By Mike Hubbartt, © Copyright 2012, All Rights Reserved. Title: The Object-Oriented Thought Process Author: Matt Weisfeld Edition: 1st (2000) ISBN: 0-672-31853-9 Publisher: SAMS Publishing Price: $29.99 Length: 226 pages (9 chapters, 2 appendices) This book, according to the author, is ‘an introduction to fundamental O-O concepts’. It is not a book aimed at people already [...]
Archive for the ‘Reviews’ Category
The Object-Oriented Thought Process Book Review (January 15, 2012)
Posted: January 15, 2012 by Mike Hubbartt in Book Reviews, DevelopmentTags: introduction to OO concepts, OO development concepts, OO introducory book
0
January 14. 2012 – SkyFi Wireless Telescope Control
Posted: January 14, 2012 by tedbade in Academia, Hardware Reviews, Space ExplorationTags: astronomy hardware, SkyFi 2012 review, SkyFi review, Southern Stars
By Ted Bade, © Copyright 2012, All Rights Reserved. Product: SkyFi Wifi to Serial Adapter Vendor: Southern Stars (http://www.southernstars.com/index.html) Price: $149.95 Introduction SkyFi is another fine product from Southern Stars, who sell SkySafari software for mobile devices and Mac computers, as well as other telescope-related hardware products. SkyFi uses WiFi to connect the RS232 control data [...]
November 27, 2011 – iBank Mac Money Management Software
Posted: November 27, 2011 by tedbade in Software ReviewsTags: Apple financial software, Apple investment software, budget software, personal financial application, Quicken alternative
By Ted Bade, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved. Product: iBank 4 Company: IGG Software (http://www.iggsoftware.com/) Price: $59.95 USD (single user license) Available at: http://www.iggsoftware.com/ibank/ (Also available through the App store) Required OS: Mac OSX 10.5.7 or higher iBank is a terrific alternative to any version of Quicken. It is robust, has an intuitive easy to [...]
November 20, 2011 – Wolfram Tides Calculator iPhone App Review
Posted: November 20, 2011 by Mike Hubbartt in Academia, Software ReviewsTags: sunburn calculator, sunrise sunset calculator, tide calculator, weather information, Wolfram Reference applications, Wolfram Research
By Mike Hubbartt, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved. Software: Tides Calculator Vendor: Wolfram Research (www.wolfram.com) Price: $.99 Wolfram’s Mathematica (now version 8.0.4) is a mature product used by many professionals and academics, and the past couple of years Wolfram has started getting developing mobile applications. I’ve already reviewed their Astronomy and Chemistry course assistant apps, [...]
Wolfram General Chemistry Course Assistant (July 26, 2011)
Posted: July 27, 2011 by Mike Hubbartt in Academia, Software ReviewsTags: iPod apps, ipod chemistry apps, iPod scientific apps, Mathematica, Wolfram Course Assistance Apps, Wolfram Course Assistant, Wolfram Research
By Mike Hubbartt, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved. Software: General Astronomy Course Assistant Vendor: Wolfram Research (www.wolfram.com) Price: $4.95 Many modern students use their smart phones in school, and Wolfram understands this so they are releasing a series of course assistant applications for smart phones and devices like the Apple iPhone and iPod touch. I’ve [...]
SkyWire Serial Accessory Review (July 11, 2011)
Posted: July 11, 2011 by tedbade in Hardware Reviews, Space ExplorationTags: connect your iPod iPad to your telescope, control a telescope with an ipod ipad, serial connection for telescope control, use SkySafari to control your telescope
By Ted Bade, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved. Product: SkyWire Serial Accessory Vendor: Southern Stars (http://www.southernstars.com) Price: $79.95 USD Shipping: varies according to destination SkyWire Serial Accessory is a simple cable that makes it a breeze to connect your iPad, iPod Touch, or iPhone to your computerized telescope and control it with an app called [...]
The Manga Guide to Relativity Book Review (July 2, 2011)
Posted: July 2, 2011 by docbabad in Academia, Book ReviewsTags: E = mc2, Einstein's Theories, General Relativity, Law of Energy Conservation, Law of Mass Conservation, Light Bending, Light Speed, Manga Science Guides, Maxwell's Equations, Newtonian Mechanics, Relativistic Mass Gain, Space-Time Relationship, Special Relativity, Time Dilation, Twins Paradox, Zero Gravity Space
By Harry {doc} Babad, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved Authors: Hideo Nitta, Masafumi Yamamoto, Keita Takatsu and Trend-Pro Co, Ltd. Publisher: No Starch Press — An O’Reilly Media Imprint Web Site: http://nostarch.com/mg_relativity.htm Updates/Errata: http://www.nostarch.com/mg_relativity.htm Review Rating: 4.5 Quills Cost: List Price: $19.95, Ebook: $16.00 (PDF format), Print +Ebook $21.95 [USD], Street Prices: $10.88 [USD], [...]
