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Summary: best geek
Review: leo is the best geek there is and there will be
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Summary: Get more from your computer!
Review: Leo Laporte's 2003 Technology Almanac is a great book for people who want to get more from their computer and just don't know how to go about it. Maybe you've heard of a way to put your CD's onto an MP3 player and put hundreds of songs at your finger tips, but you don't know how to actually do it. This book is for you!Or maybe you will get (or give) a digital camera this holiday season, and perhaps after you've taken the pictures you realize you'd like to email them to your friends, but you don't really know how to do that. This book covers all the fun things in technology and computers that you want to do, but need just a little help getting started. It isn't that hard to do, and Leo makes it all easy to learn by following the Downloads of the Day or the tips that are on each day of the almanac's pages. (The only thing that I didn't like in this book was the inclusion of the "Twisted Lists" from The Screen Savers TV show, they seemed very silly and out of place, but maybe this brand of humor is your cup of tea.)
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Summary: Get this book!
Review: Leo Laporte's 2003 Technology Almanac is my favorite book around the house. It has a lot of cool and useful tips for your computer. In addition to that, it has downloads and stuff for various devices such as DVD players and "Palm" computers. Even if you are not a fan of TechTV of "The Screen Savers", you will like this book.
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Summary: Leo Rocks
Review: Leo's book rocks! Even if I already know half of the stuff already, I still like rereading stuff I already know. Everyone should buy 2, 3, even 4 copies. Help make Leo number 1!(Even though he already is)
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Summary: Leo rocks the house!
Review: Leo's newest book is a sure winner. The information is not only clear and straight forward, it's wide ranging. This book is a great desktop reference for any computer person, new or old. If you're a student, programmer, hacker, grandmother - this book will help you make the most of your computer and more... If you're a fan of TechTV and Leo, this book is for you. Leo, be sure to add more LightWave 3D segments to your show. Take a look at my books on Amazon.com such as Inside LightWave 7 and Digital Cinematography & Directing. Your book is great book!
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Summary: yawn, yawn, yawn
Review: my god, how can ppl make money on stuff that's freely available (to those with internet access)... meh, Leo is only making nickels and dimes from each book, he probably got a large advance. how many versions of this "book" are there? DVD, calendar? is there going to be one with useful information?
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Summary: Leo's Book
Review: My husband now has both of Leo's books and loves them. He refers to him if he is trying to figure something out on the computer and gets stuck. We also watch his program "Screen Savers" at night.
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Summary: Leo's Book
Review: My husband now has both of Leo's books and loves them. He refers to him if he is trying to figure something out on the computer and gets stuck. We also watch his program "Screen Savers" at night.
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Summary: Chris Seibold ...Book Review
Review: Quick Quiz:
If you were to stick ice pick betwixt someone's eyeball and eyelid, penetrate the orbit into the brain and the move said ice pick side to side you would be: A) Fulfilling a lifelong dream of becoming a Mafia hitman.
B) Committing a felony in hopes of riding the needle.
