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Re: Wasting Time with Books [message #53161 is a reply to message #53160]

Sun, 25 March 2007 07:59

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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David Fanning writes:

> What I would like to have is a page where famous
> people in the IDL community (I.e, anyone who has
> ever posted an article on this newsgroup) lists their
> top five favorite books (on ANY subject), along with
> a short note, if they like, about the books.

OK, this is too damn hard. I can't even do it. :-(

Give me no more than 5 books in categories of
your own choosing. Some examples of categories
that have been coming in so far: Five Best Technical
Books, Five Best Novels, Five Books I Would Take
to a Desert Island, Five Best Science Books, etc.
One or two sentences of description to tell us why
you liked that book.

If I get a few more entries, I can publish the page
so you can see what people are doing. That might
stimulate your thinking. I spent a pleasant 45 minutes
wandering around the house last night, looking at books
in my own library, scribbling possibilities. And I'm already
compiling a list of books to pick up on my next trip to
the library!

Cheers,

David

--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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		Re: Wasting Time with Books By: stin.wang on Tue, 27 March 2007 02:22
		Re: Wasting Time with Books By: Andrew Cool on Mon, 26 March 2007 02:38
		Re: Wasting Time with Books By: David Fanning on Sun, 25 March 2007 19:33
		Re: Wasting Time with Books By: David Fanning on Sun, 25 March 2007 19:01
		Re: Wasting Time with Books By: Andrew Cool on Sun, 25 March 2007 17:52
		Re: Wasting Time with Books By: David Fanning on Sun, 25 March 2007 07:59
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