[Bielefeld-pm] Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 7
Christian Dühl
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Mi Mär 7 12:06:59 PST 2007
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> Von: "Marsee Henon" <marsee at oreilly.com>
> Datum: 7. März 2007 20:47:56 MEZ
> An: c.duehl at gmx.de
> Betreff: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 7
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> Hi--
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> Just in case you didn't catch it, here's Mark Frauenfelder,
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> <http://makezine.com/go/colbert>
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> More on Mark's appearance can be found on the MAKE blog:
> <http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/03/welcome_heros.html>
>
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>
> --Marsee
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> -ActionScript 3.0 Design Patterns: Rough Cut Version
> -Ajax on Java
> -The Art and Science of CSS
> -Asterisk: The Future of Telephony: Rough Cuts Version, Second Edition
> -bash Cookbook: Rough Cuts Version
> -Beyond Schemas: Planning Your XML Model
> -Closeup Shooting
> -CompTIA A+Essentials 220-601 Exam Guide
> -Designing BSD Rootkits
> -HDR: An Introduction to High Dynamic Range Photography
> -Head First Algebra
> -Head First PMP
> -Introduction to Flex 2
> -Lead Generation on the Web
> -Learning WCF: Rough Cuts Version
> -Linux Appliance Design
> -Linux System Administration
> -MAKE: Technology on Your Time Volume 09
> -Microsoft Windows Vista Exam 70-620 Guide
> -Programming .NET 3.0: Rough Cuts Version
> -Programming WCF Services
> -Programming WPF: Rough Cuts Version, Second Edition
> -QuickBase: The Missing Manual
> -TextMate
> -Webbots, Spiders, and Screen Scrapers
> -What's New in Apache Web Server 2.2?
> -Windows Admin Programming with Visual C# 2005 Little Black Book
> -Windows Vista Pocket Reference
> -Windows Vista: The Definitive Guide
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> -David Pogue, NYPC, New York, NY--Mar 20
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> -Rob Orsini at Web Design World, San Francisco, CA Mar 26-27
> -Eddie Tapp, Wedding & Portrait Photographers International,
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> ***ActionScript 3.0 Design Patterns: Rough Cut Version
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> ***Ajax on Java
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> ***CompTIA A+Essentials 220-601 Exam Guide (PDF)
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> ***Designing BSD Rootkits
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> ***HDR: An Introduction to High Dynamic Range Photography (PDF)
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> ***Learning WCF: Rough Cuts Version
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> ***Linux Appliance Design
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> ***MAKE: Technology on Your Time Volume 09
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> ***Microsoft Windows Vista Exam 70-620 Guide (PDF)
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> ***Programming WCF Services
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> ***What's New in Apache Web Server 2.2? (PDF)
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> ***Windows Admin Programming with Visual C# 2005 Little Black Book
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> ***Windows Vista: The Definitive Guide
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> ***Eddie Tapp, Wedding & Portrait Photographers International,
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> Vista: The Missing Manual." David will also sing and play the piano
> to entertain the crowds. NYPC General meetings are Free and Open to
> All
> For more information and directions, go to:
> <http://nypc.org/generalmeeting.php>
>
>
> ***Call For Makers: Maker Faire Bay Area 2007--Deadline Extended
> to March 18
> Maker Faire Bay Area will take place May 19-20, 2007 at the San Mateo
> Fairgrounds, CA. Here's some new ideas for projects that we're
> looking for:
> Halloween projects (props, costumes, interactive displays, music),
> Recycled things, Ham Radio, Weather stations, Cars (hot rods, custom
> vans, especially with a tech flavor), Airplanes and Aeronautics
> (models,
> etc), History of Science & Engineering, Biology/Biotech, Chemistry,
> Cool
> RC Toys & Mods, Video Games (retro, arcade and more), Trains, Looms
> (historical or unusual), Sewing demonstrations, Kites, Boats, Old Farm
> or Garden Equipment (Tractors, etc.), Temporary Structures (Tents,
> Domes, etc.), Unusual Tools or Machines, How to Fix Things or Take
> them
> Apart (Vacuums, Clocks, Washing Machines, etc.).
>
> For more information and the application form, go to:
> <http://makerfaire.com/bayarea/2007/callformakers/>
>
>
> ***QOOP + O'Reilly: Create Your Own Shirt or Mug
> In three easy steps you can create your own O'Reilly shirt or mug.
> <http://www.qoop.com/photobooks/photofront/pub_store.php?
> pub_name=oreilly>
>
>
> ***New Course Featuring AJAX--O'Reilly/University of Illinois
> Certificate Series
> O'Reilly Learning is proud to announce their new Client-Side Web
> Programming Certificate Series. These courses provide a complete
> understanding of front-end web development, from HTML and CSS, to
> JavaScript DOM and AJAX.
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>
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>
> ---------------------
> Open Source
> ---------------------
> ***How an Accident of Hardware Design Encouraged Open Source
> In the early 1970s, the designers at DEC made a technical decision
> about
> memory addressing that separated their computers from the
> mainframes of
> the day. That single decision led to porting woes throughout the
> 1980s--and, so believes Mark Rosenthal, made free and open source
> software more possible and appealing.
