Barry on August 22nd, 2008

Aspen has lots of their books on sale through 11:59 pm, tonight. (August 22).

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Save 10% on purchases made online from now through Friday, August 22nd!
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Barry on January 29th, 2008

About 12 hours after George Bush began last night’s address, the AskSam folks announce that the speech, and all of them since 1790, are available in a free download (in AskSam format, of course.)
(If you don’t have the latest version of AskSam you can always download a copy of the free AskSam viewer [...]

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Barry on January 24th, 2007

The e-mail brings news of discounts at the Practising Law Institute:
Now through tomorrow, January 25, order any PLI Treatise at 40% off. Please forward this email to your colleagues so they can also take advantage of this sale.
If you prefer to order by phone, please call PLI’s Customer Relations Department at (800) 260-4754 and [...]

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Barry on January 12th, 2007

My copy of Office 2007 awaits  action from the Waggener Edstrom Rapid Response Team — which is never rapid but is usually responsive — but in the morning mail arrives the first of the Office 2007 books: Excel 2007 - The Missing Manual.  $39.95. ISBN 10:0-596-52759-4. The book, published by the O’Reilly folks, weighs in [...]

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Barry on January 4th, 2007

As predictably as Vista, the newest version of the Microsoft Windows operating system was late, O’Reilly and Associates is right on time with the latest in its “Nutshell” Series….Windows Vista in a Nutshell, by Preston Gralla. I’ll send for a copy for review in the column, but in the meantime, should you be in [...]

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Barry on December 20th, 2006

The second biggest problem in running a computer or a computer system, these days, is keeping your data, and your identity, safe from prying eyes. (The biggest problem? backup, of course.) Essential Computer Security - Everyone’s guide to e-mail, internet, and wireless security by Tony Bradley and Harlan Carvey — ISBN 1-59749-114-4 [...]

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