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Social Media (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
A new book from No Starch Press: How Wikipedia Works. How Wikipedia Works (September 2008, 536 pp, ISBN 9781593271763) takes a behind-the-scenes look at the Wikipedia community; shows how to use the MediaWiki software that drives Wikipedia; and teaches readers how to become a part of this landmark endeavor. It's getting very good reviews.
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Hack A Day (Free subscription) | 09/13/2008
We had a lot of entries for our Fail contest; there can only be one winner though. We liked [Gordon LaPlante]’s entry pictured above most of all. It’s big, it’s broken, and it’s black and white; that certainly sounds like us. [Gordon] wins $100 worth of No Starch Press merchandise. There were plenty of other honorable [...]
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LinuxDevices.com (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
No Starch Press is offering a free chapter of its book on using open source debugging tools. Written by Norman Matloff and Peter Jay Salzman, The Art of Debugging with GDB, DDD, and Eclipse offers readers advice and strategies for each tool, says No Starch.
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Hack A Day (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
The Hack a Day Fail Whale Contest ends at midnight. It’s an easy way to win $100 in No Starch Press merch. Check out some of the entries in the Hack a Day Flickr pool. You can get logos and fonts from the Hack a Day t-shirt contest, which is also still running. [photo: Xeracy]
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mac.ro (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
Posted by Dave Merten FIRST LEGO League is an international program for kids ages 9 to 14 that combines a hands-on, interactive robotics program and research presentation with a sports-like atmosphere. It’s a kind of geek Olympics for about 100,000 kids every year—a sporting event and science fair in one.
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PHPDeveloper.org (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
PHPClasses.org has posted a review of a recently released book from No Starch Press, "Wicked Cool PHP: Real-World Scripts That Solve Difficult Problems". n the PHP development life-cycle everyone faces common problems. Considering this, No Starch Press came with a good book named "Wicked Cool PHP: Real-World Scripts That Solve Difficult Problems" written by William Steinmetz and Brian Ward. Wicked...
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DesktopLinux.com (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Rickford Grant has revised his book, Ubuntu for Non-Geeks, to cover Ubuntu 8.04, Hardy Heron. Published by No Starch Press, which is offering a free sample chapter, the third edition counsels beginners on topics ranging from working with removable storage to interfacing with iPods.
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UMBC eBiquity (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
This FringeDC meeting looks like fun for Lispers in the DC area. “Conrad Barski will be presenting excerpts from his new book for community feedback. Join us at Sova Espresso & Wine for a presentation from Conrad Barski, M.D. from the new book “Land of Lisp” published by No Starch Press, due this Fall. We’ll discuss [...]
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Geeks in Paradise (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
My New Mac 52 Simple Projects to Get You Started by Wallace Wang April 2008, 480 pp. $29.95 ISBN-13 978-1-59327-164-0 No Starch Press Oh I soooo wish this book had arrived just a few weeks earlier! There are somethings that just require unlearning skills, and moving from a PC to a Mac is one of them. I keep wanting to right click and it took some searching to find a webpage of keyboard shortcuts for...
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DesktopLinux.com (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
Rickford Grant has revised his book, Ubuntu for Non-Geeks, to cover Ubuntu 8.04, Hardy Heron. Published by No Starch Press, which is offering a free sample chapter, the third edition counsels beginners on topics ranging from working with removable storage to interfacing with iPods.
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more stuff, less fluff (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Shmoocon seemed really lively this year. I’ve been to two or three past Shmoocon events and always had a good time, even though I’ve seen the show mostly from behind a table. (You know, the No Starch Press Kissing Booth. Kiss the Vendor.) I arrived late in the afternoon, retrieved our boxes, and I was just [...]
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Poor Mojo Newswire (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
YouTube - Fold Your Own Paper Mac! From the good people at No Starch Press:
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iTWire - Latest Headlines (Free subscription) | 04/15/2008
Geek book publisher No Starch Press is experimenting with offering books online and, so far, has ended up seeing a huge surge in interest.
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UMBC eBiquity (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
Conrad Barski is working on a new comic book, Land of Lisp, which will be published this Fall by No Starch Press. He posted a teaser back on April first, Functional Programming is Beautiful. I can’t wait to see the final product.
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mac.ro (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
Posted by Dave Merten Unlike using Windows or OS X, setting up a FreeBSD server isn’t push-button easy. One can’t just pop in the CD and run “setup,” and for good reason. Users need to make some difficult choices about what to install, depending on what they plan to build—whether it’s a mail, file,...
