[Dresden-pm] Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, April 14
Joerg Westphal
joerg.westphal at ionix.de
Don Apr 14 22:06:35 PDT 2005
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Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, April 14
Date: Donnerstag, 14. April 2005 23:44
From: Marsee Henon <marsee at oreilly.com>
To: joerg.westphal at gmx.de
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O'Reilly News for User Group Members
April 14, 2005
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Book News
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-iPod & iTunes: The Missing Manual, 3rd Edition
-The Linux Enterprise Cluster
-Snort Cookbook
-Learning the bash Shell, 3rd Edition
-Mastering FreeBSD and OpenBSD Security
-Linux Desktop Hacks
-PC Annoyances, 2nd Edition
-Visual Studio Hacks
-Photoshop Elements 3: The Missing Manual
-Sockets, Shellcode, Code and Porting
-MAKE Subscriptions Available
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Upcoming Events
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-Tim O'Reilly at AIWS, Los Angeles, CA--April 18-20
-Bonnie Biafore, ("Online Investing Hacks," "QuickBooks: The Missing
Manual"), Kansas City Investor Fair, Overland Park, KS--April 29-30
-Tim O'Reilly, Location Technology and Business Intelligence Conference,
Philadelphia, PA--May 2-4
-Scott Berkun, ("The Art of Project Management") at BayCHI,
Palo Alto, CA--May 10
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Conference News
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-Last chance--Register for the 2005 MySQL Users Conference,
Santa Clara, CA--April 18-21
-MySQL Sessions in iCal
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News
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-O'Reilly Launches CodeZoo
-Ready to Build Your First Flash Project?
-RoboGames 2005
-The Bacula Philosophy
-Anatomy of an Attack: The Five Ps
-Learning Lab: Save on Open Source Programming Certificate
-17 Things You Might Not Know You Could Do with iWork
-Protect Your Source Code: Obfuscation 101
-Create Podcasts Using Your PC
-C# Generics: Collection Interfaces
-Building .NET Add-Ins for Windows Media Center Edition
-Form Your Own Design Pattern Study Group
-Managing Component Dependencies Using ClassLoaders
-Inside FL Studio--Euro Techno’s Secret Weapon, Part 1
-The File Manager Is Dead. Long Live the Lifeblog
-See Your Web Site on a Mac
-Search Engine Marketing
-Blogging Primer
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From Your Peers
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-LinuxFest Northwest 2005, Bellingham, WA--April 30
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***iPod & iTunes: The Missing Manual, 3rd Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596008775
O'Reilly has again fully updated its bestselling Missing Manual to
reflect the most recent versions of iPod and iTunes. These changes
include all the new iPod models (including iPod Photo and iPod
Shuffle), Airport Express, and the latest version of iTunes (4.7).
Features an astonishing collection of useful tips, tricks, and
shortcuts for prospective iPod owners, as well as experienced iPodders.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ipodtmm3/
Chapter 2, "The iPod Sync Connection," is available online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ipodtmm3/chapter/index.html
***The Linux Enterprise Cluster
Publisher: No Starch Press
ISBN: 1593270364
"The Linux Enterprise Cluster" is a practical guide for building and
installing an enterprise-class cluster for mission critical applications
using commodity hardware and open source software. Includes information
on how to build a high-availability server pair using the Heartbeat
package, how to use the Linux Virtual Server load balancing software,
how to configure a reliable printing system, and how to build a job
scheduling system with no single point of failure.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1593270364/
***Snort Cookbook
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596007914
Snort, the defacto standard of intrusion detection tools, can save
countless headaches; the new "Snort Cookbook" will save countless hours
of trial and error. Each "recipe" offers a clear description of a
gnarly problem, a concise but complete solution, and practical
examples. But this ultimate Snort sourcebook offers more than just
immediate cut-and-paste answers; it also showcases the best tips and
tricks to leverage the full power of Snort--and still have a life.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/snortckbk/
Chapter 7, "Miscellaneous Other Uses," is available online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/snortckbk/chapter/index.html
***Learning the bash Shell, 3rd Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596009658
If you are new to shell programming, this book provides an excellent
introduction, covering everything from the most basic to the most
advanced features. And if you've been writing shell scripts for years,
it offers a great way to find out what the new shell offers. This
refreshed edition is full of practical examples of shell commands and
programs guaranteed to make everyday use of Linux that much easier.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bash3/
Chapter 4, "Basic Shell Programming," is available online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bash3/chapter/index.html
***Mastering FreeBSD and OpenBSD Security
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596006268
Using an application-specific approach, this book provides sound
technical information on FreeBSD and OpenBSD security in conjunction
with real-world examples to help you configure and deploy a secure
system. The authors walk you through the installation of a hardened
operating system, the installation and configuration of critical
services, and ongoing maintenance of your FreeBSD and OpenBSD systems.
