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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25932375 Adrian's review of The Ruby Programming Language
by David Flanagan

MICHAEL wrote: "what would you say the most important things you learned from this that you didn't know before hand?"

That's a tough question. Probably the Ruby 1.9 stuff. Even if you think you know a language well, there are always a million little things... and it explains everything in detail. Specifics would probably sound boring, and many people might think why would I ever want to learn that? So this book isn't for them. It's for people who are already above average, but want to distance themselves even further from their peers.
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book/recommendation/298206 Adrian recommended the book The Ruby Programming Language to Otis

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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25932375 to: The Ruby Programming Language (Paperback) by David Flanagan
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This book provides comprehensive documentation of the Ruby programming language (1.8.x and 1.9.x) by the language's creator, Yukihiro Matsumoto, and David Flanagan (from Javascript: The Definitive Guide and Java in a Nutshell fame).

Ruby is an easy language to program in, but it is not a simple language. This book is intended for experienced programmers who want to master Ruby. It is not a beginner's book, although it does take a bottoms up approach -- it is intended to be read in the order it is written. If you've got the capacity and willingness to read carefully and think through the examples, this book will reward you many times over with knowledge and insight.
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35860181 The Mountain Biker's Training Bible (Paperback) by Joe Friel
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37367001 Adrian's review of High Performance MySQL: Optimization, Backups, Replication, and More
by Baron Schwartz

If you start reading now, maybe you'll finish in time. :) There's also no point in reading old technical books, it's not like they're fine wine.
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35860181 Adrian's review of The Mountain Biker's Training Bible
by Joe Friel

That kind of comment isn't good for your business, now is it? But let's go riding and test your theory...
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