New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Better watched than read perhaps
  • poor excuse for politics
  • One of the best political comedy books available!
  • Biting take on the prevailing zeitgeist
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New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer
Bill Maher
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ASIN: 1594865051
Release Date: 2006-09-05

Book Description

Maher first came to national attention as the host of the hit ABC-TV program Politically Incorrect, where he offered a combustible mixture of irreverence and acerbic humor that helped him to garner a loyal following, as well as a reputation for being a controversial bad boy. Bill Mahers popular new HBO television show, Real Time, has put Maher more front and center than ever before. Particularly one regular segment on the show, entitled New Rules, has been a hit with his ever-growing legion of fans. It is the part of the show during which Maher takes serious aim, bringing all of his intelligence, incisiveness, wit, and his signature exasperation to bear on topics ranging from cell phones (I dont need my cell phone to take pictures or access the Internet. I just need it to make a phone call. From everywhere! Not just the places it likes!) to fast food (No McDonalds in hospitals. Im not kidding!) to the conservative agenda (Stop claiming its an agenda. Its not an agenda. Its a random collection of laws that your corporate donors paid you to pass.). His bestselling book, New Rules, brings these brilliantly conceived riffs and rants to the written page. This new edition of the book, in paperback for the first time, also features some brand-new material not found in the hardcover.

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Better watched than read perhaps.......2007-09-09

I loved Politically Incorrect but this book was a disappointment. There were occasional gems but way to many strident and repetitive bits. Maher is cabable of some incredible incisive satire but it happened to infrequently in this one.

1 out of 5 stars poor excuse for politics.......2007-05-19

bill maher is nothing more that a figure head of the left wing liberal media machine which is an extremeist movement much like stalinist Russia and Germany under Hitler's rule(m. moore, cnn, abc, cbc, george soroce) ((pardopn spelling please)). Please be aware that anything he says is through the lense of liberal view points that are at least anti-american. People, politicians, and "leaders" such as this seek to keep the mass of people ignoranat and under their control for power and money only. (...). Question them at all times. As an American it is your right and duty.

5 out of 5 stars One of the best political comedy books available!.......2007-02-28

I just got this book yesterday and sat and read it in about an hour and a half. This was mainly because there are a great number of pictures that take up a lot of the book's space and also the book is difficult to just put down. Mahr's political wit is right on, though at times he made me cringe over some of his humor. It mostly consists of one paragraph tirades over things or people that bug him. The chapters are in alphabetical order and each chapter's last page has a full one to two page full tirade against a single subject.

I found myself laughing out loud at times. Several of the rules I have read before in circulating email humor attributed to George Carlin. Since a lot of their humor is similar I never questioned that Carlin was the source but now I know better.

My only complaint against the book is that it is too short.

4 out of 5 stars Biting take on the prevailing zeitgeist.......2007-02-28

This is a compilation of short commentaries on news (both domestic and international), fads and personalities of current interest. These run the gamut from Abigail Von "Buried" of Dear Abby fame, to the runaway bride to Osama "Been Hiding". Maher tackles all with his usual no holds barred approach, delving into each topic with his trademark superb and irreverent wit.

The issues are arranged in alphabetical order, with many illustrations adding visual punch to the topics. Maher leaves no stone unturned, his attention ranging from everyday petty annoyances to issues of national security. He remarks that once flavored and mixed with cream, coffee needs to be called a milkshake and that the end of the sitcom "Friends" is not a national tragedy.

If I give this book four stars, it is because I found that there were too many blank spaces in the book, which could have easily been filled with more of Maher's comments.

