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01/07/2003 02:46 PMCodewalkers.com: O'Reilly Book Review
Codewalkers.com: O'Reilly Book Review
08/10/2004 08:29 AMCodewalkers.com has a new
review today covering a new O'Reilly book for PHP -
Web Database
Application with PHP and MySQL (2nd Edition).
CodeWalkers: The Sitepoint Book Reviewed
CodeWalkers: The Sitepoint Book Reviewed
01/23/2003 08:57 AMBook review: The Book of SAX: The Simple
API for XML (Unix Review)
Book review: The Book of SAX: The Simple
API for XML (Unix Review)
11/18/2002 09:56 AMBook Review: Windows Admin Scripting
Little Black Book, Second Edition
Book Review: Windows Admin Scripting
Little Black Book, Second Edition
06/12/2004 12:32 PMBook review - Book lowers fear of
threats
Book review - Book lowers fear of
threats
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A New Book Review
A New Book Review
08/27/2004 01:28 PMIn
this
review of
We the Media, Chris Schroeder, vice president
for strategy at the Washington Post Company and former CEO of
WashingtonPost.com, has some
amazingly flattering words. I blush...
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Book Review
03/13/2003 10:16 AMI've been ill for two weeks now, So I haven't been able to do anything
in my spare time besides...
Book Review: Programming PHP
Book Review: Programming PHP
09/09/2002 08:34 AMBook Review: WarDriving
Book Review: WarDriving
05/27/2004 06:24 PMNobody likes to make enemies, but I have to be honest about the
dollar-to-content value of this book: Let me be clear from the outset.
I don't know any of the authors of this book, except by reputation,
and have nothing but the highest regard for their technical knowledge
and their achievements. The folks who wrote WarDriving: Drive, Detect,
Defend are experts about most of what they write about, and offer
great technical insights and tips throughout. That said, I can't
recommend this book primarily because the best advice is already
available on the Web for free in much the same form; chunks of the
most practical early part of the book are repetitive to cover
different operating systems or scenarios with the same approach; the
middle part of the book comprises a 60-page-long set of anecdotes with
long code extracts; and the last part of the book features security
advice that's somewhat strange focusing on commercial software and
hardware that's obscure and hard to use and mostly out of keeping with
the kind of audience that could possibly be interested in this title.
A factor that led to book bloat (520 pages, no CD-ROM, $49.99) is the
lengthy reproduction of code, sometimes double spaced that a reader
must be expected to input rather than download or copy and paste from
a Web page. Further, many of the programs seem too idiosyncratic to be
of general utility, arguing against their inclusion in the printed
book even if other programs were printed in full. For fairness's sake,
after reading this book a few weeks ago, I sent the publisher's
publicist contact my remarks and a list of errors found in the book. I
was promised some follow up and didn't get it, so the statute of
limitations of waiting for a response to specifics has ended. I should
also make it clear that I have co-written a book on wireless
networking which has practically no overlap with this book. In
general, the book is best at collecting and providing documentation on
the trickiest aspects of scanning for, recording, and defending
against wardriving and Wi-Fi network cracking. Some of the areas on
defense are the strongest in the book, although other areas seem
highly misguided. From the first page of the book to the end of
Chapter 7, page 243, it's at its strongest. It's a cogent, how-to
guide to installing and...
Book Review: Against All Enemies
Book Review: Against All Enemies
04/17/2004 03:20 PMWhen Against All Enemies was published a few weeks ago, it was greeted
by a flurry of press and blogsphere discussion, almost entirely
focused on the book's criticisms of the Bush administration. Those
criticisms are largely contained within the book's final chapter, a
chapter that feels grafted on, and which is significantly different in
tone from the rest of the book. It's unfortunate that this chapter has
become the focus for discussion of the book - a fact which argues
that, perhaps, it shouldn't have been included at all. The majority
of the book is a discussion of how the first Bush administration and
the Clinton administration gradually came to realize the existence of
al Qaeda and tried to figure out what to do about it. The story is
framed, at the beginning and the end, by the events of September 11,
2001 (during which Clarke was one of the people primarily responsible
for government operations during the hours until President Bush took
charge) - but that is simply the framing; the real meat of the book
takes place in an earlier time. The time that laid the groundwork for
that day.
