Dave Barry in Cyberspace
Dave Barry
215 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 0517280868
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Language: English
Publish: November 17, 1998
AudiobookBiographyComedyComputersEssaysHumorInternetNonfictionTechnology
“RELENTLESSLY FUNNY . . . BARRY SHINES.”
–People
A self-professed computer geek who actually does Windows 95, bestselling humorist Dave Barry takes us on a hilarious hard drive via the information superhighway–and into the very heart of cyberspace, asking the provocative If God had wanted us to be concise, why give us so many fonts?
Inside you’ll find juicy bytes on
How to Buy and Set Up a Computer; Step Get Valium
Nerdstock in the Desert; Bill Gates Is Elvis
Making Your Computer Come Alive So It Can Attack You
Word How to Press an Enormous Number of Keys Without Ever Actually Writing Anything
Selected Web Sites, including Cursing in Swedish, Deformed Frog Pictures, and The Toilets of Melbourne, Australia
And much, much more!
“VERY FUNNY . . . After a day spent staring at a computer monitor, think of the book as a kind of screen saver for your brain.”
–New York Times Book Review
From the Trade Paperback edition.