Tag Archives: 100+ Challenge

May
28
2012

Book 8: Using OS X Lion Server at Home: A Step by Step Guide

by Skippy

We Got Served’s “Using OS X Lion Server at Home: A Step by Step Guide” by Terry Walsh is a good introduction to OS X Lion Server, I read this one after reading Using Mac OS X Lion Server: Managing Mac Services at Home and Office, Its more aimed at setting up OS X Lion Server [...]

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Nov
07
2011

Book 30 & 31 – The Gruffalo [Audiobook], and Pixar’s Ratatouille [Audiobook]

by Skippy

On the way to look at boats on Friday, Mum and I listened to two audio books in the car; Julia Donaldson’s The Gruffalo (Read by Imelda Staunton), and Walt Disney / Pixar’s Ratatouille, Both are easy to listen to while sat on the A34 / M40 / A43 driving at the speed limit. I may [...]

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Oct
31
2011

Book 29 – The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Skippy

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (free Kindle edition) is available as a free Kindle book; I started reading it on my Mac, and iPhone; but with the purchase of my Kindle, I found reading to be easer; however I do have a slight complaint about the typos: With the completion of this [...]

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Oct
14
2011

New Kindle

by Skippy

My new Kindle came today Very small box; not much bigger than the Kindle, Amazon like minimalist packaging It looks like they have been talking to Apple. The Kindle comes nicely wrapped in a box with the instructions in the lid; and the charging cable under the eBook reader in the tray. The Instructions on the screen [...]

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Sep
06
2011

100+ Challenge update (its not going well).

by Skippy

I am currently not doing that well on my 100+ Reading Challenge; I am currently up to book number 24, leaving me just under 5 months to read the remaining 76 books to get to the minimum 100. One of the things I am finding hard is the act of reading; Its still something I [...]

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Sep
05
2011

Book 24 – Building a Low Impact Roundhouse

by Skippy

Tony Wrench’s “Building a Low Impact Roundhouse” is a book that I picked up while I was at university; this was a re-read to refresh my memory about the subject; Tony‘s ecohome in West Wales is completely off the grid (water is piped from a mountain source) It is of wood frame construction with, cobwood [...]

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Jul
13
2011

Day Zero Project and 100+ Reading Challenge update

by Skippy

Over on TED there is this video: Try something new for 30 days where Matt Cutts talks about trying an activity for 30 days, and seeing if it sticks, Matt Cutts works on search at Google, specializing in search optimization. He’s a friendly and public face for helping webmasters understand how Google’s search actually works, making [...]

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Jun
25
2011

Book 23 – Paint it Black

by Skippy

Voltaire’s “Paint it Black” is billed as “A guide to Gothic Home making” its a mostly light hearted look at Goths, and how they dress, and like to live; however it also has some very cool ideas for home decoration, and some ideas I would like to try out when I have my own Space; [...]

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