Last night when I got home there was a package on the front porch - my jQuery book! I’m on the jQuery mailing list and when they announced someone was working on a book I went ahead and pre-ordered even though I usually like to preview technical books before making any decisions.
Book:
Learning jQuery : [...]
Category Archives: Reviews
5 Minute jQuery Book Review
July 13, 2007 – 9:06 am
Les Paul on PBS
July 11, 2007 – 10:13 pm
Les Paul is on PBS tonight - featured on the American Masters.
If you like guitar - you must watch! His influence on the modern guitar and multi-track recording is inspiring.
And best of all - he’s 90 and still jams.
When Sysadmins Ruled The Earth
June 25, 2007 – 5:39 pm
If you have ever done any system administration - go read this now. When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth by Cory Doctorow. Winner of the 2007 Locus Award for best novelette.
He opened a chat:
> Stop probing my server
He expected bluster, guilt, denial. He was surprised.
> Are you in the Front Street data-center?
> Yes
> [...]
Air Guitar and The Nightwatchman
April 16, 2007 – 12:58 pm
Two guitar related items:
Air Guitar Nation - this looks hilarious. I need to find out if this is playing anywhere nearby - I dig me some air guitar!
I also noticed that Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine) has a solo project out now called The Nightwatchman. It’s acoustic (!) :
Musician and political [...]
Slow Down
April 7, 2007 – 9:31 pm
This is a great article - what happens when a world famous violinist plays in L’Enfant Plaza in Washington DC during morning rush hour? The Washington Post asked Joshua Bell to bring his Stradivarius and play anonymously for the rush hour crowd.
It’s a fascinating and somewhat sad article about how people are [...]
30 Days with - Vista vs. Linux
April 4, 2007 – 2:29 pm
Saw this on Slashdot… HardOCP has finished the second part of their ‘30 Days with’ series - the same author spent 30 days using both Linux and Vista.
I’m a bit biased (GO UBUNTU) but it’s interesting to read the conclusions for both:
30 Days with Linux:
XP is going to be my OS for gaming, audio [...]
Tom Scholz on Brad Delp
March 19, 2007 – 1:48 pm
Tom Scholz has a post on the Boston site regarding his memories of singer Brad Delp.
There are very few vocalists out there who leave a mark and Brad Delp will be one of them. It only takes a second to hear the trademark soaring guitars and then that vocal comes in and… it’s Boston. [...]
Van Halen = Best Rock Band Ever
March 17, 2007 – 10:26 pm
Van Halen = Best Rock Band. Ever.
Velvet Revolver = Worst Band To Play Van Halen Tribute. Ever.
Watching the R&R Hall of Fame inductions on VH1. Who the hell picked Velvet Revolver to play? Ugh. It took me a few moments to figure out what they were playing. And Slash - get [...]