When I was a kid, the source of universal knowledge at home was
the set of dusty encyclopedias that my Mom inherited from somewhere. Today, it’s
the Internet, via Google. That in itself makes Google the fulfillment of most
sci-fi novels’ description of the the-store-of-all-human knowledge (I wish the
text of all books were up, but that’ll happen in time…).
Anyway, it
didn’t hit me just how comprehensive Google was ‘til I typed in ‘“Joe Grammer”
wife’ yesterday (I was calling and wanted to be prepared to address his very
nice wife by name in case she answered the phone). In 0.39 seconds, Google gave
45 results, the 3rd of which contained Joe’s wife’s name! It was Joe himself
who’d mentioned his wife’s name in a mailing list post but still, that’s pretty
damn scary…
I'm sure it won't last, but the WinForms book has broken 1000 (908) and has an average 5-star rating with three reviews, saying very nice things like:
"This book rocks! ... All chapters are brilliant."
"The localisation and resource usage in the managed world are clearly described and you won't lose hours trying to access resources in your code anymore!"
"I stayed up all last night reading Chris' new book... I enjoyed every single page."
And, of course, the quote that makes my life complete:
"Move over Petzold, Sells is here."
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