Wolfram Astronomy Course Assistant (May 21, 2011)
Posted: May 21, 2011 by Mike Hubbartt in Academia, Software ReviewsTags: iPod apps, iPod astronomy apps, iPod scientific apps, Mathematica, Wolfram Course Assistance Apps, Wolfram Course Assistant, Wolfram Research
By Mike Hubbartt, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved. Software: Astronomy Course Assistant Vendor: Wolfram Research (www.wolfram.com) Price: $4.95 When I returned to college to earn my undergrad degree in Computer Science in 2007, I was surprised to see how many students used their smart phones in school. I started on a Masters degree (MS in [...]
Mathematica 8.0.1 Now Available (May 18, 2011)
Posted: April 26, 2011 by Mike Hubbartt in Academia, Press Announcements, Software ReviewsTags: all mathematica updates, Mathematica 8.0.1, Mathematica update, new version of Mathematica
By Mike Hubbartt, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved. I know it seems like yesterday when Wolfram released Mathematica 8.0, but they just released an update: version 8.0.1. This version is not an incremental update, so the entire application must be downloaded and installed. This update is free for owners of Mathematica 8.0, and it can [...]
Apple 4th Generation iPod touch Review (June 1, 2011)
Posted: April 2, 2011 by Mike Hubbartt in Academia, Hardware ReviewsTags: 4th generation iPod, Apple iPod touch, iPod touch, touch
By Mike Hubbartt, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved Apple iPod touch 32 GB 4th generation iPod Price: $299.00 From: Apple (www.apple.com) I’ve been an early adapter for several of Apple’s products. I bought (and still have) Apple’s 1st generation Shuffle, Mac Mini (G4 CPU), and AppleTV. I like them even though better versions of the [...]
AppleTV 2.0 Review (March 14, 2012)
Posted: March 26, 2011 by Mike Hubbartt in Hardware ReviewsTags: Apple TV, Apple TV 1.0 vs 2.0, apple tv 2 review, Apple TV review, AppleTV
By Mike Hubbartt, © Copyright 2012, All Rights Reserved. We bought the first generation AppleTV with a built-in 40GB hard drive as soon as it was released. With market trends driving the movie industry to start including digital copies with many new releases, it didn’t take to max out that 40GB and we wish we’d been [...]
PDFpen Pro 5.2.1 Review (March 20, 2011)
Posted: March 20, 2011 by docbabad in Software ReviewsTags: edit PDFs, modify a PDF, re-order PDFs
By Harry {doc} Babad, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved. Product: PDFpen Pro 5.2.1 – a tool to split, combine, re-order, and edit PDF files Vendor: Smile Software (Developer’s Website) Cost: Price PDFpen $55.95, while the Pro Version is $99.95 [USD]. An upgrade from Pen to Pen Pro is available, if desired at a later date. [...]
Bento 4 Review (March 20, 2011)
Posted: March 20, 2011 by tedbade in Software ReviewsTags: Bento 4 system requirements, Bento release 4 review, Bento review, FileMaker
By Ted Bade, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved. Software: Bento 4 Vendor: Filemaker Website: www.filemaker.com Price: $49.00 new purchase, $29.00 upgrade from versions 1-3 Format: Available as boxed product or download (93 MB) System Requirements for Bento Bento requires Mac OS X v10.5.7 Leopard or Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard and will not work [...]
SLOOH: A Telescope for Cloudy Nights (February 13, 2011)
Posted: February 13, 2011 by tedbade in Academia, Software Reviews, Space ExplorationTags: astronomy, astronomy on the internet, astrophotography, google earth, slooh, SLOOH membership
By Ted Bade, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved. Introduction As you have probably gathered, I really enjoy astronomy. I like looking at objects in deep space, gazing at the moon and the planets of our solar system, and sometimes even enjoying a glimpse of a comet. I enjoy using my telescope but often, at my [...]
