Acknowledgments
First and foremost, I wish to thank my wife for her endless patience while writing this book
and for her ceaseless trust in me as a husband and provider. Without her encouragement and
devotion, I would be lucky to have a job sitting in a cube farm complaining about printer errors
like “PC Load Letter." I’d like to thank my offspring, Michael, who was the perfect kid during
Daddy’s long days and nights away writing. And thank you to our newest bundle, Julia, for
being a peaceful baby whose only gripe was “feed me!" And thanks to my family, Nana and
Papa, Aunties L ori, Alysia, Diana and Jennifer, Granddude, and the Grandmas Great and
Small for letting us stop by unexpectedly. And thanks to our friends from the Lang Ranch
Mom’s Club for being there for my family when we needed you.
I’d also like to thank my cousin Creighton and pals Brett, Sam, and Sean for helping get me
out of a tight spot here and there.
The contributors of this book get special appreciation for helping to put out a great product in
a timely manner. They individually pushed the envelope on the projects outlined here and their
efforts made this book into more than the sum of its parts.
I’m very grateful for the help and encouragement from my editors: Scott Amerman, who kept
me on my toes, Chris Webb, who believed in the book in the first place, Brian MacDonald, who
helped make the book a delight to read, and everyone else at Wiley Publishing who helped
make this book a reality. Thanks, everybody. I hope we can still be friends!
Special thanks to the members of the user group community in Southern California:
SOCALWUG, OCCALWUG, SBWUG, and SDWUG; and the communities of BAWUG,
Netstumbler.com
, Nocat, NZWireless, Seattle W ireless, and SoCalFreeNet. These
loose-knit groups of like-minded individuals are shaping the future world of wireless. Their
feedback, suggestions, and onsite help made many of the projects in this book possible.
And thanks to you, dear reader. By picking up this book, you have delved into that interesting
world of wireless and Wi-Fi Toys!
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