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    <title>My Personal Collections</title>
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    <updated>2007-03-18T10:27:43Z</updated>
    <subtitle>An archive of my collection of books, pocketbooks, magazines, gadgets, games, audio and video cds</subtitle>
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    <title>The Parakeet Handbook</title>
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    <published>2007-03-18T10:26:34Z</published>
    <updated>2007-03-18T10:27:43Z</updated>
    
    <summary>Parakeet Handbook, The (Barron&apos;s Pet Handbooks)by Annette WolterThese fascinating birds are green as they are found in their native Australian environment, but selective breeding in captivity has resulted in a stunning variety of colors. Here is virtually everything a prospective...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>All books in this series have high quality, full-color photos, instructive line drawings, and run to an average of approximately 140 pages or more.</p>]]>
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    <title>Doves: A Complete Pet Owner&apos;s Manual</title>
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    <published>2007-03-18T08:10:51Z</published>
    <updated>2007-03-18T08:12:59Z</updated>
    
    <summary>Doves (Complete Pet Owner&apos;s Manuals)by Matthew M. Vriends Ph.D.Here is all the information you need to keep these small and gentle members of the pigeon family as household pets. Topics include caging, nutrition, health, behavior, breeding, and genetics of common...</summary>
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    <title>Dog Care: 101 Essential Tips</title>
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    <published>2007-03-18T07:53:46Z</published>
    <updated>2007-03-18T08:06:06Z</updated>
    
    <summary>Dog Care: 101 Essential Tips (Dk 101s)by Bruce FogleFor a person or kid getting a new puppy or dog, or someone who&apos;s had dogs for a long time, this book is worth reading. A lot of info, presented clearly and...</summary>
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<entry>
    <title>The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader</title>
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    <published>2007-03-17T18:13:30Z</published>
    <updated>2007-03-17T18:20:52Z</updated>
    
    <summary>The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Followby John C. Maxwell&quot;Everything rises and falls on leadership,&quot; says Dr. Maxwell, &quot;but knowing how to lead is only half the battle. Understanding leadership and actually...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Your character qualities activate and empower your leadership ability, or they can stand in the way of your success! In his latest book, Dr. Maxwell disucsses several other key attributes to being a good leader including:</p>

<p>    * Charisma: The First Impression Can Seal the Deal<br />
    * Courage: One Person With Courage Is a Majority<br />
    * Problem Solving: You Can't Let Your Problems Be a Problem<br />
    * Teachability: To Keep Leading, Keep Learning<br />
    * Vision: You can Seize Only What You Can See </p>

<p>If you look at all great leaders of the past and present, you'll find that they possess the 21 qualitities that are discussed in The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. If you can become the leader you ought to be on the inside, you will be able to become the leader that you want to be on the outside. "If you are able to do that," says Maxwell, "you'll find there's nothing in this world you cannot do." </p>]]>
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<entry>
    <title>Kingston 1 GB Mini Fun Data Traveler USB Flash Drive</title>
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    <published>2007-03-08T15:56:43Z</published>
    <updated>2007-03-08T16:25:26Z</updated>
    
    <summary>Kingston 1 GB Mini Fun Data Traveler USB Flash Drive--Yellowby KINGSTONTake your work and your play with you wherever you go with Kingstons DataTraveler Mini Fun USB Flash drive. This mini-sized device attaches to your keychain or mobile phone to...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p> Kingston's colorful, mini-sized USB Flash drive is big news in mobile storage. Your new portable storage companion, DataTraveler Mini Fun lets you carry all of your data with you, wherever you go. Store, carry and transfer up to 1 GB of your favorite music, photos of friends and family, gaming scores, school assignments and reports, web site designs, or any other data you want at your fingertips.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.kingston.com/asia/flash/dt_mf.asp">DataTraveler Mini Fun</a> is available in multiple colors, based on capacity. Buy one to attach to your keychain or mobile phone or buy several in different colors. Backed by a five-year warranty and legendary Kingston reliability and support, DataTraveler Mini Fun is the drive for people and data on the go. </p>]]>
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<entry>
    <title>Apple 1 GB iPod Shuffle Metal (2nd Generation)</title>
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    <published>2007-02-24T15:18:12Z</published>
    <updated>2007-02-25T16:22:38Z</updated>
    