Even administrators in other environments--like Linux and Solaris--can
find useful paradigms to emulate here.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mfreeopenbsd/
Chapter 1, "The Big Picture," is available online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mfreeopenbsd/chapter/index.html
***Linux Desktop Hacks
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596009119
With hacks that any user can follow, "Linux Desktop Hacks" demonstrates
how easy it is to modify Linux to suit your needs. The book is packed
with tips on customizing and improving the interface, boosting
performance, administering your desktop, and generally making the most
out of what X, KDE, Gnome, and the console have to offer.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxdeskhks/
Sample Hack 97, "Use an iPod with Linux," is available online (along
with four others):
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxdeskhks/chapter/index.html
***PC Annoyances, 2nd Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596008821
Ideal for PC users of all levels, this revised version of the
bestselling book covers the gamut of common PC gripes, including those
related to Windows, hardware, email, Microsoft Office, and the
Internet. It offers 50 additional pages of updated information
guaranteed to get your system purring again. Plus, you get access to
more than 100 utilities that will help you squash bugs, enhance your
email, untangle a system snarl, and much more.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pcannoy2/
Chapter 1, "Email Annoyances," is available online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pcannoy2/chapter/index.html
***Visual Studio Hacks
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596008473
Offering valuable tips, tools, and tricks, this hands-on guide is
designed for developers who want to go far beyond the obvious features
of Visual Studio. You can read this book from cover to cover or,
because each hack stands its own, you can browse and jump to sections
that interest you most. Topics covered include code editor hacks, all
manners of
customization, and even external tools such as PowerToys.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/visualstudiohks/
Sample Hack 44, "Speed Up Visual Studio," is available online (along
with four others):
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/visualstudiohks/chapter/index.html
***Photoshop Elements 3: The Missing Manual
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596004532
Whether you're a hobbyist or a professional photographer, this
comprehensive guide will help you become a more efficient, sophisticated
digital camera user by understanding all of Photoshop Elements 3's
capabilities. Offering page after page of valuable insight, "Photoshop
Elements 3: The Missing Manual" tackles such tasks as fixing image
flaws, organizing photos for display, and creating dynamic slide shows
and photo emails, with each feature explained in easy-to-understand
language. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/photoeletmm/
Chapter 4, "The Quick Fix," is available online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/photoeletmm/chapter/index.html
***Sockets, Shellcode, Code, and Porting
Publisher: Syngress
ISBN: 1597490059
In this groundbreaking book, bestselling author James C. Foster provides
cutting-edge detail on how the fundamental building blocks of software
and operating systems are exploited by malicious hackers. He provides
working code and scripts in C/C++, Java, Perl, and NASL to detect and
defend against attacks. The book is divided into five main categories
representing the major skill sets required by security professionals and
software developers: Coding, Sockets, Shellcode, Porting Applications,
and Coding Security Tools.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1597490059/
***MAKE Subscriptions Available
The annual subscription price for four issues is $34.95. When you
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***For more events, please see:
http://events.oreilly.com/
***Tim O'Reilly at AIWS, Los Angeles, CA--April 18-20
Tim presents a keynote address, "Open Source Changes All The Rules of
Business," at the Gartner Application Integration and Web Services
Summit 2005.
http://www.gartner.com/2_events/conferences/apn14.jsp
***Bonnie Biafore, ("Online Investing Hacks," "QuickBooks: The Missing
Manual"), Kansas City Investor Fair,Overland Park, KS--April 29-30
Bonnie is a featured speaker at the NAIC Kansas City Investor Fair.