Book Review: iPhoto 4 For Mac OS X
Book Review: iPhoto 4 For Mac OS X
07/07/2004 11:17 AMStu Gitlow checks in with another in a series of Mac book reviews.
Book Review Aggregator
Book Review Aggregator
01/03/2005 07:33 PM
Metacritic Books.
Metacritic has been covering reviews for movies, music, and games for
years, but now has started aggregating books reviews, with about 150
books so far.
802.11 Wireless LAN Fundamentals - Book
Review
802.11 Wireless LAN Fundamentals - Book
Review
06/30/2004 09:22 AMBook Review: Linux for the Rest of Us
Book Review: Linux for the Rest of Us
03/13/2003 10:25 AMIt won't be the last Linux book you own, but consider making it your
first.
Book review: OpenOffice.org
Writer
Book review: OpenOffice.org
Writer
01/05/2005 11:29 AMO'Reilly's OpenOffice.org Writer, by Australian technical writer and
active OpenOffice.org community contributer Jean H. Weber, is an
enhanced and updated version of her earlier book, Taming
OpenOffice.org Writer, which was the first book ever published about
OOo. This book skips basic OpenOffice.org functionality and focuses on
one OOo component: Writer. It includes a copy of OpenOffice.org, and
has many useful tips for technical writers and advanced OOo users.
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Book review: Perl and XML (Slashdot)
Book review: Perl and XML (Slashdot)
08/26/2002 08:32 AMBook review: Defensive Design for the
Web
Book review: Defensive Design for the
Web
05/13/2004 03:37 AMContingency design lets you take all those things into account that
can happen when real users start visiting your website. Defensive
Design for the Web is a book that shows you in a clear and concise way
what can go wrong and how to turn that to your advantage.
New Report: Mac Bible Book Review
New Report: Mac Bible Book Review
05/19/2004 10:23 AMStuart Gitlow talks about his old Celica and how it relates to the
newest edition of "The Macintosh Bible."
Professional PHP4: A Book Review
Professional PHP4: A Book Review
02/03/2003 10:14 AMAside from a few minor quibbles (and those weird covers), this is a
solid and well planned book.
Slashdot Book Review: PHP4 XML
Slashdot Book Review: PHP4 XML
09/25/2002 08:44 AMBook Review: PHPClasses on Wrox
Book Review: PHPClasses on Wrox
10/22/2002 08:45 AMBook Review: Malicious Cryptography
Book Review: Malicious Cryptography
05/10/2004 02:57 AMBook Review: Perl Medic
Book Review: Perl Medic
04/09/2004 04:00 PMRobrt has posted a review of Perl Medic by Peter Scott. In Robrt's
words: This feels like it was taken straight from my brain. Sounds
like it should be mandatory reading ...
Book Review: Professional Apache 2.0
Book Review: Professional Apache 2.0
09/20/2002 08:07 AMPHPClasses.org: Book Review on
phpMyAdmin
PHPClasses.org: Book Review on
phpMyAdmin
05/20/2004 08:41 AMPHPClasses.org has a new book
review posted today covering the Packt book
Mastering phpMyAdmin for Effective MySQL
Management.
Book Review: Computer Security
Book Review: Computer Security
05/07/2004 11:29 PMAbout May 8 2004 3:48AM GMT
"You've Got Fe-Mail!" Book Review on
www.Lesbianation.com
"You've Got Fe-Mail!" Book Review on
www.Lesbianation.com
06/06/2004 03:35 AMBook Review. For more book reviews visit www.youvegotfemail.com
[PRWEB Jun 6, 2004]
Book Review: Speed Up Your Site
Book Review: Speed Up Your Site
11/12/2003 07:55 PMAndy King's recent book collects, outlines, and evaluates a large
number of methods and techniques to make your sites perform better.
Book Review: Apache Cookbook
Book Review: Apache Cookbook
01/02/2004 06:03 AMA lot of helpful tips and advice make up for a few shortcomings.
Book review: Perl & XML (Slashdot)
Book review: Perl & XML (Slashdot)
07/12/2002 09:42 AMBook review: XML (XML & Web Services
Magazine)
Book review: XML (XML & Web Services
Magazine)
06/06/2002 12:03 PMBook Review: Web Standards Solutions
Book Review: Web Standards Solutions
07/11/2004 08:05 PMIf you've been following Dan Cederholm's SimpleQuiz
series for any length of time, you'll be happy to note that his new
book Web
Standards Solutions is a full-length summary of the best practices
that have evolved from it, and more.
