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Dell DJ Ditty

2005-12-27

audio hardware, dead, Dell, disliked, hardware, input devices, portable computing, previously-owned, proprietary hardware, reviews, things

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(on Wikipedia)
(product archive)

A flash-based MP3 player. It was pretty good.

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Viewsonic 17GA

2005-12-06

glances, hardware, output devices, previously-owned, proprietary hardware, things, video hardware

ViewSonic

Wonderful! It’s nice, and long-lived. It’s speakers are worthless though, but it’s a nice presentation nonetheless. The blacks on mine sucked, but that was because it was second-hand and crusty.

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Dell 2405FPW

2005-12-06

Dell, desktop hardware, hardware, loved, misadventures, monitors, output devices, previously-owned, proprietary hardware, reviews, things, video hardware

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(Dell monitors on Wikipedia)

Dell 24″ Widescreen UltraSharp 2405FPW Flat Panel Monitor

It seems this display was replaced by the 2407FPW. (See Dell 2407WFPb)

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The Deadline – (1997 book), by Tom DeMarco

2005-10-18

books, dead, dead-tree books, glances, loved, non-fiction, philosophy, previously-owned, reviews, things, time management, Tom DeMarco

The Deadline - (1997 book), by Tom DeMarco cover

Entertainment > Reading >
Time management >

http://tomdemarco.com/Books/deadline.html

The book is an interesting mix of story and advice, bringing the reader through the experiences of “Mr. Tomkins”, a bright man who is open to learning.

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The Little Schemer – (1996 book), by Daniel P. Friedman and Matthias Fellesein

2005-10-15

books, Daniel P. Friedman, dead, disliked, education, glances, Lisp, Matthias Fellesein, non-fiction, previously-owned, programming, Scheme, softcover books, things

Entertainment > Reading >

https://web.archive.org/web/20190208124553/http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/matthias/BTLS/

A programmer’s book for the Scheme implementation of Lisp.

Ack!: Unfortunately, it’s not possible for me to read this book. It’s not geared towards people who are new to Lisp so it’s impossible to comprehend in any way. I don’t want to learn lisp, I want to learn the problem solving skills touted for this book. Oh well…

I gave it away, though to whom I cannot recall.

The Little Schemer – 4th Edition
by Daniel P. Friedman and Matthias Fellesein
Foreword by Gerald J. Sussman
ISBN 0-262-56099-2 (pbk: alk. paper)

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