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Steve Parker’s Shell Scripting: Expert Recipes for Linux, Bash, and More (Wrox) A Linux geek’s reference shelf without a book on shell scripting is painfully lonely. If your books are experiencing this loneliness, consider picking up Steve Parker’s new book Shell Scripting: Expert Recipes for Linux, Bash, and More. This Wrox title is billed as “a compendium of shell scripting recipes that can immediately be used, adjusted and applied”. With this book, Linux expert Steve Parker shares a collection of shell scripting recipes that can be used “plug and play” or easily modified for a variety of environments or situations to avoid re-inventing the wheel. The book covers shell programming, with a focus on Linux and the Bash shell; it provides credible, real-world relevance, as well as including the flexible tools to get started immediately. http://www.wrox.com
Lipson Robotics’ Robot Sculptures All right geeks, let’s drop everything and talk Christmas presents! Have you dropped any gift hints yet? Good, because good things (sometimes) come to those who procrastinate. We suggest requesting the gift of art, specifically art that a computer nerd can love and appreciate. We recently stumbled upon the whimsical robot sculptures from New York City artist David Lipson. Lipson assembles these one-of-a-kind robots from random new and old objects. All are inspired by Lipson’s love of tin toy robots, sci-fi movies and retro design. Each artwork is sold exclusively at Animazing Gallery in New York City, as well as via the gallery’s Web site. http://www.lipsonrobotics.com and http://www.animazing.com 48 / NOVEMBER 2011 / WWW.LINUXJOURNAL.COM
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