-[[!meta title="My Personal Wish List"]]
+ -> [[!meta title="My Personal Wish List"]]
This is a list of things I would like to have, so if you want to make me a
present, feel free to use this list as an inspiration. However, I myself may
satisfy my wishes on this list from time to time ;-)
-DVDs
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-(Please, no BluRays or HD-DVDs, their DRM systems are evil!)
-
- * everything from [Monty Python’s Flying Circus](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063929/)
- * [Tonari no Totoro](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096283/) (1988)
- * [Mononoke-hime](http://imdb.com/title/tt0119698/) (1997)
- * [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371724/) (2005)
- * [Pulp Fiction](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110912/) (1994)
- * [Raiders of the Lost Ark](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082971/) (1981)
- * [Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087469/) (1984)
- * [Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097576/) (1989)
- * [Sin City](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401792/) (2005)
- * [Lost in Translation](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0335266/) (2003)
- * [Hackers](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113243/) (1995)
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-CDs
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- * Kamelot – Epica
-
Books
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-(ordered by preference)
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- * John Scalzi: The Ghost Brigades, ISBN-13: 978-0765354068
- * Bryan Lee O'Malley: Scott Pilgrim (for example, [this](http://www.amazon.de/Scott-Pilgrim-Boxed-Set-Poster/dp/1934964573/?tag=aflattrcom506-21) 6 Volume Set)
- * Christopher Hadnagy: Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking. ISBN-13: 978-0470639535
- * Jon Loeliger: Versionskontrolle mit Git, O'Reilly Verlag, Köln 2010. ISBN-13: 978-3897219458 (or in English: ISBN-13: 978-0596520120)
- * Alexander Pawlak: Die Wissenschaft bei Douglas Adams, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2010. ISBN-13: 978-3527504565
- * Jürgen Quade, Eva-Katharina Knust: Linux-Treiber entwickeln. ISBN-13: 978-3-89864-696-3
- * Anything written by Donald E. Knuth (in English please). For the long term, “The Art of Computer Programming” would be nice to have.
- * Jeffrey Friedl: Mastering Regular Expressions. O'Reilly 1997, ISBN 1-56592-257-3
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-Hardware
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-* Cool electronic gadgets (ideally, kits for soldering), for example:
- * a [r0ket](http://www.pollin.de/shop/dt/ODE4OTgxOTk-/Bausaetze_Module/Bausaetze/Microcontroller_Experimentierplatine_r0ket.html)
- * Mood Lamps, Blinkenthings, etc.
-
-Other Things I Could Make Use Of
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- * A [Go](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_%28game%29) set
+(ordered by preference, no e-books with restrictive DRM please.)
+
+ * Matt Kenney: The Art of Kumiko, ISBN: 978-1951217242
+ * Desmond King: Shoji and Kumiko Design
+ * Book 1: The Basics, ISBN-13: 978-0987258304
+ * Book 2: Beyond the Basics, ISBN-13: 978-0987258311
+ * Book 3: Hexagonal Patterns, ISBN-13: 978-0987258328
+ * Book 4: Diamond Patterns, ISBN-13: 978-0987258335
+ * Christopher Schwarz: The Anarchist's Design Book. Lost Art Press, https://lostartpress.com/products/the-anarchists-design-book
+ * Christopher Schwarz: Ingenious Mechanicks, Early Workbenches & Workholding. Lost Art Press, https://lostartpress.com/products/ingenious-mechanicks
+ * Peter Follansbee, Jennie Alexander: Make a Joint Stool from a Tree: An Introduction to 17th-century Joinery,
+ ISBN-13: 978-0985077709
+ * Stephen Coles: The Anatomy of Type, Harper Design, US, ISBN-13: 978-0062203120
+ * George Nakashima: The Soul of a Tree: A Master Woodworkers Reflections. ISBN-13: 978-1568363950
+ * John Napier: Hands. Princeton University Press, 1993. ISBN-13: 978-0691025476
+
+<!-- currently not so relevant:
+ * Raymond Chen: The Old New Thing: Practical Development Throughout the Evolution of Windows. ISBN-13: 978-0321440303
+ * more “Discworld” novels by Terry Prattchet (R.I.P.), in English or German
+ * already got “Mort”, “Guards! Guards!”, “The Color of Magic”, “The Light Fantastic”, “Hogfather”
+ * based on that, refer to the [Discworld Reading Order Guides](http://www.lspace.org/books/reading-order-guides/) for your optimal choice
+-->
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