This is a book about Linux, a free, open source operating system that's changing the world of computing. In this book, we show how you can completely change the way you work with computers by exploring a powerful and free operating system. Linux goes against the traditional computing mainstream, being developed by a loosely organized...
Get the essential guide to mixing up a good time! Now that it's been completely updated with fifty new drinks-including the mojito and the Rock Lobster-you'll enjoy preparing and serving drinks more than ever. With more than 2000 recipes, including nonalcoholic drinks, plus party-planning tips, hints on making toasts, barware lists...
Audiovisual storytelling has a long, well-developed history. As far back as
the earliest known prehistoric times, human beings have communicated the
essence of story through the use of pictures and sound: whether it’s cave paintings
of the hunt, a poet proclaiming the epic adventures of Odysseus, Greek
actors performing tragedy...
“Is Google making us stupid?” When Nicholas Carr posed that question, in a celebrated Atlantic Monthly cover story, he tapped into a well of anxiety about how the Internet is changing us. He also crystallized one of the most important debates of our time: As we enjoy the Net’s bounties, are we sacrificing our...
Earlier this year, I was asked by an editor at Pearson to write this phrasebook focused on Java. It is one of several in their Phrasebook series. Christian Wenz wrote the first one in the series, the PHP Phrasebook. The concept for the phrasebook series comes from the foreign language phrasebooks....
"Marsha Collier knows eBay like no one else. With her tips and insight, anyone can enjoy the ease and convenience of shopping online any time of year." —Clarissa Parashar, eBay PowerSeller and owner of the eBay store Perpetual Vogue
The kids' concert is tonight, your brother's coming Saturday, and when are you going to...
The seed for this book was planted in 1993. I found myself frustrated by the obstinate, poorly documented, and woefully inadequate MIDI functions available to me as a Windows programmer. So, I set out to write a set of routines that would allow me to write music applications without sweating the MIDI details.
Once upon a time, around about 1988, after finishing a very stressful but successful
project within Motorola Semiconductor Israel (MSIL), the entire team was
invited to a special lunch. Everybody was happy that we finished the “project”
ahead of time, and we were there to enjoy the victory of “tape-out.”...
Apple’s iPods continue to set the bar for media players, with bold new features like the Touch’s supersized screen and Siri voice control. But iPods still lack a guide to all their features. That’s where this full-color book comes in. It shows you how to play music, movies, and slideshows; shoot photos and videos;...