4 out of 5 stars Poisonously Funny.......2007-01-08

This very enjoyable collection of rants is a good introduction to the mind of Bill Maher. Like many of his fans I know him best through his occasional appearances on The Larry King Show. My guess is that Larry tends to bring out the more serious side of Bill Maher. Maher's comments on weighty and trivial issues of the day at Larry's prompting are laced with humor as well as modulated sarcasm. He is at his best when he is pouncing on the hypocrisy of notables. This book plays with all the similar themes of politics, sex, 'recreational pharmaceuticals', and public personalities, but here the tone is more raucous and raunchy - poisonously funny. Much of this material is chuckle-out-loud. The alphabetic organization of these short pieces is a pretense. Start anywhere and you will find yourself with a proverbial 'can't put down' beach read. That is in fact where I got reacquainted with what's rattling Maher. While I was occasionally distracted by the season's crop of sun-drenched beach bunnies, I raced through the book in just a couple of sittings (OK, so maybe I missed a few sections). It is not necessary to agree with Bill Maher's opinions on all things. You will benefit from his attack posture whatever your convictions. By the end of NEW RULES, you won't just be a passive observer of the day's follies and foibles. Maher's moral righteousness is contagious. You too will cop an attitude in defense of common sense.
New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • New Rules, Rules!
  • Amazing amazon
  • A bit disappointing
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New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer
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ASIN: 1594862958
Release Date: 2005-07-21

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Book Description:
Bill Maher is on the forefront of the new wave of comedians who have begun to influence and shape political debate through their comedy. He is best known not just for being funny, but for advocating truth over sensitivity and taking on the political establishment. Maher first came to national attention as the host of the hit ABC-TV program Politically Incorrect, where he offered a combustible mixture of irreverence and acerbic humor that helped him to garner a loyal following, as well as a reputation for being a controversial bad boy.

Bill Maher's popular new HBO television show, Real Time, has put Maher more front and center than ever before. Particularly one regular segment on the show, entitled "New Rules," has been a hit with his ever-growing legion of fans. It is the part of the show during which Maher takes serious aim, bringing all of his intelligence, incisiveness, wit, and his signature exasperation to bear on topics ranging from cell phones ("I don't need my cell phone to take pictures or access the Internet. I just need it to make a phone call. From everywhere! Not just the places it likes!") to fast food ("No McDonald's in hospitals. I'm not kidding!) to the conservative agenda ("Stop claiming it's an agenda. It's not an agenda. It's a random collection of laws that your corporate donors paid you to pass.")

His new book, the first since his bestselling When You Ride Alone You Ride with bin Laden, brings these brilliantly conceived riffs and rants to the written page. Appropriately titled New Rules, the book will collect some of the best of the rules derived from previously written material and will also contain substantial new material, including some longer form "editorials"--of course with a twist and bite that only Bill Maher can deliver.


Rule Breaker: An Amazon.com Interview with Bill Maher

In New Rules: Polite Musings of a Timid Observer, Bill Maher skewers celebrity, pop culture, and politics in his classic acerbic style. With a new season of Real Time with Bill Maher and an upcoming HBO Special (his sixth), Bill Maher: I'm Swiss, on deck, Maher also found the time to host Amazon.com's 10th Anniversary Concert at Seattle's Benaroya Hall. Amazon.com caught up with Maher upon his return to Los Angeles to talk about the book, the comic's night-table reading habits, the Internet, and what's wrong with the media.

Read our Amazon.com interview with Bill Maher


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Book Description

Bill Maher is on the forefront of the new wave of comedians who have begun to influence and shape political debate through their comedy. He is best known not just for being funny, but for advocating truth over sensitivity and taking on the political establishment. Maher first came to national attention as the host of the hit ABC-TV program Politically Incorrect, where he offered a combustible mixture of irreverence and acerbic humor that helped him to garner a loyal following, as well as a reputation for being a controversial bad boy. Bill Mahers popular new HBO television show, Real Time, has put Maher more front and center than ever before. Partic-ularly one regular segment on the show, entitled New Rules, has been a hit with his ever-growing legion of fans. It is the part of the show during which Maher takes serious aim, bringing all of his intelligence, incisiveness, wit, and his signature exasperation to bear on topics ranging from cell phones (I dont need my cell phone to take pictures or access the Internet. I just need it to make a phone call. From everywhere! Not just the places it likes!) to fast food (No McDonalds in hospitals. Im not kidding!) to the conservative agenda (Stop claiming its an agenda. Its not an agenda. Its a random collection of laws that your corporate donors paid you to pass.) His new book, the first since his bestselling When You Ride ALONE You Ride with bin Laden, brings these brilliantly conceived riffs and rants to the written page. Appropriately titled New Rules, the book will collect some of the best of the rules derived from previously written material and will also contain substantial new material, including some longer form editorialsof course with a twist and bite that only Bill Maher can deliver.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars New Rules, Rules!.......2007-10-01

