From jeremy at msc.tamu.edu Tue Oct 10 09:33:43 2006
From: jeremy at msc.tamu.edu (Jeremy Fluhmann)
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 11:33:43 -0500
Subject: [Brazosvalley-pm] Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, October 9
Message-ID: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D5C4@xchng.msc.tamu.edu>
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O'Reilly News for User Group Members
October 9, 2006
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New Releases
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-ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook
-The Book of JavaScript, Second Edition
-Build Your Own ASP.NET Website Using C# & VB.NET, Second Edition
-Color Management in Digital Photography
-Cryptography for Developers
-CSS Cookbook, Second Edition
-Developers Guide to Web Application Security
-Digital Photography Expert Techniques, Second Edition
-Dynamic Apache with Ajax and JSON (PDF)
-Essential Electronics for Software Folk
-Fedora Linux
-Fine Art Printing for Photographers
-From Darkroom to Lightroom, Second Edition (PDF)
-GIMP 2 for Photographers
-Hack the Stack
-HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide, Sixth Edition
-Java Generics and Collections
-Learning JavaScript
-Mapping and Modding Half-Life 2 Complete
-MCSE Core Elective Exams in a Nutshell
-Practical Color Management: Eddie Tapp on Digital Photography
-Process Improvement Essentials
-Programming Atlas
-Programming Embedded Systems, Second Edition
-Scripting for Testers
-Snort Intrusion Detection and Prevention Toolkit
-Syngress Force Emerging Threat Analysis
-Using Microformats (PDF)
-Visual Basic 2005 Cookbook
-WarDriving and Wireless Penetration Testing
-Web Scripting Little Black Book
-Windows PowerShell Quick Reference (PDF)
-Wireshark & Ethereal Network Protocol Analyzer Toolkit
-MAKE & CRAFT Magazine Subscriptions
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Upcoming Events
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-Derrick Story ("Digital Photography Pocket Guide" and "iPhoto 6:
The Missing Manual") at the Silicon Valley Mac User Group, Cupertino,
CA--October 16
-David McFarland ("CSS: The Missing Manual") at DevGroup NW,
Portland, OR--October 19
-Peter Krogh ("The DAM Book") at PhotoPlus Expo,
New York, NY--Nov?2-4, 2006
-Julieanne Kost ("Window Seat") Project: Photoshop Lightroom
School Tour
-Peter Krogh ("The DAM Book") ASMP/It's Your Business Event Series
-Eddie Tapp ("Photoshop Workflow Setups") Pro Tips Tour
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Conference News
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-Submit Your Proposals for the 2007 MySQL Conference & Expo
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News
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-2.6 Million Lines of Code
-Smalltalk for Everyone Else
-User Group Members Receive a Special 30% Discount on
O'Reilly Learning Courses
-Sharing Internet Connections
-Scaling Dynamic Websites with Apache Modules
-Two Slick QuickTime Tricks
-Web Domination Using Photoshop
-Your New iTunes Movies to DVD (and Protect Your Other iTunes
Purchases)
-Better Registry Searching
-Windows Mobile Weekly Roundup
-What is Java Content Repository
-Managing a Honeypot
-Survey Exposes The Four Web Dev Stereotypes--Which are You?
