Re: [OT] Getting rid of old computer books

2010-12-19 Thread William Luu
You might also look at local libraries too. On 19 December 2010 08:58, Preet Sangha preetsan...@gmail.com wrote: A few years ago I gave all my older that one year books to the local technical college. I doubled the size of their computer section (ahem). Just because they aren't relevant to

Re: [OT] Getting rid of old computer books

2010-12-19 Thread silky
On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 8:37 AM, Kirsten Greed kirst...@jobtalk.com.au wrote: Hi All I am having a clean out of my bookshelves, and looking for recommendations on what to do with the old computer books including some like Dan Appleman’s Developing COM/Active X Components with Visual Basic 6

Re: [OT] Getting rid of old computer books

2010-12-19 Thread William Luu
silky: Library = Archival of historic texts :D On 20 December 2010 09:26, silky michaelsli...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 8:37 AM, Kirsten Greed kirst...@jobtalk.com.au wrote: Hi All I am having a clean out of my bookshelves, and looking for recommendations on what to do

Re: [OT] Getting rid of old computer books

2010-12-19 Thread Michael Minutillo
I saw the bat signal! http://groups.google.com/group/ozdev-bookclub is the book club but it's not been doing much since it started up because: a) I'm lazy AND b) contrary to (a) I alway seem to be busy I've donated technical books to my local public library, to the Perth .NET Community of

[OT] Getting rid of old computer books

2010-12-18 Thread Kirsten Greed
Hi All I am having a clean out of my bookshelves, and looking for recommendations on what to do with the old computer books including some like Dan Appleman's Developing COM/Active X Components with Visual Basic 6 Is there any other option than straight in the recycle bin? I see there

Re: [OT] Getting rid of old computer books

2010-12-18 Thread Preet Sangha
A few years ago I gave all my older that one year books to the local technical college. I doubled the size of their computer section (ahem). Just because they aren't relevant to us others just learning may find something useful in them. Why not ask a local college and see what they say? On 19