Score!

[davidschroth]

The library at work has been winnowing the collection, putting unwanted materials on a cart in the corridor with the invitation to people to take what they want.

Mostly, it's not worth taking.

Today, however, there was an edition of Computer Organization & Design The Hardware/Software Interface, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Visual Explanations, and Envisioning Information.

I suspect I'd better not bring them home.

ETA Every silver lining has its dark cloud. One of the reasons they're available is that the company has laid off all of the company librarians, and is closing all of the corporate libraries.

I've already claimed the books in question (how could I not?), and will be keeping them at work unless I get an all clear to bring them home. I'm not going to hold my breath waiting to get the all clear.

Comments

[chasophonic.livejournal.com]

The Tufte books are excellent.

[daedala.livejournal.com]

Good lord, yes. If you don't want them, could you pick the Tuftes up for me please please?

[dd-b.livejournal.com]

If there's any issue with the Tufte's finding space in your home, you need to have a really serious talk about priorities with somebody!

Re: Serious talk about priorities

[davidschroth.livejournal.com]

you don't tug on Superman's cape
You don't spit into the wind
You don't pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger, ...

Some battles aren't worth starting...

Re: Serious talk about priorities

[dd-b.livejournal.com]

Mmm, and telling me I can't have books is definitely one of them.

[mizzlaurajean.livejournal.com]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

I'm sure if there is something else he'd like to part with that room can be made. Otherwise he needs a large sum of money to add on a much larger library to the back of the house. Which I am all in favor of.

Re: Serious talk about priorities

[davidschroth.livejournal.com]

Ah, but I can have the books. At work.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

This is some sort of joke, right?

K.

[tesla-aldrich.livejournal.com]

You're not (by any chance) the kind of person who might provide a short-term loan of a book to a friend, are you?

Tufte

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

I have his first two books, if you'd like to borrow them.

B

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

For two books?

B

Re: Tufte

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

At least, I had them once. I haven't seen them in years.

Maybe they're in the basement.

B

Re: Tufte

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Yeah. They were in the basement.

B

[davidschroth.livejournal.com]

Soitanly. Which book(s) would you like to borrow?

[davidschroth.livejournal.com]

Mostly, I think.

I do have a problem of accumulating books, and I'm nowhere near as good about winnowing the collection as you (minnehaha) are.

[davidschroth.livejournal.com]

Actually, it's four books.

And yes, I believe there's a fair amount of exaggeration for effect going on here.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

I didn't know he wrote a fourth.

B

[davidschroth.livejournal.com]

I don't believe he wrote a fourth, but I originally wrote that I had acquired four books - three of them were by Tufte.

[s6b.livejournal.com]

And if you have any problems with keeping Patterson and Hennessy, feel free to think about shipping it far, far west. ;-)

About the layoffs, I've heard that the Company may have pushed another ten people out the door.
Do you know of anyone that I might know?

Also, although it has nothing to do with books or layoffs, Mikey pinged today and mentioned that he hasn't heard anything from you about the "Fudge Alert".
He's been out ice fishing, but is back in town for a while and he says that he E-mailed to let you know that he could participate in a "Fudge Alert" this week, but he hasn't heard back from you.
Is there any message you'd like me to pass along while he's still checking his E-mail?

Enquiring minds and all that.

[davidschroth.livejournal.com]

I could certainly ship the Patterson and Hennessy far, far west if you want it - it's a duplicate copy.

Yes, there was another round of layoffs this week - mostly among CSF type folk. Names you might recognize include Teresa Eilek and Don Turgeon. There's more - a former manager in CSF, whose name I currently don't recall. I should ask Tim Cain for the full list.

As far as Mikey - I responded to his e-mail, and haven't heard back from him. I should send him another e-mail suggesting Friday, if it works for him.