She'll be signing books there on both days, so be sure to stop by and
say hello. http://www.better-investing.org/chapter/kansas/events/4875
***Tim O'Reilly, Location Technology and Business Intelligence
Conference, Philadelphia, PA--May 2-4
Tim presents a keynote address on the "Business Model Design Patterns
for the Internet Era" at this conference on how to more efficiently
analyze location-based information.
http://www.locationintelligence.net/
***Scott Berkun, ("The Art of Project Management") at BayCHI,
Palo Alto, CA--May 10
Scott presents "What To Do When Things Go Wrong: Saving Design Train
Wrecks" at the May meeting of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of ACM
SIGCHI, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
http://www.baychi.org/calendar/20050510/#1
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Conference News
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***Last chance--Register for the 2005 MySQL Users Conference,
Santa Clara, CA--April 18-21
The MySQL Users Conference, co-presented by O'Reilly Media and MySQL AB,
brings together experts, users, and industry leaders with unique MySQL
insights, offering attendees a detailed look into new features in MySQL
5.0, sessions and workshops designed to teach best practices, and
exposure to new open source technologies.
For more information, go to:
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Use code DSUG when you register, and receive 20% off the registration
price.
To register for the conference, go to:
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***MySQL Sessions in iCal
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News From O'Reilly & Beyond
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General News
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***O'Reilly Launches CodeZoo
CodeZoo exists to help you find high-quality, freely available, reusable
components, getting you past the repetitive parts of coding, and onto
the rest of your projects. The CodeZoo community, through component
ratings, tips, download tracking, and more, makes it easy to sort out
the good code from the rest.
http://www.codezoo.net/
Read Marc Hedlund's blog for the inside scoop:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/6803
***Ready to Build Your First Flash Project?
Claudia Snell, manager of the Worcester Macromedia User Group, has some
helpful resources and first projects to get you going. Go to article
number 5 in Macromedia's "The Edge Newsletter":
http://www.macromedia.com/newsletters/edge/april2005/
***RoboGames 2005
Matchbox-size autonomous sumo bots, 350-pound combat robots, improvised
LEGO Mindstorms mix-ins, complex firefighters, daring ribbon climbers,
and more all converged--with their human counterparts--on San Francisco
recently for the 2005 RoboGames. Quinn Norton reports on what went on,
and what robotics enthusiasts learned from rubbing elbows with each
other for a weekend.
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2005/03/31/robogames.html
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Open Source
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***The Bacula Philosophy
Bacula is a mature client-server backup solution that runs on several
platforms and flexibly meets many needs. It's also a good model for open
source development. Nathan Valentine (member of the Lexington
Professional Linux User's Group) recently interviewed lead developer
Kern Sibbald on the design, implementation, and future plans of the
product.
http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2005/04/07/bacula.html
***Anatomy of an Attack: The Five Ps
The five Ps--Probe, Penetrate, Persist, Propagate, and
Paralyze--represent a model of how a security attack progresses. In
this excerpt, Kerry Cox and Christopher Gerg discuss an attack's
progression through these five steps, whether the attack is sourced
from a person or an automated worm or script. Kerry and Christopher are
the authors of "Managing Security with Snort & IDS Tools."
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/security/excerpt/SnortandIDSTools_chap1/inde
x.html
***Learning Lab: Save on Open Source Programming Certificate
Acquire the skills necessary for a complete understanding of programming
using open source operating systems and earn a Certificate from the
University of Illinois Office of Continuing Education. This five-course
series covers CGI programming with Perl, SQL database programming, PHP
programming, object-oriented programming with Java, and basic Linux/Unix
system administration. Enroll in all five courses by April 20th and save
40%.
http://www.oreilly.com/redirector.csp?link=UAOSP&type=news
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Mac
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***17 Things You Might Not Know You Could Do with iWork
If you've installed iWork on your hard drive but haven't had a chance to
really dig into it yet, maybe this article will inspire you to do so.
Giles Turnbull takes you on a romp through this production suite showing
you lots of fun and useful things to do with it.
