From perl at tecspy.com  Tue Jul  5 23:41:34 2005
From: perl at tecspy.com (Michael)
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 07:41:34 +0100
Subject: [Nottingham-pm] [Fwd: O'Reilly User Group Newsletter - Issue 10-05]
Message-ID: <42CB7D1E.1000400@tecspy.com>

All, here follows the latest from Josette at O'Reilly

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: O'Reilly User Group Newsletter - Issue 10-05
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 10:42:04 +0100
Thread-Topic: O'Reilly User Group Newsletter - Issue 10-05
From: Josette Garcia <Josette at Oreilly.co.uk>

O'Reilly UK User Group Programme
NEWSLETTER
Issue 10-05

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HIGHLIGHTS
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NEWS FROM O'REILLY AND BEYOND
-Historical Maps Online
-Creating a Textbook My Way: An Interview with Charles Anderson
-Live Backups of MySQL Using Replication
-Ajax on Rails
-Top Ten Data Crunching Tips and Tricks
-An Introduction to Tiger Terminal, Part 2
-Ten PowerPoint 2004 Tips to Beat Tight Deadlines
-It's True! Jobs Switches to Intel: A Review of the WWDC 05 Keynote
-Using Tabbed Browsing in Internet Explorer 6
-Using Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool
-Porting a Project from Visual Studio .NET to Mono
-How to Talk About Jini, J2EE, and Web Services at a Cocktail Party
-Exploring Laszlo Classes, Attributes, and Events
-Adam Williams: Massive Guitars, Micro Computers
-Bring Your MIDI Music to Life
-MAKE's Rebellious Credo: Void the Warranty!
-MAKE: Blog
BOOK NEWS
- Books for review
- Coming soon
CONFERENCE NEWS
YOUR BOOK REVIEWS
YOUR NEWS


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NEWS FROM O'REILLY AND BEYOND
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---------------------
General News
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***Historical Maps Online
David Rumsey writes about his collection of more than 150,000 historical 
maps of the Americas and the world, many of which he has made available 
free to the public in an online map library. At O'Reilly's Where 2.0 
Conference, David will draw on his personal map collection, as well as 
his work with geographic information systems, to discuss how information 
of all kinds has been mapped and will be mapped in the future.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2005/06/02/davidrumsey.html>


***Creating a Textbook My Way: An Interview with Charles Anderson
Charles Anderson is an assistant professor in the Division of Computer 
Science at Western Oregon University, teaching mostly networking and 
operating system courses. Being very particular about the materials 
covered in his classes, he's had difficulty finding appropriate and 
timely textbooks. Learn how Charles used SafariU to create his custom 
textbook, while avoiding copyright fair use limitations and the 
time-consuming process of gathering appropriate materials. Check out the 
SafariU homepage for details and a demo.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/news/safariuanderson.html>


---------------------
Open Source
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***Live Backups of MySQL Using Replication
One of the difficulties with a large and active MySQL database is making 
clean backups without having to bring the server down. A simple method 
to ensure reliable backups is to set up replication for MySQL. Russell 
Dyer, author of "MySQL in a Nutshell," walks through the process of 
using replication for data backups.
<http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/06/16/MySQLian.html>


***Ajax on Rails
XMLHttpRequest and Ruby on Rails are two hot topics in web development. 
As you ought to expect by now, they work really well together. Curt 
Hibbs explains the minimal Ajax you need to know and the minimal Ruby 
you need to write to Ajax-ify your Rails applications.
<http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/06/09/rails_ajax.html>


***Top Ten Data Crunching Tips and Tricks
Every day, programmers perform unglamorous but necessary data crunching: 
recycling legacy data, checking configuration files, yanking data out of 
web server logs, and more. Knowing how to crunch data with the least 
amount of effort can make the difference between meeting a deadline and 
making another pot of coffee. Greg Wilson, author of Pragmatic's "Data 
Crunching," offers ten tips for crunch time.
<http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/06/09/datacrunching.html>


---------------------
Mac
---------------------
***An Introduction to Tiger Terminal, Part 2
In this second tutorial on Tiger Terminal by MacinTech UG member Mary 
Norbury-Glaser, you'll learn how to use the terminal app to look at 
external volumes, then enable ssh to access files, scp to securely copy 
them remotely, sftp for secure ftp, and finally how to use rsync to 
synchronize files between two computers.
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/06/14/terminal2.html>


***Ten PowerPoint 2004 Tips to Beat Tight Deadlines
PowerPoint 2004 lets you turn text, graphics, sounds, and movies into 
dazzling presentations that get your message across in high style. But 
what if you're on a short deadline? Franklin Tessler, author of "Office 
2004 for Mac: The Missing Manual," shows you ten ways to use PowerPoint 
to put together slideshows in no time.
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/06/10/office04forMac.html>


***It's True! Jobs Switches to Intel: A Review of the WWDC 05 Keyno20
Don't get too comfortable after making the transition to Mac OS X. Steve 
Jobs decides to keep things interesting by announcing during his WWDC 05 
keynote that Apple will switch to Intel processors. Here's what he said 
and how he plans to make it happen.
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/06/07/wwdc.html> 	