Book review: Mitnick's The Art of
Intrusion
Book review: Mitnick's The Art of
Intrusion
03/30/2005 08:40 PMKevin Mitnick is the hacker who went legit. He has just published a
second book, this time on the hackers themselves.
Book Review: Linux Unwired
Book Review: Linux Unwired
12/19/2004 03:17 PMTechnical errors and already out-of-date advice mar the usefulness of
this guide to wireless protocols.
Book Review: The Future of Work
Book Review: The Future of Work
08/04/2004 09:34 AMglobetechnology.com Aug 4 2004 1:48PM GMT
Book Review: Usable Web Menus
Book Review: Usable Web Menus
06/26/2002 01:00 PMBook review of the new glasshaus title, Usable Web Menus, authored by
Andy Beaumont, Dave Gibbons, Jody Kerr, and Jon Stephens.
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A Vending Machine for Voter Data
A Vending Machine for Voter Data
12/11/2003 06:15 AMAristotle International sells lists online containing personal facts
about voters to anybody who cares to plunk down the money. A Wired
News special report by Kim Zetter.
Game Boy Advance music vending machine
Game Boy Advance music vending machine
07/09/2004 05:19 AM
This beast is a music vending machine that sells tunes to play in your
Game Boy Advance movie player. Gizmodo notes the deliciously
superfluous giant mechanical dial on the front.
Link
Virtual Vending Machine for Widgets
launches
Virtual Vending Machine for Widgets
launches
06/17/2005 03:04 PMThe Widget Machine was launched today, a new site dedicated to
Dashboard widgets -- mini applications featured in Mac OS X Tiger...
Synesso Cyncra Espresso Machine
Synesso Cyncra Espresso Machine
04/11/2005 08:18 AM
My pal Tony, barista americano or some other coffee joke it's
criminal to try to execute before I've actually had any,
details the Synesso Cyncra, the "holy grail of espresso machines"
recently installed in his home base, Victrola Coffee. Victrola
actually ordered a testing prototype last year and has been upgrading
its Synesso with field upgrades.
The first thing you’ll
notice is its austere stainless steel body. Stainless steel extends
throughout, replacing parts that have traditionally been brass or
copper such as the boiler and group heads. Brass is better at holding
heat, but the Synesso employs powerful heating elements, some nifty
design tricks and PID temperature control to achieve a thermal
stability other machines fail to match.
Apparently,
there's a major coffee convention in Seattle this week, too, so I bet
if we ask Tony very nicely he'll keep us up to date on the latest in
brewing tech.
Our espresso machine - the Synesso Cyncra [VictrolaCoffee]
Sweet new espresso machine. From outer
space
Sweet new espresso machine. From outer
space
08/15/2004 07:51 AM
The new "fully
programmable" Granos espresso machine from Bodum looks highly badass.
At US $499, it costs highly badass, too. (
Thanks, Frank Ozaki)
µWEBox Lite GSM/GPRS & GPS Intelligent
M2M (Machine to Machine) Rugged Box
Modem Family Launched by Comtech.
µWEBox Lite GSM/GPRS & GPS Intelligent
M2M (Machine to Machine) Rugged Box
Modem Family Launched by Comtech.
12/17/2004 06:31 PMIntelligent wireless TCP/IP modems, which support application
features including E-mail, FTP and automated I/O & GPS location
reporting. - Part of a Box-to-Module-to-License design philosophy
offering rapid time to market. - Eases integration of legacy equipment
with Central Management applications. [PRWEB Nov 28, 2004]
Delonghi Magnifica
Espresso/Cappuccino/Latte Machine
Delonghi Magnifica
Espresso/Cappuccino/Latte Machine
04/12/2005 07:44 AM
Gizmodo is powered more by
coffee than any other (non-Class 2) narcotic, so we have a vested
interest in any gadgets that can bring a better cup to our lips each
morning. Enter the Delonghi Magnifica: Simply pour some fresh coffee
beans into the machine, add your water and your milk and press the
button and you're off to the espresso, cappuccino or latté
races. It has a sleek, austere design and will make a welcome addition
to any kitchen counter. It's available for $900, but with this level
of convenience and versatility, some may find it a worthwhile
investment indeed.
