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Another excellent "hacks" book., Jui 2 2004

By looking at the home page, one might assume Amazon.com is a simple site for such a large portal. Search for the book, put it in your shopping cart, and buy it.

But there's actually a lot more to Amazon, which you can see by reading this book. Many small timesaving (or just plain fun) features and tips have been added to this excellent title.

Amazon Associates in particular will love this book because of the extensive coverage of both Associates, linking to Amazon, and Amazon Web Services. But it's also nice for average users who want to know more about the coolest features of Amazon.

A must for any Associate, and a good read for anyone else.

One of the few titles on RSS. And it's good, too!, Jui 2 2004

This book really is a must-have (or must-read-once) for anyone interested in RSS syndication technology.

It contains a lot of information on creating RSS feeds and related scripts. Most of the non-RSS code is in Perl, so if you don't use Perl, some of the book might not be handy.

I was disappointed that the book didn't cover much of the user's end of syndication... things like scraping and RSS readers themselves, but that's obviously another book.

This is a really nice title if you're interested in the techie side of RSS, but if you're an end user, there won't be too much here for you aside from the bits of history.

A good book, but getting a bit outdated., Jui 1 2004

Are you tired of listening to the BBC and Voice of America on your shortwave receiver? Do you want to hear something new and exciting? Than this book is for you.

Written during the peak of unusual radio communications, The Underground Frequency Guide covers "numbers stations" that intelligence agencies may use to communicate with agents, international diplomatic traffic, Air Force One's phone calls, and bootleg radio users... everyone from fishermen to guerilla military forces.

Oh, and did I mention that it's 100% legal to tune in in the United States?

The only problem with this book is that it has become just a bit outdated. Frequencies change on occasion, and some stations… Lire la suite