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Type: fiction

Status: now reading

Author: Sadayuki Murai

Tags: scifi anime

2006-02-26

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Type: fiction

Status: now reading

Authors: Paul Bausch Jim Bumgardner

Tags: hacks computer internet photography flick flickr

Description: Over two million registered Flickr users and counting have discovered the ease and fun of organizingOver two million registered Flickr users and counting have discovered the ease and fun of organizing their photo libraries, showing off their favorite pictures to the world, and securely sharing their private pictures with friends, family, or ad hoc groups. But Flickr's own plethora of intuitive menus, options, and features just scratches the surface.


Flickr Hacks goes beyond the basics of storing, sorting, and sharing your photos to the much bigger playground of what's possible. Whether you're a beginner looking to manage your metadata and play with tags, or a programmer in need of a detailed reference of Flickr API methods, you'll find what you're looking for here. In addition to getting under the hood of some of the most popular third-party Flickr toys already in the wild, you'll learn how to:


* Post photos to your blog directly from your cameraphone

* Mash up your own photos or others' public pictures into custom mosaics, collages, sliding puzzles, slideshows, or ransom notes

* Back up your Flickr library to your desktop, and save the comments too

* Set random desktop backgrounds and build your own Flickr screensaver

* Geotag your photos and map your contacts

* Download a list of photos and make a contact sheet

* Make your own Flickr-style tag cloud to visualize the frequency of common tags

* Build a color picker with a dynamic color wheel of Flickr photos

* Feed photos to your web site and subscribe to custom Flickr feeds using RSS

* Talk to the Flickr API using your web browser, Perl, or PHP; authenticate yourself and other users; and build custom API applications...

2006-02-23

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Type: technical

Status: now reading

Authors: G. Dueck Anja Ebersbach Markus Glaser Richard Heigl Andrea Adelung

Tags: howto computer internet wiki

Description: Wikis are Web-based applications that allow all users not only to view pages but also to changeWikis are Web-based applications that allow all users not only to view pages but also to change them. The recent success of the Internet encyclopedia Wikipedia has drawn increasing attention from private users, small organizations and enterprises to the various possible uses of wikis.

Their simple structure and straightforward operation make them a serious alternative to expensive content management systems and also provide a basis for many applications in the area of collaborative work. We show the practical use of wikis in carrying out projects for users as well as for maintainers. This includes a step-by-step introduction to wiki philosophy, social effects and functions, a survey of their controls and components, and the installation and configuration of the wiki clones MediaWiki and TWiki. In order to exemplify the possibilities of the software, we use it as a project tool for planning a conference....

2006-02-21

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Type: fiction

Status: —

Author: Steve Perry and Larry Segriff

Tags: internet technothriller tomclancy

2006-02-12

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Type: documentary

Status: —

Author: Steven Levy

Tags: history security government internet cryptography

Description: A narrative of the development of the public practice of cryptography, which was originallyA narrative of the development of the public practice of cryptography, which was originally a military and government arena. Chronicles the brainstorms of computer geniuses Whit Diffie, the inventor of the 'public key' solution, David Chaum, the creator of 'anonymous digital money,' and others. DLC: Computer security....

2006-02-09

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Type: fiction

Status: to read

Author: Harry Turtledove

Tags: scifi wwii alternatehistory

Description: On December 7, 1941, the Japanese launched an attack against United States naval forces stationedOn December 7, 1941, the Japanese launched an attack against United States naval forces stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. But what if the Japanese followed up their air assault with an invasion and occupation of Hawaii? With American military forces subjugated and civilians living in fear of their conquerors, there is no one to stop the Japanese from using the islands' resources to launch an offensive against America's western coast....

2006-02-06

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Type: fiction

Status: to read

Authors: Hideyuki Kikuchi Yoshitaka Amano

Tags: vampires scifi anime

Description: The vampire hunter known only as D has been hired by a wealthy, dying man to find his daughter,The vampire hunter known only as D has been hired by a wealthy, dying man to find his daughter, who was kidnapped by the powerful vampire lord Meierlink. Though humans speak well of Meierlink, the price on his head is too high for D to ignore and he sets out to save her before she can be turned into an undead creature of the night. In the nightmare world of 12090 A.D., finding Meierlink before he reaches the spaceport in the Clayborn States and gets off the planet will be hard enough, but D has more than just Meierlink to worry about. The dying man is taking no chances, and has augmented his power with the Marcus family, a renegade clan of four brothers and a sister who don’t care who they kill as long as they get paid. Beautiful illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano complement the post-apocalyptic plot, filled with chilling twists....

