From niederrhein-pm at web.de Fri Apr 1 00:54:02 2005 From: niederrhein-pm at web.de (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22R=2E_K=FCpper=22?=) Date: Fri Apr 1 00:53:14 2005 Subject: [Niederrhein-pm] [Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 31] Message-ID: <424D0C2A.6060906@web.de> -------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 31 Datum: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 16:45:25 -0800 Von: Marsee Henon An: burbach@gwl.de ================================================================ O'Reilly News for User Group Members March 31, 2005 ================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------- Book News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Firefox Hacks -iPhoto 5: The Missing Manual -Python Cookbook, 2E -Silence on the Wire -Windows Server Cookbook -Degunking Your PC -Java in a Nutshell, 5th Edition -Access 2003 Personal Trainer -SharePoint User's Guide -Apache Security -MAKE Subscriptions Available ---------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events ---------------------------------------------------------------- -MAKE Editor Phillip Torrone on Science Friday--April 1 -Greg Kroah-Hartman, ("Linux Device Drivers, 3rd Ed"), PDXLUG, Portland, OR--April 14 -Greg Kroah-Hartman at Powell's Tech Books--April 16 -Bonnie Biafore ("QuickBooks: The Missing Manual" & "Online Investing Hacks"), Kansas City Investor Fair--April 29-30 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Conference News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Register for the 2005 MySQL Users Conference, Santa Clara, CA--April 18-21 -Where 2.0 Conference -OSCON Is Coming ---------------------------------------------------------------- News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Tax Time: A Year-End Checklist of Accounting Tasks -Opting in to Privacy Problems -SafariU Revolutionizes the Textbook -Automating Windows (DNS) with Perl -make for Nonprogrammers -Closed Source PHP -Movies Made Easy in iPhoto 5 -Exploring the Mac OS X Firewall -Owen Linzmeyer ("Apple Confidential 2.0") on MacRadio -Five More Annoying PC Annoyances -Microsoft, Blogging, and Transparency -Miguel de Icaza Explains How to "Get" Mono -Flexible Event Delivery with Executors -Java Component Development: A Conceptual Framework -HDTV on Your Mac -Resurrect Your Old PC for Music--with Linux -Ajax: New for 2005 ================================================ 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, SitePoint, 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ***Firefox Hacks Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596009283 This highly focused book offers all the valuable tips and tools you need to maximize the effectiveness of this hot web browser. It's all covered, including how to customize its deployment, appearance, features, and functionality. You'll even learn how to install, use, and alter extensions and plug-ins. Aimed at clever people who may or may not be savvy with basic programming tasks, this convenient resource describes 100 techniques for 100 strategies that effectively exploit Firefox. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/firefoxhks/ Sample Hack 69, "Make New Tags and Widgets with XBL," is available online (along with five others): http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/firefoxhks/chapter/index.html ***iPhoto 5: The Missing Manual Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596100345 Updated to cover Apple's newest release, "iPhoto 5: The Missing Manual" comes fully loaded--and in full color--so you can exercise all the power, flexibility, and creativity of the stunning new iPhoto 5. This witty and authoritative guide starts out with a crash course on digital photography and then explores every aspect of iPhoto 5, from camera-meets-Mac basics to sharing your digital photography with the world. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/iphoto5tmm/ ***Python Cookbook, 2E Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596007973 Like its predecessor, the new edition offers a collection of solutions to problems that Python programmers face every day. Updated for Python 2.4, it now includes over 200 recipes that range from simple tasks, such as working with dictionaries and list comprehensions, to complex tasks, such as monitoring a network and building a templating system. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythoncook2/ ***Silence on the Wire Publisher: No Starch Press ISBN: 1593270461 Author Michal Zalewski is respected in the hacking and security communities for his intelligence, curiosity and creativity, and this book is truly unlike anything else. "Silence on the Wire" is no humdrum white paper or how-to manual for protecting one's network. Rather, this narrative explores a variety of unique, uncommon and often elegant security challenges that defy classification and eschew the traditional attacker-victim model. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1593270461/index.html ***Windows Server Cookbook Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596006330 Written for all levels of users, this practical reference guide offers hundreds of useful tasks for managing Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003. The concise, on-the-job solutions to common problems are certain to save you many hours of time searching through Microsoft documentation. Each recipe also includes a detailed discussion that explains how and why it works. Topics discussed include files, event logs, security, DHCP, DNS, backup/restore, and more. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/windowsvrckbk/ Chapter 6, "Processes," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/windowsvrckbk/chapter/index.html ***Degunking Your PC Publisher: Paraglyph Press ISBN: 1933097035 Do your programs seem sluggish or refuse to run properly? Are you tripping over a viper's nest of cords and cables at every turn? Do you have printer drivers installed that date back to the Eisenhower administration? Is it impossible to vacuum under your desk? Still using dial up? If so you have PC gunk! "Degunking Your PC" will show you the way to get out of the rat's maze of cables and old plug-and-play devices and onto the road of perfect PC organization. Joli Ballew, the author of the bestselling "Degunking Windows" will show you simple, fast and effective ways to manage your PC hardware. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1933097035/index.html ***Java in a Nutshell, 5th Edition Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596007736 "Java in a Nutshell, 5th Edition" covers all the extensive changes in Java 5.0. This classic remake has undergone a complete editorial makeover in order to more closely meet the needs of the modern Java programmer. Included among the improvements are more discussion on tools and frameworks and new code examples to illustrate the working of APIs. And, as in previous editions, the fifth edition is chock-full of poignant tips, techniques, examples, and practical advice. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/javanut5/ ***Access 2003 Personal Trainer Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596009372 Written in a non-technical and engaging style, this book lets people of any technical level learn exactly what they need to know at their own pace. The book starts with Access fundamentals and then moves up to tables, fields, queries, forms, reports, and advanced topics, like linking information from an external source. Included are detailed diagrams, dozens of task-oriented lessons, and a fully interactive training simulation CD. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/accesspt/ ***SharePoint User's Guide Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596009089 This straightforward guide shows SharePoint users how to create and use web sites for sharing and collaboration. Learn to use the document and picture libraries for adding and editing content, add discussion boards and surveys, receive alerts when documents and information have been added or changed, and enhance security. Designed to help you find answers quickly, the book shows how to make the most of SharePoint for productivity and collaboration. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sharepoint/ Chapter 1, "Working with Sites and Workspaces," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sharepoint/chapter/index.html ***Apache Security Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596007248 This all-purpose guide for locking down Apache arms readers with all the information they need to securely deploy applications. Administrators and programmers alike will benefit from a concise introduction to the theory of securing Apache, plus a wealth of practical advice and real-life examples. Topics covered include installation, server sharing, logging and monitoring, web applications, PHP and SSL/TLS, and more. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/apachesc/ Chapter 2, "Installation and Configuration," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/apachesc/chapter/index.html ***MAKE Subscriptions Available The annual subscription price for four issues is $34.95. When you subscribe with this link, you'll get a free issue--the first one plus four more for $34.95. So subscribe for yourself or friends with this great offer for charter subscribers: five volumes for the cost of four. Subscribe at: https://www.pubservice.com/MK/Subnew.aspx?PC=MK&PK=M5ZUGLA The MAKE blog is available at: http://www.makezine.com/blog/ ================================================ Upcoming Events ================================================ ***For more events, please see: http://events.oreilly.com/ ***MAKE Editor Phillip Torrone on Science Friday--April 1 Philip will be talking about DIY technology on NPR's "Science Friday" with Ira Flatow. Visit the Science Friday site and look for your local NPR station and broadcast times. Feel free to call in and ask questions from 2 to 4 p.m. Eastern at 1-800-989-8255. http://www.sciencefriday.com/ ***Greg Kroah-Hartman, ("Linux Device Drivers, 3rd Ed"), PDXLUG, Portland, OR--April 14 Join O'Reilly author Greg for a Linux chat at 7pm. Fireside Coffee Lodge 1223 SE Powell Blvd, Portland, OR 97202 http://www.pdxlug.org/ ***Greg Kroah-Hartman at Powell's Tech Books--April 16 Greg will also be at Powell's Technical Books beginning at 1:00pm April 16. Powell's Technical Books 33 NW Park Avenue, Portland, OR 97209 http://www.powells.com/calendar.html#489 ***Bonnie Biafore ("QuickBooks: The Missing Manual" & "Online Investing Hacks"), Kansas City Investor Fair--April 29-30 Bonnie is a featured speaker at the NAIC Kansas City Investor Fair. She'll be signing books there on both days, so be sure to stop by and say hello. Doubletree Hotel, Overland Park, KS http://www.better-investing.org/chapter/kansas/events/4875 ================================================ Conference News ================================================ ***Register for the 2005 MySQL Users Conference, Santa Clara, CA--April 18-21 The MySQL Users Conference, co-presented by O'Reilly Media and MySQL AB, brings together experts, users, and industry leaders with unique MySQL insights, offering attendees a detailed look into new features in MySQL 5.0, sessions and workshops designed to teach best practices, and exposure to new open source technologies. For more information, go to: http://www.mysqluc.com/ Use code DSUG when you register, and receive 20% off the registration price. To register for the conference, go to: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/mysqluc2005/create/ord_mysql05 ***Where 2.0 Conference Join us at the first O'Reilly Where 2.0 Conference June 29-30 in San Francisco. Explore the emerging consumer and enterprise ecosystems around location-aware technologies--like GPS, RFID, WLAN, cellular networks, and networked sensors--that enable an ever-growing array of capabilities from local search and mapping to enterprise integration and commercial applications. Registration opens in April. http://conferences.oreillynet.com/where/ To receive up-to-date conference news and information, sign up for the conference newsletter on oreilly.com. ***OSCON Is Coming Join us at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention in beautiful Portland from August 1-5. OSCON 2005 will be at the Oregon Convention Center, where we'll have tutorials, sessions, parties, BOFs, and a huge exhibit hall. The Call for Proposals is closed, but registration and hotel information will be available soon. http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2005/ To get the latest details as soon as we have them, sign up for the OSCON newsletter on oreilly.com. ================================================ News From O'Reilly & Beyond ================================================ --------------------- General News --------------------- ***Tax Time: A Year-End Checklist of Accounting Tasks Whether you handle your company's accounting yourself or hand off the major accounting tasks to an accountant, Bonnie Biafore provides a checklist of eight accounting tasks you'll want to complete shortly after the end of your fiscal year. Bonnie is the author of "QuickBooks 2005: The Missing Manual." http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2005/03/28/quickbooks.html ***Opting in to Privacy Problems Brian McWilliams looks at yet another way internet users may be putting their privacy at risk. With list brokers now cutting deals with e-commerce sites and internet marketing firms for data that includes home addresses, phone numbers, and corresponding IP addresses, you may be opting in for more than you bargained for when you shop online. Brian is the author of "Spam Kings." http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2005/03/17/optin.html ***SafariU Revolutionizes the Textbook With SafariU, educators and trainers can create and publish their own textbooks, selecting exactly the book chapters, sections, or articles they want from a wealth of information resources. SafariU costs nothing to use and offers students more focused course content at less cost. Visit SafariU to view a video demo and sign up for access: http://safariu.oreilly.com --------------------- Open Source --------------------- ***Automating Windows (DNS) with Perl Perl is a fantastic tool for system administrators--even on Windows. Though the shiny GUI is astonishingly useless (or at least too mouse-friendly) for all but the simplest changes, there's plenty to automate under the shell. Thomas Herchenroeder explains how he wrapped dnscmd with Perl to make changes easily. http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2005/03/24/perl_dns.html ***make for Nonprogrammers If you're a typical FreeBSD user, you may never have compiled C source code on your own. Yet if you've ever issued a make command, it's compiled code for you. How does it do that? What does it do, anyway? And what else can it do? Dru Lavigne answers all of these questions. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/03/24/FreeBSD_Basics.html ***Closed Source PHP A look at the many different options PHP Developers have for protecting their source code from prying eyes when creating commercial PHP Applications. http://www.sitepoint.com/blog-post-view.php?id=238739 --------------------- Mac --------------------- ***Movies Made Easy in iPhoto 5 One of the best features in the current crop of consumer digital still cameras is their ability to capture high-quality video. iPhoto 5 is in step with this evolution and provides a great environment for taking those snippets and creating real movies. Derrick Story shows you how. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/03/22/iphoto_movies.html ***Exploring the Mac OS X Firewall Like so many tools built in to Mac OS X, the firewall just works. But what's really going on inside it? Peter Hickman explains why the firewall works so well, and then takes you inside and shows you how to fiddle with things. In the end, he returns you safely to the default settings. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/03/15/firewall.html ***Owen Linzmeyer ("Apple Confidential 2.0") on MacRadio Listen to No Starch's author Owen on the Mac Night Owl Radio on the March 24 show. http://www.macradio.com/thursday/nightowl/index.php --------------------- Windows/.NET --------------------- ***Five More Annoying PC Annoyances After his first "PC Annoyances" was released, Steve Bass was surprised by the barrage of email he received with yet more annoyances to fix. That led to the just-released second edition of "PC Annoyances," where he added 150 more fixes to irritating PC quirks. And if that's not enough, he offers five more here. http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2005/03/28/pcannoyances.html ***Microsoft, Blogging, and Transparency Author James Avery recently wrote about his experiences publishing his latest book and how Microsoft bloggers helped him immensely. To James, the benefits of increased transparency through the use of blogs cannot be understated. James is the author of "Visual Studio Hacks." http://dotavery.com/blog/archive/2005/03/28/2767.aspx ***Miguel de Icaza Explains How to "Get" Mono It's perhaps the most controversial project in the open source world, but this mostly stems from misunderstanding: Mono, the open source development platform based upon Microsoft's .NET framework. Immediate reactions from many dubious Linux developers have ranged from confusion over its connection with .NET to wondering what the benefits of developing under it are. Throughout the course of its four years of intense development, sponsored by Novell, Mono founder Miguel de Icaza has had to frequently clarify the .NET issue and sell the community on it. In this new interview, Howard Wen asks Miguel to explain himself one more time. http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2005/03/21/interviewmiguel.html --------------------- Java --------------------- ***Flexible Event Delivery with Executors Event-handling is critical to any GUI application, and many developers know the hazards of making a method call to unknown or poorly behaved code from the event-dispatch thread. J2SE 5.0's concurrency utilities offer more fine-grained control over how code executes. Andrew Thompson applies that to offer better ways to handle events. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2005/03/23/executors.html ***Java Component Development: A Conceptual Framework In general terms, a component is one or more classes with an external API that satisfy some requirement. But how do you build components that are really practical--that handle configuration changes or third-party integration well? Palash Ghosh has some ideas about the concepts behind components. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2005/03/23/components.html --------------------- Digital Media --------------------- ***HDTV on Your Mac Even though the Mac is a little late to the HDTV party, you can roll your own setup for not too much time or money. Erica Sadun shows you how. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/03/29/hdtv.html ***Resurrect Your Old PC for Music--with Linux Dig that clunker out of the closet! This step-by-step guide explains how to upgrade even a 486-based PC to an efficient, Linux-powered music machine. Total cost? About ten cents for a blank CD. http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/03/23/linuxmusic.html --------------------- Web --------------------- ***Ajax: New for 2005 Ajax is a term coined for an approach that utilizes the Document Object Model, JavaScript, and XMLHTTPRequest to allow web developers to create applications that don't require constant page-refreshes to be used. http://www.sitepoint.com/blog-post-view.php?id=238333 ================================================ >From Your Peers =============================================== Don't forget to check out the O'Reilly UG wiki to see what user groups across the globe are up to: http://wiki.oreillynet.com/usergroups/index.cgi Until next time-- Marsee