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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J "Teach Yourself HTML and CSS in 24 Hours". Brushing up on my HTML.

just going through this helps a lot
http://w3schools.com/

you can play with code in a sandbox as well

eg
http://w3schools.com/tags/tryit.asp...html_image_test

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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov lol - I scanned your post quickly and hit reply to write "fantastic choices!" and then as I was writing that, saw your comment. Herbst's book is an interesting perspective, but Martin Meredith is simply the man when it comes to African history. edit: did you mean "The Fate of Africa"? If so, that was like my bible for grad school. It provided basic historical context for nearly every course I took.

its quite a fatty, but he goes into great detail state by state from the period right before independance onwards. Ive only burned about 80 pages so far, but I have already learned a great deal about Nkrumah, Humphrey Bouguet, Ben Bella, leopold senghor, Nasser, and Bourguiba. It has focused more on french west africa so far, but it gave a detailed analysis of the gold coast independence as well. Right now Im reading about Ben Bella's adventures, with shit about to hit the fan in French Algeria. That ******s still alive!

I really like the gunsgermssteelesque approach of herbst, and it seems great so far. One issue I had was that although he would disclude the North African state structure in his theory, He would use the entire african land mass(including the north african sahara) to prove his points of arid lands, sparsely populated peoples, fluctuations in environment and geography...but Im probably just splitting hairs.

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Originally posted by DJ Damerchi Weiiiiiiiird. He must have changed the title at some point. but I have already learned a great deal about Nkrumah,

Nkrumah is a baller, or at least was before gaining power. There's a wonderful book I started but didn't finish awhile back about Nasser, Nehru, and Nkrumah, and how they attempted to maintain neutrality in the Cold War through the creation of a non-aligned alliance of developing states. They accomplished a fair amount in terms of international customary law and the like, but obviously failed in their objective.

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I really like the gunsgermssteelesque approach of herbst, and it seems great so far. One issue I had was that although he would disclude the North African state structure in his theory, He would use the entire african land mass(including the north african sahara) to prove his points of arid lands, sparsely populated peoples, fluctuations in environment and geography...but Im probably just splitting hairs.

Yeah, there seems to be a great deal of disagreement about whether North Africa belongs as part of Africa or the Middle East. Gets even more complicated when you're dealing with states like Sudan that are split ethnically (and religiously). That was an inconsistency I didn't realize, though I think the population comments still probably stand for much of the rest of Africa (and the arid comment for parts of southern Africa as well). Enjoy - section 2 was the most interesting for me, when he starts comparing the European experience more explicitly to the African one, and then lays out the ramifications of urbanization for African governance.

I've been making my way through G�del's Proof by Ernest Nagel and James Newman, which lays out the basics of the mathematician Kurt G�del's famous Incompleteness Theorem. Really fascinating stuff:

summer so far I've read 3 books (required summer reading for preparation for IB, you can choose whichever novels you want):







planning to read this next

Just borrowed it from a friend

I finished G�del's Proof, so now I am back to reading G�del, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter, which I stopped for a while. One of the most impressive and unique books I've read in a long time.

the odyssey

War & Peace

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Originally posted by R.j. War & Peace

don't you mean, "War, what is it good for?"

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Originally posted by R.j. War & Peace

I still need to read that.. so many pages though :S

one story gave me the creeps on a sunny day outside on the hammock
that's powerful written horror

Nothing's grabbing me right now... might re-read some Fitzgerald shorts for awhile.

Just started yesterday:


About 120 pages in... pretty good so far

no one caught the seinfeld reference?

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Originally posted by DJ Damerchi don't you mean, "War, what is it good for?"

Basically the message of the book, or so what I've read so far (800 pages in);

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okay, it's very, very "between" the lines--the message, that is; if you look at it from that angle, anyhow; OR! if you look at it from Prince Andrey's perspective.

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Originally posted by Unique2701 I still need to read that.. so many pages though :S

Pssh. Try Ulysses (500 odd pages); Compared to W&P, it's more or less 2000 pages (or at least, that's what it feels like).

Ulysses is about 700 pages long, and every page has more in it than most novels.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Ulysses is about 700 pages long, and every page has more in it than most novels.

Having more substance? Yeah. But as to that substance's significance, I have my doubts, since a lot of those references are jokes that, I'm imagining, hold no weight for today. *most of which, I admit, I've yet to grasp--another read sometime later when I'm willing to "REALLY, REALLY, REALLY" read it*

So, actually, take my comment as lightly as possible.

Just finished Taking the Quantum Leap

Dunno if anyone reads about Quantum Physics or consciousness, but I have this big problem after I read these type of books. While I'm reading the books I get so moved and amazed about how they explain reality. The problem is I still go about living my life like I do everyday...At the moment these books completely change the way I look at things but I don't know how to apply it to the now. Sometimes I wonder why I read these books since I can't even apply them to my life after! Society has conditioned me so much that im stuck in this shitty loop of life!

I just finished Pygmy by Steve Phalhoweveruspellit. Very good book but as with all his novels incredibly fucked up. Finished it in about 4-5 hours reading in between aircraft.

Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield.
Pretty much about the battle of thermopylae (300) and the training of some of the younger spartan soldiers before hand. Very good read, though feels rushed near the end.

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On George Bataille's Story Of The Eye. It's a thriller and a short read - you'll love it.

It's an eye opener...

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Originally posted by R.j. Pssh. Try Ulysses (500 odd pages); Compared to W&P, it's more or less 2000 pages (or at least, that's what it feels like).

Heh, I'll add it to my long "to read list". If you mean it's unreadable, then I'm not sure how much I'm gonna enjoy it tho..

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