Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Out of Pocket
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Dear Reader,
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authored one of these myself (Digital Photography Pocket Guide, 3rd
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working on the book.
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Until next week,
-Derrick
Derrick Story
O'Reilly Online Editorial Director
derrick@oreilly.com
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The Three Faces of Steve: WWDC 2006
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Lightroom in Iceland
Derrick Story is back from sunlight twenty-two hours a day in Iceland. He
talks to George Jardine about shooting pictures and working on them in
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MySQL Federated Tables: The Missing Manual
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Untwisting Python Network Programming
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