>>>>Frankly, when it comes to Kevin's technical articles I wouldn't care if they were written in pig-Latin or misspelled and pasted together like ransom notes. They'd still probably be more valuable and interesting than a whole lot of other stuff out there <bg> ( I"m also a pretty big fan of Code Magazine in general )
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>>>>( an example of the "other stuff" includes Pro Entity Framework 4.0 by Scott Klein from Apress. The first truly disappointing book I've run across from that publisher. Not to be confused with Entity Framework 4.0 Recipes from Apress which is another really worthwhile contribution to the "Recipes" series.)
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>>>Even though I haven't read any of Kevin books/articles I have no doubts they are good, and if you endorse them then I am certain.
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>>Here's the second part of a two part Baker's Dozen by Kevin that I found particularly useful. ( it's on SSIS )
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http://www.code-magazine.com/Article.aspx?quickid=1009081>>
>>Code shares virtually everything as online content. Well worth a look.
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>Thanks Charles. I never told you but I followed one of the book recommendations you gave here in the UT (not to me, to someone else) so I got from the library "From Bauhaus to your house" (maybe I am misspelling, but it would not be an exception) and "Painted World", I only had time to read the former, but I know nothing about the subject, it was easy (from a flow point of view, not sure if I am saying it correctly) and an interesting reading non-the-less. I did not have time to read "Painted World" for someone (Greg Green?) mentioned "The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality" which I also took and found very interesting.
Glad you liked the Tom Wolfe. He has the gift of being able to explain subcultures to those who have no experience of them in a way that is for me very interesting and informative. Radical Chic and Mau Mau-ing the Flak Catchers is brilliant. The Kandy Colored Frosted Flake Streamlined Baby and The Pump House Gang are collections of articles about surfers, car-customizers and lots of other stuff.
Charles Hankey
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