[Firenze-pm] Fwd: O'Reilly UK User Group Newsletter issue 03-06
Stefano Rodighiero
stefano.rodighiero at gmail.com
Sun Mar 12 14:58:04 PST 2006
Ecco la prima delle newsletter O'Reilly.
Dovrei ricevere maggiore feedback da O'Reilly nei prossimi
giorni, il che completerà la nostra affiliazione allo User Group Program.
Nel frattempo, buona lettura .)
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Subject: O'Reilly UK User Group Newsletter issue 03-06
O'Reilly UK User Group Programme
NEWSLETTER
Issue 02-06
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HIGHLIGHTS
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NEWS FROM O'REILLY AND BEYOND
-A Secret Tip for Taking Great Digital Shots
-Quicken 2006 Missing Manual: Setting Up Your Quicken Environment
-Early Access to Cutting-Edge Technology
-Latest Titles available on O'Reilly Rough Cuts
-Introducing Lua
-Building a High-Availability MySQL Cluster
-Free Mesh Networking with Metrix Pebble
-What's New in iWork '06?
-Digitizing VHS Tapes with EyeTV
-Inside Look: Internet Explorer 7, Beta 2
-Creating an Application from Scratch, Part 3
-A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned
-O'Reilly Learning Lab Offers Updated HTML/CSS Course
-Information Architecture: Why the Last Page Comes First
-Asynchronous Messaging Made Easy With Spring JMS
-Playing Together Nicely: Getting REST and SOAP to Share Each
Other's Toys
-Attention Streams, Taking Pictures, Java in Brazil, and Presenting
Differently
-Pioneer Podcasters Share Insider Tips, Part 4: Top-of-the-Line Gear and
How to Avoid and Fix Errors
-Walking the Talk with Julieanne Kost
-O'Reilly Photography Learning Center
-Speak Your Mind on Digital Media
-Calling All Makers!
-Meet Your Fellow Makers
BOOK NEWS
- Books for review
- Coming soon
CONFERENCE NEWS
YOUR BOOK REVIEWS
YOUR NEWS
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NEWS FROM O'REILLY AND BEYOND
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General News
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***A Secret Tip for Taking Great Digital Shots
Want to impress friends and family with professional-looking photos?
Professional photographer and best-selling author Derrick Story
provides his favorite tip--using a flash setting--for taking great
shots for better skin tone, reduced texture in the face, and adding a
twinkle to the eyes.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2006/02/01/secret-tip-for-taking-great-digital-shots.html>
***Quicken 2006 Missing Manual: Setting Up Your Quicken Environment
After you install Quicken, you're only a few steps away from
experiencing the joys of electronic personal finance. Chapter 1 of
"Quicken 2006 for Starters: The Missing Manual" gets you out of the
gate running, guiding you through launch, set up and the intricate
preferences. If you like this chapter, read the whole book (and up to
nine others) on Safari with a free trial subscription.
<http://safari.oreilly.com/?XmlId=0596101279/quickenfstmm-CHP-1>
***Early Access to Cutting-Edge Technology
O'Reilly's Safari Books Online has just announced a new service called
Rough Cuts that gives you early access to content on cutting-edge
technologies months before it's published. Rough Cuts allows you to
purchase work-in-progress manuscripts of selected titles. For more
information, go to:
<http://www.oreilly.com/roughcuts/>
Latest Titles Available:
Perl Hacks
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlhks/index.html>
Ubuntu Hacks
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ubuntuhks/index.html>
Ajax Design Patterns
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ajaxdp/index.html>
Java and XML, 3rd Edition
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/javaxml3/index.html>
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Open Source
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***Introducing Lua
Scripting is highly important to extensible applications. Not only is
it easier to write logic in higher-level languages, but it's often
safer. It can be effective, too--consider that World of Warcraft and
other games embed the Lua language and use it for scripts, AI,
configuration, and even user interface management. Why Lua? Keith
Fieldhouse introduces the language and explains why it's so
appropriate.