-Enter the MAKE & CRAFT Halloween Contests
-The Way of a Digital Photography Pioneer (Podcast)
-Listen to DerEngel(No Starch's "Hacking The Cable Modem") on
NYC's WBAI-FM
-TechTalkRadio Interviews David Pogue
-Creating Beautiful Digital Photos the Eddie Tapp Way (Podcast)
-Scaling Dynamic Websites with Apache Modules
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***ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596526954
***The Book of JavaScript, Second Edition
Publisher: No Starch Press
ISBN: 1593271069
***Build Your Own ASP.NET Website Using C# & VB.NET, Second Edition
Publisher: SitePoint
ISBN: 0975240285
***Color Management in Digital Photography
Publisher: Rocky Nook
ISBN: 1933952024
***Cryptography for Developers
Publisher: Syngress
ISBN: 1597491047
***CSS Cookbook, Second Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596527411
***Developers Guide to Web Application Security
Publisher: Syngress
ISBN: 159749061X
***Digital Photography Expert Techniques, Second Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596526903
***Dynamic Apache with Ajax and JSON (PDF)
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596528396
***Essential Electronics for Software Folk
Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
ISBN: 0977616681
***Fedora Linux
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596526822
***Fine Art Printing for Photographers
Publisher: Rocky Nook
ISBN: 1933952008
***From Darkroom to Lightroom, Second Edition (PDF)
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596529775
***GIMP 2 for Photographers
Publisher: Rocky Nook
ISBN: 1933952032
***Hack the Stack
Publisher: Syngress
ISBN: 1597491098
***HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide, Sixth Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596527322
***Java Generics and Collections
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596527756
***Learning JavaScript
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596527462
***Mapping and Modding Half-Life 2 Complete
Publisher: Paraglyph Press
ISBN: 1933097132
***MCSE Core Elective Exams in a Nutshell
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ISBN: 0596102291
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mcseceeian/
***Practical Color Management: Eddie Tapp on Digital Photography
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596527683
***Process Improvement Essentials
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596102178
***Programming Atlas
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596526725
***Programming Embedded Systems, Second Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596009836
***Scripting for Testers
Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
ISBN: 0977616614
***Snort Intrusion Detection and Prevention Toolkit
Publisher: Syngress
ISBN: 1597490997
***Syngress Force Emerging Threat Analysis
Publisher: Syngress
ISBN: 1597490563
***Using Microformats (PDF)
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 05965282-3
***Visual Basic 2005 Cookbook
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596101775
***WarDriving and Wireless Penetration Testing
Publisher: Syngress
ISBN: 159749111X
***Web Scripting Little Black Book
Publisher: Paraglyph Press
ISBN: 1933097191
***Windows PowerShell Quick Reference (PDF)
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596528132
***Wireshark & Ethereal Network Protocol Analyzer Toolkit
Publisher: Syngress
ISBN: 1597490733
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1597490733
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Upcoming Events
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***For more events, please see:
***Derrick Story ("Digital Photography Pocket Guide" and "iPhoto 6:
The Missing Manual") at the Silicon Valley Mac User Group, Cupertino,
CA--October 16
Author Derrick Story will talk about digital photography at the Apple
Campus in Cupertino.
***David McFarland ("CSS: The Missing Manual") at DevGroup NW,
Portland, OR--October 19
Author David McFarland's talk, "Troubleshooting CSS Layouts," explores
the most common pitfalls web designers face when using Cascading
Style Sheets. Learn how to avoid common CSS gotchas as well as tricks
for making your web pages behave in Internet Explorer.
***Peter Krogh ("The DAM Book") at PhotoPlus Expo, New York, NY--November?2-4
Author Peter Krogh will be attending PhotoPlus Expo and speaking in the
iView Multimedia booth and ASMP sessions.
***Julieanne Kost ("Window Seat") Project: Photoshop Lightroom
School Tour
Author Julieanne Kost will provide students with an in-depth seminar on
using Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Adobe Lightroom beta, highlighting their
combined support for a digital workflow. For a complete list of cities
and dates, go to:
***Peter Krogh ("The DAM Book"), ASMP/It's Your Business Event Series ?
Author Peter Krogh will be teaching the "Get Your DAM Stuff Together"
track for ASMP's "It's Your Business" Series. For a complete list of
cities and dates, go to:
***Eddie Tapp ("Photoshop Workflow Setups") Pro Tips Tour
Author Eddie Tapp will teach you the complete digital workflow from
capture to final output. During this seminar, Monte Zucker and Eddie
Tapp cover concept to completion--posing, pixels, Photoshop, and
printing--everything needed to create beautiful digital photographic
portraits. For a complete list of cities and dates, go to:
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Conference News
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***Submit Your Proposals for the 2007 MySQL Conference & Expo
The Call for Participation for the 2007 MySQL Conference & Expo has just
opened: an invitation for database experts and enthusiasts to share
their knowledge of MySQL with the global open source community. The
theme for the 2007 conference is "Scale to New Heights with MySQL." This
annual event brings nearly 2,000 MySQL developers, DBAs, users, and
partners together in Santa Clara, California. The Call for Participation
ends November 7, 2006; the conference takes place April 23-26, 2007.
