From niederrhein-pm at web.de Fri Jun 11 03:03:45 2004 From: niederrhein-pm at web.de (=?iso-8859-15?Q?=22R._K=FCpper=22?=) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:33:12 2004 Subject: [Niederrhein-pm] Fwd: Newsletter From O'Reilly UG Program, June 10 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ------- Forwarded message ------- From: Marsee Henon To: burbach@gwl.de Subject: Newsletter From O'Reilly UG Program, June 10 Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 17:40:41 -0700 > ================================================================ > O'Reilly News for User Group Members > June 10, 2004 > ================================================================ > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Book News > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -XML Publishing with AxKit > -Better, Faster, Lighter Java > -Degunking Your Mac > -Office 2003 XML > -Inside .Mac > -BSD Hacks > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Upcoming Events > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -Bonnie Biafore ("Online Investing Hacks,") NAIC Compufest 2004, St. > Louis, MO--June 17-20 > -Derrick Story ("Digital Photography Hacks," "Digital Photography Pocket > Guide, 2nd Ed.")and Ken Milburn ("Digital Photography: Expert > Techniques"), NBMA-SFDIG Digital Photo Expo, Mil Valley, CA--June 19 > -Tim O'Reilly, eBay Developers Conference, New Orleans, LA--June 23-24 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Conference News > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -Attending OSCON? Don't Forget to Sign up for the Tutorials! > -O'Reilly Open Source Convention Early Bird Discount--Ends June 18 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > News > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -Visit with O'Reilly Editors at 2004 USENIX Annual Tech Boston, MA--June > 27-July 2 > -An Interview with Derrick Story (Digital Photo Hacker at Large) > -Paul Graham on Hacking > -A Survey of DVD Recording Formats > -Free Exhibit Hall Pass for LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, > San Francisco, CA > -How We Wrote "BSD Hacks" > -Inside Mitch Kapor's World > -Building a Linux Media PC > -Basic Guide to Enterprise Application Distribution > -Inside Contextual Menu Items > -Troubleshooting Stop Errors > -SnagIt: The Ultimate Screen Capture Program > -Improving JSF by Dumping JSP > -SMS-Powered Applications > -What's New in Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition? > -C# Iterators > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > News From Your Peers > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -Are you Annoyed? > ================================================ > Book News > ================================================ > Did you know you can request a free book to review for your > group? Ask your group leader for more information. > > For book review writing tips and suggestions, go to: > http://ug.oreilly.com/bookreviews.html > > Don't forget, you can receive 20% off any O'Reilly, No Starch, > Paraglyph, Pragmatic Bookshelf, or Syngress book you purchase > directly from O'Reilly. > Just use code DSUG when ordering online or by phone 800-998-9938. > http://www.oreilly.com/ > > > ***Free ground shipping is available for online orders of at > least $29.95 that go to a single U.S. address. This offer > applies to U.S. delivery addresses in the 50 states and Puerto Rico. > For more details, go to: > http://www.oreilly.com/news/freeshipping_0703.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > New Releases > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ***XML Publishing with AxKit > Publisher: O'Reilly > ISBN: 0596002165 > "XML Publishing with AxKit" presents web programmers with the knowledge > they need to master AxKit, a mod_perl- and Apache-based XML content > delivery solution. This book provides detailed information on installing, > configuring, and deploying AxKit effectively, and it features a thorough > introduction to XSP, which applies the concepts of Server Pages > technologies to the XML world. The book also covers integrating AxKit > with > tools such as Template Toolkit, Apache:: Mason, Apache::ASP, and plain > CGI, and it contains reference sections on configuration directives, > XpathScript, and XSP. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/xmlaxkit/ > > Chapter 3, "Your First XML Web Site," is available online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/xmlaxkit/chapter/index.html > > > ***Better, Faster, Lighter Java > Publisher: O'Reilly > ISBN: 0596006764 > In this latest O'Reilly Java book, the authors argue that the old > heavyweight architectures, such as WebLogic, JBoss, and WebSphere, are > unwieldy, complicated, and contribute to slow and buggy application code. > As an alternative means for building applications, the authors present > two > "lightweight" open source architectures, Hibernate and Spring, that can > help you create enterprise applications that are easier to maintain, > write, and debug, and are ultimately much faster. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bfljava/ > > The Preface, Chapter 3, "Do One Thing, and Do It Well," and Chapter 10, > "Extending jPetStore," are available online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bfljava/chapter/index.html > > > ***Degunking Your Mac > Publisher: Paraglyph Press > ISBN: 1932111948 > For optimum performance of any operating system, you need to maintain > your > computer. And just as cars need regular maintenance, so do Macs. Periodic > cleaning of the hard drive, file maintenance, application maintenance, > and > email maintenance must be done. This is the first book to provide easy, > step-by-step information on how to get rid of annoying clutter that can > gunk up Macs. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1932111948/ > > > ***Office 2003 XML > Publisher: O'Reilly > ISBN: 0596005385 > "Office 2003 XML" explores the relationship between XML and Office 2003, > examining how the Office suite of products both produce and consume XML. > Developers will learn how to connect Office to others systems, while > power > users will learn to create and analyze XML documents using familiar > Office > tools. Beginning with an overview of the XML features included in the > Office 2003 components, this book provides quick and clear guidance to > anyone who needs to import or export information from Office documents > into other systems. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/officexml/ > > Chapter 2, "The WordprocessingML Vocabulary," is available online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/officexml/chapter/index.html > > > ***Inside .Mac > Publisher: O'Reilly > ISBN: 0596005016 > This handy, quick reference offers a clear overview of the entire .Mac > package and many of its not-so-obvious features. You'll learn how to set > up and manage your account quickly and without fuss. Each .Mac service is > discussed in an objective, no-frills fashion that'll show you how to > use--and what to expect from--iDisk, web mail, your personal web site, > and > everything else that .Mac offers. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/indotmac/ > > Chapter 5, "Using Virex," is available free online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/indotmac/chapter/index.html > > > ***BSD Hacks > Publisher: O'Reilly > ISBN: 0596006799 > Looking for a unique set of practical tips, tricks, and tools for > administrators and power users of BSD systems? From hacks on customizing > the user environment to networking, securing the system, and > optimization, > "BSD Hacks" takes a creative approach to saving time and accomplishing > more with fewer resources. If you want more than the average BSD user--to > explore and experiment, unearth shortcuts, create useful tools--this book > is a must-have. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bsdhks/ > > Five Sample Hacks are available online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bsdhks/chapter/index.html > > ================================================ > Upcoming Events > ================================================ > ***For more events, please see: > http://events.oreilly.com/ > > ***Bonnie Biafore ("Online Investing Hacks,") NAIC Compufest 2004, St. > Louis, MO--June 17-20 > Bonnie speaks at the NAIC Compufest conference, an event focusing on > computerized investing. Adam Mark Hotel, St. Louis, MO > http://www.better-investing.org/chapter/stlouis/events/2671 > > > ***Derrick Story ("Digital Photography Hacks," "Digital Photography > Pocket > Guide, 2nd Ed.")and Ken Milburn ("Digital Photography: Expert > Techniques"), > NBMA-SFDIG Digital Photo Expo, Mil Valley, CA--June 19 > North Bay Multimedia Association, in collaboration with the San > Francisco > Digital Imaging Group, is presenting a day devoted to digital > photography. > O'Reilly will be one of the vendors on hand. > 12-5 pm, Saturday, June 19 > Mill Valley Community Center, Mill Valley, CA > Free to NBMA & SFDIG members; $15 for non-members; $10 for students with > valid ID. > http://www.nbma.com/events/DPE.html > > > ***Tim O'Reilly, eBay Developers Conference, New Orleans, LA--June 23-24 > Tim presents the opening keynote at this annual event for eBay and PayPal > developers. Tim and eBay founder and chairman Pierre Omidyar will also > sit > down for a "fireside chat" Q&A session during the conference. > New Orleans,LA > http://developer.ebay.com/DevProgram/ > > ================================================ > Conference News > ================================================ > ***Attending OSCON? Don't Forget to Sign up for the Tutorials! > Check out: > David Sklar's "Learning PHP" > http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2004/view/e_sess/5064 > > A. Elein Mustain's "Introduction to PostgreSQL" > http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2004/view/e_sess/5035 > > Greg Sabino Mullane's "How to Play Together