From william at knowmad.com Fri Oct 13 05:46:20 2006 From: william at knowmad.com (William McKee) Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 08:46:20 -0400 Subject: [Charlotte.PM] Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, October 9 Message-ID: <20061013124620.GM23307@knowmad.com> The latest newsletter from O'Reilly... Also, someone on the list asked about a book but I've lost the email. If you'd reply back to me directly, I'll be sure to get it to you. William ----- Forwarded message from Marsee Henon ----- > To: william at knowmad.com > From: Marsee Henon > Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 16:58:33 -0700 > Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, October 9 > > Hello, > > Just a note to let you know that we have 33 new releases (wow!) in this > issue. In order to make this newsletter somewhat readable, I have left > out the book descriptions, please click on the URL for more information > on each title. > > Thanks for looking, > > Marsee > > ================================================================ > O'Reilly UG Program News--Just for User Group Leaders > October 9, 2006 > ================================================================ > -Looking for Slashdot and Amazon Reviewers for the "Rails Cookbook" > -Get a Head Start on Your Holiday Events > -Put Up a MAKE or CRAFT Banner, Get a Free Book > -USdig Looking to Start New Chapters in the US > -Need an Expo Pass for Photoplus Expo 2006 in New York? > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Book Info > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ***Review Books are Available > Copies of our books are available for your members to review--just send > me an email to request books and and please include the book's ISBN > number (click on the "More Details" link to find the ISBN.) Let me know > if you need your book by a certain date. Allow at least four weeks for > shipping. > > ***Please Send Copies of Your Book Reviews > Email me a copy of your newsletter or book review. > For tips and suggestions on writing book reviews, go to: > > > ***Group Purchase Discounts are Available > Please let me know if you are interested and I can put you in > touch with our sales department. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > General News or Inquiries > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ***Looking for Slashdot and Amazon Reviewers for the "Rails Cookbook," > now available as a "Rough Cut" > If you or one of your group members can write a review, let me know. I'll > send you a Rough Cuts coupon ASAP. > > > ***Get a Head Start on Your Holiday Events > Does your group have a holiday bash that needs some raffle prizes? Plan > ahead by giving me your list of books (title and ISBN) now. I can > pre-order the titles that aren't quite out yet and then there's one less > thing to worry about this busy holiday season. > > > ***USdig Looking to Start New Chapters in the US > Are you or someone you know interested in starting a digital imaging > group chapter? USdig (http://www.usdig.org/) is looking for leaders in > New York, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, Seattle, Dallas/Fort Worth, and more. > Currently there are chapters in San Francisco and Los Angeles. > For more information, send me an email and I'll forward it along. > > > ***Put Up an MAKE or CRAFT Banner, Get a Free Book > We're looking for user groups to display our magazine banners on their > web sites. If you send me the link to your group's site with one or both > more banners, I'll send you the O'Reilly book(s) of your choice. > > MAKE Banners: > > > CRAFT Banners (Craft debuts out in October 2006): > ' > > > ***Need an Expo Pass for Photoplus Expo 2006 in New York? > Let me know and I'll send you one. Show dates are November 2-4. > > > ================================================================ > O'Reilly News for User Group Members > October 9, 2006 > ================================================================ > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > New Releases > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Upcoming Events > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Conference News > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -Submit Your Proposals for the 2007 MySQL Conference & Expo > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > News > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > New Releases--Books, PDFs, and Rough Cuts > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Get 30% off a single book or 35% off two or more books from O'Reilly, > No Starch, Paraglyph, PC Publishing, Pragmatic Bookshelf, SitePoint, > or Syngress books you purchase directly from O'Reilly. > Just use code DSUG when ordering online or by phone 800-998-9938. > > > Free ground shipping on orders of $29.95 or more. > For more details, go to: > > > Did you know you can request a free book to review for your > group? 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So subscribe for yourself or friends with this > great offer for charter subscribers: five volumes for the cost of four. > Subscribe at: > > > ================================================ > Upcoming Events > ================================================ > ***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: > > > ================================================ > Conference News > ================================================ > ***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. > > > ================================================ > News From O'Reilly & Beyond > ================================================ > --------------------- > General News > --------------------- > ***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 > As an O'Reilly User Group member, you save on all the courses in > the following University of Illinois Certificate Series: > -Linux/Unix System Administration > -Web Programming > -Open Source Programming > -.NET Programming > > To redeem, use Promotion Code "ORALL1," good for a 30% discount, > in Step #3 of the enrollment process. Each course comes with a free > O'Reilly book and a 7-day money-back guarantee. Register online: > > > --------------------- > Open Source > --------------------- > ***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. > > > --------------------- > Digital Media > --------------------- > ***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! > > > --------------------- > Mac > --------------------- > ***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. > > > --------------------- > Windows/.NET > --------------------- > ***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. > > > --------------------- > Java > --------------------- > ***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. > > > --------------------- > Sys Admin/Web > --------------------- > ***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. > > > --------------------- > MAKE > --------------------- > ***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: > > > --------------------- > Podcasts > --------------------- > ***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) > > > --------------------- > Web > --------------------- > ***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-- > > Marsee Henon > > > ================================================================ > O'Reilly > 1005 Gravenstein Highway North > Sebastopol, CA 95472 > http://ug.oreilly.com/ http://ug.oreilly.com/creativemedia/ > ================================================================ ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Knowmad Technologies http://www.knowmad.com From william at knowmad.com Mon Oct 23 12:11:43 2006 From: william at knowmad.com (William McKee) Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:11:43 -0400 Subject: [Charlotte.PM] O'Reilly Code Search Message-ID: <20061023191143.GC30234@knowmad.com> Hey mongers, Check out O'Reilly's latest resource--Code Search[1]. They've put the sample code from their books into a searchable database. Perl shows up 12778 times. Let us know if you find any useful gems in there. William [1] http://labs.oreilly.com/code -- Knowmad Technologies http://www.knowmad.com From william at knowmad.com Thu Oct 26 08:57:12 2006 From: william at knowmad.com (William McKee) Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 11:57:12 -0400 Subject: [Charlotte.PM] Fwd: Perl Developer Position - AT&T, Chicago or Raleigh, 22 months contract Message-ID: <20061026155708.GA19053@knowmad.com> Anyone looking for a job? Interesting to see that AT&T is using Perl! William ----- Forwarded message from Siva Tripuraneni ----- > To: William McKee > From: Siva Tripuraneni > Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:00:39 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: Perl Developer Position - AT&T, Chicago or Raleigh, 22 months contract > > William, > > I currently have 22 month contract position with AT&T in Raleigh. Please let me know if you would be interested. If not, can you please forward this to your Perl Mongers group? > > Development position supporting internal and external at&t customers. 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