The city is a haven for dreamers and idealists who spend their time in ornately mundane ways. Now and then someone escapes to touch the face of the sky. Life is what you make it. It's hard to be a grown-up but too easy to take things seriously. One day, Ben woke up with a good job, a house, and no idea what he wanted out of life. Then she knocked his comfortable world askew. In one brief moment of clarity, he saw the whole picture: life, the universe, and his place in it. Now all he knows is that if he can do it again, he has a chance to achieve what everyone wants. Respect... Independence... Satisfaction... Fulfillment... Contentment... This is how Ben turned 30.

Gravitas

Literature & Fiction

Christopher, S.

Contemporary

Onyx Neon Press

mod_perl 2, the next generation of the Apache Perl module, gives you full access to the Apache 2 internals via the Perl programming language, just as mod_perl 1 gave you access to Apache 1. New features in Apache and Perl make mod_perl 2 even more powerful and useful than before, allowing you to quickly write and deploy fast, robust web applications. As with any major upgrade, there are new features and key changes to mod_perl from the 1.x generation. The mod_perl 2 User's Guide explains these key changes and demonstrates the tools you can use to port modules and migrate your existing code. Improvements in Apache 2 and mod_perl 2 include: * Multi-Processing Model modules (MPMs) allow for process-based and thread-based processing models. The addition of thread support makes mod_perl viable on Win32 and introduces the potential for improved performance on other platforms. * Protocol Modules give Apache and mod_perl the potential to serve any protocol, not just HTTP. * A mod_perl 2 interface to the Apache filtering API gives full access to input and output filters from Perl. * Support for creating custom Apache configuration directives in pure Perl, improved options for passing values to Perl modules from Apache, and greater access to the Apache configuration values. * The Apache::Test framework, useful for Perl and non-Perl Apache modules, allows you to develop fully-tested web applications to verify features and guard against regression. * The ability to easily subclass ModPerl::Registry and override methods as needed. This guide provides installation and configuration guidelines, as well as details on all the ways you can plug into the Apache request cycle. You'll also learn how to write mod_perl handlers to deliver content with rapid response times and to leverage your existing CGI scripts with ModPerl::Registry. Whether you're new to mod_perl or migrating from mod_perl 1, the mod_perl 2 User's Guide will give you the information you need to get up and running on Apache 2 and mod_perl 2. Half of all proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to The Perl Foundation.

mod_perl 2 User's Guide

Computers & Technology

Bekman, Stas

Brandt, Jim

Networking & Cloud Computing

The world cries out for justice, peace, healing, and inspiration - and heroes arise. Unfortunately, they stick around after that. Everything in the city is new to John-Paul, including a new identity he never asked for and strange abilities everyone seems to take for granted. Is this all just a cruel hoax on a wide-eyed farmboy? Everyone wants something from Pandora, and she'll go along just to figure out what's happening. Is there more to this photojournalism intern than she thinks? Everywhere conspiracies lurk in Titian's mind. Is the old man as rich and powerful as he seems, or is he as much of a pawn as he considers his underlings? Every day is another chance for the world to spin out of control around Clownfish. Is she the only one who wonders exactly when and where everything went wrong? Perhaps the imminent destruction of their city, home to millions of perfectly average people happy to leave heroics to heroes, will clarify their thinking - if it doesn't kill them all first.

Gigapolis

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

In the future... Will the Twins still be our favorite team? Will our lust for power and wealth go too far? How will we find our way in a bag storm? Cifiscape Vol. I, The Twin Cities describes a diverse and gritty future for our beloved Metro. Including seven of the best Twin Cities short stories and graphic comics, each with their own unique vision of what could happen to the Twin Cities of the future. Onyx Neon Press is proud to present the first volume in the Cifiscape science fiction collection. Cifiscape Vol. I, The Twin Cities includes work by Ken Avidor, Brian Garrity, Toianna Gump, Max Hrabal, Bob Lipski, Ken Lubold, and Aaron Wilson.

Cifiscape Vol. I, the Twin Cities

Ken Avidor

Brian Garrity

Toianna Gump

Max Hrabal

Bob Lipski

Ken Lubold

Aaron M. Wilson

Science Fiction

Perl 5 is a popular, powerful, and robust programming language. With countless satisfied developers, tens of thousands of freely available libraries, and continual improvements to the language and its ecosystem, modern Perl development can be easy, reliable, and fun. To take advantage of the full power of Perl 5--to become a true expert, capable of solving any problem put before you--you must understand the language. Modern Perl explains Perl 5 from theory to implementation, including Perl 5.12.