2006-02-03

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Type: fiction

Status: to read

Author: James Patterson

Tags: thriller alexcross

Description: FBI Agent Alex Cross is on vacation with his family in Disneyland when he gets a call fromFBI Agent Alex Cross is on vacation with his family in Disneyland when he gets a call from the Director. A well-known actress was shot outside her home in Beverly Hills. Shortly afterward, an editor for the Los Angeles Times receives an e-mail describing the murder in vivid details. Alex quickly learns that this is not an isolated incident. The killer, known as Mary Smith, has done this before and plans to kill again.

Right from the beginning, this case is like nothing Alex has ever been confronted with before. Is this the plan of an obsessed fan or a spurned actor, or is it part of something much more frightening? Now members of Hollywood’s A-list fear they’re next on Mary’s list, and the case grows by blockbuster proportions as the LAPD and FBI scramble to find a pattern before Mary can send one more chilling update.

Filled with the ruthless and shocking twists that make his fans hunger for more, Mary, Mary is James Patterson’s most sophisticated thriller yet....

2006-01-30

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Type: fiction

Status: —

Author: Timothy Zahn

Tags: scifi starwars

Description: It began as the ultimate voyage of discovery–only to become the stuff of lost Republic legendIt began as the ultimate voyage of discovery–only to become the stuff of lost Republic legend . . . and a dark chapter in Jedi history. Now, at last, acclaimed author Timothy Zahn returns to tell the whole extraordinary story of the remarkable–and doomed–Outbound Flight Project.

The Clone Wars have yet to erupt when Jedi Master Jorus C’baoth petitions the Senate for support of a singularly ambitious undertaking. Six Jedi Masters, twelve Jedi Knights, and fifty thousand men, women, and children will embark–aboard a gargantuan vessel, equipped for years of travel–on a mission to contact intelligent life and colonize undiscovered worlds beyond the known galaxy. The government bureaucracy threatens to scuttle the expedition before it can even start–until Master C’baoth foils a murderous conspiracy plot, winning him the political capital he needs to set in motion the dream of Outbound Flight.

Or so it would seem. For unknown to the famed Jedi Master, the successful launch of the mission is secretly being orchestrated by an unlikely ally: the evil Sith Lord, Darth Sidious, who has his own reasons for wanting Outbound Flight to move forward . . . and, ultimately, to fail.

Yet Darth Sidious is not the mission’s most dangerous challenge. Once underway, the starship crosses paths at the edge of Unknown Space with the forces of the alien Chiss Ascendancy and the brilliant mastermind best known as “Thrawn.” Even Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi, aboard Outbound Flight with his young Padawan student, Anakin Skywalker, cannot help avert disaster. Thus what begins as a peaceful Jedi mission is violently transformed into an all-out war for survival against staggering odds–and the most diabolical of adversaries.

Timothy Zahn’s unique mix of espionage, political gamesmanship, and deadly interstellar combat breathes electrifying life into a Star Wars legend....

2006-01-30

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Type: fiction

Status: —

Author: Stephen King

Tags: horror

Description: What happens on the afternoon of October 1 came to be known as the Pulse,
a signal sentWhat happens on the afternoon of October 1 came to be known as the Pulse,
a signal sent though every operating cell phone that turns its user into something...well, something less than human. Savage, murderous, unthinking – and on a wanton rampage. Terrorist act? Cyber prank gone haywire?

It really doesn't matter, not to the people who avoided the technological attack. What matters to them is surviving the aftermath. Before long, a band of them – "normies" is how they think of themselves – have gathered on the grounds of Gaiten Academy, where the headmaster and one remaining student have something awesome and terrifying to show them on the school's moonlit soccer field. Clearly there can be no escape. The only option is to take them on.

CELL is classic Stephen King, a story of gory horror and white-knuckling suspense that makes the unimaginable entirely plausible and totally fascinating....

2006-01-30