Media, Inc. Cost: $34.99 Format: Paperback – 827 pages Published: January 2007 Windows Vista: The Missing Manual is 800 plus pages of tips, tricks and knowledge concerning all 5 (or is it 8? Or 16?) versions of Microsoft’s latest offering, [...]
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