Thoughts From Eric Archive

Kat graduated from her midwifery program today.  She is now officially a midwife!

• Sunday, 21 May 2000 was published on Sunday, May 21st, 2000.
• It was assigned to the General category.
• There have been no replies.

CSS:TDG will be entering a second print run soon, thanks to strong sales.  It’s had an Amazon.com sales ranking as high as 113, and there are rumors that it went higher when we weren’t looking.  On a related note, the recently published Amazon.com editorial review of CSS:TDG is very kind indeed.  Here are a few quotes:  “…enthusiasm for [CSS] spills out of the pages, making a strong case for even the most skeptical reader to give CSS a whirl and count on its future… attention to both detail and architecture helps readers build a well-rounded knowledge of CSS…  This fine guide delivers on its promise as an indispensable tool for CSS coders.”

• Saturday, 20 May 2000 was published on Saturday, May 20th, 2000.
• It was assigned to the Books and CSS categories.
• There have been no replies.

We’re back from Europe.  Our time there was both wonderful and productive, but the actual travels to and from Europe were not wonderful, nor even vaguely pleasant.  We’re starting to suspect that we carry some kind of combined travel and weather curse.  (But we’re still not Rain Gods.)

• Friday, 19 May 2000 was published on Friday, May 19th, 2000.
• It was assigned to the Travel category.
• There have been no replies.

Eric says: Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide has been published and is available.  I have held a copy in my hands (I got two last night via Federal Express); somehow I expected it to be bigger.  I suppose that’s probably an effect of the book’s psychological significance.  Preorders, as of the end of April, totaled 6,307.  …wow.

• Wednesday, 3 May 2000 was published on Wednesday, May 3rd, 2000.
• It was assigned to the Books and CSS categories.
• There have been no replies.

Kat is back in Cleveland!  Eric could be happier, maybe, but he isn’t really sure how.  Other good things happening: orders for CSS:TDG have already passed 5,200 copies, and the book won’t be available until the beginning of May.  Looks like we might have a winner on our hands, folks…

• Thursday, 13 April 2000 was published on Thursday, April 13th, 2000.
• It was assigned to the Books and CSS categories.
• There have been no replies.

Now it’s just silly.  CSS:TDG hit an Amazon.com sales ranking of 3,923 today, depsite having fallen from 8,423 to 26000-plus in just a few hours, and then rebounding to almost 7,000 in a few more hours.  We don’t know what the heck is going on, but it’s kind of morbidly fun to track the numbers anyway.

• Tuesday, 28 March 2000 was published on Tuesday, March 28th, 2000.
• It was assigned to the Books category.
• There have been no replies.

At one point today, CSS:TDG hit an Amazon.com sales ranking of 8,423.  This appears to confirm the suspicion that these rankings are simply randomly generated numbers.

• Sunday, 26 March 2000 was published on Sunday, March 26th, 2000.
• It was assigned to the Books category.
• There have been no replies.

Eric has officially left CWRU, which means that he’s technically unemployed until Monday, when he starts work with a firm known as The OPAL Group.  He’s joining a start-up division, which means it has all the advantages of an ordinary start-up with the established-company luxury of having a list of clients already waiting; literally, the best of both worlds.  CSS:TDG continues to move up the Amazon.com sales rankings, at one point reaching 51,270.  (I’ve heard that the book has already sold well over 2,000 copies—and it hasn’t even gone to the printers yet!)

• Saturday, 18 March 2000 was published on Saturday, March 18th, 2000.
• It was assigned to the Books and Work categories.
• There have been no replies.