February 2007

A Million Little Pieces

Mon, 02/26/2007 - 23:46 — Anonymous

"One Man's Battle Against Himself" -- video review of "A Million Little Pieces", by James Frey

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What is the What

Mon, 02/26/2007 - 23:46 — Anonymous

""Almost Too Much To Fit Into a Novel"" -- video review of "What is the What", by Dave Eggers

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The Grapes Of Wrath

Mon, 02/26/2007 - 23:46 — Anonymous

"Writer Appreciates Language and Characters" -- video review of "The Grapes Of Wrath", by John Steinbeck

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Running With Scissors

Mon, 02/26/2007 - 23:46 — Anonymous

"Identifies With Life Out Of Control" -- video review of "Running With Scissors", by Augusten Burroughs

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The World According To Garp

Mon, 02/26/2007 - 23:46 — Anonymous

"A Taste Of the Unusual" -- video review of "The World According To Garp", by John Irving

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The Alchemist

Mon, 02/26/2007 - 23:46 — Anonymous

"Mother Read Him Positive Story" -- video review of "The Alchemist", by Paulo Coelho

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Angle of Repose

Mon, 02/26/2007 - 23:46 — Anonymous

""More Mature Of a Book Than I Usually Read"" -- video review of "Angle of Repose", by Wallace Stegner

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Animal Farm

Mon, 02/26/2007 - 23:46 — Anonymous

""Are We All Barnyard Animals Working For Greedy Pigs?"" -- video review of "Animal Farm", by George Orwell

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The Unbearable Lightness Of Being

Mon, 02/26/2007 - 23:46 — Anonymous

""One Of the Best Books I've Ever Read"" -- video review of "The Unbearable Lightness Of Being", by Milan Kundera

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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Mon, 02/26/2007 - 23:46 — Anonymous

"High Society Murder Trial" -- video review of "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil", by John Berendt

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1776

Thu, 02/22/2007 - 17:23 — Anonymous

""Page Turner" States History Major" -- video review of "1776", by David McCullough

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The Pilot's Wife

Thu, 02/22/2007 - 17:23 — Anonymous

"Reader and Wife Agree" -- video review of "The Pilot's Wife", by Anita Shreve

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Teacher Man

Thu, 02/22/2007 - 17:20 — Anonymous

"Catholic School and Struggle" -- video review of "Teacher Man", by Frank McCourt

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Pro Javascript Techniques by John Resig was a very in-depth look at Javascript and its capabilities. I loved this book for the simple fact that the first chapter started by introducing you to objects in Javascript. No time was wasted on the basics, you were diving in deep right from the beginning. Also, even though John is the creator and lead developer of the jQuery Javascript library, this book was not about pushing his framework. He did a great job of introducing many of the different frameworks and listing their strengths and purposes.
The entire book had you building a library of usable scripts that allow for great portability while using Javascript in your applications (or even your personal website). Each chapter discussed the scripts, their functionality, their support, and giving gre...

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The Catcher in the Rye

Tue, 02/20/2007 - 21:31 — Anonymous

""Written Like People Think"" -- video review of "The Catcher in the Rye", by J.D. Salinger

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Rails Solutions: Ruby on Rails Made Easy

Sun, 02/18/2007 - 17:06 — Anonymous

Rails Solutions by Justin Williams was an excellent primer to the popular framework, Ruby on Rails. I recently had a chance to learn some basics of the RoR framework from a friend of mine, Stephen Rainey. He got me up and running and pointed me to some great resources and books. This book is a recent release from Friends of Ed and it is highly recommended if you are just getting your feet wet with Rails. The book walks you through each step to get up and running and developing the ‘Railslist’ application. The author takes the time to walk through the installation process for both OS X and Windows. The flow of the book was very easy to read and each chapter built more from the previous chapters. The goal of the book was to create a working rails app...

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