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From: Kathryn Barrett <kathrynb@oreilly.com>
Subject: "The Best of the Joy of Tech" Released by O'Reilly
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 22:01:43 GMT

[Sometimes topical humour helps solve problems better than reading
 specs or references, so this may be of interest to subscribers. -ed]
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Need to Reboot Your Sense of Humor?
O'Reilly Releases "The Best of the Joy of Tech"
        
Sebastopol, CA--Even the geekiest geeks get frustrated and frazzled by
technology now and then or, even worse, discover that their cynicism is
starting to wane. For these folks and anyone else who faces a computer on
a regular basis (or knows someone who does), "The Best of the Joy of Tech"
(O'Reilly, US $14.95) by Nitrozac and Snaggy offers the perfect boost to
get a fresh and funny look at the geek world and restore their sense of
humor along the way. With a style that's simultaneously retro and
modern, smart and sexy, The Joy of Tech comics poke fun at the latest
cultural and technological trends, including those mired deep within the
recesses of the IT world.  From geeks to corporate giants to the funny
world of Macintosh culture, nothing is sacred, and "The Best of The Joy of
Tech" will have readers laughing at it all.

The book is a collection of the very best from The Joy of Tech online
series, the hilarious technology-centric comics created by the dual
processing powers of Nitrozac and Snaggy.  Long a favorite of those in the
know--from the techies in the trenches to those who lead and shape the IT
industry--these comics are appearing for the first time in the time-proven
and stable "book" interface.

The Joy of Tech comics feature a cast of characters ranging from Bill
Gates and Steve Jobs to aliens, curvaceous female geeks, and a strange guy
in a black suit. But as David Pogue says in his introduction to the book,
"In the end, though, you get the idea that the real stars of The Joy of
Tech--the unkempt male schlumps who populate most of its panels--don't
really mind not being Leonardo DiCaprio (or even the Dell Dude). They get
their pleasure elsewhere: from RAM upgrades, from blogging, and from new,
unattainably expensive PowerBook models."

Steve Wozniak, in his foreword to the book, concurs: "So many of us become
a bit strange to the rest of the world. It goes with the territory," he
writes. "We become the geeks who can have conversations with our own types
that normal people just don't understand.

"It's great that this cartoon exists," he continues, "to make us feel
proud of who we are, while laughing a bit at the disconnects of real life.
The Joy of Tech comic makes us all heroes. It makes me feel like I felt
reading Tom Swift, Jr. books in elementary school--that engineers can save
the world from all sorts of conflict and evil."

"The Best of the Joy of Tech" features several new, never-before-seen
comics, exclusive notes from the artists about their work, an appendix of
the JoyPolls, and a lexicon of JoyWords.  Printed in glorious full color,
it'll be the one thing on a techie's desktop guaranteed not to crash,
freeze, or go "poof!"

"The Best of the Joy of Tech" will be a welcome addition to any techie's
library of geeky books. Amidst the often mind-numbing brain fodder of
coding how-tos, user manuals, and hardware reviews, "The Best of The Joy
of Tech" is an oasis of top-notch humor and images sure to refresh the
mind's page and reboot the will to live. One peek inside the covers of the
book and anyone involved with technology--from cubical workers to those
who work at home, from teenagers and students to full-time workers in the
technology sector--will find it difficult to leave.

Additional Resources:

For more information about the book, including Table of Contents, index,
author bios, and samples, see:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bestjoytech/

The Joy of Tech web site:
http://www.joyoftech.com/

For a cover graphic in JPEG format, go to:
ftp://ftp.ora.com/pub/graphics/book_covers/hi-res/0596005784.jpg

The Best of the Joy of Tech
Nitrozac and Snaggy
ISBN 0-596-00578-4, 192 pages, $14.95 US, $23.95 CA
order@oreilly.com
1-800-998-9938
1-707-827-7000
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