Acknowledgments

There are quite a few people who need to be thanked. Without their help, I would never have finished this book with my sanity intact:

The tech editors, David W. Aquilina and Martin Brown, for catching my technical gaffes and omissions.

The folks at Peachpit: Cliff Colby (for tricking me into doing this), Elissa Rabellino (for her awesome editing powers and comprehensive double-checking), Rebecca Ross (for being patient with me and my Canada versus the IRS questions), and Whitney Walker (for shepherding the project and not yelling at me for being chronically late). I know I've left out the indexing and production crew, who also deserve some kudos for their excellent work.

The #beosghetto crew on Freenode's IRC network, for their free and timely technical support and random strangeness: Chris (Wyldfire), David (Mithrndir) and David (Beryllium), Geoff (DirtyWeaponry), Gord (Balatro), Ian (Xyverz), Kevin (Skorobeus), Mikael (tic), Thies (thies), and Wade (kurros). My apologies if I've left anyone out! Special thanks to Kevin's bot (Mamba) for randomly injecting surreal comments at inappropriate times.

The mighty Scot Hacker, for being the cause of all this when he declined Cliff's offer to write this book and sent him my way instead.

Finally, I'd like to thank my family for putting up with my erratic and stressed-out behavior for the past several months. Alex Woodward-Herborth, you're the best son anyone could wish for; thanks for reminding me to have fun. My lovely and talented wife, Lynette Woodward-Herborth, thanks for picking up my slack around the house and for letting me work insane hours to get things done (almost) on time.