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***2.6 Million Lines of Code
Announcing O'Reilly Code Search, where you can enter search terms to
find relevant sample code from nearly 700 O'Reilly books. The database
currently contains over 123,000 individual examples, comprises 2.6
million lines of code, all edited and ready to use.
***Smalltalk for Everyone Else
The Pragmatic Programmers advise learning a new language every year.
Instead of yet another Algol derivative, why not master object
orientation with perhaps the purest OO language ever devised? Smalltalk
and the Squeak environment offer a powerful and usable learning
experience; Keith Fieldhouse provides an introduction.
***User Group Members Receive a Special 30% Discount on
O'Reilly Learning Courses
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the following University of Illinois Certificate Series:
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Open Source
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***Sharing Internet Connections
Protecting your computer when you're online is good. If you have
multiple computers in your home or small business, protecting all of
them is also good--especially if you can share your internet connection.
Dru Lavigne demonstrates how to allow other computers to use the network
safely with a FreeBSD or similar Unix system and fwbuilder.
***Scaling Dynamic Websites with Apache Modules
Yogesh Makwana and Syvum Technologies had a problem: their application,
hosted on a shared server, used too much CPU time and had grown
unresponsive. Moving to a virtual private server and using the
appropriate Apache modules and architecture brought their costs and
response times and load averages under control. This case study explores
their technique.
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Digital Media
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***Two Slick QuickTime Tricks
Turn your video on its ear! Our hands-on tutorial shows you how to work
with vertical movies and then embed them in a web page with a friendly
new kind of trigger.
***Web Domination Using Photoshop
The time has come for designers to execute their plans to dominate the
World Wide Web with stunning graphics! Here, Corrie provides a full
arsenal of fundamental techniques, before launching you on a stellar
trajectory that takes in buttons in all their forms. With her
step-by-step instructions, handy hints, and secret tricks, you'll have
everything you need to bring the Web to its knees...in awe!
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Mac
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***Your New iTunes Movies to DVD (and Protect Your Other iTunes
Purchases)
How much money have you spent at the iTunes store? And what do you have
to show for it? An iPod full of music? TV shows? Those new games and
movies? Too many people forget how much cash they've put into their
digital media. And when bad things happen--house fires, computer theft,
iPod loss--they're not always prepared to be able to recover those
digital assets. Erica Sadun shows you archiving techniques to preserve
your (hefty) iTunes investment.
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Windows/.NET
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***Better Registry Searching
Finding what you need in the registry is harder than trying to find a
needle in a haystack. Mitch Tulloch shows you how to find what you
need--fast!
***Windows Mobile Weekly Roundup
Here's the weekly summary of a mix of Windows Mobile and general mobile
tech related items from Todd Ogasawara's blog.
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Java
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***What is Java Content Repository
You might have heard of JSR-170, but what is a content repository, and
what can you do with it? Well, do you want to manage documents with
versioning, search, access control, and more? Content repositories offer
these features, and JSR-170 codifies them into a single API. Sunil Patil
shows how to use the reference implementation--Apache Jackrabbit--to
create a blogging application.
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Sys Admin/Web
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***Managing a Honeypot
If intruders are always scanning the Internet for potential victims--and
they are--can you find the intruders and their exploits by putting up
fake networks that only a deliberate scan could find? That's the theory
behind honeypots. Peter Mikhalenko discusses the implementation, theory,
and legality of using a honeypot to protect your network.
***Survey Exposes The Four Web Dev Stereotypes--Which are You?
In what may be the largest survey of web developers ever, The State of
Web Development 2006/2007 exposes four key web professional stereotypes.
In this review, Nick explains how the stats were collated, and what they
revealed about the industry and those who work in it.