Bill Maher, ascerbic comedian, claims that we all lived by rules, even if the rules were just "Stay off the grass," or "Don't Feed the Ducks." So, new rules becomes his signature before each witticism. For example, according to Maher, the best way for terrorism to be defeated is to ensure that the terrorists all receive plenty of sex. He suggests, "New rule: We need to mobilize two divisions of skanks,... a brigade of girls who just can't say no--all under the command of Colonel Ann Coulter, who'll be dressed in her Ilsa, She-Wolf of the S.S. uniform. Girls, there's a cure for terrorism and you're...it."

Such comedic salvos are pithy, creative, and irreverent. Maher's language is often salty, and everyone and everything is grist for his mill. Although decidedly anti-Bush, he takes potshots at democrats alike, and most importantly, at himself. "... Something is very wrong when the only one fired over terrorism is me."

Too many times people turned their attention toward me to find out why I suddenly laughted out loud.

It would help the reader to have already heard Maher's voice and delivery. It might give each joke more impact. Nevertheless, this man's star is on the rise, and so is his book.

"New Rules," rules!

5 out of 5 stars Amazing amazon.......2007-09-30

Great service. Received the Book quickly...and the low low price was unbelievable. I decided to buy two at the low price and still saved money. We had lost one from the library and I had to replace it.

2 out of 5 stars A bit disappointing.......2007-08-31

This book is just a collection of about 200 paragraphs, most of them short, each covering a different idea, topic or area of comment. More than just a handful were trivial; a lot were of no real interest, and only a handful were really worth reading. Only a few tickled my funny-bone.

5 out of 5 stars Great Audiobook.......2007-07-17

I purchased the hardcover first and found it to be pretty slim on actual content for the price. The audio book, narrated by Maher, is delivered in his dry comedic style and as such is much funnier. Maher is, first and foremost, a comedian, and this book has to be heard to be enjoyed.

5 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT audiobook!!!.......2007-05-14

This is a must have to pass the time in the car or for just a good read! I wish I had another 100 hours of listening time. This is a must read for anyone who has a sense of humor and anyone who needs a good laugh!
New Rules - Polite Musings From A Timid Observer
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    New Rules - Polite Musings From A Timid Observer
    Bill Maher
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      How Digital Photography Works (2nd Edition) (How It Works)
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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      • Great book!
      • Great content and photos
      • Best book i've seen on subject so far.
      • The Enemy of Misinformation
      How Digital Photography Works (2nd Edition) (How It Works)
      Ron White , and Timothy Edward Downs
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      Book Description

      A full-color, illustrated adventure into the high-tech wonders inside your digital camera by the author/illustrator team that created the bestselling How Computers Work.

