1. Sự nghiệp
Gần mười năm lãng đãng giữa sinh tử. Hơn hai mươi năm, Cổ Long chết rồi, nhưng tác phẩm ông để lại không chết. Từ niên đại 80 đến những năm 2000, thị trường sách đại lục Trung Quốc đã tiêu thụ một khối lượng khỗng lồ các tiểu thuyết võ hiệp của Cổ Long khó thống kê nổi. Và tại ngay Việt nam cũng vậy.

Năm 1936, Cổ Long ra đời tại Hồng Kông, lúc 12 tuổi đã vùi đầu viết tiểu thuyết rồi. Năm 13 tuổi, ông theo cha mẹ sang định cư tại Đài Loan, không lâu sau là cha mẹ ly dị, gia đình tan vỡ. Ông bắt đầu cuộc sống như ác mộng, làm thuê làm mướn khắp nơi, ăn đói mặc thiếu, khốn khó cùng cực. Tại Hồng Kông, vào năm 1954 Lương Vũ Sinh bắt đầu viết “Long hỗ đấu kinh hoa” đăng tải nhiều kỳ cho “Tân văn báo”, năm 1955, “Thư kiếm ân cừu lục” của Kim Dung cũng thử tiếng gáy đầu. Cổ Long khi đó mới chỉ là một cậu bé tập tọng văn học, tác phẩm đầu tiên của ông chính thức có nhuận bút là một tiểu phẩm văn học viết năm 1956.
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Hacking Firefox: More Than 150 Hacks, Mods, and Customizations
Mel Reyes
ISBN: 0-7645-9650-0
Paperback
430 pages
August 2005
Wiley List Price: US $24.99

They dreamed of a better browser… and before you could say “explore no more,” Firefox was born. But already you want more. Tighter security, greater functionality. A custom installation for Linux. Maybe even that unique extension you’ve always dreamed of creating. Well, if you want to tweak the Fox, here are over 400 pages of ways to do it. From hacking profile settings to cracking links and cleaning out the cookie jar, this is the stuff that puts you in control.
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Book Detail By Dave Crane. ISBN: 1-93239-461-3 680 pages. Published: First Edition November 2005. Price: $44.95 Softbound print book

Overview

Ajax exploded on the scene in the Spring of 2005 when a web site defined the term and Google released Google Maps and GMail, powerful examples of what Ajax can do. Ajax uses familiar web technologies - DHTML, CSS, DOM, and JavaScript - in radically different ways resulting in a much richer user experience. The key to success lies in knowing how to orchestrate them as a coherent whole, splitting off parts of what is normally done by the server and putting it into the browser for instantaneous response to user input. Ajax allows a new breed of web applications with the rich expressiveness of desktop applications.

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Book Detail By Jason Cole. ISBN: 0-596-00863-5 238 pp. Published: First Edition July 2005. Price: $39.95 US, $55.95 CA, £28.50 UK

Overview

Developed by an extremely active open source community, Moodle is a sophisticated course management system that’s ideal for creating dynamic online learning communities
and for supplementing face-to-face learning. Used in more than 115 countries and supporting over 60 languages, Moodle can scale from a single-teacher site to a 40,000-
student university.

Teachers who use Moodle have access to an array of powerful tools such as assignments, forums, journals, quizzes, surveys, chat rooms, and workshops. Using Moodle is a comprehensive, hands-on guide that explains how the system works, with plenty of examples and best practices for its many features and plug-in modules. Authored by a member of the Moodle community, this authoritative book also exposes little-known but powerful hacks for more technically savvy users. For anyone who is using-or thinking of using-this CMS, Using Moodle is required reading.

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Book Detail By Ryan Asleson and Nathaniel T. Schutta ISBN: 1-59059-582-3 296 pp. Published: Oct 2005 Price: $39.99

Overview

Ajax burst onto the Web development scene by offering highly interactive, desktop-like Web applications that can be deployed through any modern Web browser without the need for special plug-ins. Ajax is built on existing Web technologies such as JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, and it is used in conjunction with your favorite server-side language. Foundations of Ajax explains how to combine these technologies effectively to implement Ajax into your new or existing Web applications. Like you, we are developers who are “in the trenches,” tasked with building Web-enabled applications that provide real value to our customers. As the Web continues to grow, the demand for more expressive and engaging interfaces will continue to increase.

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100 Sexiest Women in the world
It’s official – Australia does indeed make the world’s sexiest women. The readers of FHM have voted Home & Away hottie Bec Cartwright this year’s sexiest woman. This is the first time a homegrown babe has taken out the coveted title. No doubt inspired by the sizzling shoot FHM did with the sexy starlet, you’ve decided to vote Australian with the future wife of lucky Lleyton Hewitt romping home this year.
Check out the bodacious Bec in the 100 Sexiest supplement with this month’s FHM – and discover who else made this year’s hotly contested honour roll of honeys. Leave it on the coffee table where it’s sure to cause salivating debate over a few beers.
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