“Because there’s nothing more valuable than a used computer book.”

I took the measuring tape for a spin and it turns out that I have 27 linear feet of computer books weighing down various bookcases around the house. Every year, I try to eliminate at least a foot or two from my collection — chiefly to make space for the new arrivals.

In years past, I’ve not-so-secretly stashed these discards in random cases throughout the College. This season, I’m offering the following titles to anyone that wants them. I will deliver within town, and, if you ask nicely, may even ship them to your not-so-far-away address. Otherwise, they’ll go straight into the bin the next time I’m down at Raven.

Java

Ah, Java: duly-celebrated successor to COBOL. So much promise to those of us mired in the Visual Basiocrity of the early 90s.

• Java Servlet Programming 2^ed
• JavaServer Pages
• Thinking in Java
• Java Threads
• Java Tools for eXtreme Programming
• Mastering AspectJ: Aspect-Oriented Programming in Java
• Data Abstraction and Problem Solving with Java: Walls and Mirrors

Ruby on Rails

There are bandwagons, and then there is Ruby on Rails. But I’m now aboard the latest wagon.

• Rails Recipes
• Rails Solutions: Ruby on Rails Made Easy
• Rails for PHP Developers
• Ruby for Rails

Security

When was I ever that interested in SSL?

• SSL and TLS: Designing and Building Secure Systems
• SSL and TLS Essentials: Securing the Web
• Intrusion Detection with Snort
• Real 802.11 Security: Wi-Fi Protected Access and 802.11i
• Web Security, Privacy & Commerce
• Hacking Exposed: Web Applications
• Web Hacking: Attacks and Defense

Miscellaneous Programming

• Advanced PHP Programming
• The Definitive Guide to Django: Web Development Done Right (I’m reading the 2^nd edition now)

Miscellaneous Computer Stuff

• Windows XP Hacks
• The Rational Unified Process: An Introduction 2^ed (Oh Gawd.)
• Exim: The Mail Transfer Agent

Not a computer enthusiast? Most will also serve as wonderful, though potentially blue flame inducing, fire starter.

…remarked Jim Robb upon hearing that I had just passed the ten year mark in our cozy out-of-the-way territory. Strange, I had thought that only a single solid winter earned one the Sourdough rank — and I can remember a couple of doozies over the past decade; especially that two weeks of minus forty about five years ago that, if nothing else, helped to educate the Alaskans about degrees centigrade.

No time to reminisce though. I’m far too eager to see what the next ten will bring.

Nothing more need be said…

And the original…