<http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2006/02/16/introducing-lua.html>
***Building a High-Availability MySQL Cluster
Serious business services really can't go down, whether due to
hardware or software failures. If your necessary services rely on
MySQL, clustering and high availability can prevent failures. Kris
Buytaert shows how his group recently used MySQL Cluster and Heartbeat
to provide redundant, failure-proof replication and availability of
their data.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/databases/2006/02/16/ha_mysql_cluster.html>
***Free Mesh Networking with Metrix Pebble
Metrix Pebble is a variant of the popular Pebble Linux distribution
that adds a web-based configuration GUI, support for OLSRD and EVDO,
automatic generation of network flows, wireless users, and radio link
status graphs using rrdtool, and fits in just under 64MB of flash
memory. Rob Flickenger describes how to use Metrix Pebble to set up a
wireless mesh network.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/etel/2006/02/10/free-mesh-networking-with-metrix-pebble.html>
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Mac
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***What's New in iWork '06?
iWork's tandem offering of Pages and Keynote provides a useful
collection of tools for presentations, word processing, and layout.
But how much has changed since last year's debut? Giles Turnbull walks
you through Pages 2 and Keynote 3 to help decide if this upgrade is
for you.
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2006/02/22/iwork.html>
***Digitizing VHS Tapes with EyeTV
By digitizing your old VHS tapes, you can move them from taking up
precious shelf space to more readily available disk space. In this
article, Joe McMahon shows you a hack that lets you archive
full-quality digital recordings from EyeTV to offline media, but still
play them back easily in EyeTV.
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2006/02/14/eyetv.html>
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Windows/.NET
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***Inside Look: Internet Explorer 7, Beta 2
The long-awaited Beta 2 of IE 7 is finally here. What's new, good, and
better? Wei-Meng Lee gives you a guided tour and an inside look.
<http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2006/02/21/inside-look-internet-explorer-7-beta-2.html>
***Creating an Application from Scratch, Part 3
Jesse Liberty is creating an application from scratch in ASP.NET 2.0
while you watch over his shoulder. In part 3, he builds the engine and
implements it.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/windows/2006/02/14/creating-an-application-from-scratch-part-3.html>
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Web
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***A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned
Think ecommerce web sites on the cheap are impossible? Find out how to
get a site off the ground for less than $2000.
<http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/04/a-penny-saved-is-a-penny-earned/>
***O'Reilly Learning Lab Offers Updated HTML/CSS Course
Keep on the cutting edge of web programming with our newly updated
HTML/CSS course, part of our hugely popular Web Programming
Certificate series through the University of Illinois Office of
Continuing Education. Keep your free O'Reilly books for reference, and
your Learning Lab account as an online portfolio. Pre-enroll in all
six Web Programming courses and get HTML/CSS free. Offer good through
February 28th.
<http://oreilly.useractive.com/courses/web.php3>
***Information Architecture: Why the Last Page Comes First
When designing a site, are you still creating the frontpage first? Find
out why this is a mistake, and a better way to approach it.
<http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/01/information-architecture-why-the-first-page-comes-last/>
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Java
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***Asynchronous Messaging Made Easy With Spring JMS
Java Messaging Service (JMS) requires a lot of work to set up sessions
and manage messages, work that can distract you from your
application-specific logic. The Spring framework's SpringJMS offers a
simpler solution that keeps the JMS administration out of your face.
Srini Penchikala takes a look.
<http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2006/02/22/asynchronous-messaging-with-spring-jms.html>
***Playing Together Nicely: Getting REST and SOAP to Share Each Other's
Toys
Convincing your colleagues and clients to consider a RESTful approach
to SOAP is difficult when the accepted standard is SOAP-style
services. In this article, Jason R. Briggs introduces a SOAP interface
that can be used to deliver SOAP messages from REST resources.
<http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2006/02/15/jython-soap-interface-to-rest.html>
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Podcasts
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***Attention Streams, Taking Pictures, Java in Brazil, and Presenting
Differently
Rael Dornfest and Tim O'Reilly continue their preview of next month's
Emerging Technology conference, Bruno Souza talks to us about Java in
Brazil, conference photographer James Duncan Davidson discusses his
art, and "Why the Lucky Stiff" shows us that conference presentations
can be much more creative than they tend to be. (DTF 02-17-2006: 28
minutes 37 seconds)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2006/02/17/distributing-the-future.html>
***Pioneer Podcasters Share Insider Tips, Part 4: Top-of-the-Line Gear
and How to Avoid and Fix Errors
Listen in as Jack Herrington, the author of "Podcasting Hacks," chats
with pioneer podcasters Doug Kaye and James Polanco. Doug is the
founder of IT Conversations, the influential site that features
podcasts covering important events, programs, and interviews with
industry luminaries. James is the founder of "Fake Science," the
popular podcast radio show covering all things digital music--news,
reviews, and profiles of digital artists.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2006/02/09/pioneer-podcasters-share-insider-tips-part-4.html>
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Digital Media
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***Walking the Talk with Julieanne Kost
In addition to over 150 full-color images, Julieanne Kost's new book,
"Window Seat: The Art of Digital Photography and Creative Thinking"
includes details on such topics as how to make great-looking images of
clouds, mountains, farmland, and water, while photographing through
airplane windows. This excerpt from Kost's book explains how to do
just that. Kost details some of the techniques she used to transform
images captured from the skies above into the final images that appear
in the book.
