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My name is Michael Krakovskiy, and this is my blog.

Here's what you might find interesting:
100 Views of the Empire State Building project: I try to take 100 interesting photos of Manhattan's (sadly) tallest building.

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Old Books

I have 8 big Ikea Billy bookshelves (and one small one in the bathroom) all full. Since I don't do Microsoft stuff any longer, I freed up a sweet chunk of shelf space by throwing these out (well, actually putting into the recycle pile):

I'd give them away, but they are absolutely useless.

Some Items You Might Enjoy:


cover of Making Peace with the Things in Your Life: Why Your Papers, Books, Clothes, and Other Possessions Keep Overwhelming You and What to Do About ItMaking Peace with the Things in Your Life: Why Your Papers, Books, Clothes, and Other Possessions Keep Overwhelming You and What to Do About It
author: Cindy Glovinsky
asin: 0312284888
cover of One Thing At a Time: 100 Simple Ways to Live Clutter-Free Every DayOne Thing At a Time: 100 Simple Ways to Live Clutter-Free Every Day
author: Cindy Glovinsky
asin: 0312324863
cover of bash Cookbook: Solutions and Examples for bash Users (Cookbooks (O'Reilly))bash Cookbook: Solutions and Examples for bash Users (Cookbooks (O'Reilly))
author: Carl Albing,JP Vossen,Cameron Newham
asin: 0596526784
cover of Mac OS X Leopard: The Missing ManualMac OS X Leopard: The Missing Manual
author: David Pogue
asin: 059652952X
cover of It's All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less StuffIt's All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff
author: Peter Walsh
asin: 0743292650
cover of Pro Drupal DevelopmentPro Drupal Development
author: John K. VanDyk,Matt Westgate
asin: 1590597559
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Comments

Mon, 07/28/2008 - 08:29 — Don McArthur (not verified)

Is it the age or the subject matter? Harsh, but funny.

Mon, 07/28/2008 - 12:22 — deadprogrammer

It's mostly the subject matter. For some reason unix-related books from college somehow held up :)

Mon, 07/28/2008 - 09:45 — Andrey Naumov (not verified)

Are there any ebooks?

Mon, 07/28/2008 - 12:23 — deadprogrammer

Yes, but they don't photograph well.

Mon, 07/28/2008 - 14:42 — Joe Grossberg (not verified)

They're not useless -- *someone* has to maintain that old-style ASP codebase. :)

Mon, 07/28/2008 - 14:50 — deadprogrammer

Actually, somehow I had 2 copies of the ASP 3.0 book, I kept one. ASP is great, I like it a lot.

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