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| A succinct, well-written guide to grid design on the web. | |
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| I picked this up on a recommendation from a podcast about Apple (go figure). That said, Chivers clearly knows his topic and does a good job of providing lots of historical context around his main thesis. It's definitely not for the faint of heart tho...more | |
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| Git is one of those technologies that has a daunting learning-curve. Scott has made a bit of a career helping people get over that hump and this book is no different. I've read several Git books and I think this one puts things in the right order. He...more | |
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Take Your Eye Off the Ball: How to Watch Football by Knowing Where to Look
by Pat Kirwan
read in December, 2010
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| This is kind of like "Freakonomics" for football-nerds. That is, it's one of those well-reasoned everything-you-think-you-know is wrong kind of books. | |
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Blood, Sweat & Chalk: How the Geniuses of Football Created America's Favorite Game
by Tim Layden
read in September, 2010
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| I've watched football since I was six years old. I'm still learning things about this game and this book is a fantastic step forward in anyone's football knowledge. | |
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Engines Of Logic: Mathematicians And The Origin Of The Computer
by Martin D. Davis
read in August, 2010
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| Since picking up "Logicomix", I realized I have a few other books on the mathematical foundations of computing. While Logicomix disappointed, "Engines of Logic" certainly had to meaty math goods I was looking for. If nothing else, it was a good point...more | |
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| I really wanted to be swept away by this book. I was hoping that the authors would maximize the medium of the graphic novel and teach me something I wouldn't have gotten in a more traditional format. What I got was fawning hagiography with a lot of u...more | |
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