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Scott rated Learning SaltStack: 3 stars
"The real cycle you're working on is a cycle called 'yourself.'"One of the most important …
Review of 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Scott rated The Shadow Over Innsmouth: 4 stars
Scott rated The Last Question: 5 stars
The Last Question by Jim Gallant, Bob E. Flick, Isaac Asimov
The last question was asked for the first time, half in jest, on May 21, 2061, at a time when …
Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker by Kevin D. Mitnick
Kevin Mitnick was the most elusive computer break-in artist in history. He accessed computers and networks at the world's biggest …
Scott reviewed The Martian by Andy Weir
A mission to Mars.
A freak accident.
One man's struggle to survive.
Six days ago, …
Review of 'The Martian' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Was okay, but some of the writing seemed a bit goofy and unrealistic.
Scott reviewed 10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1));:GOTO 10 by Nick Montfort
Review of '10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1));:GOTO 10' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
I enjoyed it. An interesting read for computer geeks, particularly those of us who grew up in the 1980s and used a C64 or programmed in BASIC.
Scott rated Third Shift: 4 stars
Scott rated Second Shift: 3 stars
Scott rated First Shift: 3 stars
Scott reviewed OpenStack Cloud Computing Cookbook by K. Jackson
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Review of 'OpenStack Cloud Computing Cookbook' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Great book on OpenStack with good practice exercises. Perhaps unfairly I gave it three stars only because OpenStack is changing so quickly that in 6 months the book might be obsolete. Make sure you are using the version of Ubuntu on all your servers and host Ubuntu machine that Kevin is using in the book. Version 12.04, otherwise all bets are off on some of the examples.
Scott rated Wool Omnibus: 4 stars
Wool Omnibus by Hugh Howey
This Omnibus Edition collects the five Wool books into a single volume. It is for those who arrived late to …