On Wed, 2010-03-31 at 15:01 +0200, Auto-Deppe C. Hänsel wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bob McConnell [mailto:rvm@xxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 2:52 PM > > To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: RE: Audiobooks for Developers > > > > From: Auto-Deppe C. Hänsel > > > > > since I am driving 2 hrs each day listening to either my > > > radio or the songs > > > on my USB drive, I was wondering whether there are some > > > web dev related > > > audio books for download out there. > > > > I have only one recommendation. DON'T DO IT! > > > > Driving a vehicle on public highways is dangerous enough without any > significant > > distractions. You don't want to complicate it by adding a task that tempts > you to > > focus on something other than the road, signals and other traffic. That is > a good > > way to cause accidents. > > > > Bob McConnell > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > Hi Bob, > > thanks for your advide, I understand your concern. I honestly do. > > Let me show you quickly the route I am driving every day: > http://maps.google.de/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=helpup&daddr=extertal&hl=de&; > geocode=Fb3-GAMdIuyEACmdszYJpEC6RzERLZJMgvInJg%3BFetyGgMdDjuLACn7EwcOCWG6RzF > 39JiIvP5PLA&mra=ls&sll=51.151786,10.415039&sspn=20.175322,57.084961&ie=UTF8& > t=h&z=12 > > In the morning, it is SO boring.... I leave home at 5:30am, so not much > traffic going on. > > In the afternoon, there is no way of driving fast enough to cause an > accident *haha* > > Seriously though: I am always listening to audio books or the radio... but I > do focus on the traffic rather than the audio. Believe me, I understand your > concern. But still: I want audio books :o)) > > Chris > > There is also the learning technique of listening to audio books whilst sleeping. Not sure if I hold too much truck with that, but it's an option! There are a lot of books offered online in PDF format (I believe O'Reilly do this a lot) which can be ready out by lots of different audio software, including Acrobats own PDF reader. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
