small haul
Dec. 14th, 2005 23:43![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
piranhawent to michaels today to use the 40% off coupon i had, and hey, chapters is right next door. i did restrain myself -- this is helped by the many xmas crazed shoppers running around; they make me want to rush right back home and hibernate.
after i walked out i realised that, except for the computer book, i'd bought books from people whose LJs i read. *little grin*.
i am still much amused at finding an entire book, jam-packed with information, about the windows command line.
got a sleep deficit, and am not very verbal, so this is it for the day. must sleep more. but instead i'll probably make some more photoshop brushes.
| elizabeth bear | scardown (sff) |
| elizabeth bear | worldwired (sff) |
| william r. stanek | windows command-line (nf) |
| charles stross | iron sunrise (sff) |
after i walked out i realised that, except for the computer book, i'd bought books from people whose LJs i read. *little grin*.
i am still much amused at finding an entire book, jam-packed with information, about the windows command line.
got a sleep deficit, and am not very verbal, so this is it for the day. must sleep more. but instead i'll probably make some more photoshop brushes.
the dancing bear of scripting languages
on 2005-12-15 20:19 (UTC)Tell me about this when you read it. I have a certain freakish fondness for the command line.
If you're interested in the topic, there's a very good book, a bit old but still useful, called Windows NT Shell Scripting. The author develops a principled, readable way to write practical scripts in Windows batch file language. Programming in it has the same appeal as Boggle written in TUTOR -- "look what I can do in such an obscure, limited language!" -- but when you're done reading you realize it's not as limited as you thought, though it is a lot more obscure.
I guess this says more about me than about the Windows shell...