<http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2006/02/08/talking-with-julieanne-kost.html>
***O'Reilly Photography Learning Center
The O'Reilly Photography Learning Center is an evolving resource of
tips, tricks, and techniques for photographers, both professional and
amateur alike. Each month, we highlight a featured author, provide
tips and techniques, and offer special discounts. Right now, check out
Deke McClelland's tried and true teaching method for learning
Photoshop CS2.
<http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/learningcenter/>
***Speak Your Mind on Digital Media
Fill out a short survey (less than 10 minutes) and help us bring you
the most accessible, best-written, cost-effective, and useful digital
media resources on Earth. And don't forget to give us your email
address at the end of the survey for a chance to win several great
prizes!
<http://www.zoomerang.com/recipient/survey-intro.zgi?p=WEB224ZBXCX296>
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MAKE
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***Calling All Makers!
On April 22nd and 23rd at the San Mateo Fairgrounds, MAKE magazine,
the first magazine devoted entirely to DIY technology projects, is
hosting Maker Faire. This event is the first ever public gathering of
tech DIY enthusiasts, educators, tinkerers, hobbyists, science clubs,
students, authors, and exhibitors. Maker Faire will include 6
exposition & workshop pavilions, a 5-acre outdoor midway, over 100
exhibiting Makers, hands-on workshops, demonstrations, DIY
competitions, and the latest in tools, kits and DIY resources. The
Maker Faire will also be featuring The imate Garage (automative meets
tech DIY), Robotics, Digital Entertainment/Gaming, Green Tech &
Electronics Recycling, Ultimate Workshop, Weird Science, and the MAKE:
Remix video film festival.
More info:
<http://makezine.com/faire/>
The Call for Proposals is now open. If you have an interesting project
that you are bursting to share with your fellow Makers, here's your
chance! You will have the opportunity to explain how the project works
and to demonstrate it to an inquisitive and appreciative audience.
Plus, you will have the opportunity to roam the Faire and spend some
downtime with fellow Makers. Each Maker will be assigned to a half-day
time slot on Saturday or Sunday.
Your proposal should include a short description of your project and a
brief profile describing yourself. This information will appear in the
Maker Faire program and on makezine.com. Also, please state any
special requirements (power, connectivity, ventilation, etc.) you may
have. Submit a proposal today:
<http://makezine.com/faire/makers/proposal/>
Important Dates:
Maker Proposal Due: Midnight (PST) Feb. 27, 2006
Speaker Notification: March 15, 2006
Workshop and Presentations Files Due: April 10, 2006
Faire: April 22-23, 2006
***Meet Your Fellow Makers
Find and post events, exhibits, and more with Maker events listings:
<http://www.makezine.com/events/>
***Try a Sample Project from MAKE:
<http://makezine.com/samples/>
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BOOK NEWS
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Copies of our books are available for your members to review -- send
me an email with the delivery address together with the book you would
like to review. When the review is published, please send me a copy or
the url. I would also appreciate if you could send a copy to
www.amazon.co.uk <http://www.amazon.co.uk>
Latest books available for review -
* Adobe InDesign CS2 One-on-One
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/adobeindesign2/>
This unique, hands-on book comes with two hours of video
instruction (hosted by McClelland himself) on DVD to get you working
with InDesign right away, building relevant, real-world projects while
mastering fundamental and advanced concepts, theory, best practices,
and techniques for making the most of InDesign--to make the most of
your page designs.
* Baseball Hacks <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/baseballhks/>
Whether you're a fantasy baseball fanatic, casual fan, or just
a statistically inclined mathematician, Baseball Hacks has something
for you. This comprehensive guide walks readers through the sport's
core statistical categories, and then demonstrates how to use this
data to truly understand baseball. Statistical analysis, data mining,
probability, forecasting, and other valuable tools are examined.
