Recommended Products

Photography:

• Color Confidence: The Digital Photographer's Guide to Color Management (Tim Grey Guides) - A great explination of color profiles, and why they matter to you.  SImple to understand explinations.
• Gary Fong Origami Flash Diffusion System - great folding diffuser that is better than a omniflash diffuser for quick bounce.  yes - you're paying $30 for a hunk of plastic but it's actually the only "bounce" diffuser that I carry with me.  It's handy and folds completely flat.
• Digital Photo Pro - My favorite photo magazine.  Decently techie articles... sometimes they oversimplify but for the most part they do better than any of the others I've subscribed to.
• La Crosse Technology BC-9009 AlphaPower Battery Charger - Awesome-est battery charger for AA/AAA on the planet.  Revive old AA and AAA that other chargers leave for dead.

Cars:

• CTEK US7000 12 volt Lead-Acid Battery Charger with Comfort Connect (Models number may vary) - Great little battery charger - reconditions and is super small.  Love it.  Have one permanently installed in the Prius.  Got a second one for the garage to replace the other ones I already had that worked nowhere as effectively.

Data Visualization:

• Beginning Python Visualization: Crafting Visual Transformation Scripts (Books for Professionals by Professionals) - Great primer on getting up and running with some graphs and charts and such in Python.  Very Handy.

Information Retrieval:

• Introduction to Information Retrieval - Handy refference that does a nice overview of the mainstream IR techniques without bogging down in too much of the math.