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From: Marsee Henon <marsee at oreilly.com>
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Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, April 29
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 11:28:31 -0700

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> O'Reilly News for User Group Members
> April 29, 2004
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> Book News
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> -Eclipse
> -Learning Red Hat Enterprise Linux & Fedora, 4th Edition
> -WarDriving: Drive, Detect, Defend
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> Upcoming Events
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> -Matthew Gast, ("802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide" &
> "Network Printing"), Networld+Interop, Las Vegas, NV--May 9-14
> -Chuck Toporek, O'Reilly Mac editor and author ("Inside .Mac & Mac OS X
> Panther in a Nutshell"), Apple Store, San Francisco, CA--May 14
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> Conference News
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> -OSCON discounts for non-UG members
> -O'Reilly Open Source Convention Early Bird Discount Ends June 18
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> News
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> -Tell us what you really think--take our US catalog survey
> -SafariU: Create, Customize, and Share Teaching Material
> -"Hacking the Xbox" featured in "Popular Science Magazine"
> -The Fuss About Gmail and Privacy: Nine Reasons Why It's Bogus
> -Apocalypse 12
> -Getting the Most Out of XMMS
> -Profiling LAMP Applications with Apache's Blackbox Logs
> -Mad Macs and the Unshredder
> -BBEdit: Its Unix Support Doesn't Suck Either, Part 1
> -GarageBand for the Musical Newbie
> -Using Excel's Calendar Controls
> -Perfect Text Editors for Coders
> -Declarative Programming in Java
> -New Features in VB.NET Whidbey, Part 1
> -DataGrids, Improved
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> News From Your Peers
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> -Need help finding local speakers or want to be a speaker?
>
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> Book News
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> New Releases
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> ***Eclipse
> Publisher: O'Reilly
> ISBN: 0596006411
> "Eclipse" is a fast-track approach to mastery of Eclipse. It's a tightly
> focused book that examines all aspects of Eclipse: the menus, 
> preferences,
> views, perspectives, editors, team, and debugging methods, and how 
> they're
> used every day by thousands of developers. Eclipse covers hundreds of
> techniques, from the most basic Java development to creating your own
> plugin editors for the Eclipse environment. Development of practical
> skills is emphasized with dozens of hands-on examples that get down to
> business.
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/eclipse/
>
> Chapter 9, "Web Development," is available free online:
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/eclipse/chapter/index.html
>
>
> ***Learning Red Hat Enterprise Linux & Fedora, 4th Edition
> Publisher: O'Reilly
> ISBN: 059600589X
> This book provides a clear, no-nonsense introduction to the Red Hat
> distribution of Linux. It takes you through installation and shows you 
> the
> key parts of the system, always with an eye toward what can go wrong and
> what you need to know to get over the humps. New in this edition are
> installation instructions and package updating for Red Hat Enterprise
> Linux and Fedora, and information on the GRUB bootloader and the CUPS
> printer system.
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnredhatentlnx/
>
> Chapter 10, "Connecting to the Internet," is available free online:
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnredhatentlnx/chapter/index.html
>
>
> ***WarDriving: Drive, Detect, Defend
> Publisher: Syngress
> ISBN: 1931836035
> This book educates users of wireless networks as well as those who run 
> the
> networks about the insecurities associated with wireless networking. This
> effort is called WarDriving. In order to successfully WarDrive there are
> hardware and software tools required. This book covers those tools, along
> with cost estimates and recommendations. Since there are hundreds of
> possible configurations that can be used for WarDriving, some of the most
> popular are presented to help readers decide what to buy for their own
> WarDriving setup. Many of the tools that a WarDriver uses are the same
> tools that could be used by an attacker to gain unauthorized access to a
> wireless network. Since this is not the goal of a WarDriver, the
> methodology that users can use to ethically WarDrive is presented. In
> addition, complete coverage of WarDriving applications, such as
> NetStumbler, MiniStumbler, and Kismet, are covered.