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MAKE
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***Enter the MAKE & CRAFT Halloween Contests
Makers and Crafters, it's time to enter our ghoulishly fun Halloween
contests! Anyone, anywhere can enter. Depending on what type of maker or
crafter you are, enter one or all of the following contests:
Hack-o-Lantern, Costume, Decorations, Gadgets and More, and
Treat-or-Treat.
Have your entries in before Saturday, Nov. 4, 2006, at 1:59 pm EST.
We're giving you a little time to take photos and get them up
post-Halloween, but you can enter any time starting now. Contest is open
to anyone on planet Earth or the surrounding orbit. Remember you can
enter any time just by tagging your photos on Flickr (flickr.com) with
"MAKECRAFTHALLOWEEN" and adding them to the MAKE and/or CRAFT photo
pools. To enter Trick-or-Treat just post about MAKE/CRAFT or the contest
on your blog.
For complete contest information, rules, and prizes, go to:
For More MAKE Projects and info, go to:
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Podcasts
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***The Way of a Digital Photography Pioneer
In "Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography," the renowned photographer
writes about his journey on the "bleeding edge of digital photography's
evolution." In this podcast, Johnson talks to Sara Peyton about his
career, photo techniques, photo ethics in a digital age, and why, for
him, taking landscape photos became synonymous with caring about the
wild places he wandered in. (20 minutes 27 seconds), Stephen Johnson, a
digital photography pioneer and author of Stephen Johnson on Digital
Photography, discusses photo techniques, photo ethics in a digital age,
and why, for him, taking landscape photos became synonymous with caring
about the wild places he wandered in.
***Listen to DerEngel(No Starch's "Hacking The Cable Modem") on
NYC's WBAI-FM
DerEngel talks about how he collected the information for the book, his
background as a hardware hacker, the EFF's participation in reviewing
the book from a legal standpoint, and the importance of supporting free
speech in a corporate world. The cable companies may not be happy with
this book, but DerEngel and the WBAI host agree that "Hacking The Cable
Modem" contains useful info for understanding how Internet
broadbandworks and that there are curious tinkerers who just like to
learn new stuff, not commit malicious acts.
***TechTalkRadio Interviews David Pogue
Find out what to expect with the subject of one of David's upcoming
titles on the anticipated Microsoft Windows Vista and some other ways to
get info on tech from David Pogue. We'll also find out why David loves
the latest Tivo!
**Creating Beautiful Digital Photos the Eddie Tapp Way
Eddie Tapp, 2006 Photoshop Hall of Famer, award-winning photographer,
and much sought after educator, discusses his new book from O'Reilly,
"Photoshop Workflow Setups." In this interview by new O'Reilly staffer
Sara Peyton, Eddie talks about his photography roots, the art of taking
pictures, his new book...and why he lives by the rule of 300. (15
minutes 33 seconds)
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Web
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***Scaling Dynamic Websites with Apache Modules
Yogesh Makwana and Syvum Technologies had a problem: their application,
hosted on a shared server, used too much CPU time and had grown
unresponsive. Moving to a virtual private server and using the
appropriate Apache modules and architecture brought their costs and
response times and load averages under control. This case study explores
their technique.
Until next time--
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From jeremy at msc.tamu.edu Tue Oct 24 07:20:18 2006
From: jeremy at msc.tamu.edu (Jeremy Fluhmann)
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:20:18 -0500
Subject: [Brazosvalley-pm] Apress User Group Newsletter--Early Fall Edition
Message-ID: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D5D2@xchng.msc.tamu.edu>
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Apress User Group Newsletter
Issue 7; Fall, 2006
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Sections:
1. Let's Catch Up
2. Apress "firstPress"
3. The friends of ED Flash Video Contest-"Video:FLV'ED"
4. The User Group Page Has Got What You Need
5. Don't Forget the Apress SuperIndex
6. The Latest betaBooks
7. Recent Apress and friends of ED Books--Hot Off the Press
8. Forthcoming Books--Early Winter Releases
9. Upcoming Tradeshows
10. It's Not Too Late to Join the Apress Affiliate Program
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1. Let's Catch Up
A. ASP Today Freeweb
ASP Today, Apress's sister site, focuses on publishing
professional-level articles that are available to subscribers. ASP Today
has launched "Freeweb," and from now through December 2006, ASP Today
will feature the two newest articles for free, so that each article will
be free to view from time of publication until a newer free article
publishes and converts the previous-but-one to subscriber-only viewing.
