The Best Of Verity Stob

Verity Stob, the comedienne of the programming world, has been writing satirical chronicles of techie life since 1988. For the first time, the very best of Stob's columns have been collected into one essential book. Discover why Mrs. Bill Gates calls in a programmer to fix her plumbing, find out about the Google computer that suffers from Tourette's syndrome, and much more.

Verity Stob &emdash; programmings funniest memoir -- Andrew Orlowski, The Register

Her humor is original and versatile. Poems, stories, scripts, hacked diaries, parodies -- the book has them all. -- Alex Moskalyuk, Slashdot Contributor

Now, thanks to Apress, those who've missed out can catch up with "The Best of Verity Stob," an anthology of her work from way back when hard disks were measured in MB and RAM in KB. -- Pan Pantziarka, TechBookReport

Reading the intro, I quickly became a Stob fan. -- Tom Duff, Duffberts Random Musings

Verity Stob is the comedienne of the programming world. She has been writing satirical chronicles of techie life since 1988. Her column first appeared in the legendary .EXE Magazine, then Dr. Dobbs' Journal, and it now graces The Register.

For the first time, the very best of Stobs columns have been collected into one essential book. Discover why Mrs. Bill Gates calls in a programmer to fix her plumbing; find out about the Google computer that suffers from Tourette's syndrome; discover the shameful secret of the CEO who types his correspondence in CAPITAL LETTERS, and much, much more