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1931836035/
>
> ================================================
> Upcoming Events
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> ***For more events, please see:
> http://events.oreilly.com/
>
> ***Matthew Gast ("802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide" &
> "Network Printing") Networld+Interop--May 9-14
> Matthew presents his LAN Access Security--Wireless and Wired class for 
> the
> Interop Labs this year in Las Vegas, NV. Please make sure to visit 
> Matthew
> at the show bookstore Tuesday, May 11th 10:30am-11am and Wednesday, May
> 12th 5pm-5:30pm.
> http://www.interop.com/
>
>
> ***Chuck Toporek, O'Reilly Mac editor and author ("Inside .Mac & Mac OS X
> Panther in a Nutshell"), at SF Apple Store--May 14
> Chuck is a special guest speaker at the San Francisco Apple Store.
> http://www.apple.com/retail/sanfrancisco/
>
> ================================================
> Conference News
> ================================================
> ***OSCON discounts for non-UG members.
> Here is a list of the current discounts we offer in addition to our User
> Group discount. Please let your friends/co-workers know! (Please Note: We
> will always provide the highest possible discount. However, the following
> discounts cannot be combined--this includes the UG discount. However they
> can be used with the Early Bird pricing which ends June 18.)
>
> *Company Team Discount--10% off per person if you register 3 or more
> people from one company.
>
> *Full-Time Student--65% off with proof of status, a copy of ID & class
> schedule.
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> *Academic Instructor--50% off with proof of full time academic instructor
> status on organization letterhead.
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> *Academic Staff--25% off with proof of full time academic employee status
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> *Federal Government Discount--10% off with proof of agency connection.
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> *Alumni--Have you attended one of our O'Reilly conferences? If so, you 
> are
> eligible for a 20% alumni discount.
>
> For more discount information, or to register with these discounts, go
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> http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/29/register.html
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>
> ***O'Reilly Open Source Convention Early Bird Discount Ends June 18
> User Group members who register before June 18, 2004 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/os2004/create/ord_os04
>
> O'Reilly Open Source Convention
> Portland Marriott Downtown
> Portland, OR
> July 26-30, 2004
> http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/
>
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> News From O'Reilly & Beyond
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> General News
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> ***Tell us what you really think--take our US catalog survey
> We'd like to get your feedback about how you use our US catalog.
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>
> ***SafariU: Create, Customize, and Share Teaching Material
> Are you a teacher or trainer? Looking for a way to truly customize your
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>
> ***"Hacking the Xbox" featured in "Popular Science Magazine"
> Read the article featuring Andrew "bunnie" Huang's book on their site:
> http://www.popsci.com/popsci/computers/article/0,12543,611099,00.html
>
> Hacking the Xbox: An Introduction to Reverse Engineering
> Publisher: No Starch Press
> ISBN: 1593270291
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1593270291/
>
>
> ***The Fuss About Gmail and Privacy: Nine Reasons Why It's Bogus
> Tim says in his current weblog "There's been a lot of fuss about the
> privacy implications of gmail, but the benefits far outweigh the
> drawbacks."
> http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/4707
>
> ---------------------
> Open Source
> ---------------------
> ***Apocalypse 12
> Larry Wall writes, "Some people will be surprised to hear it, but Perl is
> a minimalist language at heart." Here he explains how objects and classes
> are supposed to work in Perl 6.
> http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2004/04/16/a12.html
>
> Join Larry and Damian Conway this July in Portland for their OSCON
> session on Perl 6.
> http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2004/view/e_sess/5046
>
>
> ***Getting the Most Out of XMMS
> XMMS (X Multimedia System), available with just about every Linux distro,
> is simple enough to use, yet many users fail to reach below the surface
> and take advantage of its many capabilities. In this article, Rickford
> Grant takes you from the basics of using XMMS to its more advanced
> features, such as creating playlists, playing Internet radio broadcast
> streams, and more. Rickford is the author of "Linux for Non-Geeks" from
> No Starch Press.