Nicely: Strategies for DBAs > and Application Developers" > http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2004/view/e_sess/5362 > > "Geoffrey Young's "Programming the Apache Lifecycle" > http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2004/view/e_sess/5082 > > For the complete list of tutorials, go to: > http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/29/tutorials.html > > > ***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/ > > ================================================ > News From O'Reilly & Beyond > ================================================ > --------------------- > General News > --------------------- > ***Visit with O'Reilly Editors at 2004 USENIX Annual Tech, > Boston, MA--June 27-July 2 > Come visit O'Reilly in the Partner Publisher Suite June 28-30. This > conference includes: 6 days of training; renowned plenary speakers every > morning; technical sessions every day; daily SIG sessions; and General > and > Freenix/Open Source refereed papers. Free exhibit & BOF registration > available online. The early registration discount has been extended to > June 14th. The conference runs June 27-July 2 in Boston, MA. > http://www.usenix.org/usenix04/ > > > ***An Interview with Derrick Story (Digital Photo Hacker at Large) > Over the years, photography and the technology behind it have provided > plenty of material for creative thinkers, making it a natural fit for the > hacker spirit. In this interview with Derrick Story, O'Reilly's resident > photo hacker, he talks about the direction of digital imaging, what makes > it cool, and new ways that you can push the limits of your photography. > http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/06/08/photography.html > > > ***Paul Graham on Hacking > Paul Graham is a hacker, painter, and essayist known as much for his > thoughtful writings on spam, hacking, and Lisp as for creating the Arc > programming language. In this interview with the O'Reilly Network, Paul > discusses hacking, creativity, computer science education, and language > design. Paul is the author of a just-released collection of his essays, > "Hackers & Painters." > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/05/27/paul_graham_interview.html > > > ***A Survey of DVD Recording Formats > Wei-Meng Lee writes of his quest for the right DVD writer to buy. After > surveying the various DVD recording formats (DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, > DVD+R, > DVD-RAM, and DVD-RW DL), as well as some of the DVD writers currently > available on the market, Wei-Meng offers his recommendations. > http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/news/dvdwriters_0504.html > > --------------------- > Open Source > --------------------- > ***Free Exhibit Hall Pass for LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, San > Francisco, > CA--August 3-5 > Register online by July 2, 2004 with PRIORITY CODE: B0601 to receive your > free Exhibit Hall pass. > > To register, go to: > http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/register///CC798223 > > > ***How We Wrote "BSD Hacks" > Most technical book authors seem to use Microsoft Word to write their > books, but what if you wanted to use open source tools to write and edit > your book? chromatic writes about how he and author Dru Lavigne used > PseudoPOD and Subversion to collaborate, write, edit, and produce > O'Reilly's latest Hacks book offering, "BSD Hacks." > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/06/03/bsdhacks.html > > > ***Inside Mitch Kapor's World > Mitch Kapor has had a huge influence on the software world, being the > founder of Lotus and a driving force behind 1-2-3. Now his Open Software > Applications Foundation is working on Chandler, an open source PIM > written > in Python. In this O'Reilly Network interview, Mitch talks about his life > and career, the OSAF, Chandler, open source, and Python. Mitch will > present a Developer's Tour of Chandler at this summer's Open Source > Convention. > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2004/06/03/mitch_kapor_interview.html > > > ***Building a Linux Media PC > What do DVDs, CDs, TV stations, and video games have in common? Besides > the fact that they require bulky equipment that takes up precious space > in > your living room, you can play them all on a PC running Linux. John > Littler introduces the Linux media PC, a media convergence device. > http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/05/27/linux_media_pc.html > > --------------------- > Mac > --------------------- > ***Basic Guide to Enterprise Application Distribution > Keeping your software updated on your diverse Mac network requires > attention to detail and perseverance. In this article, Philip Rinehart > shows you options for tracking installations on your business or > educational network. > http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/06/08/enterprise.html > > > ***Inside Contextual Menu Items > In the first article, Steven