Check it out today: http://asptoday.com/.
B. Updating User Group Information
Attention group leaders and office holders, just a quick reminder that
if there have been any significant changes to group information, please
take a moment to send me updates. This might include a change in group
leader or president, a new e-mail or shipping address, or a change in
book review policy. Please help me keep my records up to date. E-mail me
at janet at apress.com.
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2. Apress "firstPress"
Apress welcomes its new firstPress series-technical briefs in PDF format
about underexplored or emerging technologies that could prove critical
in tomorrow's industry. firstPress documents are meant to help shape
your direction as a developer and get you ahead of the game by giving
you key information to budding topics as early as possible.
At around 50-150 pages, firstPress documents fall somewhere between the
size of an article and a traditional Apress book. And these firstPress
briefings are complete works--polished and ready for perusal as soon as
you download them. Please continue to visit this page, as additional
firstPress briefings emerge:
http://www.apress.com/ecommerce/firstpress.html.
The inaugural firstPress document is
"LINQ for Visual C# 2005"
By Fabio Claudio Ferracchiati
November 2006 | ISBN: 1-59059-826-1 | 150 pages | $19.99
http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10255
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3. The friends of ED Flash Video Contest-"Video:FLV'ED"
friends of ED (an Apress company) has been your Flash book resource
since 2000. In celebration of the latest Flash title, "Foundation Flash
8 Video" (June 2006), friends of ED is hosting a contest to see what you
can create by bringing video and Flash together.
Your task is to simultaneously promote friends of ED and/or its books
and demonstrate what the Flash platform is capable of. The grand prize
is an Apple MacBook!
You have until December 31, 2006, to submit your project. Please go here
for more essential information about the contest:
http://www.friendsofed.com/flved/.
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4. The User Group Page Has Got What You Need
I receive a lot of good questions from user group leaders and members.
Some of these questions already have built-in answers available on our
web site, and here are some of the most common:
Q: How do I and group members take advantage of the user group book
discount?
A: All group members** of a registered Apress user group may receive a
25% discount to any Apress or friends of ED title when the book is
purchased through our distributor, Springer.
(Place your order with our distributor, Springer, by calling
1-800-SPRINGER. Once you connect with a customer service representative,
please mention the discount code, "APRESSUG" along with the name of your
user group.)
** We apologize, but at this time, we are unable to honor this discount
to user group members located outside of North and South America,
Mexico, and the Caribbean.
Q: May I have an Apress logo to post on our group web site?
A: You may download a logo, size of your choice, here:
http://www.apress.com/userGroups/logos.html.
Q: Where would you like us to post online reviews of your books?
A: Please read the Suggestions for Writing Apress (and friends of ED)
Book Reviews page at http://www.apress.com/userGroups/writeareview.html.
If you still have questions not answered on the user group page, please
contact me at janet at apress.com. Thanks!
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5. Don't Forget the Apress SuperIndex
If you've ever kicked yourself for not bookmarking that PDF or turning
down the corner of the book with the awesome code, suffer no longer. The
Apress SuperIndex is a search function that locates the keyword or code
snippet you need to make your life easier.
With the SuperIndex, you can quickly search for specific sentences or
lines of code within a book you already own or are interested in
purchasing. Usage is limited by IP. Search now at
http://superindex.apress.com.
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6. The Latest betaBooks
Apress betaBooks give you access to the newest programming topics
straight from the author, by way of weekly PDF chapters and updates, all
before the final printed versions roll off the press. Eight weeks before
final publication, the first several chapters of an Apress betaBook
become available. After that, available updates or new chapters are
delivered weekly to your inbox.
You may purchase betaBooks where you purchase other eBooks, in the
Apress eBookshop. These betaBooks are a bargain because the price
includes a copy of the entire finished eBook. Apress is offering these
betaBooks right now:
"Pro CSS Techniques"
By Jeff Croft et al.