    <summary>Apple 1 GB iPod Shuffle Metal (2nd Generation)by Apple ComputerIn five brilliant colors and just $79, the 1GB iPod shuffle lets you wear up to 240 songs1 on your sleeve. Or your lapel. Or your belt. Clip on iPod shuffle...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>One size fits all</strong></p>

<p>You know what they say about good things and small packages. But when something 1.62 inches long and about half an ounce holds up to 240 songs, “good” and “small” don’t cut it. Especially when you can listen to your music for up to 12 continuous hours.2 In fact, iPod shuffle just may be the biggest thing in small.</p>

<p><strong>Ready to wear</strong></p>

<p>Clip it to your coin pocket. Clip it to your bag. No matter where you clip your skip-free iPod shuffle, you’ll have instant access to music. In silver, pink, green, blue, and orange, iPod shuffle goes with everything. Put it on, turn it up, and turn some heads.</p>

<p><strong>Remix and match</strong></p>

<p>The first step to wearing 240 songs is downloading iTunes — free. Then drop your iPod shuffle into the included dock, plug the dock into your Mac or PC’s USB port, and sync in minutes. Got more than 240 songs? No problem. Let iTunes autofill your iPod shuffle and get a new musical experience every time.</p>]]>
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<entry>
    <title>Better, Faster, Lighter Java</title>
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    <published>2007-02-04T14:53:35Z</published>
    <updated>2007-05-14T16:14:52Z</updated>
    
    <summary>Better, Faster, Lighter Javaby Bruce Tate, Justin GehtlandIn Better, Faster, Lighter Java, authors Bruce Tate and Justin Gehtland argue that the old heavyweight architectures, such as WebLogic, JBoss, and WebSphere, are unwieldy, complicated, and contribute to slow and buggy application...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p><!-- BEGIN Media Manager Post Header --><div class="mmanager-post-header" style="border: 1px solid #CCCCCC; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; width: 150px;"><div class="mmanager-post-image" style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596006764%3ftag=rarangcom-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26dev-t=022WYB6F8MTCCDXV51R2"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0596006764.01._PB_PU0_SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div class="mmanager-post-artist" style="text-align: center;"><div style="font-size: 115%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(131, 145, 14);"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(131, 145, 14);" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596006764%3ftag=rarangcom-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26dev-t=022WYB6F8MTCCDXV51R2">Better, Faster, Lighter Java</a></div><div style="font-size: 90%;">by Bruce Tate, Justin Gehtland</div></div></div><!-- END Media Manager Post Header -->In Better, Faster, Lighter Java, authors Bruce Tate and Justin Gehtland argue that the old heavyweight architectures, such as WebLogic, JBoss, and WebSphere, are unwieldy, complicated, and contribute to slow and buggy application code. As an alternative, the authors present two "lightweight" open source architectures, Hibernate and Spring, that can help you create enterprise applications that are easier to maintain, write, and debug, and are ultimately much faster.<!-- BEGIN Media Manager Post Footer --><div style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; float: right" class="pkg"><div style="font-family: Georgia,Serif; float: left; font-size: 170%; color: #333333; margin-right: 25px;">$34.95</div><div style="float: left"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596006764%3ftag=rarangcom-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26dev-t=022WYB6F8MTCCDXV51R2"><img src="http://www.rarang.com/mt/mt-static/plugins/mmanager/images/buy-from-tan.gif" border="0" height="28" width="90" /></a></div></div><!-- END Media Manager Post Footer --></p>]]>
        <![CDATA[<p>Sometimes the simplest answer is the best. Many Enterprise Java developers, accustomed to dealing with Java's spiraling complexity, have fallen into the habit of choosing overly complicated solutions to problems when simpler options are available. Building server applications with "heavyweight" Java-based architectures, such as WebLogic, JBoss, and WebSphere, can be costly and cumbersome. When you've reached the point where you spend more time writing code to support your chosen framework than to solve your actual problems, it's time to think in terms of simplicity. </p>

