Archive for the ‘Books’ Category
Monday, May 31st, 2004
Amazon.com: See Naples and Die: A World War II Memoir of a United States Army Ski Trooper in the Mountains of Italy This is a book by my great uncle, Robert Ellis. In this book, he recounts his experiences in the ski patrol of the U.S. Army 10th ...
Posted in Books, Family | Comments Off
Thursday, May 20th, 2004
Envisioning Information is the second book in a three-volume series by Edward Tufte. This book takes a look at ideas, concepts, and the world's multidimensional properties, and how to transfer it all to a two-dimensional illustrative piece of art. The book itself is a gorgeous, hardcover-bound work ...
Posted in Books, Graphic Design | Comments Off
Tuesday, April 27th, 2004
Stopdesign | Page 23 A little blogger game... Resistance for me was futile, apparently: Grab the nearest book. Open the book to page 23. Find the fifth sentence. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions. Uncannily, or perhaps predictably ...
Posted in Books, CSS, Web Development | Comments Off
Thursday, March 18th, 2004
I just finished reading "Eric Meyer on CSS - Mastering the Language of Web Design", by Eric Meyer of course. Another excellent geek book, and a great follow-on to Jeffrey Zeldman's book "Designing with Web Standards" These two should be sold as a boxed set. In this book, Meyer puts ...
Posted in Books, CSS, Web Development, Web Standards | Comments Off
Sunday, March 14th, 2004
QuickTime Trailer: I, Robot I was a huge Asimov fan in high school and my early college years - now "I, Robot" is coming to a theater near you, starring Will Smith. This trailer looks very little like how I would visualize the book that bears it's name, but ...
Posted in Books, Cinema | Comments Off
