From the acclaimed author of Hey Nostradamus! comes a wonderful comic novel with 'more one-liners than a decade of Woody Allen films' (Guardian), about the scramble for love and success in a brave new world!

A panoramic novel of the latter half of the 20th century, ranging from World War II and the breaking of the Enigma code to more recent struggles for control of the Internet. From the author of Snowcrash .

Very evil Very funny. A lethal joyride into today's new breed of technogeeks, Coupland's novel updates Microserfs for the age of Google

She's Such a Geek is a groundbreaking anthology that celebrates women who have flourished in the male-dominated realms of technical and cultural arcana. Editors Annalee Newitz and Charlie Anders bring together a diverse range of critical and personal essays about the meaning of female nerdhood by women who are in love with genomics, obsessed with blogging, learned about sex from Dungeons and ...

Things have never been easy for Oscar. A ghetto nerd living with his Dominican family in New Jersey, he's sweet but disastrously overweight, and keeps falling hopelessly in love. Poor Oscar may never get what he wants, thanks to the Fuku - the curse that has haunted his family for generations.

Traces the history of hackers, from clunky computer card punching machines to the inner secrets of what would become the internet. This book also includes profiles of Bill Gates, Steve Wozniak, MIT railroad club and more; the shapers of the digital revolution.

Despite early stardom through his childhood role in the motion picture Stand By Me , and growing up on television as Wesley Cusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation , Wil Wheaton left Hollywood in pursuit of happiness, purpose, and a viable means of paying the bills and discovered that he was at heart Just a Geek.

The only relief from the sea of logos is within the well-guarded borders of the Burbclaves. Is it any wonder that most sane folks have forsaken the real world and chosen to live in the computer-generated universe of virtual reality? In a major city, the size of a dozen Manhattans, is a domain of pleasures limited only by the imagination.

When Earth is destroyed to make way for a Hyperspatial express route, Arthur Dent discovers that space is big, as he is taken on a hair-raising tour of the Galaxy and its very strange inhabitants, by his friend Ford Perfect. This is a new edition which incorporates the fifth part of the trilogy.

This comic strip tells the story of Columbia Internet, the friendliest, hardest-working, and most neurotic little Internet Service Provider in the world . The book provides a lighthearted look at the world of the geek, allowing those who make their living in this world to laugh at themselves.

'What is a self, and how can a self come out of inaminate matter?' This book examines this riddle. Linking together the music of J S Bach, the graphic art of Escher and the mathematical theorems of Godel, as well as ideas drawn from logic, biology, psychology, physics and linguistics, it reveals the mysteries of human thought processes.

Covers several substantial user, programming, administration, and networking commands for the common Linux distributions. This book covers editors, shells, and LILO and GRUB boot options. There's also coverage of Apache, Samba, Postfix, sendmail, CVS, Subversion, Emacs, vi, sed, gawk, and more.

Neuromancer is the most influential science fiction novel of our time. Cyberspace and virtual reality were invented in this book. It changed forever the way we look at tomorrow and was the inspiration behind the blockbuster film The Matrix. In 2009 it celebrates its 25th Anniversary.

This text provides an introduction to the Perl programming language and its culture. This third edition has been expanded to cover Version 5.6 of Perl. New topics include threading, the compiler, and Unicode.

Offers readers a glimpse into the offbeat and brilliant but ethical mind that conceived the Macintosh. Here, the co-founder of the Apple computer, Steve Wozniak, reveals the story of the Apple computer, from its conception to his views on the iconic cult status it has achieved.

This volume contains the essays, originally published online, that led to Netscape's decision to release their browser as open source, and helped Linux to rock the world of commercial software.

Focusing on Linux, this problem-solving book answers several questions and tackles the configuration issues that frequently plague users. It covers basic communications, such as mail, Web surfing, and instant messaging, and also delves into the subtleties of network configuration, in case you need to set up your network manually.

Offers an account for the changes to the language up to Perl 5.10. This book includes exercises and solutions for practice. It covers topics including: Perl variable types; Subroutines; File operations; Regular expressions; Text processing; Strings and sorting; Process management; and, Using third party modules.

Whether you're a Mac or Windows user, this book lets you learn ways to upgrade your life so that you can work and live more efficiently, such as empty your e-mail inbox, search the Web in three keystrokes, securely save Web site passwords, and automatically back up your files.

Is your workload overwhelming? This volume aims to teach you how to keep a clear head, relax and organize your thoughts while implementing the organizational methods taught in the book, which include planning and progressing projects, reassessing goals, and overcoming feelings of anxiety.