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Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, Sept 20

O'Reilly User Group Program
Newsletter
September 20, 2002


Spread The Word To Your Members...

Highlights This Week:
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Book News
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-Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference, 2nd Edition
-BGP-Building Reliable Networks with the Border Gateway Protocol
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Upcoming Events
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-Visit O'Reilly at the 10th Annual Mac Computer Expo 2002
-David Pogue will be at the Valley Fair Apple Store in California
October 2
-The Columbia Java Users Group presents Scott Means October
28th
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Conference News
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-Day Passes are Available for the O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference
-Two New Keynotes Added to the Mac OS X Program
-Mac OS X Conference Sessions with iCal
-O'Reilly Bioinformatics Conference Call for Participation Extended
until September 23
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News
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-O'Reilly author David Kelly is looking for User Group speaking
opportunities
-E-books on Amazon.com
-Help O'Reilly by posting your book comments on Amazon
-SpamShield: A Perl-Based Spam Filter for sendmail
-Shared Source CLI Essentials
-INETA Speaker's Bureau
-Java Programming on the Mac
-Getting Started with JXTA, Part 1
-Let One Hundred Browsers Bloom
-Configuring sendmail on Jaguar
-Using PC Peripherals on the Mac
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Announcements From Your Peers
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-Ask Rob Wehrli to visit your LUG
-Henry Norr, SF Chronicle Columnist, to Speak at the GGCS's Sept 23
Meeting
-The CF Underground 4 Conference is October 27
-First Annual Southern California Linux Expo scheduled for Nov 2

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Book News
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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/


***Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference, 2nd Edition
Order Number: 3161
This new edition has been updated to include complete reference
material on the latest specifications, including HTML 4.01, CSS Level
2, DOM Level 2, and JavaScript 1.5, as well as the latest browsers,
Internet Explorer 6 (Windows), Internet Explorer 5.1 (Mac), Netscape
Navigator 6 and 7, and Mozilla 1.0.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dhtmlref2/

Chapter 2, "Cross-Platform Compromises," is available online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dhtmlref2/chapter/index.html


***BGP-Building Reliable Networks with the Border Gateway Protocol
Order Number: 2548
This book is a guide to all aspects of BGP: the protocol, its
configuration and operation in an Internet environment, and how to
troubleshoot it. The book also describes how to secure BGP, and how BGP
can be used as a tool in combating Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)
attacks. Although the examples throughout this book are for Cisco
routers, the techniques discussed can be applied to any BGP-capable
router. 
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bgp/

Chapter 6, "Traffic Engineering," is available online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bgp/chapter/ch06.html

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Upcoming Events
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***O'Reilly at the 10th Annual Mac Computer Expo 2002 at the Santa Rosa
Junior College September 21, 2002

Derrick Story (iPhoto: The Missing Manual) will have a book signing
from 1:30-3:00pm at the O'Reilly table and he will be presenting
"Creating Stunning Images for iPhoto" at 10:00am For event info:
http://www.ncmug.org/

Article this week from the "Press Democrat" about the event:
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/business/news/16macs_d1prerund.html

iPhoto: The Missing Manual
Order Number: 365x
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/iphototmm/


***David Pogue will be at the Valley Fair Apple Store in California
Wednesday, October 2, 7:00pm
Store Directions:
http://www.apple.com/retail/valleyfair/

For more information on David Pogue and the "Missing Manual" series:
http://www.missingmanual.com/


Derrick and David will also be speaking at our Mac OS X conference:
http://conferences.oreilly.com/macosxcon/


***Columbia Java Users Group presents Scott Means October 28th at 6:30pm
Scott Means, author of "XML in a Nutshell," will give an informative
talk about XML, web services, and how they are both central to the new
open-source web services platform just released by his company,
Enterprise Web Machines. 
For more information:
http://www.colajug.org/

XML in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition
Order Number: 2920
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/xmlnut2/

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Conference News
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***Day Passes are Available for the O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference
If you can't swing the whole conference, and can't bear to miss that
one session or keynote presentation, pick up a One Day Pass for Oct 1,
Oct 2, or Oct 3 for just $350.00.
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/macosx2002/create/ord_mac02

***Two New Keynotes Added to the Program

*Mac OS X, a Digital Rights Management Operating System
Tuesday, October 1 at 4:00pm
Dan Gillmor moderates a panel that considers the issues: Can this
distinctly pro-customer approach continue in the face of Hollywood's
ire and the entertainment industry's clout in Congress? Will Apple copy
Microsoft and build harsh DRM for copyright owners into the system?
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/macosx2002/view/e_sess/3369


*My Fantasy Hub
Thursday, October 3 at 3:30pm
Mark Frauenfelder presents a slideshow of imaginary devices he would
like to one day be able to plug into his iMac's Digital Hub. He also
answers questions about his experiences as an Apple Switch campaign
star. 
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/macosx2002/view/e_sess/3412


Check out the list of speakers and sessions including James Gosling
(Java), Jordan Hubbard (Apple/FreeBSD), Wilfredo Snchez Vega (Darwin),
Sal Soghoian (Apple), David Pogue (New York Times columnist), Dan
Gillmor (San Jose Mercury News), Mark Frauenfelder (Author and
Illustrator), Cory Doctorow (EFF, BoingBoing.net), James Duncan
Davidson (Software consultant and author), and Rael Dornfest, Derrick
Story, and Tim O'Reilly from O'Reilly & Associates.
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/19/speakers.html