      With clear and simple explanations that say, “You, too, can understand this,” and brilliant, full-color illustrations, How Digital Photography Works, Second Edition, gives you detailed information on the hidden workings of digital cameras, professional picture-taking techniques, and even photo-editing software. Some of the topics covered in this groundbreaking book include:

      · How Digital Viewfinders Frame Your Pictures

      · How Twin Lens Cameras and Tilt-and-Shift Lenses Change the Rules

      · How Cameras Focus on Moving Targets

      · How Exposure Systems Balance Aperture and Shutter

      · How Electronic Flashes Create a Burst of Light

      · How Studio Lighting Creates a Perfect Lighting Environment

      · How Color Calibration Makes What You See on the Screen Match What You See on Paper

      · How Your Camera’s Microprocessor Manipulates Images

      · How Photoshop Expands a Photographer’s Artistry


      Introduction

      Part 1: Getting to Know Digital Cameras

      Chapter 1 The Workings of a Digital Camera

      Chapter 2 Inside Digital Video Cameras

      Part 2: How Digital Cameras Capture Images

      Chapter 3 How Lenses Work

      Chapter 4 How Light Plays Tricks on Perception

      Chapter 5 How Digital Exposure Sifts, Measures, and Slices Light

      Chapter 6 How Technology Lets There Be Light

      Chapter 7 How Light Becomes Data

      Chapter 8 How New Tech Changes Photography

      Part 3: How the Digital Darkroom Works

      Chapter 9 How Software Changes Pixels by the Numbers

      Chapter 10 How Digital Retouching Rescues Family Heirlooms

      Chapter 11 How the Digital Darkroom Makes Good Photos into Great Fantasies

      Part 4: How Digital Print-Making Works

      Chapter 12 How Computers and Printers Create Photographs

      Chapter 13 How Photo-Quality Printers Work

      Glossary

      Index

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      5 out of 5 stars Wonderful cutaway drawings.......2007-09-23

      If you enjoy cutaway drawings this is a book to get. It is absolutely full of extremely well done cutaway drawings that do a great job of explaining the concepts being presented. While the text accompanying the drawings is quite good, you could get 90% of the information presented by only looking at the illustrations. It is also a great book to pick up and open to any arbitrary page to browse. You will inevitably learn something you didn't know on almost every page.

      5 out of 5 stars Great book!.......2007-05-08

      Great reference- a great deal of information clearly written and well illustrated. Fabulous book.

      5 out of 5 stars Great content and photos.......2007-02-17

      This is a great resource for educating yourself about digital photography. Easy to read and a must for anyone who wants to educate themselves before purchasing a digital camera.

      5 out of 5 stars Best book i've seen on subject so far........2006-09-30

      seriously. everything is explained very clearly with a step-by-step process on each page that explains how something works or what makes something happen. the colorful illustrations and excellent and so well laid out, that you can often just look at them and figure out what's going on.

      i give this book a 5 out of 5 because before this book even starts explaining how DSLRs work, it lays the groundwork and thoroughly shows you how film cameras, lenses and light all interact and work together- which you must understand first, if you really want to understand how DSLRs work. but, if you choose, you can just jump to a section and learn about it without difficulty.

      i got this book as a gift for someone and am now ordering one for myself, because i miss reading it!

      4 out of 5 stars The Enemy of Misinformation.......2006-03-10

      Anyone with a solid background in photography and digital imaging can tell you that popular digital photography resources - particularly online, and particularly those with unmoderated user forums - are filled with partially (or entirely) incorrect information on this topic. As a rule, most people who use digital cameras on a regular basis, do not understand how they work... even when they think they do.

      This book is a quick study and a tremendous aid in understanding the underlying technology, mechanisms and science behind digital photographs. There is also quite a bit of useful information on how lenses work, and rightly so as they are at least 50% of the "picture quality equation". The illustrations alone are worth the cost of the book. The writing style is down-to-earth but not dumbed down, which is refreshing.

      My only complaint about this book is its layout. There is SO much information to convey about each aspect of the photography process, that the illustrations and text tend to get badly jumbled in some sections. Attempts were made to use a "1-2-3 bullet point approach", and it works in most areas but not all. Since much of the information necessarily must be conveyed on a single page, the solution for the next edition is to make the book slightly larger. About 2" in both directions would enable the effective use of empty space, allow larger fonts (some are extremely small), and in general make for a better layout.

