Authors:Eric Faulkner, Tony Northrup,
Publisher: O’Reilly Media
Keywords: hacks, geeks, projects, hacking, home
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2004-12-23
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0596004052
ISBN-13: 9780596004057
Take a geek and a PC, add one soldering iron, a home, and a copy of Home Hacking Projects for Geeks, and you’ll give new meaning to the term, "home improvement." From fearless neophytes to tool-wielding masterminds, the home hacker in any geek will find new inspiration and plenty of hands-on guidance to take on a variety of home-transforming projects once relegated to the world of sci-fi.This fun new guide combines creativity with electricity and power tools to achieve cool--and sometimes even practical--home automation projects. Never again will you have to flip a light switch when you
Authors:Teddy Varndell, Johnny Meah, Jim Secreto,
Publisher: Last Gasp
Keywords: girls, strange, geeks, freaks
Number of Pages: 180
Published: 2005-03-30
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 086719622X
ISBN-13: 9780867196221
Sideshow banners and freak show culture of the American carnival.
Author: Tony Steidler-Dennison
Publisher: Apress
Keywords: open, source, voice, expert, linux, geeks, mac
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 2009-01-28
List price: $34.99
ISBN-10: 1430216506
ISBN-13: 9781430216506
Some might say we all want Linux with an OS X GUI. Mac for Linux Geeks will assist you step by step in migrating from Linux–based systems to OS X. Dual booting, virtualization, and building out the Linux environment on OS X are discussed in detail, along with a comparative view of well–known Mac tools and their open source equivalents. Written for daily use, this concise and dependable guide will steer you across the technical landscape from your chosen Linux flavor to the OS X promised land. Live with OS X, but work with Linux tools. Make the OS X–Linux hybrid a reality.
Author: Marybeth Hicks
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Keywords: fast, world, childhood, kid, geeks, protect, bringing
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2008-07-01
List price: $14.00
ISBN-10: 0425221563
ISBN-13: 9780425221563
A breakthrough parenting book that redefines the meaning of “geek”—and inspires parents to free themselves and their kids from the ‘culture of cool.’ In a world of superficial values, peer pressure, and out-of-control consumerism, the world needs more GEEKs: Genuine, Enthusiastic, Empowered Kids. Today’s ‘culture of cool’ has changed the way kids grow up. Rather than enjoying innocent childhoods while developing strong, authentic characters, today’s kids can become cynical—even jaded—as they absorb the dangerous messages and harmful influences of a dominant popular cultur
Author: Murray Milner Jr.
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: schools, culture, consumption, teenagers, american, geeks, cool, kids, freaks
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2004-03-02
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 0415948304
ISBN-13: 9780415948302
In this timely and insightful book, award-winning sociologist Murray Milner tries to understand why teenagers behave the way they do. Drawing upon two years of intensive fieldwork in one highschool and 300 written interviews about high schools across the country, he argues that consumer culture has greatly impacted the way our youth relate to one another and understand themselves and society. He also suggests that the status systems in high schools are in and of themselves an important contributing factor to the creation and maintenance of consumer capitalism explaining the importance of desig
Author: Rickford Grant
Publisher: No Starch Press
Keywords: project, based, things, guidebook, free, pain, linux, non, geeks, ubuntu
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 2006-08-15
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 1593271182
ISBN-13: 9781593271183
Ubuntu has been hailed as the distribution that will really get newbies feeling comfortable and confident using Linux. Even the name is user-friendly—it’s a South African term that translates roughly as "humanity toward others," which could also describe author Rickford Grant’s approach to teaching Linux. Rest assured, you will have a most understanding, patient, and genial guide as you embark upon this Linux adventure! Full of tips, tricks, and helpful pointers, Ubuntu Linux for Non-Geeks is a hands-on, project-based, take-it slow guidebook intended for those interested in—
Author: Rickford Grant
Publisher: No Starch Press
Keywords: things, guidebook, book, rom, based, project, non, geeks, pain, free, ubuntu
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 2008-06-09
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 1593271808
ISBN-13: 9781593271800
"A fast, crystal-clear topical tour of the amazing collective accomplishment embodied in Ubuntu." -Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing Ubuntu 8.04 has been hailed as the Linux distribution for newbies, and it’s certainly the Linux for the less geeky among us. Even the name is user friendly-it’s a South African term that translates roughly as "humanity toward others" and could also describe author Rickford Grant’s approach to teaching Linux. Full of tips, tricks, and helpful pointers, Ubuntu for Non-Geeks, 3rd Edition is a hands-on, project-based guide to Ubuntu 8.04 for those interest