* C# Cookbook
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/csharpckbk2/> (Second Edition)
The C# Cookbook offers a definitive collection of solutions and
examples for this new programming language. Recipes range from simple
tasks to the more complex, and are organized with respect to the types
of problems you'll need to solve as you progress in your experience as
a C# programmer. Nearly every recipe contains a complete, documented
code sample showing you how to solve the specific problem, as well as
a discussion of how the underlying technology works and a discussion
of alternatives, limitations, and other considerations where
appropriate.
* Essential Microsoft Operations Manager
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/microsoftopmgr/>
This comprehensive tutorial gives system administrators a solid
foundation for planning, implementing, and administering Microsoft
Operations Manager (MOM) 2005. Learn how to program MOM so it
automates burdensome and lengthy diagnostic tasks, making your life as
a troubleshooter easier than ever. Features practical, real-world
advice from MOM expert Chris Fox.
* Fixing Access Annoyances
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/accessannoy/>
Access is one of the easier and more flexible database management
solutions for organizing data. You could grab other books for help,
but do they solve problems from page one? Meet a book of a different
stripe where newcomers start off right and learn valuable methods for
building databases while seasoned pros gain efficiency. Fixing Access
Annoyances saves time and bouts of hair pulling.
* Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/>
Microsoft PowerPoint is the most popular presentation software on the
planet and and an estimated 30 million PowerPoint presentations are
made every day. So no matter how frustrating it gets, you're not about
to chuck the program in the Recycle Bin. If you're vexed and perplexed
by PowerPoint, this new guide presents a variety of all-too-familiar,
real-world annoyances and smart solutions for every one of them.
* Learning C#
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learncsharp2/>(Second Edition)
With Learning C#, best-selling author Jesse Liberty will help you
build a solid foundation in .NET and show how to apply your skills by
using dozens of tested examples. You will learn how to develop various
kinds of applications--including those that work with databases--and
web services. Whether you have a little object-oriented programming
experience or you are new to programming altogether, Learning C# will
set you firmly on your way.
* Learning Windows Server 2003
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lwinsvr20032/>(Second Edition)
This compact guide provides the nuts and bolts for installing,
configuring, securing, and managing Windows Server 2003. Topics
include patch management, Active Directory replication, network access
quarantining, server clustering, and more. Designed for system
administrators of all levels, Learning Windows Server 2003, 2nd
Edition has also been completely updated for Service Pack 1 and
release R2.
* MAKE Magazine: The First Year
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/makemagyr1/>
>From out of nowhere, MAKE has rapidly become one of the hottest new
magazines to hit the newsstands. Through the brilliantly written and
beautifully illustrated magazine, podcasts and makezine.com website,
the MAKE team has already won broad acclaim for their clear yet
down-to-earth coverage and uncanny instinct for what moves Makers, and
their ability to nail the curiosity, vibrance, and passion of the
rapidly emerging "tech DIY" movement. In this special re-release, all
4-Volumes of MAKE's first year are combined in a special 4-Volume
Collector's Set.
* Mind Performance Hacks
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mindperfhks/>
Mind Performance Hacks provides real-life tips and tools for
overclocking your brain and becoming a better thinker. In the
increasingly frenetic pace of today's information economy, managing
your life requires hacking your brain. With this book, you'll cut
through the clutter and tune up your brain intentionally, safely, and
productively.
* Repairing and Upgrading Your PC
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/repairpc/>
Repairing and Upgrading Your PC delivers start-to-finish instructions,
simple enough for even the most inexperienced PC owner, for
troubleshooting, repairing, and upgrading your computer. Written by
hardware experts Robert Bruce Thompson and Barbara Fritchman Thompson,
this book covers it all: how to troubleshoot a troublesome PC, how to
identify which components make sense for an upgrade, and how to tear
it all down and put it back together. This book shows how to repair
and upgrade all of your PC's essential components.
* Visual Basic 2005 in a Nutshell
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/vb2005ian3/> (Third Edition)
Newly updated, this classic detailed reference to the Visual Basic
programming language had been reorganized to cover all the ins and
outs of Visual Basic 2005, including new features like Generics, My
Namespace, and operators. An alphabetical reference to Visual Basic
2005 statements, procedures, functions, and objects makes sure you
follow along. Ideal for developers, programmers, and anyone learning
VB as a first language.
