LibraryThing, of which I am a member runs a program where members are shipped early copies of books for free, with the preference for them writing a review when they’re done reading the book. The books are shipped by the publisher directly to the reviewers. This isn’t that uncommon in the publishing industry — both…
Life, the Universe and Everything
Another classic from the trilogy of four. I’d always known that Cricket was somehow evil. Title: The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Author: Douglas Adams Genre: Fiction Publisher: Del Rey Release Date: April 30, 2002 Pages: 756 In one complete volume, here are the five classic novels from Douglas Adams’s beloved Hitchhiker series. Now…
The Complete Hammer’s Slammers Volume 3
This book consists of three paperbacks combined into one volume, and follows in from Volume 1 and Volume 2. I’ll cover each story separately: The sharp end: this story is a little different from the other Hammer’s Slammers stuff. To be honest, its a bit less grim. Normally the stories are about how war is…
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Another classic. This book is probably a little better than The Hichhiker’s Guide because it doesn’t have to spend so much time explaining the background to the story. It is a very fast read, just like the other book, and I enjoyed it. Title: The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Author: Douglas Adams Genre:…
Books read in January 2009
Bio of a Space Tyrant: Refugee Battlefields Beyond Tomorrow The Compleat Bolo Prince of the Blood Dawnspell The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Isaac Asimov’s Robot City: Refuge
Isaac Asimov’s Robot City: Refuge
This is the fifth book in the Robot City series. I think its actually the best written of those that I have read so far. The story makes sense, isn’t hard to believe like some of the others, and the dialog doesn’t feel wooden. Title: Refuge Author: Rob Chilson Genre: Fiction Release Date: 1988 Pages:…
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Ok, so this is a classic. I hadn’t read it in years though, and it’s still awesome. Loved it. Things to note that I hadn’t thought of before — “SubEtha” is talked about a lot, that probably explains “SubEtha Edit” which is an editor I have used in the past; the term “Googleplex” is used…
Restricting anonymous edits
Because of two examples of wiki spam today, I am restricting anonymous edits. From now on you will be required to have a wiki account before you can make an edit. That doesn’t seem all that onerous to me, and lets me avoid having to deal with spam.
MythTV Chapter Ready: The Easy Way: Installing MythBuntu
The The Easy Way: Installing MythBuntu chapter is now ready. This chapter provides an overview of a basic MythBuntu installation, which is something which wasn’t covered at all in Practical MythTV, as MythBuntu wasn’t ready at the time. MythBuntu provides a simple installation and configuration option for those people who want to build a new…
Looking for a logo
I’m not a very graphical person, so I’m looking for someone to help me with a logo for the online MythTV book project — specifically I need something to replace this image: I hope you agree that the current logo lacks a certain… something. A simple logo which somehow says “book about MythTV” would be…