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Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)
2 people recommended this item
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this is the gold standard in software architecture. the examples are well-written and there is a pattern for almost every problem. when i started working, everyone talked about the "gang of four" and I thought the programmers I worked with were just really into music. :) Only latter I learned about this book (and its four authors) and my code has been better for it
Updated Aug 29, 2006
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Adobe Dreamweaver 8
4 people recommended this item
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I used to work on Dreamweaver so I'm a little biased, but this is the best WYSIWYG HTML editor around. The design surface is very accurate and it handles CSS like a pro. Dreamweaver is one of the few tools that enables you to learn how to author HTML from the code it lays down.
Updated Sep 26, 2006
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Apple iPod
185 people recommended this item
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I bought the orginal iPod days after it was announced. Since then, I've owned two others and I can't imagine life without it. Either at work, on the muni, on vacation or in the car I won't leave home without it.
Updated Aug 29, 2006
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Parallels Desktop for Mac
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6 people recommended this item
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This beautiful piece of software lets you run Windows on an Intel equipped Mac. You'll never have to buy a Windows machine ever again. I will hug the developers who wrote this software if I ever meet them.
Updated Aug 29, 2006
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Apple MacBook Pro
154 people recommended this item
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As a software engineer writing code for mac and windows, the MacBook Pro makes my life infinitely easier. Not only is it much faster than my T43 laptop, it also lets me have one machine for everything I do. With 2 gigs of RAM, I can switch effortlessly between Mac and Windows and fix bugs on both platforms. And while the machine does run a bit hot, it's well worth the heat (and occasional pain) to finally have an Apple laptop that is as fast, it not faster, than anything else on the market
Updated Aug 29, 2006
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Shure E5c Sound Isolating Earphones
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As cliched as this will sound, using th e5cs is like listening to all of my cds for the first time. The highs are clear and warm, the bass is amazingly responsive (thanks to a dedicated driver) and music has never sounded so good.
Updated Aug 21, 2006
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TiVo Series2 80 Hour Dual Tuner DVR
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2 people recommended this item
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I don't know how I watched TV before Tivo. It ensures that I only watch what I want, when I want without having to suffer through commercials. The added dual-tuner is completely worth it, letting you record two shows at once, or letting you record and watch live tv at the same time.Thank you Tivo!
Updated Aug 21, 2006
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Holga DLSR Lens for Canon
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The biggest problem I have with digital photography is that it's too perfect. Pictures look great and sharp, but sometimes I want my lens to flare or distort or do something less than perfect. That's where this Holga lens mod comes in. The Holga is essentially a toy camera that produces wonderfully distorted pictures. Make Magazine published instructions for creating a Holga lens for a Canon SLR and this website popped up selling the finished lens. The pictures I've taken are dreamy, surreal and a bit retro. I can't remember the last time I had so much fun with my camera
Updated Aug 21, 2006
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iRobot Roomba
38 people recommended this item
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My floors have never been cleaner. Actually, my carpet is not grey, but a nice off-white. And it's not like I didn't vacuum before. I would vacuum perhaps once every three weeks, but I cannot match the software driving my roomba. It gets edges, it gets under my bed and it even beeps when it backs up. Roomba is perfect, and now I can tell everyone I own a robot maid
Updated Oct 23, 2006
