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thx for sharing, I might just buy this book
I think it's the same for me, I just figure out how to get something to look like the way I want, and move on without caring about css organization, structure, maintainability, etc... pretty bad I know...
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Yeah, I figured since MVC gives you so much more control over the markup I should, you know, maybe learn something about it.
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Thanks for the heads-up on those. I'm going to order the CSS3 and HTML5 books.
I have a couple of the "missing manual" books at home. They're nice quality and unlike those sell-by-the-pound books we're use to seeing, it's nice to see books that don't buckle the bookshelf.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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And of course, thanks to eBooks, my shelves don't creak nearly as much as they used to.
I have books on my shelves that have been there for 30 years, like Richard Bach's Illusions. I have zero confidence that an eBook I buy today will still be available to me three decades from now, so if it's something timeless I still buy it in paper.
Tech books, on the other hand, have a shelf life that can be measured with an egg timer. Can't count how many I've thrown out, or how much bitching and moaning I've endured from my non-geek friends about having to move boxes of heavy books. So, the geek stuff I buy on Kindle. Best of both worlds.
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My problem with most computer books is they spend way too much time hyping the topic and assuming you are a moron, though I have found most O'Reilly books pretty good in general, with the Nutshell series being especially so.
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Nutshell books are consistently good and it seems like that's the case with the missing manual series as well.
I just bought the worst tech book I've ever purchased in this batch as well, an html book that I thought was going to cover basics for techies from looking at the overview. Instead, it has lots of puppies and cutesy images for the "I know you think computers are scary, but here's how to make a web page" crowd. Makes me appreciate O'Reilly ever so much more.
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His earlier book was great. I'll have to pick up the new version!
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Too bad it's not on Books24x7.
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If you prefer eBooks you can always just buy the Kindle version. That's the version I bought.
You don't have to own the device. The Kindle reader software is available free for pretty much every computer, tablet and smart phone out there.
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This is true, but my employer pays for everyone to have a books24x7 subscription, so I was hoping to be able to read it at no cost to me.
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Hey, if you can get someone else to pony up for your tech books that's an excellent gig.
That said, if you do end up adding it to your own collection, it's fifteen bucks well spent. I wouldn't recommend it if you're already strong in CSS and just want the CSS3 stuff as that's a very small portion of the book, but if like me you want to get a refresher on the basics, it's a solid read.
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I do web UI stuff so infrequently that it sounds like a good book. Thanks for the recommendation.
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Wikipedia Book Creator?
In the Wikipedia Main Page, on the left menu, click --> Print/export --> Create a book.
And then keep adding pages to the book as you browse the site. At the end, it allows you to create a book from the pages you added and neatly formats it into a book complete with Contents, References, etc. and allows you to export to PDF, e-Pub and other formats.
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Cool, I can finally print this C# programming for bacon eaters book.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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I've been waiting a long time for that book.
C#: The Other White Meat
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... and then you sell the book on eBay like so many unscrupulous elephants!
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I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka.
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Looks pretty awesome, haven't tried it yet and don't really know what I would use it for personally but maybe someone doing research?
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Why would someone print a wikipedia page ?
I'd rather be phishing!
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Maximilien wrote: Why would someone print a wikipedia page ?
- If it describes the critical map points showing where the treasure is buried.
- If it contains the documentation on how to boot my particular computer into safe mode and all the boot options.
- If it describes how to recover my unbootable system (I already needed it for Ubuntu)
Windows 8 is the resurrected version of Microsoft Bob. The only thing missing is the Fisher-Price logo.
- Harvey
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H.Brydon wrote: Maximilien wrote: Why would someone print a wikipedia page ?
H.Brydon wrote: - If it describes the critical map points showing where the treasure is buried.
No, there is a better App for that - Google Maps
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Neat! Tick, VG.
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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Good one.
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