There is also a 2005 version of the book as well as the book written to show how to do the same things in C#.

Chapter 6 – modifying your web browser is of interest. The section on WPF is of interest since this and Silverlight seem to be where things are going.

Chapter 7 – Fixing the broken blocks – the using a DLL in an Application is the interesting part.

Chapter 8  – Databases if you need a quick lesson on what it is. Although a quick lesson on LINQ is in there.