Book Reviews – Technology

Also known as Stamp Collecting…:) Methuen Handbook of Color

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This is a small but handy book associated with the formal definition and identification of colors. Essential reference to a Philatilist….and a permanent part of my Postage Stamp reference library.

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A fairly reasonable and complete guide to the processes that can be completed at the command line. This type of activity is almost a lost art but one that I find to be required.

Book Review – Windows Command-Line Administration Read More »

What follows is a list of the books I have obtained that relate to writing code in the Python language. Not all of these are created equal. But, being the programmer that I am, I have found something of use in each of them. Hardly a day goes by at work when I do not […]

Book Review – Programming in Python Read More »

This is a book about a tree by the name of “Bristlecone Pine”, the people who have studied them and what the trees have told us. I have made a point on one of my trips into the Southwest, to locate examples of the species and to sit quietly in their presence. The most notable […]

Book Review – Michael Cohen, “A Garden of Bristlecones” Read More »

This is an interesting subject that has fascinated me for years. The book is not for the mathematically disadvantaged…sorry, you need some background in a minimum of geometry in order to make any sense of it. What is most interesting is the frequency with which the ratio and its relatives have appeared in history and […]

Book Review – The Golden Ratio – Mario Livio Read More »

I found this while traveling in New Mexico during our October, 2009 trip. It is the first book I have seen that treats of this subject so I jumped on it. This is an excellent reference for the subject but it has a clear tendency to address the high-end of this business, both in terms […]

Book Review – Scanning Negatives and Slides, Sascha Steinhoff Read More »