it is fantastic to be here. ghosts in the wires took two years. myself and my co-author bill simon bloggers will raise your hand, worked on this. [applause] i couldn t have done it without bill. we had much we had different work schedules. i usually slept in until 2:00 p.m. and worked until 5:00 a.m. and bill look of the 6:00 and worked until 6:00. i d put him on spanish time for two years. ready for the second edition? if you know my background obviously was a computer hacker that ended up in a lot of hot water. for seven years i restricted from writing this book. i was released from custody in 2000. in 2007 after seven years i was permitted tell the story. how i started with computer hacking was really from my love of magic. as a young kid ten years old used to ride my bike to the magic s board just to learn how the tricks worked because i was so fascinated with it. than when i entered high school. you will probably read a lot of this in the book. i met this kid who cou