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100 Things I Hate about Pregnancy

Kate Konopicky

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Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Indeeeeeed!!!! 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 8 people found this review helpful.

A worthy effort as there are many things to hate about pregnancy (excepting the inception, of course). I wish I'd had this book circa November 2000 as it probably would've cheered up my tubby, pregnant spouse who was all but shotgunning out my 7th youngster (by a 5th bride!) and was basically angry as a half-drunk one-legged black bear (and darn near as big). Better late than never, I suppose.

Editorial Review:

What you’ll detest when you’re expecting.

Are you pregnant and peevish?
Between morning sickness, all those strangers who want to touch your belly and give you really good advice, deeper exhaustion than you’ve ever known, plus what passes for fashion in maternity underwear, no wonder your delicate condition is driving you crazy.

Also includes some really good advice, factoids, and cool resources.

Just Curious, Jeeves : What Are The 1001 Most Intriguing Questions Asked on the Internet

Jack Mingo, Erin Barrett

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Total reviews: 8 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

You will be the center of attention at any party! 5 out of 5 stars.
11 of 11 people found this review helpful.

For those trivia-lovers, this book is perfect for those who want to know just *how* far it actually is to Tipperary. Fast paced and sectioned off, you can read snippets of your favorite subjects at any time. It's small, so it will fit into a bag. Take it with you for something quick to read when you are waiting for something. Each topic is quick, to the point, and the question is answered ready to move on to the next question. I don't know which is more fascinating, the answers to the questions themselves, or the actual questions that people Ask Jeeves! You will have a snippet of trivia to add for any conversation, making you the center of attention anywhere you go.

Editorial Review:

From the trivial (Who won the first World Series?) to the imponderable (Who invented time?), from nature's mysteries (Why don't spiders stick to their webs?) to society's fears (What studies have been done on corporate mind control?), Jeeves has the answer to just about any question. The Ask Jeeves Web site lets users put their queries in simple, standard language so that they get the fastest, most efficient facts available online. From the vast holds of this Internet think tank, authors Erin Barrett and Jack Mingo have chosen the most thoughtful, the most fascinating, and the most obscure questions anyone has ever asked Jeeves. The book highlights Ask Jeeves's unique mix of solid information with witty, tongue-in-cheek delivery. Like the site, the book is structured for easy use, divided into dozens of pithy chapters from "Mysterious Machinery" to "A Walk in the Zoo." Web sources and clever follow-up questions are included.

Small Bytes: An Irreverent Computer Dictionary

Gene Brown

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The Complete Geek (an Operating Manual): Rules and Secrets of America's New Power Class

John Deep

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Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 3.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

Geeks rule the world--with a straight edge, of course--and they have become the sex symbols of the 90s. The Complete Geek (An Operating Manual) is for the millions of Americans eager to jump on the hot, new, fast track, because if you want a piece of the action, then you gotta learn the language.  Zeke the Geek--brought to life by renowned cartoonist Bruce Tinsley--browses through the basics of geek culture, which covers everything and anything to do with computers and life in the information age, including:
GeekSpeak--the geek's own colorful lingo
GeekChic and GeekGirlChic--How to dress for geek success, with never before shared tips on the forever classic pocket protector
Understanding the Geek Code after dark, in a section called, "Everything I Need to Know I Learned Late Last Night"
Netiquette--What every newbie needs to know before a maiden voyage online (You wouldn't want to flame someone you just met, would you?)
The first ever GQ exam to explore your Geek Quotient
The seven habits of highly successful geeks
The history of  Geeks--how they have evolved throughout the ages
"I'm Awkward, You're Awkward--and That's Okay"--the secrets of geek dating rituals

For anyone who wants to win friends and influence geeks, The Complete Geek (An Operating Manual) is cRAMmed with the solid information that will unlock the gates to their universe.

E-Tales: The Best & Worst of Internet Humor

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

It was alright 4 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

This book is a pretty cool book if you like that kind of stuff. Definitely not for the little kids though. Some vulgarities are included in the book. But all in all, it is really funny.

Editorial Review:

E-Tales? It's cyberspace entertainment in print for the first time. This huge collection of Internet humor parades outrageous jokes, alarming facts, amazing-if-true stories, revealing personality tests, and mind-numbing word games. The world's worst accidents and horrible diseases appear next to terrifying tales of air travel. Jokes about the sex lives of old people mix with signs that you're getting old. You'll find drawings you can make using x's and o's. "Darwin Awards" honor people who do stupid things that result in their demise (thus removing themselves from the gene pool). Vying for the worst country and western songs: "How Can I Miss You If You Won't Go Away?" and "I Still Miss You Baby, but My Aim's Getting Better." Much more to come: two men in a bar stories, sex in the White House jokes, and St. Peter at the Pearly Gates jokes.

Wan2Tlk?: Ltl Bk of Txt Msgs

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

A really, REALLY little book... 3 out of 5 stars.
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I didn't expect much from this book, but I have to admit I was surprised by just how little it really was. Fits nicely in the palm of your hand, conceivably so you could carry it around with you for reference when deciphering the obscure text messages your friends send your cell phone.

