Books
iPod and Philosophy (Popular Culture and Philosophy) [review]
Title: iPod and Philosophy (Popular Culture and Philosophy) Author: D. E. Wittkower (Editor) Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Open Court (November 1, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 0812696514 ISBN-13: 978-0812696516 I like philosophy – I took 9 credit hours in college and have had many late night philosophical conversations. And I say don’t buy this book of […]
December 5th, 2010 by alephnaught
Review: The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
Title: The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger (New in Paper) Author: Marc Levinson Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Princeton University Press; illustrated edition edition (January 7, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 0691136408 ISBN-13: 978-0691136400 I saw this book on the shelf at one of our favorite independent bookstores […]
October 9th, 2010 by alephnaught
Review: Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs by Jan Reid
Title: Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek and the Dominos (Rock of Ages) Author: Jan Reid Hardcover: 160 pages Publisher: Rodale Books (November 28, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 1594863695 ISBN-13: 978-1594863691 I found this book while searching the stacks at Book Soup; I thought it would be interesting to learn more about the […]
September 25th, 2010 by alephnaught
HTML5 for Web Designers (review)
Title: HTML5 for Web Designers Author: Jeremy Keith Paperback: 87 pages Publisher: A Book Apart (2010) Language: English ISBN-13: 978-0-9844425-0-8 This is a small book and it’s written in a very engaging and direct way. Here’s the table of contents: A Brief History of Markup (Read this chapter online!) The Design of HTML5 Rich Media […]
September 12th, 2010 by alephnaught
Tapworthy: Designing Great iPhone Apps
Title: Tapworthy: Designing Great iPhone Apps Author: Josh Clark Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: O’Reilly Media; 1 edition (June 18, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 1449381650 ISBN-13: 978-1449381653 If you want to create dynamite iPhone apps, this is the book for you. It won’t teach you to program – there are books on using HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript or Objective-C […]
September 5th, 2010 by alephnaught
Two graphic novels about the post-rapture world
When I read an article about two graphic novels tackling the question of what a post-rapture world would look like, I had to read them. The rapture is when Jesus / God raises the good souls to heaven, this from the Christian liturgy. Both graphic novels consider the time after the good are risen and […]
August 22nd, 2010 by alephnaught
Twitterature: The World’s Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less
Title: Twitterature: The World’s Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less Author: Alexander Aciman, Emmett Rensin Paperback: 224 pages Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics); 1 edition (December 29, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0143117327 ISBN-13: 978-0143117322 I saw this book while browsing at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadina and had to have it. It’s hilarious! For example, the last […]
August 22nd, 2010 by alephnaught
Heavy Metal in Baghdad: The Story of Acrassicauda
Title: Heavy Metal in Baghdad: The Story of Acrassicauda Author: Andy Capper, Vice Media, Gabi Sifre Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: MTV; Original edition (November 17, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1416595406 ISBN-13: 978-1416595403 I heard about this book from the video of the same name – MTV sent a crew to Baghdad to record the heavy […]
August 1st, 2010 by alephnaught
Star Trek: Enterprise: The Romulan War: Beneath the Raptor’s Wing
Title: Star Trek: Enterprise: The Romulan War: Beneath the Raptor’s Wing (Star Trek : Enterprise) Author: Michael A. Martin Paperback: 464 pages Publisher: Star Trek; Original edition (October 20, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 143910798X ISBN-13: 978-1439107980 I admit it – I didn’t watch Star Trek: Enterprise when it was first on television – I didn’t […]
June 12th, 2010 by alephnaught
Building iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS and JavaScript
Title: Building iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript: Making App Store Apps Without Objective-C or Cocoa Author: Jonathan Stark Paperback: 192 pages Publisher: O’Reilly Media; 1 edition (January 19, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0596805780 ISBN-13: 978-0596805784 Given Apple’s stance on Adobe Flash, and my desire to eventually display my website in a better way […]
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February 27th, 2011 by alephnaught