> http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/04/15/xmms_tips.html
>
> Linux for Non-Geeks
> A Hands-On, Project-Based, Take-It-Slow, and Have-Some-Fun Guidebook
> Publisher: No Starch Press
> ISBN: 1593270348
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1593270348/
>
>
> ***Profiling LAMP Applications with Apache's Blackbox Logs
> Benchmarking LAMP sites can be tricky; how do you know which pages or
> applications need tuning? Fortunately, you can easily tune your Apache
> logs to provide more useful profiling information. Chris Josephes 
> explains
> a Blackbox log format for Apache http.
> http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/apache/2004/04/22/blackbox_logs.html
>
> ---------------------
> Mac
> ---------------------
> ***Mad Macs and the Unshredder
> Maybe Apple Computer should avoid all that nasty litigation with Apple
> Corps and simply change its name. How about Mad Macs? Michael Swaine
> thinks outside of the music box.
> http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/04/27/swaine.html
>
>
> ***BBEdit: Its Unix Support Doesn't Suck Either, Part 1
> In this first article of a two-part series, Kevin O'Malley introduces you
> to BBEdit's Unix support features. He also includes a nifty hack for
> listing the songs on your iPod, copying songs from your iPod to iTunes,
> and playing a song in iTunes--all from within BBEdit.
> http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/04/27/bbedit_pt1.html
>
>
> ***GarageBand for the Musical Newbie
> If you don't play an instrument but you have a good ear, a G4 laptop, and
> GarageBand, can you create an interesting song? Giles Turnbull explores.
> Whether you're a maestro or a newbie, you'll be able to turn inspiration
> into demos with the help of O'Reilly's upcoming "GarageBand: The
> Missing Manual."
> http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/04/20/garageband.html
>
> ---------------------
> Windows
> ---------------------
> ***Using Excel's Calendar Controls
> Entering dates incorrectly in an Excel spreadsheet can affect
> calculations, charts, or pivot tables based on those dates. Dave and 
> Raina
> Hawley, authors of "Excel Hacks," show how to use the standard Calendar
> Control to make dates easy for users to enter and to ensure that the 
> dates
> are entered correctly. They also show how to use an Advanced Calendar
> Control to add or subtract days, weeks, or months from within a calendar.
> http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/04/27/excelhacks.html
>
> Excel Hacks
> ISBN: 059600625X
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/excelhks/
>
>
> ***Perfect Text Editors for Coders
> Tired of wimpy and all-but-useless Notepad and WordPad? Get the three 
> best
> text editors on the planet with special features for coders--and they're
> all free or shareware.
> http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/04/20/editors.html
>
> ---------------------
> Java
> ---------------------
> ***Declarative Programming in Java
> JSR-175 introduces Java annotations, a means of attaching metadata to 
> your
> Java classes. Narayanan Jayaratchagan looks at how annotations work in
> J2SE 1.5 and the many ways in which they can be used.
> http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/04/21/declarative.html
>
> ---------------------
> .NET
> ---------------------
> ***New Features in VB.NET Whidbey, Part 1
> Microsoft has recently released the Community Preview of the next Visual
> Studio .NET, Whidbey. One of the enhancements in Whidbey is the new,
> improved VB.NET language. Wei-Meng Lee shows you what's in store with the
> new
> language.features.http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2004/04/26/vbnet20_pt1.html
>
>
> ***DataGrids, Improved
> In Jesse Liberty's book "Programming ASP.NET," he was unable to begin the
> discussion of DataGrids without first describing, in some detail, the
> ADO.NET object model, including DataAdapters, DataTables, DataSets and
> DataReaders. In this, the first column on Whidbey, he shows how to use
> Whidbey's new ASP.NET DataGrids.
> http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2004/04/19/liberty.html
>
> Programming ASP.NET, 2nd Edition
> ISBN: 0596004877
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/progaspdotnet2/index.html
>
> ================================================
> News From Your Peers
> ================================================
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> Until next time--
>
> Marsee
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