I have no problem admitting that I learnt object oriented programming with Bruce Eckel's Thinking in Java. Even more, I am absolutely convinced that if from time to time I manage to look "solidly backgrounded" in O-O it is due to what I learnt in Thinking in Java. Third edition just received a Jolt award (I learnt while moving from 1st to 2nd Ed, time do fly, sigh). Thinking in C# is in the works and I am looking forward to it. In the mean time, Bruce has started his web log and it's got some mind opening content, go browse around, you won't repent.
It's not a surprise at all. Can't wait to put my hands on AMD's 64-bits offering. Meanwhile I'll try to finish this week the upgrade of my onw OpenMosix cluster from 2.4.16-1 to 2.4.20-2. Wish me good luck, 2 machines done, 3 to go...