Product/Catalog Page ($900, in stock) [Delonghi
via CoolHunting]
Christopher Coppola's road trip espresso
machine
Christopher Coppola's road trip espresso
machine
06/23/2004 07:16 PMBoingBoing reader Nora read our current guestblogger's post about a
super-rad mobile espresso maker that plugs in to your car's cigarette
lighter. She was inspired to do some googlesleuthing, and says:
"I needed to find the Millennium Coffeebreak Car espresso maker that
Christopher Coppola talked about. Wooden spoons from Italy, Coffee mug
art from Alessandro Bartolozzi. Plus french presses, frothers and
funnels. Espresso is a beautiful thing."
Playa lattes, ahoy!
Link to Caffe Tucano
Coke Machine Hacks
Coke Machine Hacks
12/22/2004 01:30 AM
Xeni Jardin:
HOWTO doc on hacking Coke vending machines by way of the drink
selection buttons on the front display.
Link (
Thanks, Jason
Sutton).
Mirror one,
Mirror two, and
Google
cache (
Thanks, Dan, Jackson Baker and Scott M.)
Update:: Reader Chris Vincent says,
Just thought I'd point out that most of the content on those sites
(including the Coke machine article) is verbatim from the
Anarchist's Cookbook, a legendary collaborative document that
can be found all over the internet. Everything from social
engineering to fun explosives to (obviously) Coke machine hacks can be
found there.
Another interesting bit of information, this time about Pepsi machines
(not from the cookbook, just something I found out about last week):
New Pepsi machines have a "code", a special sequence in which you
can push the buttons on the face of the machine, which causes the LED
screen to report the number of cans sold and the total cash value.
I'm not sure what that code is, and it may be configurable on a
per-machine basis. I'm sure somebody out there can shed more light on
it than me.
A Turing Machine in Conway's Game of
Life, extendable to a Universal Turing
Machine
A Turing Machine in Conway's Game of
Life, extendable to a Universal Turing
Machine
08/04/2004 10:03 PMA Turing Machine in Conway's Game of Life, extendable to a Universal
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Credit card hacking not hard
Credit card hacking not hard
06/24/2005 08:30 PMJapanese vending-machines
Japanese vending-machines
05/05/2004 12:52 PM
Great page with photos and notes on vending machines that can be found
in and around Tokyo.
Link
(
Thanks, Infospigot!)
am3 Anime Vending Machines
am3 Anime Vending Machines
07/08/2004 08:44 AM
Thanks to Tyler
and Mohammed and everybody else that sent in pictures of these am3
Anime Vending machines for the Advance Movie player. I'm fairly sure
that eh one of the left (the Pokemon-branded one) is the newer model,
while the one on the right is the older, less full-featured model that
has been out for a while. I love that in an all-digital machine,
they've somehow still found it necessary to incorporate a giant crank
dial on the front.
Look - am3?GBA [Watch.Impress]
Look - Product
Page
Related
am3 Sets Up Anime Vending Machines
for Game Boy Advance [Gizmodo]
"Vending Machines of Japan"
"Vending Machines of Japan"
05/06/2004 09:52 PMVending Machines of Japan
Vending Machines of Japan
04/30/2004 11:54 AM
Vending Machines
of Japan PhotoMann recently decided to 'collect' images of unique
vending machines found in Japan. They are everywhere. Estimates
suggest there are 5.6 million vending machines which works out to be
one for every 20 people in Japan. Sales from vending machines in 2000
totaled $56 billion! The most common are drink and cigarette machines
followed by machines with pornography
'Remove' school vending machines
'Remove' school vending machines
04/22/2004 06:47 PMMachines selling crisps and fizzy drinks should be taken out of
schools, parents say.
Vending Machines Making Room for Health
(AP)
Vending Machines Making Room for Health
(AP)
08/07/2004 01:37 PMAP - The typical vending machine fare consists of chocolate bars and
potato chips, leaving few options for people seeking low-calorie or
low-salt snacks.
