From John.Fruncek at quadtechworld.com Mon Mar 1 10:32:54 2004 From: John.Fruncek at quadtechworld.com (Fruncek, John) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:27:41 2004 Subject: [Chicago-announce] Driving to tomorrow's meeting from Wisconsin Message-ID: Hello, My friend Jim Edwards and I are planning to drive from Milwaukee tomorrow for the meeting, is anyone aware of traffic hassles construction or detour along the I-94 route? John > John Fruncek > Information Technology- Business Systems > > QuadTech > A Subsidiary of Quad/Graphics > > Sussex, Wisconsin > 414-566-7543 phone > 414-870-1291 cell > john.fruncek@quadtechworld.com > www.quadtechworld.com > > From chicago-talk-bounces at mail.pm.org Thu Mar 4 11:37:08 2004 From: chicago-talk-bounces at mail.pm.org (chicago-talk-bounces@mail.pm.org) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:27:41 2004 Subject: [Chicago-announce] Forward of moderated message Message-ID: An embedded message was scrubbed... From: tpatterson@brunswickwdi.com Subject: OSS Chicago - Automated Testing Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 11:31:48 -0600 Size: 4449 Url: http://mail.pm.org/pipermail/chicago-announce/attachments/20040304/60bc513c/attachment.eml From tpatterson at brunswickwdi.com Thu Mar 4 12:43:32 2004 From: tpatterson at brunswickwdi.com (tpatterson@brunswickwdi.com) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:27:41 2004 Subject: [Chicago-announce] OSS Chicago - Automated Testing Message-ID: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Please join Open Source Software Chicago on March 18th as we bring you: "Automated Testing" Presenter: Andy Lester ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Andy will be discussing the benefits of automation as it relates to testing. He will demonstrate some automated testing tools for Perl, and will breifly discuss automated testing tools for Python, Java, and network security. Andy has been working with Perl and other open source software for many years. He's a vocal supporter of all things testing, and is heavily involved in the Chicago Perl Mongers. He has also helped write and edit several books for O'Reilly publishing. And finally, Andy is an accomplished speaker, in fact, he gave a very popular talk on this same subject at last year's OSCON. What: OSS Chicago's regular meetings Where: 200 Fairway Drive, Ste 204, Vernon Hills IL (look for the OSS Banner on the door) When: March 18th, 2004 Time: 6:30 p.m. -- doors open 7:00 p.m. -- Introductions and presentations 7:30 p.m. -- Q&A 7:45 p.m. -- Open discussions start Water & Coffee will be served. We will be raffling off door prizes. More information can be found on the Chicago Open Source website located at: http://www.OSSChicago.com OSS Chicago is sponsored by WDI, a division of Brunswick New Technologies. There are so many different applications out there that are Open Source (no cost) that can help all of us in today's economy. We figured the best way to accomplish this is to collaborate with other businesses and professionals that are using open source or have the same general interest in Open Source. Meetings will be held monthly with different featured speakers. More information about our group and what Open Source is can be found on our website: http://www.OSSChicago.com . Thank you for your time. If you have any questions at all please feel free to email me or call direct. Best Regards, Tiffany Patterson WDI, sponsor of Open Source Software Chicago email: ossinfo@osschicago.com website: http://www.OSSChicago.com OSS CHICAGO IS NOW SPONSORED BY ( http://www.osschicago.com/links ): - WDI, a division of Brunswick New Technologies (Primary Sponsor) - O'Reilly - Sam's Publishing Books also provided by Addison-Wesley & Prentice Hall PTR From marsee at oreilly.com Thu Mar 4 19:19:55 2004 From: marsee at oreilly.com (Marsee Henon) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:27:41 2004 Subject: [Chicago-announce] Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 4 Message-ID: ================================================================ O'Reilly UG Program News--Just for User Group Leaders March 4, 2004 ================================================================ -Put Up an O'Reilly ThinkGeek Banner, Get A Free Book ---------------------------------------------------------------- Book Info ---------------------------------------------------------------- ***Review books are available Copies of our books are available for your members to review-- send me an email and please include the book's ISBN number on your request. 