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Site reviews

• The Pixel Pen
  a web publishing guide designed to help everyone from the complete beginner to the intermediate HTML writer.

Macintosh reviews

• Appledesign:
  Apple is probably the only computer company that deserves a picture book for its design work.
• BBEdit:
  The most useful tool is a text editor and on the Macintosh the only one to use is BBEdit.
• Big Brother:
  Checking URLs. There must be a more tedious task for a webmaster, it's just that I've never found it.
• Default Folder:
  When you have information scattered all over your multi-gigabyte hard disk getting through the folder tree can be time consuming.
• FileMaker Pro:
  Organising information before you pour it out into HTML pages and onto your site can often be the hardest part.
• Graphic Converter:
  When it comes to converting images from one format to another Graphic Converter is a star.
• The Great Macintosh Easter Egg Hunt:
  I spent hours displaying various Easter Eggs in my operating system and applications.
• The Macintosh Bible:
  It has to be the single best source for tips and techniques about the Macintosh
• MacPerl:
  MacPerl is just so useful that a copy is almost a must.
• QuicKeys:
  I've been a QuicKeys fan for many years.
• Telnet:
  If you have telnet access to your server then life is much easier.
• URL Manager Pro:
  I collect URLs the way some people collect small change

Webmaster book reviews

• The C Programming Language
  This is the book for anyone contemplating programming in C.
• The Elements Of Programming Style
  This book introduces you to the subject of writing good code rather than just code that works
• Software Tools
  If you ever write more than 100 lines of any language then you must read this book.
• The Unix Programming Environment
  Another book co-authored by Brian Kernighan... so you know it is well written
• Red Hat Linux Unleashed
  This is probably the best introduction to getting Linux installed, up and doing what you want.
• Running Linux
  If you are only going to buy one book in the Red Hat set then this is it.
• Linux In A Nutshell
  O Reilly usually do a wonderful job in their Nutshell series but it should be said that this is not the best of them
• Building A Linux Internet Server
  Once you understand Linux, this book is a good guide to all the issues involved in getting your box connected to the net.
• Maximum RPM
  Once you have Red Hat Linux installed and you want to upgrade part of your system you will come across a software package called the Red Hat Package Manager
• Running A Perfect Web Site With Apache
  With a title like that you might think this book is heading for a fall and you would not be too wrong.
• Apache: The Definitive Guide
  Another book with a grandiose title. This is a better book, not only cheaper but endorsed by the Apache people.
• Apache Server for Dummies
  The cheapest book on the Apache server and not bad, but I preferred the Nutshell guide as it was more comprehensive.
• Apache Server: Administrator's Handbook
  Here is a book that will come in very handy once you know what you are doing (or are happy doing the learning on the job)
• Apache Server Bible
  For me this book was a little too much spoonfeeding and jumped a bit too much back to the total novice level
• Learning Perl
  If you have little experience with programming, buy this book now!
• Programming Perl
  Written by the man who designed Perl and the demigods in the Perl universe this is the essential, definitive book on the language.
• Perl Cookbook
  Ok, so you have read the other books and written some fairly good Perl code, you might even be a good programmer in other languages.
• The CGI/Perl Cookbook
  The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is the way you interface software to HTML and your web server.