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Type: fiction

Status: now reading

Author: Sadayuki Murai

Tags: scifi anime

2006-02-26

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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: now reading

Author: Marc Platt

Tags: doctorwho audiobook bigfinish unbound

Description: What if...
the Doctor really had changed History,
even just the tiniest bit?
What if...
the Doctor really had changed History,
even just the tiniest bit?

1480: Leonardo da Vinci visits the stars.
1508: Vasco da Gama sets foot on Mars.
1585: Francis Drake begins charting the Asteroid Belt.
1588: Earth is destroyed by a storm of angels.

The Doctor was really enjoying his freedom. But now there’s a Temporal Agent on his tail. Gloriana and the President of Gallifrey are not amused. And Susan’s none too well either.

Possibilities, like the Doctor, have a habit of running away with themselves. But who cares, when the jewels are so dazzling…...

2005-12-14

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Type: documentary

Status: now reading

Author: Wil Haygood

Tags: biography music entertainment

Description: His life appeared to be a fulfillment of the American Dream. From his rise to top billing onHis life appeared to be a fulfillment of the American Dream. From his rise to top billing on the nightclub circuit to his recording contracts, his featured roles on Broadway to his Hollywood stardom, his fame and fortune in Las Vegas to his Rat Pack heyday, Sammy Davis, Jr. seemed to have had it all and have done it all. Yet despite his successes, his celebrity friendships, and his untold romances, the entertainer was a roiling storm of contradictions and conflict. Admired and reviled by both blacks and whites, he was tormented by raging insecurities, never quite coming to terms with his own skin. In his award-winning biography, Wil Haygood takes Davis beyond the icon to explore the man trapped between a world of black and white, love and hate, identity and persona. Based on painstaking research and over 250 interviews, In Black and White transcends simple biography to provide a vast and vivid cultural history of the twentieth century as well as an intimate portrayl of one of America's greatest entertainers....

2005-11-28

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Type: documentary

Status: now reading

Authors: Dave Kusek Gerd Leonhard

Tags: business music internet

Description: For the next generation of players and downloaders, a provocative scenario from a music industryFor the next generation of players and downloaders, a provocative scenario from a music industry think tank.

From the Music Research Institute at Berklee College of Music, comes a manifesto for the ongoing music revolution. Today, the record companies may be hurting but the music making business is booming, using non-traditional digital methods and distribution models. This book explains why we got where we are and where we are heading. For the iPod, downloading market, this book will explain new ways of discovering music, new ways of acquiring it and how technology trends will make music "flow like water", benefiting the people who love music and make music....

2005-11-23