Author Archive
Seeing churches in Naples
We had breakfast and went out hiking – today was church day, and we saw lots of Chiesas. I saw lots of graphiti and lots of posters all over Naples. Aviva had a schedule of when churches opened, but we were right in expecting the reality to be different than the posted times. We stopped […]
September 23rd, 2005 by alephnaught
Arrival in Naples
I’m really looking forward to this vacation – work has been hard recently (but also rewarding to me) and taking a break now is a good thing I think. As usual, I’m bringing some books along, as I love to read while on vacation. We’re lucky – we had enough miles with Northwest to get […]
September 20th, 2005 by alephnaught
Managing IT as a Business: a Survival Guide for CEOs
Title: Managing IT as a Business: a Survival Guide for CEOs Author: Mark D. Lutchen Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (October 3, 2003) Language: English ISBN: 047147104 This book is a good overview of things a CIO should consider to make the CEO’s, and the company’s, life easier. I scanned three images […]
September 12th, 2005 by alephnaught
A Beautiful Mind: the Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash
A Beautiful Mind: the Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash Author: Sylvia NasarPaperback: 464 pagesPublisher: Simon & Schuster (December 4, 2001)Language: EnglishISBN: 0743224574
September 12th, 2005 by alephnaught
Maven: A Developer’s Notebook
Title: Maven: A Developer’s Notebook Author: Vincent Massol, Timothy M. O’Brien Paperback: 220 pages Publisher: O’Reilly; 1 edition (June 20, 2005) ISBN: 0596007507 This book is similar to others in the notebook series – it provides an example-based approach to learning from the first basic tasks undertaken to the more detailed and skilled ones required […]
September 12th, 2005 by alephnaught
The Battle of Salamis
Title: The Battle of Salamis Author: Barry Strauss Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster (June 28, 2005) ISBN: 0743244516 The battle of Salamis was a great naval victory for the Athenian-allied navy over the Persian navy, ultimately saving the Athenians from defeat and enslavement. This book is a very detailed account of the campaign […]
September 12th, 2005 by alephnaught
Hacking Mac OS X Tiger: Serious Hacks, Mods and Customizations
Title: Hacking Mac OS X Tiger: Serious Hacks, Mods and Customizations Author: Scott Knaster Paperback: 378 pages Publisher: Wiley (July 5, 2005) ISBN: 076458345X I’ve read it once and now need to work through it more carefully. There’s lots of good stuff inside this book, especially hands-on examples of working with the new Automator tool […]
September 11th, 2005 by alephnaught
Seeing What’s Next: Using the Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change
Title: Seeing What’s Next: Using the Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change Author: Clayton M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony, Erik A. Roth Hardcover: 312 pages Publisher: Harvard Business School Press (May 1, 2004) Language: English ISBN: 159139185 This book is written by the guy that wrote The Innovator’s Dilemma and The Innovator’s Solution. The […]
September 11th, 2005 by alephnaught
Firefox Hacks
Title: Firefox Hacks Author: Nigel McFarlane Paperback: 398 pages Publisher: O’Reilly; 1 edition (March 11, 2005) ISBN: 0596009283 I saw a chapter of a similar book on line and wanted to improve the performance of the Firefox web browser on my Macintosh PowerBook. The book provides a good survey of things you can do with […]
September 11th, 2005 by alephnaught
The Man Who Broke Napoleon’s Codes
Title: The Man Who Broke Napoleon’s Codes Author: Mark Urban Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Perennial (March 1, 2003) ISBN: 0060934557 This is the story of George Scovell and the British operations under the Duke of Wellington during the Napoleonic campaigns of the Peninsula (Spain) and the 100 Days (Waterloo). Scovell was a low ranking officer […]
September 24th, 2005 by alephnaught