The Best of The Joy of Tech
Book Review

On April 17, 2004, in Book Review, Review, by Tony Williams

The Best of The Joy of Tech
Nitrozac and Snaggy
Publisher: O’Reilly and Associates
ISBN: 0-596-00578-4
Page Count: 192
Rating: 4/5

I must be crazy; I was flamed so badly after my last review of a cartoon book (published on a much less friendly site) that I had to replace my asbestos review suit. ‘The Best of Joy of Tech‘ may be worth the risk.

Of course it’s easy to enjoy a cartoon book by a pair of cartoonists that share your prejudices. It is obvious from the cartoons that Nitrozac and Snaggy are Macintosh loving, Linux leaning, Microsoft loathing geeks. Hmmm, sounds like me.

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Learning Unix for Macintosh OS X Panther
Book Review

On March 15, 2004, in Book Review, by Tony Williams

Learning Unix for Macintosh OS X Panther
Author(s): Dave Taylor and Brian Jepson

Publisher: O’Reillly and Associates
ISBN: 0596006179 Pages: 155

Reviewer: Tony Williams

Since the advent of OS X Mac users have had to get used to the idea that under their favourite GUI lurks a real operating system. While for some (such as myself) this has been a source of joy for others it has been like Central Africa for Victorian England — the great dark heart.

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