From brandon at echobox.com Sun Oct 27 22:49:03 2002 From: brandon at echobox.com (Brandon Gohsman) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:01:23 2004 Subject: O'Reilly Newsletter Message-ID: Hi all, I?ve contacted O?Reilly and given them my new email address so we are once again receiving newsletters. Here is the most current. Enjoy, > O'Reilly User Group Program > Newsletter > October 24, 2002 > > > Spread The Word To Your Members... > > Highlights This Week: > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Book News > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -NetBeans: The Definitive Guide > -Building Secure Servers with Linux > -Object-Oriented Programming with Visual Basic .NET > -Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason > -HTTP: The Definitive Guide > -Windows XP Annoyances > -RADIUS: Securing Public Access to Private Resources > -Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, 2nd Edition > -Oracle SQL*Plus Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Upcoming Events > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -AEleen Frisch in Washington, DC--November 9, 2002 at 2:00 PM > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Conference News > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -O'Reilly Bioinformatics Technology Conference Online > Registration Is Open > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > News > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -Top Ten Digital Photography Tips > -Building Online Communities > -Lessons from the Internet Bookmobile > -Denial-of-Service Vulnerabilities > -Radiator > -Beginning Python for Bioinformatics > -Announcing ONDotnet.com > -Using .NET Sockets > -Beep BEEP! > -Learning and Using Jakarta Digester > -XML to PDF? Oh, FOP It. > -Upgrade My Missing Manual? > -Top Ten Mac OS X Tips for Unix Geeks > -Digital Killed the Video Star > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Announcements From Your Peers > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -MacFair 2002 on Saturday, November 16, 2002--Southern California: > > ================================================ > Book News > ================================================ > Review books are available--please email me for a copy. > If you need your books by a certain date, please allow at least four > weeks for shipping. Send or email me copies of your newsletters and > book reviews. > > Don't forget, your members get 20% off any O'Reilly book they purchase > directly from O'Reilly. Just use code DSUG when ordering. > > Press releases are available on our press page: > http://press.oreilly.com/ > > > ***Group purchases with better discounts are available*** > Please let me know if you are interested. > > > NetBeans: The Definitive Guide > Order Number: 2807 > You'll find out how to use this IDE to its fullest, making your Java > programming more efficient and productive than ever before in this > book. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/netbeans/ > > Chapter 11, "Working with XML," is available online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/netbeans/chapter/ch11.html > > > ***Building Secure Servers with Linux > Order Number: 2173 > An all-inclusive resource for Linux users who wish to harden their > systems, this book covers general security as well as key services such > as DNS, the Apache web server, mail, file transfer, and secure shell. > With this book in hand, you'll have everything you need to ensure > robust security of your Linux system. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bssrvrlnx/ > > Chapter 10, "System Log Management and Monitoring," is available > online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bssrvrlnx/chapter/index.html > > > ***Object-Oriented Programming with Visual Basic .NET > Order Number: 1460 > Packed with examples that will guide you through every step, this book > is an essential tool to mastering VB.NET. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/objectvbnet/ > > Chapter 1, "Introduction," is available online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/objectvbnet/chapter/index.html > > > ***Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason > Order Number: 2254 > "Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason" shows you how to create large, > complex, dynamically driven web sites that look good and are a snap to > maintain. Written by members of Mason's core development team, the book > covers the latest release of Mason 1.12, which has many new features, > including line-number reporting based on source files, sub-requests, > and easier use as a CGI. