In 2011 my son was born and I instantly found myself on a whole new planet. Walk with me while I traverse this strange land with Hal as our guide...Lessons From Hal is the daily diary written over the course of his son's first year by a nervous, slightly paranoid, newb father as he attempts to adapt from a geeky existence to a parental (yet still geeky) existence.*5% of all profits made on my end will be donated to the World Wildlife Fund

When was the last time you banged his brains out?This is the only book that doesn't beat about the bush and that finally provides ladies with all of the knowledge that they are seeking when it comes to life in the bedroom. If you are seeking to spice up your sex life, blow your man's mind and get in touch with your naughty side, then saddle up because this is going to be a crazy trip.Getting your partner to open up about his emotions is not simple. The goal...

Has your sexual life become monotonous and repetitive? Has it turned into a mundane routine?Learn to add some Dirty Talk to spice it up!One way to make your man feel more desirable and desired is via the art of dirty talking. It could enhance the sexual experience and add some spice to your relationship. However, sometimes it might be difficult to think of anything to say.So many relationships begin well, with passionate sex and plenty of enjoyment s...

When was the last time you banged her brains out?The only book that doesn't mince words and gives Guys all the information they've been looking for on life in the bedroom.This is going to be an insane journey if you want to spice up your sexual life, wow your girlfriend, and connect with your naughty side.It might be difficult to get your spouse to talk openly about her feelings. To see the world from her viewpoint is the main objective. If...

A historical novel of prejudice and plague, The Scourges of Heaven sweeps gracefully, joyfully, painfully across centuries and generations. Through Cynthia Anne Ferguson, orphaned aboard a vessel carrying immigrants, hopes, dreams, and cholera from the Old World to the New, David Dick paints a world where the causes of disease are little understood, where faith is not always a comfort, where human questioning often goes unanswered, and where unexpected death is frequently attribut...

Web Services, Service-Oriented Architectures, and Cloud Computing is a jargon-free, highly illustrated explanation of how to leverage the rapidly multiplying services available on the Internet. The future of business will depend on software agents, mobile devices, public and private clouds, big data, and other highly connected technology. IT professionals will need to evaluate and combine online services into service-oriented architectures (SOA), often depending on Web services and cloud c...

Winner of the 2011 Jolt Excellence Award!Getting software released to users is often a painful, risky, and time-consuming process.This groundbreaking new book sets out the principles and technical practices that enablerapid, incremental delivery of high quality, valuable new functionality to users. Throughautomation of the build, deployment, and testing process, and improved collaboration betweendevelopers, testers, and operations, d...

The instant New York Times bestselling book of entertaining, irreverent, and totally accessible illustrated answers to the scientific “questions you had no idea were bugging you all your life” (Fast Company), from the creators of the wildly popular YouTube channel AsapSCIENCE.Why do we get hung over? What would happen if you stopped sleeping? Is binge-watching TV actually bad for you? Why should I take a power nap? In their first-ever book, Mitche...

So you got the guy on the big white horse, and the beautiful little mermaids, and the picket fence, and your life isn’ t . . . perfect in every imaginable way?You’re not alone. In 1997, Gabrielle Reece married the man of her dreams—professional surfer Laird Hamilton—in a flawless Hawaiian ceremony. Naturally, the couple filed for divorce four years later.In the end they worked it out, but not without the ups and downs, minor hiccups, and ma...

This is a book for dedicated academics who consider spending years masochistically overworked and underappreciated as a laudable goal. They lead the lives of the impoverished, grade the exams of whiny undergrads, and spend lonely nights in the library or laboratory pursuing a transcendent truth that only six or seven people will ever care about. These suffering, unshaven sad sacks are grad students, and their salvation has arrived in this witty look at the low points of grad school.

The overwhelming majority of a software systemâ??s lifespan is spent in use, not in design or implementation. So, why does conventional wisdom insist that software engineers focus primarily on the design and development of large-scale computing systems?In this collection of essays and articles, key members of Googleâ??s Site Reliability Team explain how and why their commitment to the entire lifecycle has enabled the company to successfully build, deploy, monitor, and maintain some...

You're having a baby. That's it. Game over, man.Life as you know it is done.Go ahead, freak out. Comic Chris Mancini was terrified of his impending fatherhood. But soon after throwing up upon seeing the little blue line, he realized that most expectant dads sometimes feel nervous, depressed, or powerless -- like a new baby is guy-kryptonite. Chris has been there and survived it. He'll talk you off the ledge.Naturally, you ha...