<p>In <a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bfljava/">Better, Faster, Lighter Java</a>, authors Bruce Tate and Justin Gehtland argue that the old heavyweight architectures are unwieldy, complicated, and contribute to slow and buggy application code. As an alternative means for building better applications, the authors present two "lightweight" open source architectures: Hibernate--a persistence framework that does its job with a minimal API and gets out of the way, and Spring--a container that's not invasive, heavy or complicated. Hibernate and Spring are designed to be fairly simple to learn and use, and place reasonable demands on system resources. </p>

<p>Better, Faster, Lighter Java shows you how they can help you create enterprise applications that are easier to maintain, write, and debug, and are ultimately much faster. Written for intermediate to advanced Java developers, Better, Faster, Lighter Java, offers fresh ideas--often unorthodox--to help you rethink the way you work, and techniques and principles you'll use to build simpler applications. You'll learn to spend more time on what's important. When you're finished with this book, you'll find that your Java is better, faster, and lighter than ever before.</p>]]>
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<entry>
    <title>Active Directory Cookbook for Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000</title>
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    <published>2007-02-04T14:16:38Z</published>
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    <summary>Active Directory Cookbook for Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000by Robbie AllenThose of you who run networks on Windows 2000 know the benefits of using Active Directory for managing user information and permissions. You also know what a bear it...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>The book contains hundreds of step-by-step solutions for both common and uncommon problems that you might encounter with Active Directory on a daily basis--including recipes to deal with the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), multi-master replication, Domain Name System (DNS), Group Policy, the Active Directory Schema, and many other features. </p>

<p>Author Robbie Allen, a Senior Systems Architect at Cisco Systems and co-author of our Active Directory tutorial, based this collection of troubleshooting recipes on his own experience, along with input from Windows administrators throughout the industry. Each recipe includes a discussion to explain how and why the solution works, so you can adapt the problem-solving techniques to similar situations. If your company is considering an upgrade from Windows NT or 2000 to Windows Server 2003, the Active Directory Cookbook for Windows Server 2003 & Windows 2000 will help reduce the time and trouble it takes to configure and deploy Active Directory for your network. </p>

<p>This Cookbook is also a perfect companion to Active Directory, the tutorial that experts hail as the best source for understanding Microsoft's network directory service. While Active Directory provides the big picture, Active Directory Cookbook for Windows Server 2003 & Windows 2000 gives you the quick solutions you need to cope with day-to-day dilemmas. Together, these books supply the knowledge and tools so you can get the most out of Active Directory to manage users, groups, computers, domains, organizational units, and security policies on your network.</p>]]>
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<entry>
    <title>Using Samba</title>
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    <published>2007-02-04T13:12:33Z</published>
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    <summary>Using Samba (O&apos;Reilly System Administration)by Robert Eckstein, David Collier-Brown, Peter KellyThis book, which has been officially adopted by the Samba team under an open content license, is a comprehensive guide to Samba administration, including such recent additions as integration with...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Samba is a cross-platform triumph: it turns a Unix or Linux system into a file and print server for Microsoft Windows network clients. Now you can let users store their files (and even important executables) in a single place for easy sharing and backup, protected by Unix or NT security mechanisms, and still offer such transparent access that PC users don't even realize they're going to another system. The magic behind Samba is that it recognizes and speaks the SMB protocol developed by Microsoft for file and printer sharing on its own systems.</p>