Disbrow describes handy power user tips for > two-button mousing on Mac OS X. In part two he shows you how to create > your own CMIs using Xcode. > > Part One: > http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/05/28/cm_pt1.html > > Part Two: > http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/06/04/cm_pt2.html > > --------------------- > Windows > --------------------- > ***Troubleshooting Stop Errors > What to do when the Blue Screen of Death appears? Mitch Tulloch, author > of > "Windows Server Hacks," offers five tips on troubleshooting Stop error > messages. > http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/06/08/stop_errors.html > > > ***SnagIt: The Ultimate Screen Capture Program > Need to capture screens in Windows? Forget the built-in Print Screen > feature--it's just about useless. Instead, get SnagIt, the ultimate > screen > capture program. > http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/06/08/snagit.html > > --------------------- > Java > --------------------- > ***Improving JSF by Dumping JSP > JSF is a great technology for complex web application interfaces. But > Hans > Bergsten urges you not to give up on JSF just because the JSP layer is > flawed; using a custom ViewHandler resolves all of the issues. > http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/06/09/jsf.html > > > ***SMS-Powered Applications > SMS (short message service) is ubiquitous in the small device space, and > offers a means of sending and receiving messages from even the simplest > mobile phone. Dejan Bosanac looks at how Java can be made to work with > SMS. > http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/06/09/sms.html > > --------------------- > .NET > --------------------- > ***What's New in Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition? > What's new, what's hot, and what's not in Windows Mobile 2003 Second > Edition (SE)? Wei-Meng Lee gives you the rundown on everything from > graphics support to new form factors and dual display modes. Wei-Meng is > the author of ".NET Compact Framework Pocket Guide." > http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/06/01/winserver2003.html > > > ***C# Iterators > If you are creating a class that looks and behaves like a collection, it > is handy to allow your users to iterate through the members of your > collection with the foreach statement. This is easier to do in C# 2.0 > than > it is in 1.1. In this new column by Jesse Liberty, he shows you what is > coming up in .NET 2.0 to make this common task easier. > http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2004/06/07/liberty.html > > ================================================ > News From Your Peers > ================================================ > ***Are you Annoyed? > Want to share your annoyances with O'Reilly? Check out the > Help O'Reilly page on the UG wiki--we are still looking for submissions. > http://wiki.oreillynet.com/usergroups/create?HelpOReilly > > > Until next time-- > > Marsee > > > -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ From niederrhein-pm at web.de Wed Jun 16 01:52:44 2004 From: niederrhein-pm at web.de (=?iso-8859-15?Q?=22R._K=FCpper=22?=) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:33:13 2004 Subject: [Niederrhein-pm] Fwd: Visit O'Reilly at LinuxTag 2004 in Karlsruhe--June 23-26 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ------- Forwarded message ------- From: marsee@oreilly.com To: burbach@gwl.de Subject: Visit O'Reilly at LinuxTag 2004 in Karlsruhe--June 23-26 Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 10:38:55 -0700 > Hello, > > Thought you might be interested in the following > from O'Reilly Germany.... > > Marsee > > > LinuxTag 2004 in Karlsruhe (June 23-26) > ========================================= > http://www.linuxtag.org/2004/index.html > > Make sure you stop by at our booth when attending this year's LinuxTag. > You'll find us with plenty of new releases and all-time favorites at our > booth # D 63. > > Come celebrate the 10 year anniversary of O'Reilly Germany with us > on Thursday, June 24 at 5pm--with free beer and drinks and the ultimate > anniversary raffle--win geeky, sophisticated or simply fun items. > > Stop by to pick up your free personal copy of the "History of Programming > Languages Poster" (download it here > http://www.oreilly.de/artikel/prog_sprachen_poster.pdf) > -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ From tbayen at bayen.de Wed Jun 30 04:56:00 2004 From: tbayen at bayen.de (Thomas Bayen) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:33:13 2004 Subject: [Niederrhein-pm] =?iso-8859-1?q?n=E4chste_Woche_Perlmonger-Treff?= =?iso-8859-1?q?en=3A_Grillen_in_Peters_Garten?= Message-ID: <40E28E30.1050501@bayen.de> Hallo! Wie auf dem letzten Monger-Treffen besprochen hat Peter sein Domizil zur Verfügung gestellt, um dort das Perlmonger/LUG-Treffen nächste Woche abzuhalten. Näheres gibts wie immer unter http://www.lug-kr.de/cgi-bin/lugwiki.pl?ExternesTreffen