Just started "Who Stole My Customer?" by Harvey Thompson.
Posted by Cam Bortz (Member # 55) on :
Just finished "Descartes Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason" by Russsel Shorto. And recently, "Vicksburg 1863" by Winston Groom.
Posted by Donna in BC (Member # 130) on :
I'm reading/self teaching/figuring out blog layouts. My source is simply the web.
Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :
Donna, check out "CSS-Tricks.Com". Chris Coyier is has just released part 2 of his screen cast on how to convert a Photoshop file to a WordPress site.
You may also find this useful from SmashingMagazine.Com.
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Posted by Michael Clanton (Member # 2419) on :
Just finished rereading a book published in the late 1940's- "Norman Rockwell- Illustrator" a great book in which he goes into great detail of his illustration process.
I have also dug out several graphic design books from the 70's and 80's- lots of great stuff, mostly technical and studio tricks used in presentation, rendering and production. This was before the personal computer came on the scene.
Posted by Michael Clanton (Member # 2419) on :
Just finished rereading a book published in the late 1940's- "Norman Rockwell- Illustrator" a great book in which he goes into great detail of his illustration process.
I have also dug out several graphic design books from the 70's and 80's- lots of great stuff, mostly technical and studio tricks used in presentation, rendering and production. This was before the personal computer came on the scene.
Posted by Dan Sawatzky (Member # 88) on :
I'm currently reading "The Making of Starwars" which is a detailed descritpion of all it takes to put together a movie of this magnitude. Before that I read the new book PIXARpedia twice.
-grampa dan
Posted by Wayne Webb (Member # 1124) on :
"Advanced Masonry"(preparing to build our shop sign)
Posted by William DeBekker (Member # 3848) on :
Signcraft. And woodcarving Books I have the latrine.
Posted by Jillbeans (Member # 1912) on :
Anything by Mary Balogh. (romance) Her books are so good I re-read them until a new one comes out. I also think it's cool that her father was a Welsh signwriter. Love...Jill
Posted by Sonny Franks (Member # 588) on :
"Shakespeare" by Bill Bryson........
Posted by Gregg Parkes (Member # 7710) on :
"The Old Way of Seeing: How Architecture Lost Its Magic - And How to Get It Back": Jonathan Hale.
When I finish that I have;
The Power of Limits: Proportional Harmonies in Nature, Art, and Architecture: Gyorgy Doczi.
Both I hope will give me a better understanding of design and how to do it better.
Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
Just finished To a Rocky Moon: A Geologist's History of Lunar Exploration by Don E. Wilhelms, a USGS geologist. OK, so I'm a little weird...
Edited to fix typo. I found one in the book, too.
[ September 27, 2009, 06:24 PM: Message edited by: David Harding ]
Posted by Dale Manor (Member # 4858) on :
Team of Rivals - the Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Posted by David Thompson (Member # 2395) on :
I'm reading this thread. Posted by David Wright (Member # 111) on :
The Door into Summer by Heinlein
Posted by Jane Diaz (Member # 595) on :
"The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown. Read a while back but really enjoyed "Left Handed History of the World" by Ed Wright, a must read for us Lefties!
Posted by Russ McMullin (Member # 5617) on :
I've been reading books on web design and CSS lately, like "Bulletproof Web Design". I read "Brother Odd" by Dean Koontz not long ago.
Posted by Doug Allan (Member # 2247) on :
Glad to hear you checked out that book Glenn. I hope it was useful!
I'm also still working on the wonderful gift from William Pickett who saw me taking notes when he mentioned Eckhart Tolle's "The power of Now" I like it so much, even though I not even halfway through, that I already bought "A New Earth" to read next.
I recently finished "Born to Run", an amazing story I highly recommend for Nettie & the other Letterville healthclub crew who like to run...
Posted by Bobbie Rochow (Member # 3341) on :
Got done reading Uncle Tom's Cabin for the first time, then I went & found Dred: A Tale of Dismal Swamp, (Harriett Beecher Stowe wrote after Uncle Tom) online real cheap. VERY good reading!
Posted by jack wills (Member # 521) on :
Did read "Andrew Jackson" by Sean Wilentz. A great history read and a take on how the previous administration before his was a mirror to 2000-2008. And many other parallel issues.
Jack
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Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
Nelson DeMille "The Gate House" ..... shaping up to be a great read.
Posted by Jon Butterworth (Member # 227) on :
I'm "plowing thru" a fabulous reference book at the moment when I find time.
Researched, written and produced by one of us!!!!
IAN STEWART-KOSTER'S "More than a Century of The Clydesdale Horse in Queensland" Volume 2.
Where he finds time to write this stuff apart from his sign shop, family, letterheads, farming, raising showing and judging Clydesdales?
Does he ever sleep?
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
MOTHER EARTH NEWS.......building a greenhouse from old windows and storm doors.
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
MOTHER EARTH NEWS.......building a greenhouse from old windows and storm doors.
the door into summer......is that a new one? thought i read most anything with heinlein. did all of asimov, clark.bova, pohl. need to go back and read RIVER WORLD SERIES by Philip José Farmer.
