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Pro Git – Pro Git Book
This is the website for the Pro Git book, written by Scott Chacon and published by Apress. Here you can find the full content of the book, a blog with tips and updates about Git and the book and open source projects related to Git or referenced in the … Continue reading
James Gleick’s tour-de-force: The Information, a natural history of information theory
I’ve just finished reading The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood, James Gleick’s tour-de-force history of information theory. I read Freeman Dyson’s early review of The Information with interest earlier in the month, and fell upon the book and… Continue reading
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Tagged book, featured, informationtheory, lexicography, medialiteracy, Physics, Reviews, syndicated, webtheory, wikipedia
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Seth Godin asks: “What’s the overlooked gem, the book I haven’t read that I must?”
Over at the newly launched TED Conversations, Seth Godin asks “What’s the overlooked gem, the book I haven’t read that I must?” The responses to his request so far look fantastic. (Now I’m going to have to get myself a copy The Universal Traveler.)
Geez Pete’s list of “Top 50 Essential Non-Fiction Books for Weirdos”
Inspired by the Modern Library’s “Top 100″ list, Cheryl Botchick over at the Geez Pete blog took a crack at listing his picks for the “Top 50 Essential Non-Fiction Books for Weirdos.” Now, of course this is a “fool’s errand,” as she says, and t… Continue reading
Access to Knowledge in the Age of Intellectual Property: understanding the state of play in global knowledge politics
Access to Knowledge in the Age of Intellectual Property is a book and free download from MIT press:
What might “terminator” seeds, access to medicines, free software, and free culture have to do with one another? Do the global attempts to push back… Continue reading
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Tagged Action, book, Business, copyfight, creativecommons, foss, genome, patent, syndicated, wipo
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Terry Bisson/Rudy Rucker illustrated picture book
How cool is this: Rudy Rucker painted a series of illustrations for Terry “Bears Discover Fire” Bisson’s series of “Billy” short stories, and they’ve released the resulting ebook as a free download:
In our never-ceasing quest to shock and enlighten … Continue reading
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Lost’s literary references
I never watched the program Lost, but I think I’d have enjoyed it — at least judging by what I’ve heard around the ol’ watercooler and also from Entertainment Weekly’s list of books and literary references found in the show. Philip K. Dick’s “VALIS?” … Continue reading
Book: Ratio
Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking by Michael Ruhlman. Scribner, 2009. Ruhlman gives readers the ratios behind many basic recipes, and tells you when you should follow them and when you may need to make adjustments … Continue reading
Book: Shark’s Fin and Sichuan Pepper
Shark’s Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China by Fuchsia Dunlop. W. W. Norton & Company, 2008. Fuchsia Dunlop gives us an entertaining account of how she fell in love with Chinese food and cooking, as … Continue reading