> <http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2007/02/22/open-formats-open-
> source.html>
>
>
> ***How to Optimize Rank Data in MySQL
> Suppose you need to calculate constantly-changing information based on
> constantly-updated information in one or more tables. Are you stuck
> doing everything in multiple expensive queries? By no means. Baron
> Schwartz demonstrates how careful denormalization and query
> construction
> can lower your database load and simplify your code.
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mysql/2007/03/01/optimize-mysql-
> rank-data.html>
>
> ---------------------
> Digital Media
> ---------------------
> ***Lightroom Getting Started: Organizing the Lightroom Workspace
> The Lightroom workspace is extremely malleable. You can easily enlarge
> or shrink the various windows to suit your viewing and working
> preferences, whether you are on a laptop in the field or your cinema
> display in the studio. In this downloadable PDF excerpt from Photoshop
> "Lightroom Aventure--Mastering Adobe's next-generation tool for
> digital
> photographers," Mikkel Aaland takes you on a short Lightroom tour
> of the
> workspace.
> <http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2007/02/22/lightroom-workspace.html>
>
>
> ***Joe Schorr on Color Management in Aperture
> Joe Schorr, Apple Senior Product Manager for Aperture, covers color
> management in Aperture 1.5.2. Derrick Story interviews Joe in this
> exclusive O'Reilly Media podcast.
> <http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2007/02/13/
> inside_aperture_podcast-9.html>
>
> ---------------------
> Mac
> ---------------------
> ***Replacing AppleScript with Ruby
> Matt Neuberg describes how to use rb-appscript to manage Apple events
> without Applescript. Learn the basics of rb-appscript usage, with
> example scripts, including a rewrite of the Ruby-AppleScript example
>> from Matt's book "AppleScript: The Definitive Guide."
> <http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2007/02/27/replacing-
> applescript-with-ruby.html>
>
>
> ***Stream Live HDTV from Your Mac
> Erica Sadun shows how to stream HD EyeTV video from a Mac using VLC in
> five easy steps, even as it records. Learn how to build this remote
> video streaming solution by accessing EyeTV's raw MPEG transport
> streams
> and using VLC to stream that MPEG and watch the video on another
> computer.
> <http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2007/02/20/stream-live-hdtv-
> from-your-mac.html>
>
> ---------------------
> Microsoft/.NET
> ---------------------
> ***Cleaning Up Your Disk Drives in Windows Vista
> Your PC's hard disk fills up fast with junk, gunk, and extraneous
> files.
> In this excerpt from "Windows Vista: The Definitive Guide," William R.
> Stanek and Paul Marquardt show you how to clean it up fast.
> <http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2007/03/06/cleaning-
> up-your-disk-drives-in-windows-vista.html>
>
>
> ***The Three Faces of ASP.NET AJAX
> Jesse Liberty and Dan Hurwitz show you how to how to make the most out
> of AJAX, whether you want to work with simple drag-and-drop controls,
> create custom controls or extenders, or dig deep into its innards and
> see how it all works.
> <http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2007/02/27/the-three-
> faces-of-aspnet-ajax.html>
>
>
> ***Analyzing Assemblies with Reflector
> In this excerpt from "Windows Developer Power Tools," James Avery and
> Jim Holmes show you how to use Reflector freeware to explore any .NET
> assembly and find its dependencies and callers, or dive down and
> explore
> an entire assembly.
> <http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2007/02/20/analyzing-
> assemblies-with-reflector.html>
>
> ---------------------
> Java
> ---------------------
> ***Statement, Branch, and Path Coverage Testing in Java
> Even with unit tests approaching 100% coverage, critical logic errors
> could be hiding in your code. It is impossible to test every possible
> condition, but with a little analysis of the potential paths and a
> plan
> to test them, you can be much more confident in the quality of your
> tests.
> <http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2007/03/02/statement-branch-and-
> path-coverage-testing-in-java.html>
>
>
> ***An Introduction to Hibernate 3 Annotations
> Hibernate is just about the defacto standard for Java database
> persistence. With Hibernate 3, it has become even easier to specify
> how
> your Java objects are stored in a database. In this article, John
> Smart
> shows how Java 5 annotations are used by Hibernate to simplify your
> code
> and make persisting your data even easier.
> <http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2007/02/08/an-introduction-to-
> hibernate-3-annotations.html>
>
> ---------------------
> Web
> ---------------------
> ***Learn Ruby on Rails: the Ultimate Beginner's Tutorial
> In this action-packed adventure, Patrick provides rock-solid
> foundations
> in object oriented programming principles, and a detailed
> explanation of
> Ruby syntax. After this comprehensive tour, you'll plunge into the
> mysterious depths of the Rails framework.
> <http://www.sitepoint.com/article/learn-ruby-on-rails>
>
>
> ***Avoid Evil JavaScript
> What makes some JavaScript Evil, and can beginners learn to write Good
> JavaScript code from day one?
> <http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/02/09/avoiding-evil-javascript/>
>
>
> ***The Hard Facts about Heading Structure
> Because assistive technologies like screen readers allow users to
> navigate through a document by its heading structure, its important to
> ensure your site is up to scratch. Find out if your site passes the
> test.
> <http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/01/26/the-hard-facts-about-
> heading-structure/>
>
>
> Until next time--
>
> Marsee Henon
>
>
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