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There’s not too much I’m going to say about this book because I don’t want to give anything away. What I will say though is mainly summarized by the following two statements:
1) Everyone I know should read this book
2) For the two evenings after work that it took me to read this book, my inner [...]

15 Mar, 2007

The Average American Male

Posted by: banastas In: books

I’m buying this book.. RIGHT NOW!

Click on “Read the rest of this entry” to see the hi-larious videos..

11 Apr, 2006

Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age

Posted by: banastas In: books

I liked this book mostly because I am obsessed with the dot-com-boom era (thanks to DOT) and the author is the creator of viaweb, a startup that created the first server based software for internet users to create their own online shopping carts. They were bought out by Yahoo (sorry, couldn’t do it) and it [...]

06 Feb, 2006

The Magic of Houdini

Posted by: banastas In: books| work

I just got back from a lunch presentation from one of our own FX TDs about his new book, The Magic of Houdini. This is the first commercially available book specifically on Houdini. I picked up my signed copy after the presentation and am very excited to start reading it solely based on listening to [...]




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