“A kilopage of awesome!” —One of the authors…
From the basics of programming, to advanced WoW systems, to a complete* API reference, this book is packed with information useful to n00bs and h4rdc0rzz alike.
* Well, mostly complete now that a few patches have gone by. The companion site has more up-to-date information.
Play Trade Wars via Telnet
If you're unfamiliar with telnet or would rather not go through the trouble of setting up your own client, I've created a windows installer which provides a copy of PuTTY pre-configured to log into my TradeWars server with appropriate settings.