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Duke of URL
Just a quick note to let you know about a change or two I’ve made around the site. Changed the primary URL of the site from www.thecabal.org to www.devinonearth.com. This is actually something I’ve been wanting to do for a … Continue reading
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Oh, Alaric Ganger, no!
For the most part, we have good kids. We get compliments on their public behavior all the time. Usually, this is because we’ve taught the kids to hold it together until they get back home, where we give them a … Continue reading
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New books!
WOrking on my latest book, Mastering System Center Data Protection Manager 2007, was a long process. However, Monday I got to experience my favorite part of the writing process — getting the box from the publisher with the author’s copies. … Continue reading
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Expanding Alaric’s world…and getting mine expanded in return
Recently, we decided to do something about a problem we’ve been noticing with our kids. While they’re both avid readers, they both tend to re-read the same books — tens of times serially if we’d let them. Alaric was not … Continue reading
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A footnote in history
I’d like to toss a hypothetical out there for y’all to ponder. Say, for the sake of argument, that you’re an editor for a technical book publisher. You have a line of books that you want to make roughly equivalent … Continue reading
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A writing question
For the past few years, I’ve had two novel ideas eating my brain. Last night, however, I finally made the decision to put both of these ideas on the shelf and work on another book. While I care about these … Continue reading
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I’ll check that out right away
I buy and read more than a few technical books. Big shock, I know, but what can you do? I have a local bookstore I like to visit, but I’ll often use Amazon as well when I’m not in a … Continue reading
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