French remove junk food vending machines
French remove junk food vending machines
07/30/2004 03:54 PMam3 Sets Up Anime Vending Machines for
Game Boy Advance
am3 Sets Up Anime Vending Machines for
Game Boy Advance
07/07/2004 12:46 PM
Japanese company am3 has set
up anime vending machines in 20 locations around the country in test
program to sell content for its moderately succesful 'Advance Movie'
peripheral for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance. Different from the Game Boy Advance Video
cartridges available here, the Advance Movie uses a rewriteable Smart
Media card, which consumers can fill up with movies that cost between
100 (~$1) and 400 yen(~$4), depending on their content (and presumably
length). So far all the titles are anime, but there's nothing stopping
other types of programs to be sold. In fact, am3 is already planning
to sell data for four other peripherals it sells; Advance Comic, for
manga viewing; Advance Picture, for images; Advance Music, for
durrrrr; and Advance Navi, for maps.
Why they can't just have one peripheral that does all those things,
I don't know. Oh, and if any of our Japanese readers can snap a pic of
the vending machines and send it to us, that'd be dandy.
Re
ad - GBA movie vending machine to hit Japan [Gamespot]
Related
Gutting the Pocket Cinema Player
for the Game Boy Advance [Gizmodo]
"PhotoMann Travel Photography - Images
of Vending Machines In Japan"
"PhotoMann Travel Photography - Images
of Vending Machines In Japan"
04/25/2004 08:33 PMPhotoMann Travel Photgraphy - Images of
Japanese Vending Machines
PhotoMann Travel Photgraphy - Images of
Japanese Vending Machines
04/25/2004 09:41 AMPhotos of Japanese vending machines .. Automaatteja Japanista ..
Automaatteja .. everywhere .. vending ..
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McDonald's Ditches Giant Vending
Machines, Back To Dealing With Humans
McDonald's Ditches Giant Vending
Machines, Back To Dealing With Humans
11/13/2003 02:55 PMAlmost exactly a year ago we wrote about how
giant
vending machines were coming to the US. These were vending
machines the size of small shops, that could pick from over 200 items
to drop into your hand at your convenience - without having to deal
with (gasp!) a human checkout person. It turns out that many of these
machines were actually being run by McDonald's who has now decided
that
the US market just
isn't ready for giant vending machines, which are being shut down.
Perhaps there were complaints from teenaged kids who were scared that
the vending machines were going to take away their only hope for a
job.
Vend Audit Controls Announces VendCheck
Pilot for Vending Machines in
Philadelphia Public Schools
Vend Audit Controls Announces VendCheck
Pilot for Vending Machines in
Philadelphia Public Schools
08/05/2004 03:40 AMVend Audit Controls Systems Now In Place In Three Major School
Districts [PRWEB Aug 5, 2004]
Who's hacking who?
Who's hacking who?
07/11/2004 06:20 PMMacleans Online Jul 11 2004 9:28PM GMT
GIF Hacking
GIF Hacking
09/08/2004 12:27 PMCommon knowledge says that modifying a compressed
image is a bad idea. Not always, though.
Hacking Mac OS X
Hacking Mac OS X
03/28/2005 03:16 PMCar hacking
Car hacking
12/19/2004 03:40 PMRace for the Ultimate Car Hacks By Michelle Deli People have been
tinkering with their cars since the first horseless buggy hit the
road. Now, thanks to onboard computerized systems that control
everything from engine management systems to radios, hackers can
customize their rides in ways that are likely to have Henry Ford doing
back flips in his grave. Feeding this need for speed with aftermarket
computer chips and simple upgraded components gneerates $25
million…
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Voting Machine Companies Make Political
Contributions to Both Democrats and
Republicans - New Report Traces Campaign
Contributions of Companies that Produce
E-Voting Machines
Voting Machine Companies Make Political
Contributions to Both Democrats and
Republicans - New Report Traces Campaign
Contributions of Companies that Produce
E-Voting Machines
08/13/2004 03:15 AMNew research on the political campaign contributions made to Democrats
and Republicans by voting maching companies. [PRWEB Aug 13, 2004]
Hacking the RoboSapien
Hacking the RoboSapien
09/19/2004 02:15 AMHacking Mac OS X Panther
Hacking Mac OS X Panther
07/03/2004 10:01 AMRael Dornfest, coauthor of Mac OS X Panther Hacks, has selected these
three hacks from the book for your sampling pleasure. The first two
detail how to find anyone in your Address Book who has an Amazon Wish
List, and how to build a GUI to your Unix scripts with a bit of Perl
or Python; the third is just for fun. Enjoy. By Rael Dornfest,
O'Reilly Network (via MyAppleMenu)
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