Book Baton Hoopla
Nobody should ever really have to do this, and I hate (in a brotherly love kind of way) Justin passing it to me, because I highly doubt any of the memes I pass on will respond. But here it is:
Number of books on the shelf
Roughly 20 (The same as Justin). I use to haev a sidebar which displayed the books I’ve read, but it was outdated and new one’s always arrive
Last book purchased
Firefox Secrets by Cheah Chu Yeow. As a matter of fact, this book hasn’t even come in the mail yet and it’s been a week. So much for Sitepoint lightning fast shipping
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Book reading right now
I’m sort of reading 4 at the same time right now, which I usually never do. I try and limit myself to just one, finish it, then move onto the next. This way I don’t get distracted. However I usually only buy one book at a time. The problem is that I just recently had a birthday and four books came in. So. Right now I’m reading:
- DHTML Utopia by Stuart
- Search Engine Visibility
- Web Standards Solutions by Dan Cederholm (re-reading)
- UNIX in Plain English by Kevin Richard
Last 5 books read
I’ll just add one more to the list above since I’m currently reading four. The Zen of CSS Design by Molly and Dave.
Meaningful Books
Enders Game by far the most meaningful (excuse the crappy website). All I can say is, nothing beats killing the alien buggers!
This Meme will be passed onto the following:
- Stephanie Duncan
- Joedy Zapara
- Walter Punsapy
- Luke Wertz
- Stuart Langridge (hey, there’s no rule that says you can’t pass this onto one of the authors of a book you’ve read)
July 22nd, 2005 at 10:58 am
> Nobody should ever really have to do this
Ahhh, it wasn’t that bad, now was it? A little insight into Dustin’s world is good every now and then :)
July 22nd, 2005 at 11:08 am
I should post a belated musical baton thread. I think the music people listen to is a little more interesting. Really, the only thing I can say that would be interesting to others is the book about Ender.
Even though the back of the book talks about attacking alien buggers to save the earth, it’s really about the most inner deepest thoughts of a young child and how he overcomes the challenges of an adult - but as a kid. Really cool book. I’ve read it a few times.
July 22nd, 2005 at 11:48 am
I like the Unix one better, but maybe I’ll check out Enders Game.
July 22nd, 2005 at 11:49 am
Hot diggity, when did this new layout go up? Looks awesome.
July 22nd, 2005 at 12:37 pm
Sorry for passing the baton to Justin, who passed it to you, and to those whom you will pass it to as well. :)
July 22nd, 2005 at 1:24 pm
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July 22nd, 2005 at 1:55 pm
Books - who reads books? I read tech manuals for geek products. Like….
Logic Pro 7
Ableton Live 5
Final Cut
Chrysler Town & Country Limited 2001
Treo 650
And magazine articles for MAC freaks.
July 22nd, 2005 at 2:15 pm
@Jason
No worries. It just feels like a forwarded email - which usually goes straight to the trash. In this case I guess it’s a little different. I feel more obligated to post and pass on.
@Joedy
You bought a book on how to use the Treo 650! I didn’t know you were that addicted.
@All
Anyone have the slightest info on who started this meme?
July 22nd, 2005 at 3:16 pm
Follow the meme, Dustin, follow the meme.
July 22nd, 2005 at 3:44 pm
There is a break in the baton train, due to something gone haywire on Jason’s blog. I’ll leave you to your devices to patch the lost connection (when you find Michele, you are there).
July 23rd, 2005 at 1:56 am
Ya know, that little thing took a long time to type out! A nav bar on a live site that I was working on was broken for 30 minutes while I forgot to upload the corrected code in favor of doing the meme :P haha!