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Posts Tagged with books

Where it Takes You

So I want to take this opportunity to offer some liberating words to those of you who claim you don’t have the attention span or the time or the interest to finish a book: Fuck finishing. Start and see where…

A Long Way Gone

A Long Way Gone by Ismael Beah at Amazon.com Growing up in the safe confines of the middle-class womb here in the U.S., it is easy to lose sight of the larger world around me. While I count myself a student of history and a constant consumer of information,…

Architecture - Analog and Digital

Garrett Dimon’s review of For the People by the People, a book about architecture (buildings not pages) has prompted me to add it to my Amazon Wishlist. Sadly I missed the Campfire chat he had set up to discuss it, leaving…

Floating books

Adding a small stack of books to the invisible bookshelf hides the hardware, creating the illusion that the books are floating in place. Look ma, no hands!

Design and Web Books

While I don’t have much time to actively participate in the Designers in House List, to which I subscribe, I enjoy reading many of the threads. One recent thread from a while back, titled “Your favourite web design book” served as…

The Thermochemical Joy of Cooking

Wired is running a great piece about Alton Brown of Good Eats fame, titled The Thermochemical Joy of Cooking. The article is focused on Alton’s science-oriented view of cooking and how it differs from the practices espoused on the majority of cooking shows:

Think…

Sams Teach Yourself XML in 21 Days

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