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Product: Book - Hardcover
Title: How I Trade for a Living (Wiley Online Trading for a Living) Publisher: Wiley Authors: Gary Smith Rating: 2/5  Yes, there are some helpful hints in this book. But Gary starts off by explaining how as a chartist for 19 years he was a failure, how all the various indicators and technical analysis techniques failed miserably and only work on history. Then he admits that during those 19 years, most of his trades were entered NOT on the basis of charts and/or any technical analysis at all, but rather on the daily summaries in the WSJ. HARDLY a technical trading approach. I don't see how anyone who traded the way he traded for 19 years has any right to an opinion on technical analysis, charting, and indicators. He did not use them, or did not know how to use them. The guy had no trading discipline, plan or approach, so all he should be able to conclude is - technical analysis doesn't work if you don't use it. It's like hoping to win the lottery without buying a ticket. TA works if YOU work at it. Other than that, the book is okay. There are much better books out there, though.
Product: Book - Paperback
Title: Moving to VB .NET: Strategies, Concepts, and Code Publisher: Apress Authors: Daniel Appleman, Dan Appleman Rating: 5/5  First off, this is not a typical programmer's book. If you are trying to solve a particular problem in VB.NET, you would be best to look elsewhere (as of today, this means to the future as all books out now are beta 1). The first section of this book deals with the programming mentality and the reasoning behind moving to .NET. If you have never studied the economics of programming, this is a nice subject to study. The next section is a bit of a history lesson, which is important to understand the why of .NET. When you see where you have been you can better understand the need. Once again, you will not see this in a typical VB.NET book. The meat of the book is in coding techniques. Even these are approached from a "why you do or do not do this" type of approach. I am in full agreement that many VB developers will mess up inheritance and threading when they start to play with these new "toys". The book is up to date with beta 2, so any samples you download from the site are beta 2 compliant. The samples, however, are not the focus, just the gravy. On my wish list, a discussion of design patterns would have completely sewn up the book (OO is going to be a radical change for VB programmers), but this is not a serious detraction with so much good stuff. Once again, if you want to be spoonfed some programming techniques, look elsewhere. If, instead, you wish to learn the reasoning behind dot net and how (and why) of using the many new features of VB.NET, you will like this book.
Product: Book - Paperback
Title: How Computers Work, Seventh Edition Publisher: Que Authors: Ron White, Timothy Edward Downs Rating: 5/5 When i first pick this book i expect to have a book with some nice pictures about how computers works, now that i{m reading the book i have to say that i become adicted to it. Easy to understand, and very interesting topics about the different devices that computers and thecnology can bring to us explained in a very nice manner and with incredibly clear draws and diagrams. PLUS a very nice cd rom with a virtual tour inside a computer and better yet some nice links to get more info.And it doesn{t stops there, because the cd rom have some really useful SW you can use and try in your computer. It{s been a long time since the last time i pick such a nice book.Give it a try it worth each dollar you invest on it and more.And for the end i never write reviews so it tells how much i like this book.
Product: Book - Paperback
Title: Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition Publisher: O'Reilly Authors: Eric A. Meyer Rating: 5/5 This book is an excellent resource for understanding Cascading Style Sheets. The writing style is amazingly readable, which is a stark contrast to the usual dull specifications found in online CSS references. The author shares his detailed understanding of all the quirks of CSS1, and does a good job looking ahead to CSS2. Even if the reader doesn't follow every particular of every item, it's nice to have a feel for the programmers intention. I feel as if I have an even better grasp of whole concept of "cascading." Even though it's a CSS version behind, this book is outstandingly usable for the HTML-familiar web designer who wants to streamline and update to cutting edge code. Personal web page owners would benefit greatly. The only significant drawback to this book is that the book is printed entirely in black and white, which means that all examples are shown in grayscale, not in color. And this lack of color tends to undermine the in-color code examples. You have to use your imagination (or your own computer) to try out the CSS code to see what it really does on your color monitor. With the exception of this limitation, I strongly recommend this book as a CSS learning tool and reference.
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