November 2006 | ISBN: 1-59059-732-X | 450 pages | $20.00 ($39.99 hard
copy price)
http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10187
"Pro JavaScript Techniques"
By John Resig
December 2006 | ISBN: 1-59059-727-3 | 550 pages | $22.50 ($44.99 hard
copy price)
http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10163
"The Definitive Guide to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server"
By Sander van Vugt
December 2006 | ISBN: 1-59059-708-7 | 725 pages | $30.00 ($59.99 hard
copy price)
http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10199
Learn more and purchase your betaBooks here:
http://www.apress.com/betabook.html.
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7. Recent Apress and friends of ED Books-Hot Off the Press
I only have a little room to feature just a sampling of our latest
titles. But you can view lots more new releases here:
http://www.apress.com/book/newRelease.html.
"In Search of Stupidity: Over Twenty Years of High Tech Marketing
Disasters, Second Edition"
By Merrill R. (Rick) Chapman
September 2006 | ISBN: 1-59059-721-4 | 408 pages | $24.99
http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10174
"Beginning Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition: From Novice to
Professional"
By Peter Wright
September 2006 | ISBN: 1-59059-622-6 | 544 pages | $29.99
http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10076
"AppleScript: The Comprehensive Guide to Scripting and Automation on Mac
OS X, Second Edition"
By Hanaan Rosenthal
September 2006 | ISBN: 1-59059-653-6 | 808 pages | $59.99
http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10107
"BizTalk 2006 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach"
By Mark Beckner et al.
September 2006 | ISBN: 1-59059-711-7 | 560 pages | $59.99
http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10137
"Beginning Ajax with PHP: From Novice to Professional"
By Lee Babin
October 2006 | ISBN: 1-59059-667-6 | 272 pages | $34.99
http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10117
"Foundations of Jini 2 Programming"
By Jan Newmarch
October 2006 | ISBN: 1-59059-716-8 | 512 pages | $44.99
http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10171
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8. Forthcoming Books-Early Winter Releases
Here are a handful of titles to look forward to. Preview even more
upcoming titles here: http://www.apress.com/book/forthcoming.html.
"Pro BizTalk 2006"
By George Dunphy and Ahmed Metwally
To publish October 2006 | ISBN: 1-59059-699-4 | 528 pages | $49.99
http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10168
"How to Code .NET: Tips and Tricks for Coding .NET 1.1 and .NET 2.0
Applications Effectively"
By Christian Gross
To publish October 2006 | ISBN: 1-59059-744-3 | 232 pages | $24.99
http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10184
"Pro Apache Struts with Ajax"
By John Carnell et al.
To publish October 2006 | ISBN: 1-59059-738-9 | 528 pages | $44.99
http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10180
"PHP Solutions: Dynamic Web Design Made Easy"
By David Powers
To publish November 2006 | ISBN: 1-59059-731-1 | 435 pages | $34.99
http://friendsofed.com/book.html?isbn=1590597311
"Beginning Ruby on Rails E-Commerce: From Novice to Professional"
By Christian Hellsten and Jarkko Laine
To publish November 2006 | ISBN: 1-59059-736-2 | 430 pages | $39.99
http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10178
"Date on Database: Writings 2000-2006"
By C. J. Date
To publish November 2006 | ISBN: 1-59059-746-X | 700 pages | $99.99
http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10201
"Beginning SUSE Linux: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition"
By Keir Thomas
To publish November 2006 | ISBN: 1-59059-674-9 | 700 pages | $39.99
http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10132
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9. Upcoming Tradeshows
Apress will be exhibiting at the following shows this fall. If you are
there, please stop by and say hello!
Oracle Open World
San Francisco, CA
October 22 - 26, 2006
http://www.oracle.com/openworld/index.html
LinuxWorld London
London, UK
October 25 - 26, 2006
http://www.linuxworldexpo.co.uk/
Zend/PHP Conference and Expo
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Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 08:36:10 -0500
Subject: [Brazosvalley-pm] [newsletter] October Update: Designing and
Implementing Linux Firewalls and QoS using netfilter, iproute2,
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