Computer books on the cheap......

A tangent from what cadhla posted in her LJ about ABE Books....

Here's something I've noticed: When a new version of software comes out, there's a whole slew of new computer books that also come out at nearly the same time. So what happens to the the old computer books? They get marked down for deep discount, only because Somebody (the publishers, probably) thinks "they're obsolete".

Bullstuff. Does the software change that much between versions? I think not.

( And so, I end up finding some real bargains. )

I'm not Irish, but kiss me anyway!

St. Patrick's Day. The day that St. Patrick allegedly drove the snakes out of Ireland.

Do I celebrate it? No, not really. I have no Irish ancestry. And if this is a metaphor for driving out pagans and druids and replacing them with the Church, then there certainly is no need or desire for a ceabration.

( What I find appalling.... )