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Category Archives: Book Reviews
Moby Dick
Call me Jeb. In the course of years hoarding books of all description I have acquired quite a large number. It is perhaps unsurprising that I have not yet read through my entire library, as often a new volume will … Continue reading
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Webbots, Spiders, and Screen Scrapers
Considering what I’m doing for work, you can imagine that when I ran across Michael Schrenk‘s Webbots Spiders, and Screen Scrapers recently, I ordered a copy. The book is a tutorial on writing small Web bots that automate the collection … Continue reading
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Clearing the book list
I’ve been meaning to review or at least mention the books I’ve been reading lately. I realized after I posted my negative review of Infinite Ascent that there are plenty of good books that I haven’t mentioned. So, here are … Continue reading
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Infinite Annoyance
Browsing the remainder table in Half Price Books a few weeks ago, I ran across David Berlinski’s Infinite Ascent: A short history of mathematics. The cover copy looked good, and a quick flip through a few pages was enough to … Continue reading
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