Shameless Plug - A Peek at Computer Electronics
Just a quick announcement that my second book is now available:
http://pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/ctelec/index.html
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A Peek at Computer Electronics
Are you a programmer or computer enthusiast? Do you feel comfortable with methods, functions, and variables? Do you wish you knew more about how the computer made it all work? Now you can. From basic electronics to advanced computer hardware, you’ll learn the magic behind the gear that makes it all run.
If you’re into tinkering, or ever thought about it, this book explains the basics of how it all works.
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My first book is still available too:
http://pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/ctrubyqt/index.html
September 10th, 2007 at 7:45 am
red2, coffeemate.com is offering a free sample of coffee creamer. I think it’s via a coupon for up to $3.99 on coffeemate products.
September 10th, 2007 at 10:26 am
Caleb, I was considering purchasing your book at the Pragmatic Programmer’s Bookshelf, but I got a bit stumped while reading the sample chapter (6), coming across what looks like a lack of post-editing:
“Despite its apparent usefulness, the oscillation valve was expensive and
power hungry and so was not widely used. Despite its usefulness, the
oscillation valve was not widely used. It was expensive to make and
used a large amount of power. Competing devices resulted including a
crystal detector (see The Buzz, on the following page).”
In the interest of your sales figures, you might want to remedy this when you find the time
September 10th, 2007 at 10:31 am
Thanks Nicolas. It’s actually already been remedied (along with 15 or so other errata); I’m just waiting for the Prags to create version 1.1.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:07 am
woot just stumbled across this blog
hope you can put up about ruby, and ruby-qt every now in a while