Design Patterns...heh
Witness the latest in the head-first series.
Maybe they've run out of "19th century animal engravings from the Dover pictorial archive" ? Maybe they're trying to appeal to a younger/hipper (gen Y) programmer segment? Maybe this Qwen Stefani model look-a-like was in a career lull now that Qwen's gone all harajuku.
Mark my words, the next step is the annual O'Reilly swimsuit issue.
Don't get me wrong. I've consumed many an O'Reilly title over the years, have had wonderful corporate business dealing with O'Reilly publishing and a very entertaining personal conversation with Tim at a private post-OOS conference gathering 3 years ago. Mr. O'Reilly is one rightous dude. Heck, he even gives out free self-publishing advice (scroll about 50% down). Still, this cover somehow crosses an aesthetic line with me for a technical professonal book.