Paul Grunt

BookBook is a one-of-a-kind, hardback leather case designed exclusively for MacBook and MacBook Pro. Available in Classic Black or Vibrant Red, BookBook brings three levels of security to your prized Mac. First, the hardback cover and spine provide solid protection from the rigors of the road. Second, the vintage book design disguises MacBook for superior security. And third, the stylish case protects you from being like everyone else because BookBook is totally original, just like you.

via Bookbook – Bookbook – Twelve South.

There is a Free book on learning SVN from O’Reilly Media and the option to download a PDF edition at Version Control with Subversion. This is the fist edition that is no longer in print, but if you’re just looking to get familiar with SVN than this is a good Free resource for you.

I wanted to post another great resource for Matte Painting by the best in the industry so here you go!

The seventh book in the d’artiste series—Matte Painting 2—features Master Artists Yusei Uesugi, Max Dennison, and Chris Thunig.

Our talented and experienced Master Artists provide you with priceless matte painting techniques to help you improve your own skills. With more than 30 Hollywood blockbuster movies to their credit these three Master Artists show you the approaches and techniques they use to create unforgettable movie environments. Matte Painting 2 covers the process from concept, right through painting and 3D techniques and tricks, to the completion of complex environments—including the famous Coruscant sequence from ‘Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith’.

via Ballistic Publishing: d’artiste – Matte Painting.

FREE: The Future of a Radical Price – audiobook Download the FREE audiobook from iTunes for free and listen to it. It’s the future!

Also check out the Wired Magazine article: Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business .

I can’t recommend this book enough!

Have you ever wanted to learn to program, but thought programming would be too hard? Well, Chris Pine has a fantastic book, Learn to Program, which will teach you to program using Ruby. Ruby runs on a Mac, Linux or the PC platform. Click on over to Pragmatic Programmers and pick up a copy or look for it at your local public library.

Learn To Program – Pragmatic Programmers.

Today I went down to Barnes & Noble and purchased Simply Rails 2 by Patrick Lenz and published by SitePoint Books. I bought this book because lately I’ve been checking out EVERY RubyOnRails book I can get my hands on from my local library and so far I’ve found Simply Rails 2 covers more content in just the right format for me, a total RubyOnRails noob. Every time I have a question, the book answers it. :D

Simply Rails 2 – SitePoint Books.

Bulletproof Web Design by Dan Cederholm is a great book. Go buy it and learn how to design without a wysiwyg. lol

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What is TheMonsterEngine?

“The Monster Engine is a book, a demonstration/lecture and a gallery exhibition. The premise for all three cam from one single question: What would a childs drawing look like if it were painted realistically?“