Archive for February, 2008
24 Declassified: Collateral Damage
Title: 24 Declassified: Collateral Damage
Author: Marc Cerasini
Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: HarperEntertainment (February 26, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061431184
ISBN-13: 978-0061431180
A very guilty pleasure of mine – I love the TV series 24, and the books are just as good, maybe better.
This one is set in the new NYC Counter-Terrorist Unit (CTU) headquarters, where Jack Bauer is helping get [...]
February 27th, 2008 by alephnaught
Tom Clancy’s EndWar
Title: Tom Clancy’s EndWar
Author: David Michaels
Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Berkley (February 5, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0425222144
ISBN-13: 978-0425222140
I finished my interview early out in LA (great job opportunity, I hope I get an offer for this one), went out to Burbank Airport (Bob Hope), and had about five hours to kill before my red-eye left. And I’d [...]
February 27th, 2008 by alephnaught
Beginning TiVo Programming
Title: Beginning TiVo Programming
Author: John Brosnan, Kyle Copeland
Paperback: 298 pages
Publisher: Wrox (February 12, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0470054271
ISBN-13: 978-047005427
I read this book on the flight from Chicago to Phoenix to Burbank.
Really good – I highly recommend this book. It includes everything you need to know to build TiVo applications, including getting the two SDKs you’ll want, [...]
February 17th, 2008 by alephnaught
Office Warfare: Strategies for Getting Ahead in the Aggressive 80’s
Title: Office Warfare: Strategies for Getting Ahead in the Aggressive 80’s
Author: Marilyn Moats Kennedy
Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Fawcett (October 12, 1986)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0449210162
ISBN-13: 978-0449210161
I wish I’d read this book years ago – it explains a lot about the changes I’ve seen in the workplace over the last 20-plus years.
If you want to know more about office [...]
February 9th, 2008 by alephnaught
Math and the Mona Lisa: The Art and Science of Leonardo da Vinci
Title: Math and the Mona Lisa: The Art and Science of Leonardo da Vinci
Author: Bulent Atalay
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Collins (February 21, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0060851198
ISBN-13: 978-0060851194
This book reminds us that art and science are inexorably intertwined. The writing style is lucid yet very readable, including the sections that delve into quantum mechanics, for example. I thought [...]
English
February 29th, 2008 by alephnaught