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Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks by Scott J. Shapiro

June 1, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the content of my review. The blurb from Goodreads: An entertaining account of the philosophy and technology of hacking–and why we all need to understand it. It’s a signal paradox of our times that we live in an information society but do not know how it works. And without understanding how our information is stored, used, and protected, we are vulnerable to having it exploited. In Fancy Bear Goes Phishing, Scott J. Shapiro draws […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: audiobooks, computer science, Fancy Bear Goes Phishing, hackers, Hacking, Scott J. Shapiro, technology, the internet

narfna's CBR15 Review No:54 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: audiobooks, computer science, Fancy Bear Goes Phishing, hackers, Hacking, Scott J. Shapiro, technology, the internet ·
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Sudo read this comic if you don’t already

XKCD Volume 0 by Randall Munroe

June 13, 2020 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Since starting to work from home full time in March, I have gotten a little out of the habit of checking the XKCD web-comic regularly. I’ve forgotten how I first found it; I suspect my brother forwarded me one he thought I’d like and the rest, as they say,… Anyways, I realized that I had XKCD: Volume 0 on my shelf, and I don’t think I’ve ever read it through until very recently. The tagline on the webcomic is “A web-comic of romance, sarcasm, math, […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: computer science, Emily Dickinson, Linux, Literature, math, Randall Munroe, Romance, web comic, xkcd, XKCD Volume 0

CoffeeShopReader's CBR12 Review No:50 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: computer science, Emily Dickinson, Linux, Literature, math, Randall Munroe, Romance, web comic, xkcd, XKCD Volume 0 ·
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Squirrel Girl continues to delight with choose your own adventure, dating drama, and computer science! (bonus review from Ysakitty)

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol. 4: I Kissed a Squirrel and I Liked It by Ryan North (writer), Erica Henderson (artist), Jacob Chabot (artist)

July 3, 2019 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

Squirrel Girl a.k.a. Doreen Green is at the top of my favorite superhero list and I love sharing her with people unfamiliar with this awesome heroine.  My daughters look up to her and you couldn’t ask for a better role model.  In this fourth graphic novel collection there are two particular issues that stand out for their uniqueness in my (albeit limited) comic reading.  The book starts with a choose your own adventure and ends with an issue devoted entirely to using computer science.  In […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult Tagged With: All Ages, cbr11, comedy, computer science, Dome'Loki, Erica Henderson, female superhero, Fiction, graphic novels, Jacob Chabot, Ryan North, superheroes

Dome'Loki's CBR11 Review No:21 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult · Tags: All Ages, cbr11, comedy, computer science, Dome'Loki, Erica Henderson, female superhero, Fiction, graphic novels, Jacob Chabot, Ryan North, superheroes ·
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Crichton falls a little flat

March 30, 2017 by Mim 4 Comments

I think I read most of Crichton’s works one summer (I was hugely pregnant with twins and mostly bedridden.)  There’s a lot of great stories in the man.  However, I must have missed this one (perhaps it is newer than 2006? Yep, 2008) and honestly, I’m not so thrilled with the fact that I “went back” for this.  It’s no Timeline or Andromeda Strain.  It’s kind of close in sphere to Jurassic Park, but it lacks the humanizing qualities.  This is a story of man […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: adventure, computer science, dystopia, Michael Crichton, Prey, robots, science fiction, Suspense

Mim's CBR9 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: adventure, computer science, dystopia, Michael Crichton, Prey, robots, science fiction, Suspense ·
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This crazy fool is reviewing a textbook!

August 18, 2014 by genericwhitegirl 3 Comments

Ummmmm…this is a textbook. Wait! Don’t stop reading! Okay, okay, the textbook wasn’t SO AWESOME I had to review it. It was more like, “I’m reading this entire book for a class and damn right I’m gonna get credit on my CBR for it.” It kept me away from other books for EIGHT WEEKS for crying out loud. It’s not like I’m computer illiterate. I grew up in a house that always had at least one computer. I remember using DOS at my high school […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: computer science, Evans, genericwhitegirl, Martin, non fiction, Poatsy, reference, Technology in Action, textbook

genericwhitegirl's CBR6 Review No:14 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: computer science, Evans, genericwhitegirl, Martin, non fiction, Poatsy, reference, Technology in Action, textbook ·
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