Archive for the tag "books"

You probably know this about me already, but I am a gadget person. And I recently got my hands on a few shiny things I’d been lusting after for awhile. I thought, now that I’ve lived with them for some time, I should do a little writeup on how they’re working out for me. My preciouses are: the Amazon Kindle electronic reader; the Roth Motorboard electric scooter, and the Eee PC mini-laptop. I’ll start with the Kindle and then maybe write about the others in another post. Or not, who cares? Google is your friend. And they’re all great products, I recommend them all. :-)

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• Studying the shit out of TextMate, training myself to do everything I can with the keyboard. Reading this book: http://tinyurl.com/64edob #

• Heyyyy I finished my CSS book! Well, except for the appendix. I’m working on that. Never let it be said blah blah blah… #

I found this bookmark in an old book I bought in the early 90s when I lived in New York. So funny. I’m using it now for the CSS book I’m reading… he’s definitely encouraging me to BE COOL and keep at it. I’m 3/4 of the way through now! That’s about the farthest I’ve ever gotten in any computer book. I’m learning so much so fast, and with this dude’s help I’m determined to make it to the end!

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Awhile back I started thinking I ought to sharpen my skills in web design. At first I thought I should learn PHP, so I started a book on that, but abandoned it when I realized I really needed to backtrack a bit. So I started one on Javascript and guess what, I abandoned that one too for being just an eensy bit over my head. I knew I had to shore up my knowledge of HTML and CSS, which sucks because that’s supposedly what I know best! I’ve been using HTML for frickin’ 15 years but I’m self-taught, and only ever really learned what I had to.

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• One of the aforementioned businesses has replied to my e-mail. Too bad it’s the one that wants to take my money, not the one that owes me. #
• Fantastic Fiction (author bibliographies, via Kindle Korner)
• Edith Frost - Ancestors video by Chuck Cors (posted by folkrockgirl — me, I never got around to it)
• Sudoku Monster is fucked up. http://tinyurl.com/3dt4jb #

• @nata2: . #
• What book is it where the guy wills himself to turn into a tree? Driving me crazy. Metamorphosis reminded me of it but it’s ungoogleable. #

• Now I’m reading Metamorphosis by the REAL Kafka. Seems a lot easier to read than it did last time — but I was only like 12 years old! Heh. #
• The Kindle Cake (via The Book of Kindle)

• Worked again. It went better than last time, but I’m still too slow, asking too many frickin’ questions. I wanted to hit the ground running! #
• Argh! Mac is a computer made by Apple. MAC stands for media access control: every networked computer has a MAC address. Yup. You’re welcome. #
• Just finished “Kafka on the Shore” by Haruki Murakami. Oh my god. Wonderful. Can’t recommend it highly enough. I’m all choked up about it! #
• @pallbear: I hope you’ll love it too…it’s not a difficult read like the real Kafka! BTW the Kindle version is spotless. Not even one typo. #

• Kids! Free! Book! by Neil Gaiman
• Garfield Minus Garfield

• Meteorites for Sale (via Unreal Real)
• Reading "Javascript Demystified". Seems a good place for me to start: I’m aiming to be a real coder when I grow up, not just a markup hag. #
• Skeezix Coloring Book
• Apparently in my version of Javascript, 2 plus 2 always equals 22. That just makes me mad. #

• Get the link to your Google Talk chatback (via Harper)
• Got a membership to LibraryThing. Getting as much as I can onto the Kindle (& selling the paper versions) so I need something to keep track. #
• はろ #
• Twitter is allowing me to randomly log in as random people whenever I hit “Sign Out” TWITTER FREAKOUT!!! FIX ME!! #
• Twitter needs to fix this random session bug! I’m not this person.. if you need help to fix it contact me at http://rosshill.com.au #
• JEEZ Twitter!! WTH?! (from the real edith) #

• ROCKSTAR!! One of the developers of the Google Talk chatback gadget thingy just stopped in to say hi. Checking in with the early adopters. #
• FYI I’m in the middle of “Kafka on the Shore” by Haruki Murakami, and loving it. Always a pleasure to read his stuff. #
• Wil took me out for MEXICAN food. MMMMMmmmm. #

• Finally finished “A Fire Upon the Deep” by Vernor Vinge. Great book, balls-to-the-wall SF. Hard to get into at first, then hard to put down. #
• I’ve been researching. Mutual followers CAN see my actions section on Twitter after all. Some people have too many Twitter accounts. (grin) #
• Talked on the phone w/ Shelley for like two hours. It’s not her or me, it’s the combination. We can YAK. So good to have a friend like that. #

• One pack of blue American Spirits: $5.15 with tax. Getting carded at 43 years old: priceless! #
• Now I’m reading “A Fire Upon the Deep” by Vernor Vinge. Hate that title, sounds so generic. WEIRD book tho, maybe a bit over my head so far. #
• We Are Your Friends: The Langley Schools Music Project