A Personal Pantagraph

Overall rating: 4/5
Jim Elferdink’s iWork’05, a new entry in the Missing Manual series, is a gentle introduction to Apple’s productivity suite. My faith in this series was shaken a bit by the AppleScript book, but this book renewed it. The writing style is clear, and it steers away (mostly) from unnecessary humor. [...]

Overall rating: 5/5
Larry Niven is my favorite author, so when I discovered that he had a new book coming out this year, I was delighted. Like other Niven fans, I’ve learned to be disappointed by his recent works. But lately I’ve discovered what I think is the key to his writing: Niven is [...]