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/04/12/iwork.html
***Protect Your Source Code: Obfuscation 101
You can protect your applications from attack by applying obfuscation
techniques to convolute your source code. Matthew Russell shows you how.
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/04/08/code.html
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Windows/.NET
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***Create Podcasts Using Your PC
Want to create a podcast? It's simpler than you think. Jake Ludington
shows you how to do it using tools virtually everyone has or can easily
acquire on a tiny budget.
http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2005/04/05/create_podcasts
_with_pc.html
***C# Generics: Collection Interfaces
The .NET framework provides two sets of standard interfaces for
enumerating and comparing collections: the traditional (non-type-safe)
and the new generic type-safe collections. In this excerpt from
"Programming C#, 4th Edition," Jesse Liberty focuses on the key
type-safe collection interfaces, reviewing each collection interface
and providing code examples that demonstrate how to implement each one.
http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/excerpt/progcsharp4_ch09-04/index.h
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***Building .NET Add-Ins for Windows Media Center Edition
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 is an exciting platform for
enjoying all of your media from the comfort of your sofa. However, in
many cases you might wish to extend Media Center to perform
functionality that it does not have "out of the box." Microsoft has
created a software development kit that lets you write your own
software that runs in Media Center. In this article, Michael Earls
shows you how to write your first .NET add-in for Media Center Edition
of Windows XP.
http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2005/04/05/mce_part2.html
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Java
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***Form Your Own Design Pattern Study Group
Like most complex subjects, design patterns are best learned over a
period of time, not in a few sittings. Eric Freeman and Elisabeth
Freeman, coauthors of "Head First Design Patterns," suggest one way to
ease the learning curve (and have some fun along the way): form a study
group, using their book. If you're ready to get your engineering team
together, the Freemans get you started in this article with a plan to
follow and chapter-by-chapter questions to help generate discussion.
http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2005/04/06/designpatterns.html
***Managing Component Dependencies Using ClassLoaders
Use of the Class-Path entry within a JAR file's manifest can help you
manage external dependencies--to a point. Once you start using multiple
JARs that need incompatible versions of external JARs, problems quickly
ensue. As Don Schwarz shows, you can get out of this problem by using
your own class loader to manage the dependencies.
http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2005/04/13/dependencies.html
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Digital Media
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***Inside FL Studio--Euro Techno’s Secret Weapon, Part 1
The software formerly known as Fruityloops delivers exceptional
music-making power for an amazingly low price. This tutorial explores
some of its little-known but cool features while also bringing
newcomers up to speed.
http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/04/06/fl_studio.html
***The File Manager Is Dead. Long Live the Lifeblog
Christian Lindholm wants us to change the way we think about electronic
media, especially the way we store and archive it all. As part of his
work for Nokia, he's championing the Lifeblog era. Find out how it can
revolutionize the way you think about digital media.
http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/04/06/lifeblog.html
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Web
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***See Your Web Site on a Mac
Blane explores a tool that allows you to see what any web site will look
like on a Mac in Firefox, Safari, or Internet Explorer.
http://www.sitepoint.com/blog-post-view.php?id=251481
***Search Engine Marketing
Get an in-depth understanding of how search engines work, how they view
your web site, index your content and prioritize what to crawl.
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/search-engine-marketing-kit
***Blogging Primer
Blogs: you read 'em, you love 'em, you want one of your own! Now's your
chance to splash into the blogosphere, thanks to this handy primer. His
tutorial has the essential ingredients you'll need to establish and run
your own successful blog!
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/bloggers-primer
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From Your Peers
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***LinuxFest Northwest 2005, Bellingham, WA--April 30
LinuxFest Northwest is the biggest LinuxFest in the Pacific Northwest
and Western Canada. You'll find from Google, IBM, Helix, SuSE/Novell,
LPI, to homemade Linux clusters, from amateur to professional.
Presented by the largest international consortium of LUGs ever on the
campus of the Bellingham Tech College. For presentation schedule and
exhibits, go to: See http://www.linuxnorthwest.org
Don't forget to check out the O'Reilly UG wiki to see what user groups
across the globe are up to:
http://wiki.oreillynet.com/usergroups/index.cgi
Until next time--
Marsee Henon
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