RE: [PHP] Audiobooks for Developers
| From: | Ashley Sheridan | Date: | Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:02:23 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] Audiobooks for Developers | ||
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On Wed, 2010-03-31 at 15:01 +0200, Auto-Deppe C. Hänsel wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bob McConnell [mailto:rvm@CBORD.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 2:52 PM
> > To: php-general@lists.php.net
> > Subject: RE: [PHP] Audiobooks for Developers
> >
> > From: Auto-Deppe C. Hänsel
> >
> > > since I am driving 2 hrs each day listening to either my
> > > radio or the songs
> > > on my USB drive, I was wondering whether there are some
> > > web dev related
> > > audio books for download out there.
> >
> > I have only one recommendation. DON'T DO IT!
> >
> > Driving a vehicle on public highways is dangerous enough without any
> significant
> > distractions. You don't want to complicate it by adding a task that tempts
> you to
> > focus on something other than the road, signals and other traffic. That is
> a good
> > way to cause accidents.
> >
> > Bob McConnell
> >
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>
> Hi Bob,
>
> thanks for your advide, I understand your concern. I honestly do.
>
> Let me show you quickly the route I am driving every day:
>
> http://maps.google.de/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=helpup&daddr=extertal&hl=de&
> geocode=Fb3-GAMdIuyEACmdszYJpEC6RzERLZJMgvInJg%3BFetyGgMdDjuLACn7EwcOCWG6RzF
>
> 39JiIvP5PLA&mra=ls&sll=51.151786,10.415039&sspn=20.175322,57.084961&ie=UTF8&
> t=h&z=12
>
> In the morning, it is SO boring.... I leave home at 5:30am, so not much
> traffic going on.
>
> In the afternoon, there is no way of driving fast enough to cause an
> accident *haha*
>
> Seriously though: I am always listening to audio books or the radio... but I
> do focus on the traffic rather than the audio. Believe me, I understand your
> concern. But still: I want audio books :o))
>
> Chris
>
>
There is also the learning technique of listening to audio books whilst
sleeping. Not sure if I hold too much truck with that, but it's an
option!
There are a lot of books offered online in PDF format (I believe
O'Reilly do this a lot) which can be ready out by lots of different
audio software, including Acrobats own PDF reader.
Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk