An article I wrote for InformIT on using Ubuntu One just posted. Enjoy!
Month: September 2010
I have an article about Ubuntu’s Uncomplicated Firewall (UFW) in Linux Identity’s Linux Starter Kit for Linux Beginners. The magazine is available from Barnes & Noble, Borders, and other outlets.
From Alistar Cockburn’s site:
I promise not to exclude from consideration any idea based on its source, but to consider ideas across schools and heritages in order to find the ones that best suit the current situation.
私は、現在の状況に一番適したアイディアを探すために、どんなアイディアもその発信元によって排除することなく、流派や派閥(schools and heritages)を超えて議論することを約束する。
Eu prometo não desconsiderar nenhuma ideia baseada em sua origem, mas considerar ideias vindas de todas as escolas e tradições com o objetivo de encontrar aquelas que melhor se encaixem em cada situação.
אני מבטיח לא לדחות אף רעיון על פי מקורו, אלא לבחון רעיונות לרוחב סקלות ומורשות שונות על מנת למצוא את אלו המתאימים ביותר למצב הנוכחי
اتعهد بعدم استبعاد أي فكرة من النظر على أساس مصدرها ، و النظر في الأفكار من المدارس الأخرى و الخبرات السابقة من أجل العثور على تلك التي تناسب الوضع الراهن.
Je promet de n’exclure aucune idée sur la base de sa source mais de donner toute la considération nécessaire aux idées de toutes les écoles ou lignes de pensées afin de trouver celle qui est la mieux adaptée à une situation donnée.
Eid der Nicht-Treuepflicht: Ich verspreche, eine Idee nie nur aufgrund Ihrer Herkunft zu verwerfen, sondern Ideen aus jeder Denkschule und Kultur in Erwägung zu ziehen, um die beste Lösung für die aktuelle Situation zu finden.
Prometo no excluir de consideración ninguna idea en base a su origen, sino considerarlas todas sin importar la escuela o la línea de pensamiento de donde provengan, para encontrar aquellas que mejor se ajusten una situación específica.
It has been a while since I have reviewed a manga book. This is one of several atypical educational books that use graphic art to help teach difficult concepts or illustrate the action. This is another wonderful entry in the “Manga Guide to…” series that I have been reviewing.
The Manga Guide to Molecular Biology follows the actions of a two students who failed their molecular biology class and have to take a special summer course. The story line is enjoyable and eases the reader’s entry into the topic rather than being a distraction.
The book covers all the main questions and topics you would expect: what is a cell, what are the common parts of a cell, how do cells combine to make various organisms, what are proteins and how do they function within a cell, what is DNA and what are genes and how do they work to express the information coded in them? My favorite part was chapter 5 which focuses on potential applications for everything discussed earlier and theorizes what the future may hold in the field.
I work in a software project that is helping biologists do research, including helping process the vast amounts of data that comes from genetic sequencing. As a result, I have become familiar with most of the content this book presents. I believe the book is accurate and it is clear. The story created to assist with that presentation is enjoyable as well. I have a seven year old daughter that is reading the book with great interest. Some of the science is above her grade level, but her attention remains fixed on the art and the story and she is absorbing some of it as she reads.
Overall, I would say the book is a success and recommend it without reservation.
Disclosure: I was given my copy of this book by the publisher as a review copy.