<p>Basic Samba configuration is simple, but you'll want to make sure your security settings are just right and find out about the full range of options (how do you like your filenames mangled?). Trouble-shooting, security, connectivity, performance, and logging are thoroughly covered with examples in this book.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba/">Samba </a>is so robust, flexible, and secure that many people are choosing it over Windows NT for their file and print services. Furthermore, Samba is proving to be a necessity for the many organizations that have an existing Unix or Linux system and want to tie in PCs running Microsoft software. Samba is also open source software, licensed under the GNU General Public License.</p>

<p>The authors present the most common configurations and problems in an easy-to-follow manner, along with instructions for getting the most out of Samba. Whether you're playing on one note or a full three-octave range, this book will give you an efficient and secure server. </p>]]>
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<entry>
    <title>Unix Power Tools</title>
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    <published>2007-02-04T10:16:59Z</published>
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    <summary>Unix Power Tools, Third Editionby Shelley Powers, Jerry Peek, Tim O&apos;Reilly, Mike LoukidesUNIX Power Tools, contains thousands of tips, scripts, and techniques that make using UNIX easier, more effective, and even fun. It details tricky yet powerful commands such as...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Ideal for UNIX users who hunger for technical -- yet accessible -- information,<a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/upt2/"> UNIX Power Tools</a>, 2nd Edition, consists of tips, tricks, concepts, and freeware. It also covers add-on utilities and how to take advantage of clever features in the most popular UNIX utilities.</p>

<p>Loaded with even more practical advice about almost every aspect of UNIX, this edition addresses the technology that UNIX users face today, differing from the first edition in a number of important ways.</p>

<p>First, it slants the blend of options and commands more toward the POSIX utilities, including the GNU versions; the bash and tcsh shells have greater coverage, but we've kept the first edition's emphasis on the core concepts of sh and csh that will help you use all UNIX shells; and, Perl is more important than awk these days, so we've de-emphasizedawk in this edition.</p>

<p>This is a browser's book...like a magazine that you don't read from start to finish, but leaf through repeatedly until you realize that you've read it all. The book is structured so that it bursts at the seams with cross references. Interesting "sidebars" explore syntax or point out other directions for exploration, including relevant technical details that might not be immediately apparent. You'll find articles abstracted from other O'Reilly books, new information that highlights program "tricks" and "gotchas," tips posted to the Net over the years, and other accumulated wisdom.</p>

<p>The 53 chapters in this book discuss topics like file management, text editors, shell programming -- even office automation. Overall, there's plenty of material here to satisfy even the most voracious appetites. The bottom line? UNIX Power Tools is loaded with practical advice about almost every aspect of UNIX. It will help you think creatively about UNIX, and will help you get to the point where you can analyze your own problems. Your own solutions won't be far behind.</p>]]>
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<entry>
    <title>The Complete FreeBSD</title>
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    <published>2007-02-04T10:03:55Z</published>
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    <summary>The Complete FreeBSD, Fourth Editionby Greg LeheyThe 4th edition, covering version 5 of FreeBSD, s an eminently practical guidebook that explains not only how to get a computer up and running with the FreeBSD operating system, but also how to...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>FreeBSD is by far the most popular version of BSD®, the legendary operating system that has contributed a great deal to every version of Unix® in use today (including Mac OS® X). Originally a community effort by the University of California at Berkeley, FreeBSD was aimed at making Unix a little friendlier and easier to use. By the time other free operating systems came along, BSD was firmly established and very reliable. </p>

<p>And it continues to be today. For seven years, the FreeBSD community has relied on Greg Lehey's classic, The Complete FreeBSD, to guide them through its configuration and administration. The 4th edition, covering version 5 of FreeBSD, is now available through O'Reilly Community Press. <a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/cfreebsd/">The Complete FreeBSD</a> is an eminently practical guidebook that explains not only how to get a computer up and running with the FreeBSD operating system, but also how to turn it into a highly functional and secure server that can host large numbers of users and disks, support remote access, and provide web service, mail service, and other key parts of the Internet infrastructure. </p>

