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Bad Dogs Have More Fun
(Warning: I read the Brazilian Portuguese translated edition, so some of my points my be valid only on that.) “Marley & Me.” A lot of people read it an liked it. I did. And, when I saw that my parents … Continue reading
Starship Troopers
Robert A. Heinlein wrote a book about the army of the future. It became a movie, which everyone says it is crap, which I can’t agree: it had explosions, it has nice CGIs and it had Dina Meyer, although she … Continue reading
Ender’s Game
For about a month, “Ender’s Game” (ISBN-13: 978-0-765-31378-4; ISBN-10: 0-765-31738-9) sit on my desk. For a month, I just read a few lines of the introduction (not the story itself) and dropped the book. Then, last week, I decided it … Continue reading
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Mergulhando no Python (”Dive Into Python”)
I just finished reading “Mergulhando no Python”, the translated and printed version of “Dive Into Python“. Not that I’m a newbie when dealing with Python, but there is always some tricks you don’t know or just forget. And that’s something … Continue reading
Geek += 1
I just increased my geekness a few weeks ago when I completed “Neuromancer“, Willian Gibson most famous work. Now, I couldn’t read it without seeing the main character (Chase) as the main character of “Hackers”. Actually, Neuromancer really looks like … Continue reading
Hunting high and low
Last time I changed jobs, “Stratovarius – Hunting High and Low” kept playing in my head over and over again. And now again. So… I feel the wind in my hair And it’s whispering, telling me things Of the storm … Continue reading
Am I a geek?
Of the top 20 geek novels, I’ve read only 4, but I’ve read the top 2 (and the other 2 are between the top 8), so… what is my geek score? [I’ve read: “The HitchHiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (and … Continue reading
Star Trek: Articles of the Federation
“Star Trek: Articles of the Federation” (ISBN 1-4165-0015-4) is a book that tries to bring something different to the Star Trek universe: instead of going in exploration missions, going where no man has gone before (boldly), the book focuses on … Continue reading
Star Trek: S.C.E. (Book One)
Just recently the Star Trek franchise isn’t going well. For a long time, it is the first time that there isn’t one Star Trek series running on TV. But it is not for the lack of trying. “Star Trek: S.C.E., … Continue reading
Free Tech Books
found this link but, for some reason, decided not to polute his blog with a MLP (for those who don’t know, “Mindless Link Propagation”). So, as I always post some MLP, here it is FreeTechBooks.