June 2004
Intermediate to advanced
296 pages
6h 29m
English
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A Note to the Reader
“Not that it matters, but most of this is true.”
—William Goldman Butch Cassidy and the Sundance
Kid
MOST OF THE MATERIAL in this book was originally written for my weblog, (the cool kids call it a “blog”) an almost daily diary that I publish at my website, wilwheaton.net.
As I went through my archives and pulled out entries to include here, I was strongly tempted to make massive changes to the material. I think I’m a much more competent writer now than I was when I started keeping the blog, and some of the earlier entries make me cringe.
However, I resisted. My evolution as a writer is a big part of this story, and cleaning up the older entries too much would rob you (and me) of some fun.
I have made small changes: hyperlinks have been removed, and I’ve filled in some details that would not be obvious “offline,” but the fundamental meaning of each entry is unchanged.
It may help the reader to see the conventions I use in this book when I quote weblog entries:
All of the entries are still online at wilwheaton.net, organized by
date, if you’re the type of person who has to run a mental
/usr/bin/diff on everything you see. Just make
sure you pipe the output into a text file. There’s a lot of
information in there. This book chronicles a long journey. It has
its peaks and valleys, but I promise it has a happy ending.
I hope you enjoy the ride.
—Namaste.
Wil Wheaton
Los Angeles, CA
April 14, 2004
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