I've been building computers (soldering parts on circuit boards - not just plugging in a couple of cards and a power supply like people who say they "build" computers these days), but I thought some of the ideas mentioned in the description of this book sounded cool. Alas, as another reviewer pointed out, it basically directs you to go out and buy a bunch of pre-made stuff, plug it together, and turn it on. Expensive, inflexible, and not very educational. I mean... "Telescope Tracking Station": first, buy an expensive Meade telescope. Then, buy an expensive telescope tracking controller from the same company. Finally, plug it in and turn it on. Please. And the author seems to be hung up on Microsoft products and/or commercial software. There are _lots_ of pieces of free software available on the Internet that will let you do the things he talks about in the book - without spending a bundle with Microsoft or some other big company. And you'll learn something in the process. Skip this book, unless you've got lots of money and know little to nothing about PCs and software.

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