C) Performing a legitimate but antiquated medical procedure. The correct answer is C, and the medical procedure described is a lobotomy. I can also tell you that the first lobotomy was performed on November 12th, 1935. How could I possibly know such vital minutiae? My secret is "TechTV Leo Laporte's 2003 Technology Almanac" a book where you can find such mind bogglingly cool trivia every day of the year. Leo Laporte also mentions that lobotomies aren't performed anymore and generally considered inhumane. I find that statement highly suspect. After all, someone green lighted not one but three (!) Yahoo Serious movies in twelve years. I bet when you heard the word "almanac" the first thing you think of is "The Farmers Almanac". Sure you've probably never actually seen one (I haven't) but you know (as do I) that it is full of highly questionable information such as predicting the length of winter by squishing a wooly worm and measuring the ensuing bug goo displacement. This prejudice does a disservice to worthwhile almanacs everywhere. "Technology Almanac" is classic bathroom reading, informative and brief articles (one per calendar day of 2003 day) with plenty of humor thrown in for gentertainment value. It is definitely not Mac exclusive but there is no anti Mac bias either. "Technology Almanac" is just a solid effort with plenty-o-coverage for any computer that a home user is likely to have. But there's more than just tech stuff, there's also loads of the aforementioned useless trivia and a pointless daily poll. . Generally I'd deduct points for the poll (I hate unscientific polls) but since Leo's poll is usually some amusing question I am going to make like the third prong of an electrical plug and remain neutral. If you're wondering just what kind of tech info you'll find scattered throughout this epic length almanac (it's a page a day but "Technology Almanac" has a whole slew of appendixes that stretch the length to 530 pages) you've come to the right place. On any given page you'll find a tip of the day, a download of the day and probably some nifty links. Sure you won't find every article super useful or every link a must visit but you'll find enough winners sprinkled throughout "TechTV Leo Laporte's 2003 Technology Almanac" to make the reading well worth the minimal daily investment of time. Heck part of the fun is turning the page and stumbling onto something useful that you never knew about before. Some books seem written precisely for some people and this was the case with "TechTV Leo Laporte's 2003 Technology Almanac". Leo Laporte clearly wrote this book just for me, at least that's the inevitable conclusion if one judges the book's value by how many pages I have dog eared. I know, I cheated and read the book all at once instead of day by day, call it reviewer's license, but I enjoyed every guilty second. I can confidently say this will be a great Christmas/Hanukkah/Qwaanza/Festivus present for any computer user on your holiday list that leans slightly to the geeky side. Of course if you're really smart you'll run out and buy the book now and read "TechTV Leo Laporte's 2003 Technology Almanac" (be careful, avoid signs of wear) before the holidays roll around then give said book to a dear friend. Using my method you get to read the all the coolness that is "TechTV Leo Laporte's 2003 Technology Almanac" and you save $24.99 on a gift for that dear friend or relative. Bottom line: If you like trivia and computer tips, some worthless and some worthwhile, or know someone who does you won't go wrong with "TechTV Leo Laporte's 2003 Technology Almanac". As it is I can tell that this book is not as great as I think it is but it is still pretty good. Read a sample page and you'll know if you like "TechTV Leo Laporte's 2003 Technology Almanac" or need to move onward. MacMice Rating: 4 out of 5...
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Summary: Both my wife and I liked this
Review: These (the 2002 and 2003 versions) are not exactly beginner books. They aren't exactly geek books either. Leo Laporte has pulled off the rather amazing feat of writing books enjoyable by just about any level of computer user. My wife and I are a good example of that. I don't make claims to great geekdom, but I'm more than competent around computers. My wife, however, is just a casual user - email and the web mystified her until very recently. Her primary computer use is just word processing, which she certainly became proficient at, but she has little knowledge ( or interest ) in much else concerning her computer. I had picked up these books because Leo hawks them incessantly (but not objectionally) on Tech TV. If you don't get Tech TV where you are, it's a cable station devoted entirely to technology - it's geek tv. Leo is one of the hosts of The Screen Savers, a 90 minute show that I watch very frequently. Somewhat surprisingly, my wife often watches it with me and, even more surprisingly, she actually admits to enjoying it. Well, maybe it's not all that surprising. The show is fast paced, has a lot of energy, and the hosts and staff are very upbeat, often funny, and do an excellent job of explaining technology in interesting and enlightening ways. A "technology is fun" attitude permeates the show. That same playful attitude is found throughout these books, and I was scanning through the 2002 version while my wife was reading something else. These are books you can just flip open and read because there's no real organization; just tips and facts scattered about in Almanac style. I was enjoying these thoroughly, and I had read a few little tid-bits aloud for my wife. Then I came across a half dozen Microsoft Word tips, so I handed that volume to my wife and picked up the other. After a bit of reading I started to feel tired, so I put it down and told her I was ready for bed. "Go ahead, I'll be right up", she said. Yeah, right. About an hour later I got up and found her looking through the 2003 volume. That's the first time in 35 years I've found her looking at one of my computer books. But, there's simply a lot of good stuff here that will interest anyone who uses a computer. At this writing, Amazon had a combo deal where you could buy both books for a good price. Check it out; I think you will enjoy these.
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