Luckily Gustav calmed down before landfall, because I don’t think the New Orleans levees would have held if the surge was 18 feet as originally predicted. It’s important, now, for Nagin et al to let people back into the city as soon as possible. If the city management continues to keep the citizens out, but […]
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Future proofing books
The downside of the recent flurry of activity regarding JavaScript/ECMAScript is that I’m in the middle of tech editing Learning JavaScript, second edition, and not sure what to include. On the one hand, it’s extremely important to me that the book be accurate, so my inclination is not to including anything that isn’t implemented in […]
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Grumbles in Kindletown
I have written before about my satisfaction with my Kindle, and even hope to write a couple of book reviews on new discoveries. However, not all is well in Kindletown at the moment, and reason is prices for Kindle editions. I’ve been wanting the second book in Mercedes Lackey’s Obsidian trilogy, but Amazon only offered […]
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Last of the book and attack of the women
I put the finishing touches to the draft for my current book, and now it begins the technical review process. I don’t want to say it’s my last book, but there is no other on the horizon, as I return to the world of software development and consulting. First, though, I need to spend time upgrading […]
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Kindle and book freebies
In between accounts of the smog over Beijing, James Fallows at The Atlantic has been writing about his new Kindle and being able to use the device overseas. He also mentions a couple of free ebook download sites. I wanted to add to that list that the science fiction book publisher, Tor, is making several books available for free […]