Posted by David Fisher (Member # 107) on :
Flashman - Angel of the Lord. One of a series of fictional ripping yarns about the life and times of Sir Harry Flashman MBE VC etc. Flashman was the villian of Tom Brown's Schooldays and the series chronicles his later life as a self-professed coward and womaniser who just happens to find himself at numerous historically important junctures. Next on the bedside table is "Surely you are joking Mr. Feinman" Then there is a box of books in the back of the car which I'll have to go through, it's a good thing having a sister who is a librarian and voracious reader, unfortunately it hardly leaves any time for instructibles and maker magazine online.
Edited to add - Heinlein fan here too, before I got stuck on the Flashman series was "The Number of the Beast" for about the forth time
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Posted by Mike O'Neill (Member # 470) on :
Just Finished all Carl Sagan, saved 'Cosmos' for last... bit heavy at times but well worth the read...
Now onto Edgar Rice Burroughs 'Tarzan' series. Reading original versions written in 1913-1916, not a childs tale. I can't believe I first read this entire series when I was in grade 4, it would never be accepted into schools nowadays.
Posted by Tony Vickio (Member # 2265) on :
This Post:)
Posted by Michael Gene Adkins (Member # 882) on :
sci-fi written between 1950 and just before the moon-landing ... once we touched down on the moon, the themes changed dramatically....
Posted by Jon Jantz (Member # 6137) on :
Love to read but have been too busy lately to do much of it...
However, I do download audio book MP3s to my 8gb micro-SD card on my phone... and listen to them on my bluetooth stereo ear-phones... works great.
Check out http://librivox.org for lots of free audio books. In the last year, I've read/re-read/listened-to a bunch of the classics from this site.....
Posted by David Wright (Member # 111) on :
Jon, I just purchased a Sansa Fuze and found the Librovox site you mentioned a while back. Some very good audio books there.
Posted by Joey Madden (Member # 1192) on :
just got finished with ' How to make friends and influence people '
Now I'm starting on a self help book on opening my own church as a non profit organization money maker
Posted by David Wright (Member # 111) on :
A self help book might just be in order Joey. These churches and churchies are getting to you.
Posted by Jason Davie (Member # 2172) on :
Victoria Secrets Catalog
Posted by Felix Marcano (Member # 1833) on :
Signcraft Posted by Terry Whynott (Member # 1622) on :
Hey Doug, I've read the Eckhart Tolle books as well. Interesting stuff. I'm moving on to a few books on Buddhism which I believe many of these "new" teachings are based on.
I also read Born to Run and loved it. I've taken up running in the past couple years and listened to that audio book as I ran. Fun!
I'm also listening to "The Tipping Point" right now and really enjoying it.
Posted by Doug Allan (Member # 2247) on :
I loved "The tipping point" too!
I just checked back here for Jon's link... I need to get "What the Bleep" & hope i can get it as an audio file.
Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
Coffee with Hemingway, Coffee with Michelangelo, and just finished The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown. It was OK- glad I read it, but not as rivetting as the DVC.
Posted by Dan Beach (Member # 9850) on :
Just finished:
Mastering Layout
and The Black Widow's Guide to Killer Pool
Posted by Frank Smith (Member # 146) on :
Thanks, Joey, that's next: I reread 'How to Win Friends and Influence People' every 10 years; thanks for reminding me. (I need it.) Just finishing up some old SF- "A Plague of Demons" and "The Sleeper Awakes".
[ September 29, 2009, 04:38 PM: Message edited by: Frank Smith ]
Posted by Kerry Hargraves (Member # 6837) on :
Mike If you're a Burroughs fan, try the John Carter, Mars series.
Posted by jack wills (Member # 521) on :
Joey's church by the way is the second in a long line of future adventures into non-religious style operations. I am currently the high preist of the "Church of the Free Human" you don't join, you just be... Free. Herbal is allowed. There might be a book about it.
Jack
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Posted by Joy Kjer (Member # 3026) on :
Half way through Tolle's "Power of Now" taking a break from it and in the meantime finished Tony Horwitz's "Blue Latitudes" about Captain Cook's voyages, "People of the Book" by Geraldine Brooks (this is our current city-wide book reading project), and Mark Bittman's "Food Matters; A guide to Conscious Eating". Also intermittantly reading Michener's "Caribbean" Mastering Layout is also in the queue!
Posted by John Byrd (Member # 825) on :
Just finished "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand. Third time I've read this monster but it's a great read. Her "The Fountainhead" was also good and should probably be read first. Hoping to get me a copy of a jewish translation bible of the old and new testaments to study on soon.
Posted by John Byrd (Member # 825) on :
Just finished "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand. Third time I've read this monster but it's a great read. Her "The Fountainhead" was also good and should probably be read first. Hoping to get me a copy of a jewish translation bible of the old and new testaments to study on soon.
Posted by Rick Chavez (Member # 2146) on :
I am re-reading ""Sign Making: Design and Ornament" a 1923 book on sign design, lettering and sign construction at the time. Really cool book.
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