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Hmmm. I do like the "Learn X the Hard Way" by Zed stuff. And I do like the in-page edit-compile-respond of the Rust-by-example book.

That said: I'm not really a funny guy like the Perl people or Randall Munroe. Do you think a co-author would help with a more general audience?

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funny is what you make it. absurd, depressing, uplifting, idiotic.

I consider this the best comedy on the planet: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2396224/

I also like the stuff by this guy brad neely: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WCiBPjckTg

don't let other people tell you what's funny or you'll be watching carlos mencia and everybody loves raymond.

There are plenty of non funny, brilliant technical books, even those introducing a new language(Clojure Programming or even K&R). I think you need to just focus on doing a solid job vs trying to "be funny".

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