      Still, I have formal (collegiate) education in the field of photography, have worked in the industry for over five years, and still found many pages in this book to be a huge help / great refresher. Unless you are an engineer working for Nikon or Kodak, there is something in this book that will increase your understanding of digital photography. Definitely recommended.
      One Digital Day: How the Microchip is Changing Our World
      Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
      • Pictures from the revolution
      • Now that the hype is gone...
      • One Digital Day "optically elegant, a feast for the eyes."
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      One Digital Day: How the Microchip is Changing Our World
      Rick Smolan
      Manufacturer: Crown Business
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      Release Date: 1998-04-28

      Book Description

      No invention in history has spread so quickly throughout the world, or revolutionized so many aspects of human existence, as the microchip. Little more than a quarter century since its invention, there are now nearly 15 billion microchips in use worldwide -- the equivalent of two powerful computers for every man, woman, and child on the planet.  The microprocessor is not only changing the products we use, but also the way we live, and, ultimately, the way we perceive reality.

      ONE DIGITAL DAY is the result of a unique project designed to make people aware of the thousands of microprocessors we unknowingly encounter every day. Rick Smolan, creator of the award-winning Day in the Life photography books and the bestseller 24 Hours in Cyberspace, sent 100 of the world's most talented photojournalists around the globe on July 11, 1997. Their mission: to depict intimate and emotional stories of how this tiny chip -- a square of silicon the size of a fingernail, weighing less than a postage stamp -- has transformed our human culture forever.

      The book features more than 200 compelling photographs, taken on that single day, revealing a world that only science-fiction writers once dared envision. Thanks to microchips, it is a world where science, entertainment, business, health, sports, education, and countless other fields are progressing faster than we can imagine.

      How pervasive is the microchip?  If you took the microchips out of every application in which they are now used, the results would be stunning and frightening. Microwave ovens, dishwashers, and many other kitchen appliances would stop working. Televisions and VCRs would fade to black; stereos would grow mute; and most clocks would stop. Cars wouldn't start, and airplanes would be unable to leave the ground. The phone system would go dead, as would most streetlights, thermostats, and, of course, a half-billion computers. And these are only the most obvious applications. Every factory in the industrial world would also shut down, as would the electrical grid, stock exchanges, and the global banking system. Pacemakers would stop, too, as would surgical equipment and fetal monitoring systems in obstetrics wards.

      This infinite variety of applications is vividly illustrated by the images captured in ONE DIGITAL DAY.  A brief sample of what the hundred photographers came back with:

      Johannesburg, South Africa -- Once on the verge of extinction, cheetahs at the DeWildt Center are implanted with microchips that contain genetic information. This information, read by a scanner, is crucial to the center's efforts to build up the world population, because in-breeding is a big threat to the genetic strength of the cats.

      Hollywood, California -- The Jurassic Park River Adventure roller coaster is a completely automated ride which was designed with the help of paleontologists and robotics engineers, at a cost of $100 million. This completely automated ride includes "animatronic" dinosaurs which roar, lunge and even spit at riders in passing boats.

      Bury, England -- Ida Schofield, a 69-year-old grandmother, had never touched a computer or thought she had any need for one until she volunteered as a "guinea pig" for a state-of-the-art desktop system, with video-conferencing. She now uses it to communicate with family members around the world.

      Lacey, Washington -- Sprinter Tony Volpentest, born with no hands or feet and only partially formed arms and legs, uses ultra-light artificial feet designed with the help of sophisticated computer modeling programs.  He now runs the 100-meter dash only 1.5 seconds slower than the world record holder.

      Singapore -- The foul-smelling but delicious tropical fruit known as durian is adored throughout Asia, but devotees dread carrying it home in their cars or keeping it around the house. Now connoisseurs of the odoriferous delicacy can order it online from 717 Trading Company and have it delivered just when they're ready to eat it. Since 717 launced its Web site in early 1996, about 20 percent of its sales have come from customers shopping online.

