Just in time for my birthday, I've received my first copies of my book, Core Internet Application Development with ASP.NET 2.0, published by Prentice Hall. After all the unrelenting work of writing the book from Oct-05 to Aug-06, and the slower and time-consuming process of editing it from Sep-06 to Dec-06, it was somewhat unreal to actually see the finished product in my hands. It was a great moment, and yet I felt somewhat distant from it all.

My department chair Bill Paterson and the Pearson Ed book rep Shannon Bailey arranged a nice reception at the College for the book, with a cake and free copies of the book for my department colleagues. Thanks you two!