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Paperback: 316 pages
Publisher: APRESS (1 Feb 2005)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1590594428
ISBN-13: 978-1590594421
Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15.4 x 2.4 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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Verity Stob is the comedienne of the programming world. She has been writing satirical chronicles of techie life since 1988. Her column first appeared in the legendary .EXE Magazine, then Dr. Dobbs' Journal, and it now graces The Register. For the first time, the very best of Stob's columns have been collected into one essential book. Discover why Mrs. Bill Gates calls in a programmer to fix her plumbing; find out about the Google computer that suffers from Tourette's syndrome; discover the shameful secret of the CEO who types his correspondence in CAPITAL LETTERS, and much, much more!

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5.0 out of 5 stars The wit and whizzwigdom of the ace acerbic programmer, 2 April 2005

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When I announced, on cix, that my "Verity Stob (does not) have a big bottom" t-shirt had finally fallen to bits (that's 8 bits not your new fangled 32 or 64 bits mind) Ms Stob wrote to me saying I should console myself with her new book.

So I did, and I'm jolly glad I did too.

Such joy at reading some old favourites from her jottings in .EXE mag. The subtle wit distilled from the understanding of the experienced practitioner and her coding pencil. The art of refined and clever programming by a master of her craft, clever, syntactically correct with all the correct verbs. A far cry from today's regression of languages to point and grunt.

This book is a must, to be chuckled at over and over and sit amongst the hallowed tomes of K&R, "Obfuscated C", Knuth and tattered cuttings of "Sam and the Fat man" from Freelance Informer (another defunct mag from the heady days when the streets of London were paved with drunk contract programmers).

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, 4 Mar 2005

By	Gary J. Walker "gjw1992" (Milton Keynes, Bucks United Kingdom) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I'm astounded there aren't a whole load of positive reviews for this fine book. Funny, nostalgic, and hopefully Verity's column will reappear regularly in some suitable organ.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Laugh out loud., 4 May 2005

By	Dominic G. Connor "DominiConnor" (City of London) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I'm the mad person you see on the Central line, laughing at some computer book on the way to work. Easily the funniest book on computers in print. This is humour for people who do computers, not the poor little drabs who merely use them.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Stob's Simply Stunning
Verity is at her finest in this monster tombe, bristling with perceptive insight on the corporate world. Thoroughly enjoyed and recommended. Read more

Published 10 months ago by Mark Adams

4.0 out of 5 stars A jolly romp through the annals of computing
If, like me, you've managed to live your life quite happily until now without ever having heard the name of Verity Stob, you will be delighted to discover she is an intelligent... Read more

Published on 10 Jun 2007 by Mark R. Bannister

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for any programmer
Even though some of the articles are 'before my time' (I'm 26), I recommend this to any geek. Read more

Published on 16 Jan 2006 by geme_hendrix

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