last night's online e-book purchases through o'Reilly Media

• PacktPub--Instant_Nokogiri.20130826122153.pdf (ruby xml)
• TidBITS--Take_Control_of_Your_Online_Privacy.20130827161623.pdf
• nostarch--Book_of_GIMP.20130128094115.pdf
• nostarch--Perl_One_Liners.20131101112448.pdf (perl)
• rockynook--Testing_Cloud_Services.20130826101828.pdf (testing)

No Starch Press book: Perl One-Liners

Perl One-Liners:

Perl One-Liners showcases 130 short and compelling lines of code that do all sorts of handy, geeky things.

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No Starch Press book: Ruby Under a Microscope

Ruby Under a Microscope:

Ruby Under a Microscope gives developers a fascinating, behind the scenes look at Ruby's core.

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No Starch Press: Ruby Under a Microscope

Ruby Under a Microscope:
Ruby Under a Microscope gives developers an inside, hands-on look at Ruby's core, using simple diagrams coupled with clear explanations.

No Starch Press: Perl One-Liners

http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9781593275204.do:
Perl One-Liners showcases 130 short and compelling lines of code that do all sorts of handy, geeky things.

No Starch Press: Book of GIMP

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Whether you're just getting started with GIMP or working to master GIMP's more complex features, you'll find the answers you're looking for in The Book of GIMP.

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No Starch Press: Ubuntu Made Easy

Ubuntu Made Easy:

Full of tips, tricks, and helpful pointers, Ubuntu Made Easy is perfect for those interested in—but nervous about—switching to the Linux operating system.

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No Starch Press book: Ubuntu Made Easy

Ubuntu Made Easy:

Full of tips, tricks, and helpful pointers, Ubuntu Made Easy is perfect for those interested in—but nervous about—switching to the Linux operating system.

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book: Webbots, Spiders, and Screen Scrapers (2nd ed.), by Michael Schrenk

Webbots, Spiders, and Screen Scrapers:
There's a wealth of data online, but sorting and gathering it by hand can be tedious and time consuming. Rather than click through page after endless page, why not let bots do the work for you? Webbots, Spiders, and Screen Scrapers will show you how to create simple programs with PHP/CURL to mine, parse, and archive online data to help you make informed decisions.

book: The Linux Command Line

The Linux Command Line:
The Linux Command Line takes you from your very first terminal keystrokes to writing full programs in Bash, the most popular Linux shell. Along the way you'll learn the timeless skills handed down by generations of gray-bearded, mouse-shunning gurus: file navigation, environment configuration, command chaining, pattern matching with regular expressions, and more.

book: The Art of R Programming

The Art of R Programming - O'Reilly Media

book: The Book of Ruby - No Starch Press

The Book of Ruby

book: Ubuntu for Non-Geeks, Fourth Edition - No Starch Press

Ubuntu for Non-Geeks, Fourth Edition - O'Reilly Media:

book: The Book of CSS3 - No Starch Press

The Book of CSS3 - O'Reilly Media

book: Land of Lisp - No Starch Press

Land of Lisp - O'Reilly Media

No Starch Press book: Book of GIMP

Book of GIMP | No Starch Press

book: Cult of LEGO | No Starch Press

Cult of LEGO | No Starch Press

book: Webbots, Spiders, and Screen Scrapers, by Michael Schrenk

Official Web Site: Webbots, Spiders, and Screen Scrapers, by Michael Schrenk

Chapter 12 features aggregation "webbots".

book: Wicked Cool Ruby Scripts | No Starch Press

Wicked Cool Ruby Scripts | No Starch Press

• Chapter 1: General Purpose Utilities
• Chapter 2: Website Scripting :
  #13 RSS Parsing -> meta feeds
• Chapter 3: Li(U)nix System Administration
• Chapter 4: Picture Utilities
• Chapter 5: Games and Learning Tools
• Chapter 6: String Utilities
• Chapter 7: Servers and Scrapers
• Chapter 8: Arguments and Documentation: very nice examples on command line processing and inline documentation à la RDoc suitable for nice usage messages
• Chapter 9: Sorting Algorithms
• Chapter 10: Writing a Metasploit 3.1 Module with Ruby