      Fort Bragg, NC and Sarajevo, Bosnia -- U.S. Army Lieutenant Frank Holmes, stationed 5,000 miles from home in Bosnia, gets his first look at his six-week-old daughter, Morgan, by using a pc-based videoconferencing system.  The smooth images that reunited Frank, Morgan, and mom Andrea ran over normal phone lines between computers running ProShare Technology.  Frank's commanding officer notes that videoconferencing is "the single greatest morale boost for my troops in a long time." (Photos: Lori Grinker and Cindy Burnham)

      As Andrew S. Grove, Chairman of Intel Corporation, writes in his foreword, "As you turn these pages, you'll see a world being reshaped by technology in ways previously unthinkable." ONE DIGITAL DAY makes it fascinatingly clear that there is no place on, above, or below the earth, that the microprocessor hasn't touched.

      Customer Reviews:

      3 out of 5 stars Pictures from the revolution.......2006-09-21

      Of all the things changing in the world today, few are as accepted globally by more people than the microchip and the electronic devices powered by microchips. Yes there are those we do not own a computer, and vow never to own one, but even those individuals use the microchip as part of their everyday life; whether it be in the car they drive, their household appliances, the electronic doors at their work, or just waiting at an intersection for the cross sign to change. This book documents, with big pictures, the extant to which computer chips are used in various facets of life around the world; and not just in rich countries, but in poor ones as well. The text is fairly easy to read, and gives just enough information on how microchips are made to convery the basic ideas. Overall, a good book, and better than other books of this type.

      4 out of 5 stars Now that the hype is gone..........2003-09-09

      Released as the Internet boom was accelerating upwards, One Digital Day now seems like a work from another era. Picking it up today, one can't help but think it rather irrelevant, and one can't help but think of the shattered California economy that is the remnant of the corporate hubris of the boom times. Still, it is a very nice book to look at, which is the whole point of course. A wag has put up a parody web site at anotherdigitalday-dot-com.

      5 out of 5 stars One Digital Day "optically elegant, a feast for the eyes.".......1999-02-11

      It's been said a picture is worth a thousand words. If that's true, then perhaps the 200 photographs in ONE DIGITAL DAY: HOW THE MICROCHIP IS CHANGING OUR WORLD by Rick Smolan are worth millions of microchips.

      In 24 hours, Smolan's team of the world's best photojournalists canvassed the world and captured pictures and accompanying stories which illustrate just how one little microchip -- something that didn't exist 30 years ago -- has changed, influenced and altered our world.  In so doing, the invention of the tiny microchip has succeeded in bringing the globe to us inside our homes and offices.

      In the introduction, Michael Malone gives us a rundown on the microchip and how it is moving closer and closer to "the center of our lives." Malone estimates close to 15 billion microchips are currently in use.

      Malone reminds us that, even though we might not have a PC in our home, should the microchips we use daily be stricken from our lives, we would be dumbfounded. Quite simply, we take their existence in our lives for granted in many ways.

      Got a microwave? A telephone? A television for watching that Sunday football game? How about that streetlight outside? Without the microchip, your car wouldn't even start, writes Malone. Pretty amazing for a "tiny square of silicon the size of a fingernail," indeed.

      What's it all about, Alfie? For all its wonder, the microchip is made up of metal, fire, crystal and water. During manufacturing, Malone notes a single speck of dust can mean disaster. In fact, he writes, the water used to rinse the surfaces of finished chips is more pure than water used for open heart surgery!

      Past the fascinating introduction, readers will find a graphic photograph of just how many microchip-related items we could find in our homes if we tried. One family's home in San Anselmo, California is emptied, literally on the front lawn, and featured in a two-page layout with the home in the background and various

      possessions, appliances and electronics, etc. are displayed on the lawn.

