--- title: "Hacking RSS and Atom is a Real Book" date: 2005-04-25T15:16:23-04:00 url: https://blog.lmorchard.com/2005/04/25/hacking-rss-and-atom-is-a-real-book/ author: Les Orchard --- # Hacking RSS and Atom is a Real Book [][wbook] Update: [The book is out!](http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/09/13/hacking-rss-and-atom-is-out) So, I've been in a bit of blog silence for the last month or so, backing off even from [my fledgling habit of quick posts][quick]. I've been spiraling down toward getting the final chapters of my book's first draft done. There've been notions here and there I wish I'd captured and posted--*OmniWeb's been treating me nice; been tapping my foot for Tiger; Greasemonkey seems damn cool; I want to learn Lisp again; gee my site needs a refresh*--but, I'm trying to maintain focus here. Hoping to get these last few chapters wrapped up quick, then take a run through revisions and reworking bits that seemed to makes sense weeks and months ago but now seem a bit wonky in the light of later developments. But, as you can see, the book has a cover now, as well as its [own page on the Wiley site][wbook]. That, and it's been [available on Amazon][abook] for awhile, as well. Since this is my first time through this whole process, I'm just a tad bedazzled by it, and seeing this thing ready for pre-order (and with a really keen cover!) just cements some reality for me. I'm a bit leery of posting too many details--not because anyone's told me not to, but just because I haven't asked whether I can. But, I'm hoping at some point to throw an outline out there to give a bit of a peek at where my hacking energies have been going lately. I've got this sort of pride/anxiety complex going on, alternating between thinking I've got a few really nifty tricks in there and thinking that anyone who's worth their salt will be able to see just how mediocre it all is. But, I suspect this all ties back to my [Beginner's Mind][bmind] complex. I did get some unexpectedly nice words from one of my editors after a submission this past weekend, so that bolstered me quite a bit. In the meantime... hello world. Still here, almost there, and see you soon. [abook]: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0764597582/0xdecafbad-20 [wbook]: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0764597582.html [quick]: http://www.decafbad.com/blog/2005/02/19/writing_no_things_of_epic_import [bmind]: http://www.decafbad.com/blog/2005/01/07/beginners_mind_versus_teachers_mind

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