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If you've ever fallen in love, attended a Star Trek convention, or pondered the meaning of life, you'll find a kindred soul in the pages of "Dancing Barefoot." http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/barefoot/ ***WebLogic: The Definitive Guide Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 059600432X "WebLogic: The Definitive Guide" presents a 360-degree view of the world of WebLogic. An exhaustive treatment of the WebLogic server and management console answers any question that developers, administrators, and system architects might think to ask. 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Going forward, all new books will be produced with the much-loved lay-flat binding (except for books that are too thin or thick for the RepKover process). ***The Uganda Digital Bookmobile Inspired by his experience on the road with the Internet Bookmobile, Richard Koman, along with Brad deGraf, founded Anywhere Books, an organization dedicated to deploying the bookmobile approach in development contexts. In turn, Koman and deGraf partnered with the National Library of Uganda to create the Uganda Digital Bookmobile. Koman writes about his experience in Uganda with this project, which included the set up of scanning stations and a printing system at the National Library in Kampala. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/articles ***Wallace Wang's Unusual Career: Stand-up Comedian & Computer Book Author "Wally Wang, 'Steal This Computer Book 3,' knows firsthand the importance of sticking with even the most far-reaching New Year's resolutions. On Jan. 1, 1990, the Detroit native resolved to dive headfirst into a stand-up comedy career. The decision might not have been a monumental one, except that Wang had never even set foot in a comedy club." Read the rest of this story in this recent "Las Vegas Sun" article: http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/read/2004/jan/23/516226302.html Steal This Computer Book 3 Publisher: No Starch Press ISBN: 1593270003 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1593270003/ --------------------- Open Source --------------------- ***Amazon and Open Source Amazon realized early on that amazon.com was more than just a book site, more in fact than just an e-commerce site. It was becoming an e-commerce platform. Open source has been a key part of the Amazon story, and although Amazon has closed code, it has created its own "architecture of participation" that may be even richer than that of many open source software development communities. Tim shares his thoughts in the latest Ask Tim. http://www.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/ask_tim/2004/amazon_0204.html ***Mod_python's PSP: Python Server Pages For simple web sites, inlining code in the pages themselves is shockingly effective. For more complex sites, it can even work with good MVC design. Fear not, Pythonistas, mod_python's PSP brings the power and clarity of Python to web programming. Grisha Trubetskoy explains. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2004/02/26/python_server_pages.html ***Day in the Life of #Apache Rich Bowen tackles yet another common Apache dilemma in the latest installment in this series based on his conversations on the IRC channel, #apache. This week he delves into the sometimes confusing world of modules: when to enable them, when to disable them, and why. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/apache/2004/02/26/apacheckbk.html --------------------- Mac --------------------- ***Cleaning iPhoto When you have thousands of images in iPhoto and don't have time to cull them manually, scripting starts to look very appealing. brian d foy shows you some helpful AppleScripts and Perl scripts you can use to clean up your iPhoto libraries. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/02/27/cleaning_iphoto.html ***bash on Mac OS X In the migration from Jaguar to Panther, one of the lesser-discussed changes has been the switch from tcsh to bash as the default shell (for new accounts). In this article, David Miller delves into affected areas, such as aliases and environment variables, to help you make the transition. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/02/24/bash.html --------------------- Windows --------------------- ***Inside IIS 6 With the release of Windows Server 2003, Microsoft has made significant changes in how IIS works. Mitch Tulloch brings you up to speed on what's new, and gives you insider tips on how to take advantage of it. http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/03/02/inside_iis.html ***Protect Yourself Against Kerberos Attacks The only way to defend yourself is to understand your attacker in-depth. This excerpt from the recently released "Security Warrior" by Cyrus Peikari and Anton Chuvakin details Kerberos attacks. Read it and prepare yourself. http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/excerpt/swarrior_ch14/index1.html --------------------- Java --------------------- ***Configuring JBoss 4.0 JDBC Connectivity JBoss uses the HypersonicDB by default, but with a few configuration changes, it can use any JDBC-equipped database. Deepak Vohra shows how to use Oracle, Sybase, MySQL and other databases with JBoss. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/02/25/jbossjdbc.html --------------------- Web --------------------- ***The Ideal Digital Photographer's Workflow, Part 3 You can achieve greater control over the quality of the images produced by your new digital camera if you shoot them in RAW format. Trouble is, it can take an inordinate amount of time to convert RAW images into something your image-editing program can use. In Part 3 of Ken Milburn's series on creating ideal digital photography workflows, he details several steps you can take to save hours of RAW-process work after every shoot. Ken is the author of the upcoming "Digital Photography: Expert Techniques." http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2004/02/24/digital_photography.html --------------------- .NET --------------------- ***O'Reilly Learning Lab's .NET Certificate Series Learn .NET programming skills and earn a .NET Programming Certificate from the University of Illinois Office of Continuing Education. The .NET Certificate Series is comprised of three courses that give you the foundation you need to do .NET programming well. The courses are: Learn XML; Learn Object-Oriented Programming Using Java; and Learn C#. Enroll now in all three courses and save over $500. http://oreilly.useractive.com/courses/dotnet.php3 ***Developing Web-Service-Driven, Smart Mobile Applications Working with web services and other network protocols that were designed with broadband in mind can become a real burden to making applications really mobile. But there is hope. Michael Yaun walks through the design and implementation of a complete end-to-end mobile application that solves these difficult problems. http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2004/02/23/mobilewebserviceapps.html ================================================ News From Your Peers ================================================ ***Check out the new O'Reilly User Group Wiki for the latest news You can look for a meeting, user group, or post information any time you want. http://wiki.oreillynet.com/usergroups/view?HomePage Until next time-- Marsee From ehs at pobox.com Tue Mar 23 08:49:41 2004 From: ehs at pobox.com (Ed Summers) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:27:41 2004 Subject: [Chicago-announce] March Uniforum Chicago meeting Message-ID: <20040323144941.GA2671@chloe.inkdroid.org> Note: this is today! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Installing & Running VMWare on Linux Steven Lembark Tuesday March 23rd, 2004, 7:00-9:00pm College of DuPage, Building SRC, Room 1450ab Abstract -------- Virtual Machines ("VM") have been around since mainframe days. They run an operating system on a chip that isn't there in order to do things that the chip that *is* there cannot. The original example was running BSD on mainframes; today it's Windows within Linux. This is more stable than using emulators since Windows is somewhat more bug-compatible with itself. VMWare can also be used for development, configuration/regression testing, live system installations, and bastion hosts. The talk will include a tarball installation of VMWare, configuring the VM for installations and Linux to support it, and some examples of handling samba issues. Speaker Bio ----------- Steve Lembark is a Chicago-based Contract Architect, SysAdmin, and Perl hacker. He started using VMWare in order to avoid dual boots with Windows98 and has since found all sorts of fun things to do with it. If anyone has questions about VMWare or wants to see any specific items covered in the talk he can be contacted via . Getting There ------------- The next meeting of UniForum Chicago will be from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Tuesday, March 23, 2004, at the College of DuPage. The address of the meeting facility is: College of DuPage Building SRC, Rm 1450AB Fawell Blvd (formerly 22nd St) and Lambert Glen Ellyn, IL 60137-6599 Take 355 to Butterfield Rd (Rt 56). Butterfield West to Lambert Rd. Lambert Rd North to first right after College Road. Park in lots 7 or 8 (aka lot P) and walk to SRC building. Rooms 1450A&B are on the first floor of the SRC building, and are entered through the cafeteria at the South of the building. All UniForum Chicago general meetings are open to the public free of charge. For additional information contact David Young at (630) 357-5963 or visit the UniForum Chicago web site at: http://www.uniforum.chi.il.us/