      From Hong Kong, China to Bristol, Connecticut or from Rostov, Russia to Memphis, Tennessee, it doesn't really matter which country you choose or even what city or town -- you'd be hard-pressed to find a spot that the microchip hasn't touched.

      In bold, dashing fashion, DIGITAL DAY takes the reader on a virtual tour of each place in rapid succession. The photographs are so clear, the captions so informative, you could easily lose hours poring through this book.

      For instance, in Tokyo, Japan we discover there is a word for computer-crazed youths who can't get enough of technology: otaku. One photo features an otaku by the name of Masakazu Kobayashi, who clearly has his cyberlife wired to the max.

      His microchip-driven bounty includes not one PC, but seven networked PCs, six video game systems, a palmtop, a laptop, and a motherlode of peripherals to boot.  Instead of having a room littered with comic books, magazines, CDs and other youth-driven materials,Kobayashi's room reeks of technology run amok.

      But microchips and PCs aren't all for fun or convenience -- sometimes those thin slivered devices can mean the difference between life and death. In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, DIGITAL DAY photos introduce the reader to new helmets worn by the city's firefighters.

      These helmets, equipped with small digital video screens and infrared sensors, actually allow

      firefighters to see through smoke.  When searching for victims amid smoke, unbearable heat and soaring flames, these helmets can mean saving lives instead of searching frantically in near-blinding conditions.

      Worlds away, in South Africa, readers are captured in a surreal moment as a cheetah is scanned for identification purposes. Yes, scanners aren't just for groceries and department store purchases anymore!

      More poignant, yet just as thrilling, is the photograph taken on Father's Day, 1997, of a young mother and her child making a video conference connection with the husband/father, a jubilant Army lieutenant stationed in Sarajevo, Bosnia.

      Whether in the field of sports, business, science, health, or in your own backyard (situated in Bangor or Bangalore), this book makes clear through stunning, meticulous photographs,how microchips and technology coexist peacefully and practically amid our daily routine. 

      At the end of DIGITAL DAY, readers will find a bonus in the section which introduces each of the book's photographers and offers a biography for each. It's rewarding not only to see the magnificent photos they've taken, it's equally as rewarding to read about the person, the artist, behind the photograph.

      DIGITAL DAY is more than a dormant coffee table book. It's a book you'll find yourself going back to over and over -- and taking to work to show your friends. It's crisp, fresh, hip, blazing with color and vibrancy as this 24-hour microchip-laden tale is recounted for the reader.

      If you're looking for a classy addition to your book collection that mixes modern tech with classic photography, DIGITAL DAY is the book for you.

      The information and pictorial displays housed within make for a virtual feast that's fascinating, optically elegant and intellectually easy to digest.

      5 out of 5 stars From Kirkus Reviews.......1998-06-11

      From Kirkus: The ubiquitous microchip is celebrated in some 200 color photographs, taken in the course of one day (July 11, 1997) by approximately 100 photojournalists scattered around the globe. While we may take it for granted that the microprocessor has infiltrated and altered almost every element of life having to do with technology, it's still startling to see how pervasive its influence is. A portrait of Thai monks gathered `round a computer to study the teachings of the Buddha, of a Chinese sailor steering his junk and blithely chatting on a cellular telephone, or of a group of rural South African pensioners lining up at a computer that will identify them by their fingerprints before issuing a monthly check are likely to surprise even a jaded technophile. Much of the book, however, focuses on the specific ways in which the microchip is expanding life's possibilities, with a heavy stress on how microchip-driven technology is helping to cure disease and enhance the lives of those with a variety of disabilities. The upbeat message throughout is hardly surprising, given that the project was sponsored by the Intel Corporation. Still, as a primer on cutting edge work in health, the environment, And other sciences, and as a vivid tour of the world's obsession with all things technological, One Digital Day is breezily effective. (First serial to Fortune, CNN TV special) -Kirkus Reviews END

      5 out of 5 stars The San Diego Union-Tribune.......1998-05-23

      The San Diego Union-Tribune 05/12/98 by Robert Hawkins

      Real miracle of microchips: What people do with them

      I remember when my father first brought a handful of microprocessors home. He was the new engineer responsible for improving their production. They weren't attached to anything, just processors. Defective ones at that. At the dinner table, my father excitedly traced the circuitry paths through the bed on which the microchip -- the "brains" -- would lie, explaining to me just what it was a microprocessor did, from an engineering perspective.

