Tag Archives: books

Jelly Stains and Web Masons

From Mark Bernstein’s entry on Practical Prototype and script.aculo.us: When chemists consult a volume about professional chemical technique, or when surgeons reach for the latest update on neuroanatomy, they can usually find a book that isn’t couched in terms of silly examples and jokes. So can poets, mathematicians, and geologists. For some reason, though, [...]

Books I’ve read lately

Radio silence around here again. Been quite busy since Christmas, long hours at work and long hours at home. But, somehow, I’ve still managed to plow a decent path through the pile of books left for me under the tree. So, I figure this might be a good time to mention them: Burn, [...]

How to Hack RSS and Atom Feeds

This article is an excerpt from the ExtremeTech book Hacking RSS and Atom. This feature explains what RSS and Atom feeds are and how you can build an aggregator, route feeds to your inbox and buddy list, subscribe to multimedia content, and more. Source: ExtremeTech: How to Hack RSS and Atom Feeds Woo hoo! Looks like [...]

Looks like I need a new library card

You know, I just realized that I haven’t stepped foot in a public library since I graduated college. You know what else I realized? Our local library has a great card catalog online, in which I’ve found everything I tried looking for. It even seems to have a queue / wishlist feature! [...]

DOM Scripting sounds like a fine book

Flicking through the book, it does give the impression of being full of code. I hope that doesn’t scare off any potential buyers. Source: DOM Scripting: The book has landed This is one thing I’d worried about with my book, but on the other hand I always wanted to write for The Transactor. And what I [...]

Hacking RSS and Atom is out!

If you’ve been following along with me these past months, you might’ve gotten the gist that I’ve been working on a book. Well, lookee what landed on my doorstep late Friday afternoon–my author copies! This package was actually supposed to have been delivered on Thursday. But, much to my consternation, I wasn’t present to [...]