Book Reviews

Wicked Cool PHP

Posted by BitLizard on January 22, 2009 at 4:51 pm

  Books on programming are not typically the most enjoyable things to read. However, I can’t help but be very entertained by . I bought this book in combination with one of those giant programming reference books for PHP. But I started reading this one first because I was intrigued by the title.  Now at [...]

Buddy Don has a book!

Posted by BitLizard on January 8, 2009 at 9:42 am

One of my favorite blog authors has now published a book. If you are quick you can get an autographed copy.

Old Man’s War series

Posted by BitLizard on January 3, 2009 at 1:53 pm

Do you like classic science fiction? And no, I’m not talking about 50’s sci-fi B-movies. But stuff like Asimov, Pohl and Heinlein? Well then you will be very well served by John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War novels. These books are set in a not-so-far future with faster-than-light travel, transhuman augmentation, and many different, intelligent (and [...]

Accelerando

Posted by BitLizard on December 18, 2008 at 3:09 pm

I came across an article the other day about a mathematician who had attempted to calculate the probability that we are all living in a matrix; a simulation and not the ultimate reality.  Now that is peculiar enough of an idea that I became immediately interested – especially since it turns out that the odds [...]