      And it was impressive. But it also seemed so right, so natural, so logical, so within the reach of the bright minds of science. Impressed, yes. But I was not awed.

      I've always had great faith in the technological process, how things are accomplished. I find it interesting that a single microchip today can hold 20 million transistors. And I'm fully confident that the number will continue to rise until it runs smack into the laws of physical nature. So be it.

      There are now 15 billion microchips in use today around the world. OK, that's interesting. But what does it mean?

      Over this past weekend I learned the answer, or part of it.

      It means that Army Lt. Frank Holmes, stationed in Sarajevo, Bosnia, can talk face to face with his wife, Amanda, and baby daughter, Morgan, 5,000 miles away at Fort Bragg, N.C.

      It means that 320,000 itinerate and functionally illiterate pensioners in the KwaZulu region of South Africa will get their monthly checks because a computer can read their fingerprints.

      It means that 5-year-old Amy Stewart, blind since birth, can keep up with other students in her first-grade class because a computer converts her lessons into Braille. It means that Sigrid Cerf was able to phone her husband and hear his voice for the first time in their 35-year marriage because research she conducted on the Internet led to a cure for the hearing ! impairment she's had since childhood. (Ironically, her husband is Vint Cerf. He co-wrote theTCP/IP protocol, earning the title "father" of the Internet.) It means that Mike Ward, an Intel engineer, was able to design a computer system that would enable him to continue working as his body gradually deteriorated from Lou Gehrig's disease.

      See? This is what I get excited about. Not how a microchip works, but what it can do. And to what new uses our imaginations can put it. These examples and hundreds more are found in a new book that will be available May 28. It is called "One Digital Day: How the Microchip is Changing the World."

      If you are familiar with Rick Smolan's hugely popular coffee-table books, the "Day in the Life" series, you'll grasp the nature of this one. Smolan's specialty is assembling hundreds of the best photographers in the world and throwing them at a single subject for one intense shutterbugging day. California, Japan, Hawaii, America, Vietnam have all been topics. Smolan sent 100 photojournalists out into the field for this one on July 11, 1997. Their objective was "to depict intimate and emotional stories of how this tiny chip -- a square of silicon the size of a fingernail, weighing less than a postage stamp -- has transformed our human culture forever.

      And, yes, the project was underwritten by the largest maker of microprocessors in the world, Intel Corp., to celebrate its 30th birthday. But so what? In 30 years I've never heard a soul complain about the way Absolut Vodka has corrupted, commercialized and trivialized the art world with its "masterpiece" bottle ads.

      "One Digital Day" is a brilliant illumination. It is both an explication and a justification of digital technology. The argument it presents, that our lives have been irrevocably changed by microprocessor technology is nearly impossible to refute.

      Evidence? Check out Philip Quirk's photo of an aboriginal woman in ! the Australian Outback using a hand-held ATM machine. Or Lori Adamski-Peek's photo of an implant pump, smaller than a contact lens, that can dispense medication with precision.

      One of the most celebrated of recent technological feats is featured: Sojourner, the 22-pound Mars rover with the ancient Intel 80c85 processor and 9,600 baud modem. This mighty little robot sent back spectacular pictures of the Mars terrain.

      Anyone who insists that they have nothing to do with computers should take a close look at Peter J. Menzel's composition of a San Anselmo, Calif.,home. All of the products from within the house which run on microchips are spread across the front lawn. It is a very crowded front lawn. Menzel's photo is both whimsical and sobering.

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