<p>The book provides in-depth information on installation and updates, back-ups, printers, RAID, various Internet services, firewalls, the graphical X Window system, and much more. Author Greg Lehey is a member of the FreeBSD core team and has been developing, documenting, and advocating for FreeBSD for nearly ten years. Whether you're an experienced Unix user or just interested in learning more about this free operating system and how you can put it to work for you, this do-it-yourself BSD documentation will provide the information you need. </p>

<p>The Complete FreeBSD is the second release in the O'Reilly Community Press Series. Unlike classic O'Reilly animal books, which are created to fill an information void, the Community Press titles provide convenient printed copies of documentation that is already available online. O'Reilly's role in the series is limited to providing manufacturing and distribution services rather than editorial development, so that each Community Press title reflects the editorial voice and organization of the community that has created it.</p>]]>
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    <title>Hardening Cisco Routers</title>
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    <summary>Hardening Cisco Routers (O&apos;Reilly Networking)by Thomas AkinThis succinct book departs from other security literature by focusing exclusively on ways to secure Cisco routers, rather than the entire network. The rational is simple: If the router protecting a network is exposed...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>As a network administrator, auditor or architect, you know the importance of securing your network and finding security solutions you can implement quickly. This succinct book departs from other security literature by focusing exclusively on ways to secure Cisco routers, rather than the entire network. The rational is simple: If the router protecting a network is exposed to hackers, then so is the network behind it. <a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/hardcisco/">Hardening Cisco Routers</a> is a reference for protecting the protectors. Included are the following topics:</p>

<p>    * The importance of router security and where routers fit into an overall security plan<br />
    * Different router configurations for various versions of Cisco?s IOS<br />
    * Standard ways to access a Cisco router and the security implications of each<br />
    * Password and privilege levels in Cisco routers<br />
    * Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) control<br />
    * Router warning banner use (as recommended by the FBI)<br />
    * Unnecessary protocols and services commonly run on Cisco routers<br />
    * SNMP security<br />
    * Anti-spoofing<br />
    * Protocol security for RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, NTP, and BGP<br />
    * Logging violations<br />
    * Incident response<br />
    * Physical security</p>

<p>Written by Thomas Akin, an experienced Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Certified Cisco Academic Instructor (CCAI), the book is well organized, emphasizing practicality and a hands-on approach. At the end of each chapter, Akin includes a Checklist that summarizes the hardening techniques discussed in the chapter. The Checklists help you double-check the configurations you have been instructed to make, and serve as quick references for future security procedures. Concise and to the point, Hardening Cisco Routers supplies you with all the tools necessary to turn a potential vulnerability into a strength. In an area that is otherwise poorly documented, this is the one book that will help you make your Cisco routers rock solid. </p>]]>
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<entry>
    <title>BSD Hacks</title>
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    <published>2007-02-04T09:15:05Z</published>
    <updated>2007-05-14T16:13:35Z</updated>
    
    <summary>BSD Hacksby Dru LavigneLooking for a unique set of practical tips, tricks, and tools for administrators and power users of BSD systems? From hacks to customize the user environment to networking, securing the system, and optimization, BSD Hacks takes a...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p><!-- BEGIN Media Manager Post Header --><div class="mmanager-post-header" style="border: 1px solid #CCCCCC; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; width: 150px;"><div class="mmanager-post-image" style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596006799%3ftag=rarangcom-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26dev-t=022WYB6F8MTCCDXV51R2"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0596006799.01._PB_PU0_SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div class="mmanager-post-artist" style="text-align: center;"><div style="font-size: 115%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(131, 145, 14);"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(131, 145, 14);" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596006799%3ftag=rarangcom-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26dev-t=022WYB6F8MTCCDXV51R2">BSD Hacks</a></div><div style="font-size: 90%;">by Dru Lavigne</div></div></div><!-- END Media Manager Post Header -->Looking for a unique set of practical tips, tricks, and tools for administrators and power users of BSD systems? From hacks to customize the user environment to networking, securing the system, and optimization, BSD Hacks takes a creative approach to saving time and accomplishing more with fewer resources. If you want more than the average BSD user--to explore and experiment, unearth shortcuts, create useful tools--this book is a must-have.<!-- BEGIN Media Manager Post Footer --><div style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; float: right" class="pkg"><div style="font-family: Georgia,Serif; float: left; font-size: 170%; color: #333333; margin-right: 25px;">$24.95</div><div style="float: left"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596006799%3ftag=rarangcom-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26dev-t=022WYB6F8MTCCDXV51R2"><img src="http://www.rarang.com/mt/mt-static/plugins/mmanager/images/buy-from-tan.gif" border="0" height="28" width="90" /></a></div></div><!-- END Media Manager Post Footer --></p>]]>
        <![CDATA[<p>In the world of Unix operating systems, the various BSDs come with a long heritage of high-quality software and well-designed solutions, making them a favorite OS of a wide range of users. Among budget-minded users who adopted BSD early on to developers of some of today's largest Internet sites, the popularity of BSD systems continues to grow. </p>