Unleashing Web 2.0 Book Review (February 12, 2011)
Posted: February 12, 2011 by Mike Hubbartt in Book ReviewsTags: Ajax, client-side scripting, PHP, Python, server-side scripting, Web 2.0, Web Services
By Mike Hubbartt, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved. Title: Unleashing Web 2.0 From Concepts to Creativity Authors: Gottfried Vossen and Stephan Hagemann ISBN: 0123740347 Published: August, 2007 by Morgan Kauffman Publishers Price: $52.95 for paperback/$29.95 for Kindle This semester (Spring 2011) I’m taking a course in grad school called ‘Advanced Web Application Development’, and the [...]
Android Tablet vs Apple iPad (March 2, 2011)
Posted: February 7, 2011 by Mike Hubbartt in Academia, Hardware Reviews, Rants and RavesTags: Apple, Apple iPad, Freescale aPad IMX515, iPad, iPad 2.0, iPad vs Android, tablets and academics, using an Android tablet in school, using iPad in school
By Mike Hubbartt, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved. iPad versus Android What is the fuss about tablets? Do we need them? Why or why not? How much do they cost? Which one should we buy? What is the supported hardware and software? How do we get more (software and hardware)? Can the operating system be [...]
RedShift 7 for Windows (January 30, 2011)
Posted: January 30, 2011 by Mike Hubbartt in Academia, Software Reviews, Space ExplorationTags: astronomy software, explore space with software, explore the solar system, RedShift 7 review, windows astronomy software, WorldWideTelescope.org
By Mike Hubbartt, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved. Product: RedShift 7 Advanced Vendor: United Soft Media (www.redshift7.com) Price: $79.90/£49.90 (Boxed), $59.95 (download) Supported OS: Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000 Ted Bade and I are both amateur astronomers. We’ve both used a lot of commercial and open source products for different operating systems – some which we cover on [...]
Apple TV Sales Approaching 1 Million Units (December 22, 2010)
Posted: December 22, 2010 by Mike Hubbartt in Hardware Reviews, Press AnnouncementsTags: Apple TV, Apple TV sales top 1000000, streaming video with the AppleTV
By Mike Hubbartt, © Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved. I bought a first gen Apple TV when they were released. My unit has a 32 GB drive and I’ve enjoyed using it from the very start. I keep my favorite movies and songs on the unit itself, streaming other content as desired. In truth I am [...]
RedShift 7 for iTouch/iPhone/iPad (November 18, 2010)
Posted: November 18, 2010 by tedbade in Software Reviews, Space ExplorationTags: astronomy software, astronomy software for the iTouch iPhone iPad, cool iPad software, Mac and PC astronomy software, Redshift 7
By Ted Bade, © Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved. Vendor: United Soft Media Verlag GmbH Price: $11.99 E-Mail: info@usm.de Product Site: http://www.redshift-live.com/en/ Introduction RedShift is an astronomy application for the iPod touch/iPhone/iPad. This program offers the features you would expect from an astronomy title and has a couple of useful unique options. It also makes use [...]
Wolfram Mathematica 8 Review (April 27, 2011)
Posted: November 17, 2010 by Mike Hubbartt in Academia, Software ReviewsTags: CDF Player, CDF Player to replace Mathematica Player and Player Pro, Computable Document Format (CDF), global climate trends, image analysis, image enhancement, Mathematica 8, Mathematica 8 browser plug in, Mathematica 8 for Students, Mathematica 8 Player, order of operations tree, Wolfram Research, writing code for Mathematica
By Mike Hubbartt, © Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved. Wolfram Research (http://www.wolfram.com/mathematica) Hardware Requirements: CPU: Intel Pentium III 650MHz or faster for Windows/Linux Intel CPU for Macs Hard drive space – 4 GB Memory – 512 MB (1 GB recommended) Internet access Operating Systems: Windows – 7/Vista/XP/HPC Server 2008/Server 2008/Server 2003 Mac OS X – 10.5 [...]
New version of IntelliJ IDEA on the way (November 7, 2010)
Posted: November 7, 2010 by Mike Hubbartt in Press Announcements, Software ReviewsTags: Eclipse versus IDEA, IDEA 10 IDE, IDEA Commercial IDE, IDEA IDE, IntelliJ IDEA 9 Ultimate Edition review
By Mike Hubbartt, © Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved. IntelliJ IDEA (http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/) Introduction I’ve been using IntelliJ IDEA since version 9.0.0 and really like this IDE. I wrote a review about the 9.0.2 CE (click here to see it) and IntelliJ was kind enough to let me evaluate the Ultimate Edition for 3 months. I used [...]