It does a fair job of covering the usual abbreviations, shortcuts and acronyms, IMHO. The smileys are a bit of a stretch. I found it odd that standard ones appear multiple times with different descriptions. Felt like they were trying to fill the book.

In short, it's a cute little book that might make a nice gift for someone just getting into instant or text messaging. Don't expect to use it as a serious reference, though.

Editorial Review:

What is this new language heating up your cell phone, pager, and e-mail? When you're IMing, are you stumped by the emoticons swarming in? Are messages becoming more cryptic and symbols more unrecognizable? If you're feeling at a loss, or even think you're in the know, you are in need of this pithy pocket guide to the hottest communication going. Text-messaging-the ONLY way to go-for this year's fast, smooth talkers.Make your wishes known, your plans, your dates, in coded communication that's the wave of the future. Don't get left out of the text-message revolution.

The Devouring Fungus: Tales of the Computer Age

Karla Jennings

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Very funny; not just for computer people. 5 out of 5 stars.
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This book is a real find. It is in some ways a version of "urban legends", those funny/amazing stories that everyone swears are true, that it happened to a friend (or a friend of a friend), or that they heard about it from some other reliable source. The thing is, The Devouring Fungus has both real and legend-type stories. Besides the stories themselves -- certainly things you'll want to send along to friends and families -- the author weaves a nice narrative.

Amusing book on computer "folktales." 3 out of 5 stars.
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A book about the folktales and legends of the computer world. Interesting for the various anecdotes and the clearly written history of the beginnings of computers and the society surrounding them.
(This "review" originally appeared in First Impressions Installment One [http://www.owt.com/users/gcox/fi.contents.html]).

Editorial Review:

A must for anyone who's ever considered using a RAM chip as fertilizer of booting up a computer with a steel toe. Karla Jennings' humorous history of the computer age shows that no part of our world today escapes the computer's influence. Includes witty illustrations Garry Trudeau, Rich Tennant, and others.

The Binary Bible of Saint Silicon

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Jeffrey Armstrong, aka Saint $ilicon, is the founder of C.H.I.P., the Church of Heuristic Information Processing, the world's first Computer Religion, the Hunt and Peck Method of Salvation, the world's first user-friendly religion. Like the prophets of old, he came from humble origins in the Midwest. An apocryphal story relates that his first computer came with a Loser's Manual. He worked for years in the Data-dungeons of Silicon Valley, toiling in sales and marketing positions. Finally, after years of austerity and penance, he bought a Macintosh (for the Macrighteous shall inherit the Earth). And because he paid full price, great things were destined to happen. Late one night as Jeffrey worked on a word-processing file, lightning struck the satellite dish on his roof. When he awoke, the "Keyboard Prayer" was on the screen in 18 point Times Roman along with the command to write the Binary Bible. Thus he was "Bored Again" and was renamed and saved as Saint $ilicon. He immediately quit his job and retired to a cave in the Santa Cruz mountains and began writing The Binary Bible as it was dictated to him by the Giver Of Data, G.O.D. And so a ray of hope came FORTH for all those with a Terminal Illness, for all who suffer from Data Distress, the D-based and D-filed who have lost their beloved Data. Now a great revival is sweeping the world. From that moment on it was GIGO- Garbage in Gospel Out, or to quote P. C. Barnum: "There's a Seeker Born Every Minute." and in the end, everything will be Right Justified!!! --- from book's back cover

The Backwoods Guide to Computer Lingo

Dave Nilsen

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Great for days when you wish for a simpler time! 5 out of 5 stars.
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Tastefull (or more so than most), excellent graphics, complete, and very, very funny. An EXCELLENT gift for any computer geek or widow.

Editorial Review:

The Backwoods Guide to Computer Lingo brings cyberspace jargon down to earth in a way we can all understand and laugh at!

The Lost Blogs: From Jesus to Jim Morrison--The Historically Inaccurate and Totally Fictitious Cyber Diaries of Everyone Worth Knowing

Paul Davidson

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Editorial Review:

Over 13,000,000 people are currently blogging with thousands being created each day. But what about the blogs you haven't seen, written by the iconic men and women you're dying to know the most intimate details about but who died before the internet was invented? This original take on the biggest literary development since the paperback offers 200 blogs inspired by the most famous minds in history, detailing their hysterical personal revelations, such as: John Lennon's thoughts after meeting Yoko Ono (and her obsession with the Beatles' publishing rights): Marilyn Monroe's annoyance at her new beau 'J', who breaks off their dates with excuses like having to avert a war in Costa Rica: Read Shakespeare on a treatment for a new play about two princes who misplace their horse and carriage and spend the entire play trying to find it or how a stray hot dog nearly derailed Ghandi's hunger strike: There's also the transcript of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's intensely competitive game of "Rocks, Paper, Scissors," to decide who would be the first man to set foot on the moon and much, much more. In this book Paul Davidson proves that matters, proving there's no such thing as "too much information."