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlhtmlmason/ > > Chapter 5, "Advanced Features," is available online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlhtmlmason/chapter/index.html > > > ***HTTP: The Definitive Guide > Order Number: 5092 > "HTTP: The Definitive Guide" documents everything technical people need > for using HTTP efficiently. Written by experts with years of practical > and teaching experience, this book is the definitive resource on HTTP > and related core web technologies because it clearly explains the "why" > as well as the "how." http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/httptdg/ > > Chapter 6, "Proxies," is available online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/httptdg/chapter/index.html > > > ***Windows XP Annoyances > Order Number: 4168 > Windows XP contains dozens of new features designed to make your work > easier, but it also introduces numerous quirks and unaccountable > behaviors guaranteed to increase your level of frustration. "Windows XP > Annoyances" offers solutions, tips, workarounds, and warnings that > enable you to both customize and troubleshoot Windows XP. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/winxpannoy/ > > Chapter 2, "Basic Explorer Coping Skills," is available online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/winxpannoy/chapter/index.html > > > ***RADIUS: Securing Public Access to Private Resources > Order Number: 3226 > This unique book provides a complete, detailed guide to the > underpinnings of the RADIUS protocol, from the history and theory of > the architecture, to how the protocol and its ancillaries function on a > day-to-day basis, to implementing RADIUS-based security in a variety of > environments. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/radius/ > > Chapter 5, "Getting Started with FreeRADIUS," and excerpts from Chapter > 9 "New RADIUS Developments," are available online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/radius/chapter/index.html > > > ***Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, 2nd Edition > Order Number: 4508 > New York Times columnist David Pogue has just updated his best-selling > "Mac OS X: The Missing Manual," and once again, he reveals which new > features work well and which do not. The second edition covers Mac OS X > 10.2 and includes new chapters on iChat, Sherlock 3, and the new > Finder. The book also delves into features under the hood, such as the > networking tools that allow Macs and PCs to swap files on a network. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/macosxmm2/ > > Chapter 2, "Organizing Your Stuff," is available online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/macosxmm2/chapter/index.html > > > ***Oracle SQL*Plus Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition > Order Number 4419 > The new edition of this pocket reference includes many new features for > Oracle9i: the COALESCE function, searched CASE expressions, new table > join syntax, partition operations, MERGE statement, and syntax changes > in existing SQL*Plus statements. It also adds sections on basic SQL (a > much-requested feature): INSERT, DELETE, UPDATE, SELECT, and > transaction management. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/orsqlpluspr2/ > > A Sample Excerpt, "Table Joins (Oracle8i)," is available online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/orsqlpluspr2/chapter/ch01.html > > =============================================== > Upcoming Events > ================================================ > ***AEleen Frisch in Washington, DC--November 9, 2002 at 2:00 PM > AEleen is the author of "Essential System Administration, 3rd Edition." > She will be giving a presentation and book signing at: > Reiter's Professional and Scientific Books > 2021 K Street NW, > Washington, DC 20006-1003 > (800) 537-4314 > http://www.reiters.com/ > > Essential System Administration, 3rd Edition > Order Number: 3439 > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/esa3/ > > For more events, please see: > http://events.oreilly.com/ > > > ================================================ > Conference News > ================================================ > ***Online registration is now open for the O'Reilly Bioinformatics > Technology Conference This conference takes place at the Westin Horton > Plaza in San Diego on February 3-6, 2003. > http://conferences.oreilly.com/biocon/ > > Early Bird Discount-- > User Group members who register before December 16th, 2002 get a double > discount. Use code DSUG when you register, and you'll get 20% off the > "Early Bird" price. > > To register, go to: > http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/bio2003/create/ord_bio03 > > Conference tracks for this year: > > Toolkits > http://conferences.oreilly.com/pub/w/21/track_toolkits.html > > Techniques > http://conferences.oreilly.com/pub/w/21/track_techniques.html > > Bioinformatics Overview > http://conferences.oreilly.com/pub/w/21/track_overview.html > > End-User Applications > http://conferences.oreilly.com/pub/w/21/track_enduser.html > > System Administration and Infrastructure > http://conferences.oreilly.com/pub/w/21/track_sysadmin.html > > > Speakers include Lincoln Stein, Suzanna Lewis, Francis Ouellette, Alvis > Brazma, James Gosling, Stephen Wolfram, and Damian Conway > > For a complete list of speaker information see: > http://conferences.oreilly.com/pub/w/21/speakers.html > > > ================================================ > News From O'Reilly & Beyond > ================================================ > --------------------- > General News > --------------------- > ***Top Ten Digital Photography Tips > http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/10/22/digi_photo_tips.html > > ***Building Online Communities > It's easy to install and run a web site or a mailing list. It's hard to > run it well. The secret lies in understanding and adopting the best > characteristics of several online communities. > http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/10/21/community.html > > ***Lessons from the Internet Bookmobile > Cruising in a high-tech-equipped bus, Richard Koman joined Brewster > Kahle on a cross-country crusade in the Internet Bookmobile to provide > lessons to school kids in the applications of the public domain. Read > their experiences as they stopped at various schools--taking ASCII text > versions of public domain works available online and letting the kids > turn them into books. > http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/10/18/bookmobile > > --------------------- > Open Source > --------------------- > ***Denial-of-Service Vulnerabilities > Noel Davis looks at denial-of-service vulnerabilities in xinetd, > syslog-ng, net-snmp, and Sun's lockd; problems with heartbeat, dvips, > OpenOffice, and Cisco CatOS embedded HTTP server; and security > vulnerabilities in kpf, gnome-gv, ggv, Mozilla, and PAM. > http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2002/10/22/insecurities.html > > > ***Radiator > Are you fed up with those who think that commercial applications need > to be written in an "enterprise" language like Java or C++? So are we, > so we spoke to Mike McCauley at Open System Consultants. > http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2002/10/15/radiator.html > > > ***Beginning Python for Bioinformatics > Python might not be the first language that comes to mind for > bioinformatics, but Patrick O'Brien demonstrates that it's well suited > for the task. > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2002/10/17/biopython.html > > --------------------- > .NET > --------------------- > ***Announcing ONDotnet.com > Shawn Wildermuth is very excited to announce the .NET DevCenter is now > officially ONDotnet.com; and he is the new editor. > http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2198 > > Check it out at: > http://ONDotnet.com > > > ***Using .NET Sockets > Writing programs that access the network used to be a relatively > difficult task. With .NET, this is no longer the case. This article > shows how to use the Socket class in a .NET client application. > http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2002/10/21/sockets.htm > > --------------------- > XML > --------------------- > ***Beep BEEP! > Rich Salz examines BEEP as part of his study of methods for > transporting binary data in SOAP. > http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/10/16/ends.html > > Get your complete BEEP toolkit from "BEEP: The Definitive Guide." > Order Number: 2440 > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/beep/ > > --------------------- > Java > --------------------- > ***Learning and Using Jakarta Digester > Turn your XML into Beans. > http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2002/10/23/digester.html > > > ***XML to PDF? Oh, FOP It. > FOP is an open source Java API for converting XML data to PDF and other > formats. This article shows you how it's done. > http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2002/10/16/fop.html > > --------------------- > Mac > --------------------- > ***Upgrade My Missing Manual? > David Pogue answers the question, How different is 10.1 from 10.2 and > should I get the new Mac OS X book? > http://www.missingmanual.com/david/ > > > ***Top Ten Mac OS X Tips for Unix Geeks > http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/10/22/macforunix.html > > > ***Digital Killed the Video Star > Alan Graham shows how to create videos with just a scanner or digital > camera, a $10 shareware app, and an OS X Mac. > http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/10/18/photo_to_movie.html > > > ================================================ > Announcements From Your Peers > ================================================ > Southern California-- > MacFair 2002 > Saturday - November 16, 2002 > 10:00am to 5:00pm > Cerritos College - Student Activities Center > 11110 Alondra Blvd., Norwalk, CA > > O'Reilly user group members can register online ahead of time with the > discount code ORL-1 to receive $5.00 off the admission price. > > For more information or to register, go to: > www.macfair.org > > > Until next time, > > Marsee > Brandon Gohsman EchoBox Interactive O-418 Johnson St. NW Grand Rapids, MI 49544 T 616.677.1334 C 616.443.8162 E brandon@echobox.com W http://www.echobox.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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