Mac Notepad 8.0.x (October 30, 2010)
Posted: October 30, 2010 by docbabad in Multiple Products, Software ReviewsTags: Mac OS X text editor
By Harry {doc} Babad, © Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved. Version: 8.0.0.316 Website: http://www.apimac.com/notepad/ System Requirements: Mac OS X 4.x or later; (e.g., MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac, Mac mini, Mac Pro, PowerMac, iBook and PowerBook) Release Date: January 15, 2010 Download Size: 18 MB Shareware Cost: Single Computer – $29.00, Site License (5 [...]
Sharpshooter 1.1 – Name your captured clips in real-time (October 29, 2010)
Posted: October 29, 2010 by docbabad in Software ReviewsTags: GraphicConverter, InstantShot!, LittleSnapper, MacUpdate, PSE, screen capture software, ScreenCaptureX, SnapNDrag, Snapz
By Harry {doc} Babad, © Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved. Publisher: Isaac Wankerl , Kerlmax LLC Website: http://www.kerlmax.com/products/sharpshooter/ System Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4 or later, including Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Mac computer with either an Intel or PowerPC processor 8.9 MB Hard Drive space Release Date: September 15, 2009 Download Size: 4.2 MB [...]
Voyager 4.5.7 Sky Simulator Review (October 29, 2010)
Posted: October 29, 2010 by tedbade in Academia, Software Reviews, Space ExplorationTags: astronomy, Carina Software review, Mac and PC astronomy software, Meade telescopes, planetarium software, sky simulation, software to control telescopes, Voyager, Voyager 4.5 review
Voyager 4.5.7 Sky Simulator Carina Software (Phone: 1- (925) 838-0695, Mon – Fri, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM PST) Website: www.carinasoft.com Price: $179.95 w/DVD, $129.95 w/2 CDs, w/CD download $99.95 Upgrade prices and educational discount information available at Carina’s website. By Ted Bade, © Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved. Introduction Astronomy buffs or anyone looking for [...]
Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 for the Mac (September 26, 2010)
Posted: September 26, 2010 by docbabad in Software ReviewsTags: Adobe, Adobe Elements, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Elements for the Mac
By Harry {doc} Babad, © Copyright 2010. All Rights Reserved. 90% of Photoshop’s Features, automated for the Newbie, at 10% of the price. Vendor: Adobe Systems, Inc. http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelwin/?promoid=121DJGRZ_P_US_FP2_PSEW_MN&tt=P_US_FP2_PSEW_MN Trial Download — https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=pepe Release Date: October 19, 2009. Cost: $99.99 USD (List Price, currently $79.99 with rebate); $99.48 CND. No price was found for a [...]
Distant Suns for the iPhone/iTouch/iPad (September 26, 2010)
Posted: September 26, 2010 by tedbade in Software Reviews, Space ExplorationTags: astronomy, astronomy software, Commodore Amiga, Distant Suns, iPhone Apps
By Ted Bade, © Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved. Distant Suns 3 is a nicely designed astronomy program for the iPhone/iPod Touch. It includes lots of information, images, and easy navigation of the skies. It’s an excellent choice for an astronomy buff. This application, which was originally designed for the Commodore Amiga computer in 1985, has [...]
To Site Search or to Google: That is the Question (September 7, 2010)
Posted: September 7, 2010 by docbabad in Apple Mac Tips, Multiple Products, Software ReviewsTags: Bing, data dictionary, doc Babad's Macintosh Tips, DOE, Doing a faster web information search, EPA, Google, IAEA, NRC, OSTI, Science Accelerator, Scientific American, the Economist, Time
By Harry {doc} Babad, © Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved. Introduction In a moment of passing enlightenment, I finally figured out how to speed of my almost daily searches for explicitly selected articles I wanted to collect and archive. These are the items I tabbed for downloading while reading my paper magazine subscriptions. The consolidated information [...]
Sharpshooter 1.1: Name your captured clips in real time (September 2, 2010)
Posted: September 2, 2010 by docbabad in Software ReviewsTags: InstantShot!, LittleSnapper, screen capture software, ScreenCatureX, SnapNDrag, Snapz, Voila
By Harry {doc} Babad, © Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved. Publisher: Isaac Wankerl , Kerlmax LLC Web site: http://www.iwankerl.com/Software/ System Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4 or later, including Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Mac computer with either an Intel or PowerPC processor 8.9 MB Hard Drive space Release Date: September 15, 2009 Download Size: 4.2 [...]
