After some badgering by “Simon”:http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/, I’ve decided to start posting the occasional book review. As a voracious collector (and sometime reader) of books, I feel it is a duty to impart my knowledge on some matters, whilst at the same time whoring myself for a potential paid gig. Either that or to inflate my own [...]
Categories: Books,Java
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- February 26, 2004 – 7:14 pm
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- By sam
I try to keep my blog relatively on-topic, and make sure its at least partially related to technology issues. However something has come to my attention that requires airing in public, before I explode in a towering rage. Hellblazer, perhaps my favourite all time comic series is being made into a film. For those who [...]
Categories: Books
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- October 22, 2003 – 1:02 pm
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- By sam
My occasional aid package from Amazon arrived today. Along with a copy of “Panda Anti virus Platinum”:http://www.pandasoftware.co.uk/ and some graphic novels (the latest “Transmetropolitan(Transmetropolitan – The Official Feedsite)”:http://www.transmetropolitan.com/ and “Hellblazer”:http://www.insanerantings.com/hell/) was the latest “Trust The DJ”:http://www.trustthedj.com/ compilation by “Giles Peterson”:http://www.trustthedj.com/GillesPeterson/ and the new “Coral(The Coral’s website)”:http://www.thecoral.co.uk/ album, Magic and Medicine. I haven’t liked the Trust [...]
Categories: Books
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- August 12, 2003 – 3:22 pm
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- By sam
A few “new and upcoming”:http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/new.html books at “O’Reilly”:http://www.ora.com/ caught my eye: * Oracle Regular Expressions Pocket Reference covers the Regular expression support in Oracle 10. Too bad I’m stuck with Oracle 8 at the moment * “Even Grues Get Full”:http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/grues/ is the fourth collection of “user friendly”:http://www.userfriendly.org cartoons * “TiVo Hacks”:http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/tivohks/ covers all kinds of [...]
Categories: Books
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- August 6, 2003 – 12:21 pm
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- By sam