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Programming Google App Engine (Animal Guide)
$44.99
As one of today's cloud computing services, Google App Engine does more than provide access to a large system of servers. It also offers you a simple model for building applications that scale automatically to accommodate millions of users. With Programming Google App Engine, you'll get expert practical guidance that will help you make the best use of this powerful platform. Google engineer Dan Sanderson shows you how to design your applications for scalability, including ways to perform common development tasks using App Engine's APIs and scalable services. You'll learn about App Engine's application server architecture, runtime environments, and scalable datastore for distributing data, as well as techniques for optimizing your application. App Engine offers nearly unlimited computing power, and this book provides clear and concise instructions for getting the most from it right from the source. Discover the differences between traditional web development and development with App Engine Learn the details of App Engine's Python and Java runtime environments Understand how App Engine handles web requests and executes application code Learn how to use App Engine's scalable datastore, including queries and indexes, transactions, and data modeling Use task queues to parallelize and distribute work across the infrastructure Deploy and manage applications with ease

Apple iPod touch 32 GB (3rd Generation) NEWEST MODEL
$295.00
I'm not a Mac person. Highly skeptical of the extremely proprietary nature of the ipod/iphone. That said, I wanted something that would just work for video and audio while travelling and web surfing/corporate email when home or in a hotel with wi-fi. Well- it worked so much better and was so much more flexible than I'd thought that I went all-in and switched to the iphone. Coming from a Blackberry person of many years, that's about as hardy and endorsement as there is.

video is outstanding and easily converted. Audio is outstanding. iTunes is not great; it's unstable, a resource hog, and not intuitive. The ipod itself is great, however.

Best Iphone Apps: The Guide for Discriminating Downloaders
$19.99
REVIEW : Mr. Clark must be given a star for the apps he has chosen to display. There is a handy table of contents that lists more than two hundred apps. The price for apps will run between $5.00 and $20.00, though many are free or under $3.00 and all can be ordered on line. The book is easy to use, it's only 6" X 8" and about three eights of an inch thick, so may be carried as an easy reference. The front edge of each page is colored to serve as an easy topic division. The ideas and suggestions are easily understood so the book is usable for the novice, yet worded cleverly to appeal likewise to the professional. In addition to the list of contents, the short App Index is practical for effortless location of sought after apps. One must know the apps name to find success.

The book is divided into seven classifications and color coded for clarification. m

PRO - The chosen best of some 8000 Apps were described, per page opening. In addition, separated by vertical dotted line, a very similar app is shown with price and version given in both cases.
CON - Some two hundred apps that shine with creative and productive activity are shown but because of growth in numbers, it will be difficult to keep abreast.

MOOSE RATING - 5

Garant APP36KU 36"Extra Wide Poly Snow Pusher
$33.75
Pros:
This shovel removes a ton of snow in a short time. It is very sturdy, and no medal edge that rusts or bends.

Cons:
This is a Snow pusher, not a good tool to be picking it up and throwing it over a snow bank. This will work only up to maybe 5 inches of snowfall. Any larger amounts will stop you dead in your tracks. Also another con is the plastic edge on the bottom, it's wearing out fast pushing it over asphalt, and it might only last a few years.

Other Thoughts:
Great just for that frequent flurry or light snowfall!