Eldest by Christopher Paolini
Publisher: Knopf Books
Year: 2005
Pages: 704
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What is 52 Books in 52 Weeks?
№29
You may be interested to read my review of the previous book in this series, Eragon
Despite an essentially mediocre start with Eragon, I decided out of sheer petulance to read the next book in the [...]
One of the coolest packet analyzers anywhere, Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) has reached version 1.0 after 10 years of work. It’s a cool program, really it is. Get it here.
After 6+ months of steady development, Wordpress 2.5 has finally been released, with a number of new features, including a media library and the first administration panel redesign since 2.0.
In addition, the main Wordpress website has been redesigned to match.
Congratulations to all the hackers, testers, and volunteers who helped it happen.
Saint Francis of Assisi by G.K. Chesterton
Publisher: Image
Year: 1987
Pages: 160
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I didn’t simply decide on day to big up G.K. Chesterton’s paean to St. Francis of Assisi. Actually, the slim tome was given to me by my employer, a Franciscan institution. [...]
The “Command Line Interface” edition.
Ours - [Precious #01] Kill the Band
Gifts From Enola - [Loyal Eyes Betrayed the Mind #01] Behind Curtains Closing
The Gathering - [How To Measure A Planet? CD1 #08] Marooned
Insomnium - [In the Halls of Awaiting #07] Shades of Deep Green
Meshuggah - [obZen #07] Pineal Gland Optics
Ben Christophers - [My Beautiful Demon [...]
Songbird, a cross-platform music player/manager and music store frontend based on the Mozilla XUL runtime, has reached 0.5. Get the download here. The program is a bit of a bear, but a competent app in a lot of ways.
cornucopia
n. a goat’s horn endlessly overflowing with fruit, flowers and grain; or full of whatever its owner wanted
n.. a hollow horn- or cone-shaped object, filled with edible or useful things
Cornucopia comes from the Latin cornu, and it the direct etymological ancestor of the modern English “horn.” It’s one of many “c-” words in Latin [...]
After a number of delays, OpenOffice 2.4.0 has been officially released. Get it here. Check the mirrors for your own OS and localization. OpenOffice 2.4.0 has not quite been released yet. Some major new features include OpenGL transitions for Impress, some major charting improvements for Calc, and block selection for Writer.
Re: the Bosnia trip. Ask yourself if the difference between landing in a hail of sniper fire and landing on a secure base, with children in a war-torn country is a “misstatement.” Also ask yourself, even if she had braved sniper fire, if this would qualify as “executive experience.” Perhaps Sinbad should have [...]
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