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Small Favors (Book 10 - Harry Dresden) by Jim Butcher

Submitted by royh on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 12:16.

An excellent sequel to the Harry Dresden series by Jim Butcher. 

At last our wizardly hero gets a new romantic interest, and his status as a power is reaffirmed.

One of the things I really like about the Dresden series is that Harry isn't some all powerful wizard with character flaws. Instead he's a man with character flaws, enough power to do some pretty cool tricks, and who uses creative applications of his power to accomplish some nifty things.

Learning jQuery

Submitted by royh on Wed, 04/02/2008 - 21:18.

If you're a web developer and haven't taken the time to stock your library with jQuery, AJAX, and other similar books, this is a good starter book. Buy it, read it, love it. 

Pro Drupal Development

Submitted by royh on Wed, 04/02/2008 - 21:12.

Not a bad book for beginner Drupal developers. I'd recommend that it be added to your library for quick reviews as well as for bringing new coders up to speed. But this is for Drupal 5 and completely useless for Drupal 6, which suits me fine. I'm working in both environments right now and will probably maintain my current clients at Drupal 5, and put all new clients on Drupal 6. I have the Drupal 6 book on order and am looking forward to perusing it.

Poison Study

Submitted by royh on Wed, 04/02/2008 - 20:57.

I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I purchased the audiobook from Audible.com and found it interesting. The main character is a female, which is primarily why I've ignored this book in the past, and for good reason. I find it difficult to connect with characters that are very, very female. And that is for very obvious reasons... I'm a guy.

But overall, this book was fun and intriguing. I would definitely rate this a buy, but I wouldn't say it was a "must buy." 

As Flighty As A Butterfly... Or in my case, "Moth".

Submitted by royh on Wed, 04/02/2008 - 20:54.

Yes, if you're a reader of my itinerant ramblings then you must be insane or just very, very bored.

My stock market investments are doing fine. Thank you for asking. No updates lately because nothing has happened. Everything is just about frozen at 30% up from bottom with frequent dips into the 10% and break even range. I'm waiting for the value of my stock picks to at the very least double before selling, and I expect that to happen in the next six months.

Why RIM (Research In Motion) should be worried about Apple's entry into the enterprise mobile market...

Submitted by royh on Mon, 03/10/2008 - 11:53.

RIM, maker of the well known and dearly loved Blackberry mobile e-mail and cell phone device that meshes so well with corporate/enterprise IT solutions is looking down the barrel of a very large canon. 

The Apple iPhone device was initially targeted at the consumer segment of the market, but its Mac OS X underpinnings make it flexible enough that with the announcement of version 2.0 of the iPhone's software coming in June, there's a strong chance that the Blackberry's lead is going to diminish into a distant second place.

For Nick

Submitted by royh on Sat, 03/01/2008 - 23:49.

There is no easy way to deal with death, especially when it is the death of someone close to you. My cousin Nick Harris passed away last week, and we attended his funeral service today.

Aunty Louise gave a moving and uplifting eulogy. It made me feel better, but only for a little while. I think I rubbed the skin raw around my eyes and nose trying to keep my face dry and clear of tears, and failing somewhat.

The Captain's Fury

Submitted by royh on Fri, 02/01/2008 - 13:14.

This book is a continuation of the Codex Alera series by Jim Butcher. Again an excellent read, if not as fantastic as its previous books. It does provide a high degree of resolution to the main story plots that surround the characters in the previous books, which leaves you, the reader, with an infinite feeling of closure. An experience that I wish authors would strive to achieve more often, as cliff hangers tend to be unsatisfying.

Apple Computer & The Amazing Shrunken Laptop

Submitted by royh on Thu, 01/17/2008 - 15:36.

Apple kicked off the MacWorld Expo with a keynote from the mighty man of mysterious technology, Steve Jobs. While he didn't come floating in on the much rumored Apple Anti-gravity sled as has been suggested by myself, he did make four notable announcements, of which I'll be focusing on one for this blog.

 

The MacBook Air... Kind of like an Air Jordan that weighs 3 lbs. and doesn't go on your feet. Who wore their Air Jordans anyhow? They were for bragging about only... although this MacBook Air has an air about it (pun intended) that practically screams, "USE ME!"

The Investment Project

Submitted by royh on Sun, 01/06/2008 - 23:06.

Yes. As is apparent in other postings, I'm in the process of trying to raise a bit of capital for future projects. Now, simple savings, which is how I indicated I was going to do this, is not going to cut it.

To that effect, I've worked on identifying undervalued stocks. I waited out the Dec. 31st end of the year before opening up my first investment account with TD Ameritrade, and now I'm the proud owner of some seriously undervalued stocks.

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