* Web Design in a Nutshell
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wdnut3/>(Third Edition)
Our popular reference, Web Design in a Nutshell, has been completely
rewritten and expanded to reflect the state of the art in web
standards. In addition to being an authoritative reference for (X)HTML
and Cascading Style Sheets, this book also provides an overview of the
unique requirements of designing for the Web and gets to the nitty
gritty of JavaScript and DOM Scripting, web graphics optimization, and
multimedia production. It is an indispensable tool for web designers
and developers of all levels.
* Web Site Cookbook <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/websiteckbk/>
This handy guide provides a wide range of solutions to real-life
problems that come up regularly when creating and growing a website.
With recipes that teach both routine and advanced setup tasks, the
book includes clear and professional instruction on a host of topics.
Learn page design, visitor tracking, site promotion, and much more.
* Window Seat <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/windowseat/>
Window Seat: The Art of Digital Photography and Creative Thinking is a
complete view of a creative project from the artist's perspective.
Julieanne Kost, a Photoshop and creative thinking guru, has taken her
own experience shooting images out of airplane windows to create a
unique seminar in three parts: a manifesto of ways to stay creatively
alive; a portfolio of stunning photographs, with commentaries
describing her experiences and thought process, and a technical
appendix that includes the details of the images were shot,
manipulated, and prepared for printing.
****Coming Soon
* The Art of SQL <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/artofsql>
* Atlas: Rough Cuts Version <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/atlas>
* Best of Ruby Quiz
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0976694077> (Pragmatic Bookshelf)
* Don't Get Burned on eBay
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dgbebay>
* Fixing Windows XP Annoyances
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/windowsxpannoy>
* Flash 8: The Missing Manual
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/flash8tmm>
* Flash 8: Projects for Learning Animation and
Interactivity <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/flashprojects>
* Google: The Missing Manual
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/googletmm2>
* Head Rush Ajax <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/headra>
* iPhoto 6: The Missing Manual
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/iphotomm>
* iPod & iTunes: The Missing Manual
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ipodtmm4>
* MySQL Stored Procedure Programming
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mysqlspp>
* Photoshop CS2 RAW <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/photoshopraw>
* Practices of an Agile Developer
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/097451408X> (Pragmatic Bookshelf)
* UML 2.0 Pocket Reference <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/uml2pr>
* XAML in a Nutshell <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/xamlian>
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O'REILLY WILL BE THERE!
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UKUUG Spring Conference 2006 <http://www.ukuug.org/events/spring2006/>
22nd and 23rd March 2006 in Durham.
UKUUG/Apple Technical Briefing 2006. <http://www.ukuug.org/events/apple06>
20th April 2006.
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YOUR BOOK REVIEWS
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*** Edinburgh pm reviewed - Learning Perl Objects, References and
Modules - http://edinburgh.pm.org/book-reviews/learning-perl-objects-references-and-modules.html
<http://edinburgh.pm.org/book-reviews/time-management-for-system-administrators.html>
***Scottish ColdFusion Group reviewed - Head First Design Patterns
<http://www.scottishcfug.com/go/hfdp-gc/>
****Java Hellenic User Group reviewed -
. Spring -
<http://www.jhug.gr/phpnuke/PHP-Nuke-6.5/html//modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=448&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight>=
. Head First Design Patterns -
<http://www.jhug.gr/phpnuke/PHP-Nuke-6.5/html//modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=448&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight>=
****Nordest Perlmongers reviewed -
. Wireless Hacks -
<http://www.varlogarthas.net/blog/2006/03/book_review__wireless_hacks_2n.html>
****UG Armenia reviewed -
. Dreamweaver 8: The Missing Manual -
<http://freenet.am/~flasher/dw8review.html>
****SNUG reviewed -
. Pragmatic Unit Testing in C# with Nunit -
<http://cs.snug.se/forums/105/ShowPost.aspx>
****ULK reviewed -
. XSLT Pocket Reference - <http://www.linux.org.ba/osvrti/index.php?l=16>
. Greasemoneky Hacks - <http://www.linux.org.ba/osvrti/index.php?l=17>
. Producing Open Source Software -
<http://www.linux.org.ba/osvrti/index.php?l=18>
That's all for now.
Josette
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