<p>If you use the BSD operating system, then you know that the secret of its success is not just in its price tag: practical, reliable, extraordinarily stable and flexible, BSD also offers plenty of fertile ground for creative, time-saving tweaks and tricks, and yes, even the chance to have some fun. </p>

<p>"Fun?" you ask. Perhaps "fun" wasn't covered in the manual that taught you to install BSD and administer it effectively. But BSD Hacks, the latest in O'Reilly's popular Hacks series, offers a unique set of practical tips, tricks, tools--and even fun--for administrators and power users of BSD systems. BSD Hacks takes a creative approach to saving time and getting more done, with fewer resources. You'll take advantage of the tools and concepts that make the world's top Unix users more productive. </p>

<p>Rather than spending hours with a dry technical document learning what switches go with a command, you'll learn concrete, practical uses for that command. The book begins with hacks to customize the user environment. You'll learn how to be more productive in the command line, timesaving tips for setting user-defaults, how to automate long commands, and save long sessions for later review. Other hacks in the book are grouped in the following areas:</p>

<p>    * Customizing the User Environment<br />
    * Dealing with Files and Filesystems<br />
    * The Boot and Login Environments<br />
    * Backing Up<br />
    * Networking Hacks<br />
    * Securing the System<br />
    * Going Beyond the Basics<br />
    * Keeping Up-to-Date<br />
    * Grokking BSD</p>

<p>If you want more than your average BSD user--you want to explore and experiment, unearth shortcuts, create useful tools, and come up with fun things to try on your own--BSD Hacks is a must-have. This book will turn regular users into power users and system administrators into super system administrators.</p>]]>
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    <title>Coleman 36 Quart Cooler (Blue)</title>
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    <published>2007-01-20T15:29:27Z</published>
    <updated>2007-01-20T15:35:27Z</updated>
    
    <summary>Coleman 36 Quart Cooler (Blue)by Coleman• 18.75&quot; x 22.68&quot; x 13.75 • Holds 46 cans plus ice $21.99...</summary>
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•	Holds 46 cans plus ice<br />
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        <![CDATA[<p>•	Molded handles<br />
•	Lid with 4 beverage holders<br />
•	Lid designed to accommodate 24" elastic cords (not included) to hold more on top</p>

<p>Model No. <a href="http://www.coleman.com/coleman/colemancom/detail.asp?product_id=6281A718G&categoryid=8540">6281A718G</a></p>]]>
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<entry>
    <title>Rurouni Kenshin, Volume 1</title>
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    <published>2007-01-07T14:54:10Z</published>
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    <summary>Rurouni Kenshin, Vol. 1by Nobuhiro WatsukiWith his killer blade, legend-warrior Hitokiri Battôsai once helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji. It&apos;s now 1878, ten years after the bloody Meiji Revolution that marked...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p> Thus begins an extraordinary relationship between Kaoru, a master swordswoman with a heart of gold; Kenshin, a past master who has vowed never to fight again; and the seemingly invincible would-be Battôsai.</p>]]>
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