Acknowledgements

Larry sends one hundred huzzahs each to:

Rebecca Gulick, editor extraordinaire. Thanks for thinking of me for this title and for being there to make sure it's done right. If it weren't for your excellent guidance over the years, I'd still be writing bad haikus in a Midwestern poetry sweatshop.

Liz Welch, for her attention to detail, her ability to impose consistency on an inconsistent writer, and for letting me use the word nefarious.

Connie Jeung-Mills and Kelli Kamel, who turn the assortment of digital flotsam I create into a readable book.

Rebecca Ross, for tidying up the contractual messes.

All of the other very good people at Peachpit Press—like Nancy Aldrich-Ruenzel, Nancy Davis, Marjorie Baer, Suzie Lowey, Kim Lombardi, Gary-Paul Prince, Lisi Baldwin, Jim Bruce, and many others—who help turn a bunch of words in my head into a book on a bookshelf.

Andreas Signer, for a most excellent and thorough job with the technical review.

Marc Liyanage, my co-author. My sincerest thanks for stepping in when the chips were down and for giving the material the boost it needed.

And last but not least, on a personal note, a lifetime of thanks and all of my love to Jessica.

Marc would like to thank:

Larry Ullman, for inviting me to join this book project. I had a lot of fun and learned a lot along the way.

Andreas Signer, for the professional and detailed technical review.