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Craig Smith also released a book-length treatment of the subject online for free, the Car Hacker's Handbook, available here: http://opengarages.org/handbook/

Here's a fun (and pretty long) podcast interview with Klaus and Guido: http://jeffrubinjeffrubinshow.com/episode/16-settlers-of-cat...

We'll be posting the EPUB and MOBI files shortly. You'll get those soon.

Soil transmitted helmiths (aka worms) are a huge medical burden on the world. CDC estimates more than 1 billion people are infected.

We'll have some entirely new Scratch books with "harder" projects in the Fall, I hope. Physics simulations, geometry, math and science-oriented projects, not just games. Some great…

Indeed! Don't let that stop them from having fun, though. For the book, you can still download 1.4: http://info.scratch.mit.edu/scratch_1.4_download And all the games should still …

Hi all, I've just finished editing a new comic book aimed at introducing kids (ages 8+) to programming concepts, called Super Scratch Programming Adventure. It's a comic that shows…

No, though it's helpful to have some exposure or be eager to learn in the later chapters. The authors explain how several MSF modules work, show you how to create your own, for exa…

Hey HN, Just wanted to share a new release, thought you might be interested in checking it out. A description of the book, sample chapters, and detailed contents are available belo…

When I was working a booth at Wondercon, an 11-year-old girl picked up a copy of the Manga Guide to Electricity and told me, "Reading this book was fun!" Made my day. (I edit the s…

Apple explicitly claims the trademark in their press releases. http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/05/03ipad.html

Yes, you're quite right that there is an important distinction to make there. To clarify one point: Authors typically make their royalties on the wholesale price--that is, the actu…

Your initial claims here don't follow: Lower prices certainly do have an affect on author's income. Authors receive a royalty based on a wholesale price, which is (normally) direct…

Can you explain why? Specifically, I'm curious why wouldn't you want your representative (your publisher) to have the power to achieve the best possible outcome for you, the author…

I've seen at least as many technical authors get distracted by the intricacies of LaTeX or DocBook as those trying to "design" in Word or OpenOffice. Using markup doesn't prevent t…