Category: Books
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“Lance Armstrong: Images of a Champion” is a Worthy Photographic Tribute
Reading Time: 2 minutes Graham Watson and Lance Armstrong have collaborated on a coffee table book called Lance Armstrong: Images of a Champion that was just released by Rodale Books. This is a 208-page coffee table book full of Graham Watson photos of Lance Armstrong’s career from 1992 to the end of last season. It…
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Books to Accompany the 2004 Tour de France
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Tour de France starts next Saturday in Liege, Belgium. I will be there only in spirit. Regular readers of this website may know that the Tour is something of an obsession for me. I saw it in person with my wife in 1998 and 2001. Whether you are a returning…
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“Chris Carmichael’s Food for Fitness” Will Be Released in July
Reading Time: 2 minutes Last night, I saw the latest episode of The Lance Chronicles on the Outdoor Life Network. This episode focused on The Criterium International, training rides in Southern California, the Lance Armstrong Foundation Live to Ride Gala, and production of more Subaru ads. Chris Carmichael, Lance Armstrong’s personal coach, talks in this…
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“Linux Unwired” Finally Ships from O’Reilly
Reading Time: < 1 minute Back in January, I mentioned that Linux Unwired was just about ready to ship from O’Reilly and Associates. It turned out that Amazon.com‘s product availability information was wrong, and this book just came out. You can get it now through Amazon and many other booksellers. If you followed the progress…
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“Linux for Non-Geeks” Recommended by Mr. Roboto
Reading Time: < 1 minute Martin O’Donnell has been getting a first-hand account of my foray into Fedora and has suggested that he too would like to break away from Microsoft Windows. I’ve warned him, repeatedly, that it’s not for everyone and may not be most people for a while yet. In my travels today,…
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“iPod and iTunes: Missing Manual, Second Edition” Fills Information Gaps for Recent Purchasers
Reading Time: < 1 minute MacMinute reports that O’Reilly and Associates has released “iPod and iTunes: Missing Manual, Second Edition”, an important update to the best book about the iPod. Reportedly, J.D. Biersdorfer has deepened the coverage of iTunes and iTunes Music Store on both the Macintosh and Windows platforms. He has also added information…