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Join me Wednesday for a free webinar on using the new Percona Toolkit v2.0.3 to verify replication integrity. If you’re not familiar with this topic, it’s one of those must-do things that no one officially tells you is necessary with MySQL. The new tools in Percona Toolkit 2.0.3 make it much easier and less complicated — and safer — than before. Well worth an hour of your time.

If you’re in the DC area, there’s an emergency meeting of the DC Tech Meetup to get involved in advocating against SOPA and PIPA legislation.

If you can’t make it in person, you can use the EFF’s online form to write your representatives about SOPA and PIPA.

Don’t wait until it’s too late. The Internet is a vital part of our freedom. Well-intentioned legislators could damage that greatly while trying to solve problems they don’t understand fully.

You can pre-order the new edition of High Performance MySQL now on Amazon or via O’Reilly’s website.

Eric Bergen called the second edition “the best MySQL book on the planet“. What will the third edition be called? The best in the solar system? This reminds me of a joke, supposed to be a true story: three pizza restaurants next to each other had signs saying “best pizza in town,” “best pizza in the world,” and “best pizza on this block.”