Modern Perl

Chromatic

Programming

Liftoff-it's the unexplored, often ignored, Agile project practice. As the first act of flight, a rocket launch requires an entire set of systems to lift the vehicle into orbit-not just the vehicle itself, but all the systems needed for smoothly moving off the ground into space. Likewise, your project needs its entire set of supporting systems in place to begin a successful journey to delivery. Whatever you call it (project kickoff, bootcamp, inception, or jump start), liftoff gives your team its trajectory, and launches your project. This critical practice informs, inspires, and aligns everyone to a singular purpose: the successful delivery of software. This success is in your hands! Agile veterans Diana Larsen and Ainsley Nies teach you how to organize and conduct liftoffs, hold team activities to discover what's most important, and offer a working framework for effective and lightweight agile chartering.

Liftoff: Launching Agile Teams & Projects

Larsen, Diana

Nies, Ainsley

The Best Perl Programmers Use Modern Perl In 1987, Perl 1.0 changed the world. In the decades since then, the language has grown from a simple tool for system administration somewhere between shell scripting and C programming to a powerful, general purpose language steeped in a rich heritage. Even so, most Perl 5 programs in the world take far too little advantage of the language. You can write Perl 5 programs as if they were Perl 4 programs (or Perl 3 or 2 or 1), but programs written to take advantage of everything amazing the worldwide Perl 5 community has invented, polished, and discovered are shorter, faster, more powerful, and easier to maintain than their alternatives. They solve difficult problems with speed and elegance. They take advantage of the CPAN and its unparalleled library of reusable code. They get things done. This productivity can be yours, whether you've dabbled with Perl for a decade or someone just handed you this book and said "Fix this code by Friday." Modern Pe

A science fiction anthology unlike anything you've ever read. With ten stories from eleven authors and graphic artists, Cifiscape Vol. II is a new and original science fiction anthology with a unique twist. Written by Minnesota authors, these are stories from the heartland. These authors and artists have come together to create a vision of what the future of the Twin Cities could look like. Onyx Neon Press is proud to present the second volume in the Cifiscape science fiction anthology series. Cifiscape Vol. II: The Twin Cities includes work by John Beckmann, Doug Donley, Brian D. Garity, Jonathan Hansen, Max Hrabal, Erica Lindquist &amp; Aron Christensen, Bob Lipski, Dale Newton, David Oppegaard, and Aaron M. Wilson. Find out more at: http://cifiscape.onxyneon.com

Cifiscape Volume II: The Twin Cities

Jonathan Hansen

John Beckmann

Doug Donley

Brian D. Garrity

Erica Lindquist

Dale Newton

David Oppegaard

The Best Perl Programmers Use Modern Perl! In 1987, Perl 1.0 changed the world. In the decades since then, the language has grown from a simple tool for system administration somewhere between shell scripting and C programming to a powerful, general purpose language steeped in a rich heritage. Even so, most Perl programs in the world take far too little advantage of the language. Programs written to take advantage of everything amazing the worldwide Perl community has invented, polished, and discovered are shorter, faster, more powerful, and easier to maintain than their alternatives. They solve difficult problems with speed and elegance. They take advantage of the CPAN and its unparalleled library of reusable code. They get things done. This productivity can be yours, whether you've dabbled with Perl for a decade or someone just handed you this book and said "Fix this code by Friday." Modern Perl is suitable for programmers of every level. Only Modern Perl focuses on Perl 5.16 and 5.18, to demonstrate the latest and most effective time-saving features. Only Modern Perl explains how and why the language works, to let you unlock the full power of Perl. Hone your skills. Sharpen your knowledge of the tools and techniques that make Perl so effective. Master everything Perl has to offer. When you have to solve a problem now, reach for Perl. When you have to solve a problem right, reach for Modern Perl.

Thirty-nine years old, laid off from a bookstore, and working in the backroom of a grocery, Sean Rogers thought the time was right to start his career as a software developer. The only problem: he knew nothing about technology. Just the opposite, he held on to CD players and flip phones long past the point of prudence.\nEnter Tech Elevator, an in-person coding boot camp boasting a 92% job placement. Welcome to 14 weeks of intensive education, larger-than-life characters, and a bumbling yet inspiring attempt at becoming a programmer.\nAs more people than ever begin looking for new careers, interest in coding boot camps has surged as a replacement for the traditional four-year degree. Refactored: My Attempt at Breaking into Tech During the Rise of the Coding Boot Camp is a wild, funny, stressful insider's look on a movement that is changing the face of education the world over.

Refactored: My Attempt at Breaking into Tech During the Rise of the Coding Boot Camp

Biographies & Memoirs

Rogers, Sean

Professionals & Academics

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