I have access to Safari Books Online at work. I have been reading (or flipping through) The Definitive Guide to Django, Domain Driven Design, Learning Unix, 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know, and much more.
I have been printing pages to PDF one by one, combining the pages into chapters and then printing and clipping together double-sided pages. Almost like a real book. So ghetto, but free.
I realized that instead of printing the loose pages I can use Mobile Me and the iDisk app to read the books on the iPad. It’s still a PDF and still kinda ghetto, but it’s pretty much any computer book I want, free, on the go, without all the loose pages.
Posted December 1, 2010 | ∞ | File under: books, programming
The NY Public Library is awesome. Free books! But they never have El Juego del Angel, even though the website says they do.
Posted July 24, 2009 | ∞ | File under: books, new york I love you
I’m reading “Devil in the White City” currently and in it is the story of the first Ferris Wheel — a center piece of Chicago’s world’s fair in 1893. Fascinating to read about the creation and novelty of something so ingrained in American life. Here it is, the first Ferris Wheel:
Posted November 24, 2008 | ∞ | File under: books, engineering, history, psychopaths
I am currently reading the epilogue of The Great Bridge. It’s an amazing story and I highly recommend that you read it.
Coincidentally, this Friday, May 23, 2008, is the 125th anniversary of the opening of the bridge and there are all kinds of Brooklyn Bridge birthday events happening throughout the weekend.
B and I are going to take the walking tour and see what it’s all about. Should be fun!
Posted May 20, 2008 | ∞ | File under: books, brooklyn bridge, nyc
I wouldn’t spend 400 bucks on it just yet, but Amazon’s Kindle looks pretty cool.
