This revolutionary age in which we live lets us converse with people from anywhere in the world, learn about anything from how to prepare artichokes to the history of the zipper, and travel from the depths of the ocean to far galaxies - all withoout learning the comfort of our home computers.
Yup, we've got it all at our fingertips. And that's part of the problem. Backaches, expanding waistlines, stress....
Wish you could ease your aches and get in shape? Well, here's a book designed to do just that. Before you can complain that you lack the time and energy, take a look at sections such as "The Busy Day" and tasks such as "walk for two to ten minutes three times a day," or "stretch while watching the news."
The book is divided into "Action" assignments, with details on different shape-up programs, and "thought" modules, with information about healthy eating, your body, and topics such as pregnancy and arthritis.
This book ranks as a heavyweight contender in the library of exercise. But before you blink your computer-fatigued eyes and click your carpal-tunneled-pained fingers on your mouse, consider this: the first section fo the book is devoted to topics such as "getting started" and "getting back into shape."
Just consider the goal: "building a body that is healthy, strong, vigorous, and beautifully developed." So, if you're ready to shift from downloading photos of Arnold Schwarzenegger or Cindy Crawford to trying to emulate their devotion to exercise and the body beautiful, "Getting Stronger" can help you meet that goal. You'll get detailed instructions and drawings on how to lift weights, cardiovascular training, stretching, and using equipment properly. There is also information on training for specific sports (everything from aerobic dance to wrestling), training for different age groups, and health information.
This chatty computer book gives Mac users a reference guide to every aspect of usage. You'll learn about the "guts" of your Mac, from the role of ROM to determining when to upgrade.
Fed up with slow starts? Not enough usable RAM? Then don't skip the chapter on how to become the master of your system folder. There's also an essential chapter on maximizing your Mac's memory, and a don't-miss section devoted to preparing "for that fateful day when your Mac goes haywire on you" (it's titled, appropriately enough, "Your Emergency Kit"). You also get details on how to develop a schedule for performing backups and scans, disaster recovery, accessories; managing text, graphics, and fonts; using the Web, working with PCs and Windows, and more.
Cool, very cool. This fascinating tale, told on many levels, is by the grandson of Edward Teller (famed papa of the hydrogen bomb). This generation of the Teller clan weaves a wondrous web about the Web.
Alice Lu, our heroine, is a grad student who specializes in AI (artificial intelligence). Her senior thesis project stars Edgar, who obeys her directions for awhile. Then Edgar realizes that two can play the Web game and he happily begins posting to newsgroups, sending e-mail, and taking on a very human dimension. What or who is Edgar? Well, Lu developed Edgar to serve as an agent, intended to browse the Web and Usenet, to retrieve and summarize information. But her Eager Discovery Gather and Retrieval spider (acronym EDGAR) seems to have developed a mind of his own.
Interspersed with e-mail from various individuals and NSA documents are the e-mails between Alice and Edgar. Can a computer experience human emotions? Teller seems to believe so and his tragi-comic novel, somewhat reminiscent of a modern-day Frankensteinian story, may convince his readers as well.