BSD Hacks
As an O’Reilly “Hacks” fan, I got myself a copy of BSD Hacks hoping to learn only a few tips and tricks. If that was the case it would have been worth it, however I greatly underestimated this title. Not only did I learn the tips and tricks one would expect from a “Hacks” book, but it also taught me a lot more about BSD than I expected. If you use BSD, get this book! It’s well worth it. 5 Stars.
Posted on October 17th, 2005 to catagory: Reviews
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Search Engine Positioning
by Fredrick W. Marckini
When this book was written (2001!), this title was the only book you could get on the topic. It covered lots of technical details on how each of the major engines work and lots of tips and tricks for SEO professionals or web developers alike. The world of search engines moves so quickly, it was never going to remain current for very long, however it was an excellent read for a long period of time. An updated version would be excellent.
Posted on June 17th, 2005 to catagory: Reviews
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Update - This title is now in it’s second edition.
Google Hacks
Author: Tara Calishain , Rael Dornfest
Publisher: O’Reilly
Online Catalog: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/
ISBN: 0-596-00447-8
Price: $AUS39.00 approx.
Ok. I admit, I’m somewhat of a Google groupie. Having a keen interest in Search Engine trends and technologies, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on a copy of O’Reilly’s Google Hacks. Written by serious Google nuts, this book is another must have in my opinion.
The book covers everything from using Google, power searching to programming for Google’s many services and using their API. There’s also some information for webmasters wanting to know about “how” Google works and general behind the scenes info. There’s also a little bit about Google PageRank, the secret formula that dictates how Google ranks their search results. The examples are backed up with lots of code examples in different languages (Perl, PHP, C#, ASP) and some nifty applications that use Google’s services. There’s some downright wacky stuff too, like “Google Whacking” and Google pranks.
5 stars
Posted on May 29th, 2005 to catagory: Reviews
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Security Warrior
Author: By Cyrus Peikari, Anton Chuvakin
Publisher: O’Reilly
Online Catalog: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/
ISBN: 0-596-00545-8
Price: $AUS90.00 approx.
Having read most of the security books in the O’Reilly series, I was anxious to see what “Security Warrior” was all about. First things first, if you’re new to the topic of information security, perhaps try a title like “Practical Unix & Internet Security, 3rd Edition” by Simson Garfinkel, Gene Spafford, Alan Schwartz, which I highly recommend. Security Warriors covers some areas that not many other security books cover, in particular the book starts off talking about software reversing techniques. There is plenty of platform specific information to keep both the Windows and Unix crowds happy, for instance, part 3 “Platform Attacks” discusses common vulnerabilities and counter measures. Most of your regular garden variety infosec topics get a mention in this title, and the topics do indeed cover a very wide area, but at times it delves a little deeper than the average security reference. All in all, a great read. Even if you’re not interested in all of the content, the writing style is such that you can start at pretty much anywhere and follow what’s going on.
4 stars
Posted on May 29th, 2005 to catagory: Reviews
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Posted on May 28th, 2005 to catagory: Reviews
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Plone Content Management Essentials
by Julie C. Meloni
This is one of the shorter books on Plone, however it was the first of it’s kind and the first I read on the topic. If you’re in the market for a crash course on what Plone is, how to configure and use Plone, this title will deliver. Some of the other titles go into much greater depth, but it helped me get fully up and running in a matter of days (note, I had already used Plone a few times before that). No previous Zope, Python or Plone knowledge is required.
Posted on February 12th, 2005 to catagory: Reviews
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