***Mac OS X Conference Sessions with iCal
Mac OS X 10.2 users can now subscribe to our Mac OS X Conference iCal
to get the full conference schedule. We have also provided details and
a forum for your ideas and suggestions.
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2018


***O'Reilly Bioinformatics Conference Call for Participation Extended
until September 23
Individuals and companies interested in making presentations, giving a
tutorial, or participating in panel discussions are invited to submit
proposals. 
For more information, please see:
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/bio2003/create/e_sess

The second O'Reilly Bioinformatics Technology Conference will be held
February 3-6, 2003 at the Westin Horton Plaza in San Diego, CA, USA.
http://conferences.oreilly.com/biocon/

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News From O'Reilly & Beyond
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General News
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***O'Reilly coauthor David Kelly (Practical VoIP Using VOCAL) is
looking for User Groups speaking opportunities.
He is available in the Bay Area--including Monterey and Sacramento--or
other parts of California (we can check). He will be in Vancouver
during the last week of November and in New York December 15-18.

Please let me know if you are interested at marsee at oreilly.com

Practical VoIP Using VOCAL
Order Number: 0782
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/voip/


***O'Reilly E-books on Amazon.com
A selection of O'Reilly's popular pocket references (including Apache,
PHP, and Javascript) and research reports is now available as e-books
in PDF format through Amazon.com. 
Check them out at:
http://www.oreilly.com/ebooks/


***We are looking for UG members to post their book comments online
with Amazon.  You can post past or current book reviews. 
Please let me know if you need more info at marsee at oreilly.com

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Open Source
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***SpamShield: A Perl-Based Spam Filter for sendmail
This article by Glenn Graham focuses on one viable solution to spam,
SpamShield 1.40. Learn how it works and how to install and configure it
on your server.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2002/09/12/spamshield.html

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***Shared Source CLI Essentials
If you are trying to navigate the Shared Source CLI code, code-named
"Rotor," O'Reilly's upcoming "Shared Source CLI Essentials" provides a
roadmap through Microsoft's complex .NET platform. 
Beta Chapter 1, "Introducing the CLI Component Model" and Beta Chapter
4, "Extracting Types from Assemblies" are both available online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sscliess/chapter/index.html

***INETA Speaker's Bureau
If your group is a member of INETA, please check out the speakers
bureau and look for these O'Reilly authors: David Chappell, G. Andrew
Duthie, Ken Getz, and Juval Lowy. Let me know if you work something
out and I can send you promotional materials and copies of their books
for your group. 
http://www.ineta.org/

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Web Development
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***Let One Hundred Browsers Bloom
David Boswell reviews some of the more interesting, and useful,
Mozilla-based browsers available now.
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mozilla/2002/09/12/mozilla_browsers.html

David is coauthor of the upcoming book "Creating Applications with Mozilla"
Order Number: 0529
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mozilla/

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Java
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***Java Programming on the Mac
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/ct/45

***Getting Started with JXTA, Part 1
In part one in this series of excerpts from "JXTA in a Nutshell," learn
about setting up the JXTA Java environment as well as JXTA class files,
shells, and peers.
http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/excerpt/jxtaian_2/index1.html

JXTA in a Nutshell
Order Number: 236X
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jxtaian/

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Mac
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***Configuring sendmail on Jaguar
James Duncan Davidson helps you unravel the sendmail knot so you can
configure this awesome mail server on your Mac OS X system. O'Reilly
will release the third edition of sendmail in December.
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/09/10/sendmail.html

James Duncan Davidson will be speaking at the O'Reilly Mac OS X
Conference
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/macosx2002/view/e_spkr/246


***Using PC Peripherals on the Mac
Much of the "Switch" discussion has focused on computers and software.
But what about those expensive peripherals Windows users have already
invested in? Do they get tossed out the Window with XP? Wei Meng Lee
says no. And he has the toys to back it up.
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/09/13/pc_peripherals.html


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Announcements From Your Peers
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***Rob Wehrli available for LUG presentations
Rob (Hawaii Linux User Group) provides free technical presentations of
topics focused on embedded Linux and embedded systems porting and
programming using uClinux!  Free pizza and door prizes, too.
More Info: http://www.azpower.com/H8-uClinux/guest_speaker.html


***San Rafael, CA--
Henry Norr, San Francisco Chronicle Columnist, to Speak at the Golden
Gate Computer Society's next meeting. His talk "The PC: Progress Report
for 2002 and Looking Ahead" will be at 7:15pm, September 23, 2002,
Embassy Suites, San Rafael, CA. 
For more information:  www.ggcs.org


***Lake Buena Vista, Florida--
The CF Underground 4 Conference is being held Sun October 27
10:00am-1:30pm at the Cabana Bar and Grill in Lake Buena Vista,
Florida.  http://www.cfconf.org/cf_underground4/

CF Underground 4 banners for you to post:
http://www.cfconf.org/cf_underground4/spreadtheword.cfm


***Southern California--
The USCLUG, SCLUG, and UCLALUG are proud to present the first annual
Southern California Linux Expo scheduled for November 2, 2002 at the
Davidson Conference Center on the University of Southern California
campus, the Southern California Linux Expo will bring together Linux
and Free Software companies, developers, and users. 
For additional information: 
http://www.socallinuxexpo.com/

If you would like to display a poster for this event, please contact
Lei Zhang, leiz at linux.ucla.edu


Until next time,

Marsee