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Fun with Fidget Spinners: 50 Super Cool Tricks and Activities – New book from Fox Chapel Publishing


New from Fox Chapel Publishing: Fun with Fidget Spinners: 50 Super Cool Tricks and Activities by Australian technology blogger David King. Instead of fidgeting, you can read about fidgeting. This 80-page book full-color paperback book features instructions for a variety of fun tricks that you can do with the latest toy craze – fidget spinners no matter if you’re a newbie or you are already a master of fidgetology. 

Spinners can learn how to master tricks such as spinning on a hat or stacking spinners on top of each other to create mesmerizing whirling towers of color! Spinners can also track their progress and tricks with a handy workbook. Plus, the book provides backstory into the health benefits of spinning.

Fun with Fidget Spinners: 50 Super Cool Tricks and Activities will be available on June 30th from Fox Chapel Publishing but you can pre-ordered a copy of the book now for $5.50 on Amazon.

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Coding iPhone Apps for Kids – New from No Starch Press


New from No Starch Press: Coding iPhone Apps for Kids A Playful Introduction to Swift
by Gloria Winquist and Matt McCarthy. This book teaches children and adults to code in Apple’s free beginner-friendly programming language called Swift. This 336-page book full-color book is a fun guide that will explain the building blocks of app programming, from loops to variables, strings, and more.According to No Starch Press founder Bill Pollock

“App development is fun for kids because it’s exciting to make something that hundreds of thousands of people might use. This book will show readers how to make something amazing, and it continues our tradition of making technology more accessible for everyone.”

This book will help you learn how to create a fully functioning iPhone app even if you’ve never programmed before. Coding iPhone Apps for Kids will be available in May from No Starch Press but you can pre-ordered a copy of the book now for $29.95.

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Cut the Cord, Ditch the Dish, and Take Back Control of Your TV – New from LeanPub

Keeping up with your favorite TV series can get expensive when you are tied to providers like cable and satellite companies. The only option in my area is DirecTV or Dish. I’ve been with DirecTV for over 20 years and am happy with their service and content, but not the monthly bill. Ouch! A few months ago I called to have my programming package changed so I could lower my monthly bill below $100. It was fine for a couple of months but now it’s back above $100. Grrrrrr. I’ve seriously considered cutting the cord many times but haven’t taken that step yet because I’m not quite sure which solution to choose. If you’re in the same boat, this new book from LeanPub might help.

Cut the Cord, Ditch the Dish, and Take Back Control of Your TV by J. and K. Fidler is an easily-understood, cord cutter’s roadmap for readers of all technical levels. The 400-page ebook explains terms and technologies, what you need to get started, and technical skills needed. It then goes forward with a “cookbook” of fun, documented, and tested DIY projects, including:

  • Integrating AndroidTV with broadcast-to-air TV, network accessible TV tuners and DVRs
  • Optimizing a home network for streaming media traffic using a laptop
  • Fun with Chromecasting and watching broadcast-to-air TV on Android or iOS devices.
  • Creating an entertainment computer and DVR for the living room using either Windows or Linux OS software and an Intel NUC
  • Optimizing a home network for streaming media traffic using a laptop
  • Watching 4K content and trying out hardware accelerated video

Cut the Cord, Ditch the Dish, and Take Back Control of Your TV is available is compatible with Kindle, iBook, Nook, and PDF format. It can be purchased through LeanPub, and is regularly priced at $20.00, which includes a year of updates for new information and technologies. The authors are currently offering a 20% discount using this link: http://leanpub.com/control_your_tv/c/March_Madness. The discount is valid until April 20, 2017.

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Become a doodling wizard with these How to Draw Cool Stuff books

If you’ve ever wanted to learn to draw but thought you had no talent, you can forget about that. You don’t need talent, you just need to exercise your drawing muscles and these books from Library Tales Publishing by art teacher and professional artist Catherine V. Holmes will help you do just that. There are three How to Draw Cool Stuff books which include Holidays Seasons and Events, Shading Texture Pattern Optical Illusions, and A Drawing Guide for Teachers and Students. Each softbound book includes easy step by step instructions like you see in the image above, that will walk you through roughing out the object’s shape, adding details and then shading the final product.

Catherine makes drawing fun and easy. You’ll learn to draw buildings, basic anime characters, animals, and pretty much anything else you can think of. With the tutorials included in her books, you’ll learn skills that you can use to create your own original artwork.

The books are priced at $18.99 – $19.99. Find out more at howtodrawcoolstuff.com and purchase Catherine’s books on Amazon.

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Pay as little as $1 for an awesome bundle of Make: IoT and Raspberry Pi how-to ebooks

If you’ve ever wanted to learn more about using Raspberry Pi and Arduino hardware to get into the IoT scene, today is your lucky day. Make: and Humble Bundle Books have teamed up to offer an extraordinary deal that not only rewards you with a great collection of geeky eBooks, but it also helps STEM education.

The Board Basics bundle includes $350+ worth of ebooks that cover all aspects of working with Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and other sensors. The books take you from getting started to building sophisticated projects. How do you get them? You can name your own price to access them with a $1 minimum for the Board Basics Bundle. There are two other bundles add more ebooks including a $8 bundle and a $15 bundle which includes all the books in all three bundles. Proceeds benefit Maker Ed, the nonprofit organization which supports STEM education in the classroom and beyond.

For more info about the bundles, visit Humblebundle.com. The deal expires after March 7 2017, so don’t wait too long.

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