---------------------
Windows/.NET
---------------------
***Using Tabbed Browsing in Internet Explorer 6
You don't need to wait for Internet Explorer 7 for tabbed browsing--with 
the latest MSN Toolbar, you can use it in IE 6. Wei-Meng Lee shows you 
how to use it.
<http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2005/06/14/ie_tabs.html>


***Using Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool
The Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool can rid your PC of 
malware, even if you're already protected by antivirus software. Mitch 
Tulloch shows you the ins and outs of how to use it. Mitch is the author 
of "Windows Server Hacks."
<http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2005/06/01/malware_removal.html> 



***Porting a Project from Visual Studio .NET to Mono
Three years ago, when .NET was still in pre-release status, Kevin 
Farnham developed a C# application to automatically generate stock 
market web pages. Recently, he ported the project to Mono and Debian 
Linux. Follow along to see how the port went.
<http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2005/06/13/vs2mono.html>

---------------------
Java
---------------------
***How to Talk About Jini, J2EE, and Web Services at a Cocktail Party
Heard about distributed technologies for Java, but not sure what they 
are or why they're important? Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates, authors of 
"Head First Java, 2nd Edition," present this cocktail-party overview. 
Hold your own in conversation with Java geeks.
<http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/08/27/cocktails.html>


***Exploring Laszlo Classes, Attributes, and Events
Laszlo offers an interesting option for rich client-side GUIs--XML 
markup of widgets and their event handling, which is then converted into 
a Flash executable that is run with the Flash plugin in the user's 
browser. Satya Komatineni introduces Laszlo and shows how to get started 
writing web applications with it.
<http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2005/06/15/laszlo.html>

---------------------
Digital Media
---------------------
***Adam Williams: Massive Guitars, Micro Computers
The former Powerman 5000 guitarist reveals how to make huge guitar 
sounds on a home computer--without waking the neighbors--then shares 
loads of MP3 examples.
<http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/06/15/williams.html>


***Bring Your MIDI Music to Life
Jim Aikin shares numerous tips on getting the best musical expression 
out of them--both through playing technique and crafty computer editing.
<http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/06/08/controller2.html>

---------------------
MAKE
---------------------
***MAKE's Rebellious Credo: Void the Warranty!
"New York Times" columnist Lawrence Downes recently touted the virtues 
of O'Reilly's new MAKE magazine. Downes salutes MAKE's renegade DIY 
spirit, noting, "In this world, to tinker--to open the case, to fiddle 
with wires, and see what happens--is to rebel." Are you ready to rebel? 
(Free registration required)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/12/opinion/12sun3.html>?


***MAKE: Blog
  .
http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/06/ipod_photo_conn.html

***For more information on MAKE, go to:
<http://www.makezine.com/>




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BOOK NEWS
================================================

****Latest books available for review -

ASP.NET 2.0: A Developer's Notebook 
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/aspnetadn/>
To bring you up to speed with ASP.NET 2.0, this practical book offers 
nearly 50 hands-on projects. Each one explores a new feature of the 
language, with emphasis on changes that can increase productivity, 
simplify programming tasks, and help you add new functionality to your 
applications. You get the goods straight from the masters in an 
informal, code-intensive style. Part of our new Developer's Notebook series.

Digital Video Hacks <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/digitalvideohks/>
With digital video, the hacking possibilities are limitless, for both 
amateurs and professional artists. From acquiring footage, mixing, 
editing, and adding effects to final distribution, Digital Video Hacks 
provides unique tips, tools, and techniques for every stage of video 
production. Whether you're looking for a new technique to include in 
your next project, a solution to a common problem, or just a little 
inspiration, this book reintroduces you to the digital video you only 
thought you knew.

Knoppix Pocket Reference <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/knoppixpr/>
Knoppix is a portable Linux distribution replete with hundreds of 
valuable programs and utilities -- a veritable Swiss Army knife in 
bootable CD form. It includes Linux software and desktop environments, 
automatic hardware detection and hundreds of other quality open source 
programs. If you want more information than the average Knoppix user, 
Knoppix Pocket Reference is an absolutely essential addition to your 
personal library.

Mac OS X Tiger Pocket Guide <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mactigerpg/>
The Mac OS X Tiger Pocket Guide introduces you to the fundamental 
concepts of using Mac OS X Tiger, including over 250 tips and tricks for 
using and configuring your Mac OS X system. It concentrates a wealth of 
tables, common keyboard shortcuts, tips for configuring your Mac, and a 
quick introduction to using the Terminal to enter Unix commands into a 
package that is literally small enough to fit in your pocket.

MAKE: Technology on Your Time Volume 02 
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/makemag05v2/>
If you like to tweak, disassemble, re-create, and invent cool new uses 
for technology from home entertainment systems to in-car computers 
you'll love MAKE, our new quarterly publication for geeks and 
do-it-yourselfers. Inspired by our bestselling Hacks books, MAKE is a 
mook. It combines the unexpectedness and visual appeal of a magazine 
with the permanence and the in-depth instructiveness of a how-to book. 
Visit MAKE's web site: make.oreilly.com <http://make.oreilly.com>.
Volume 02 focuses on Retrogaming and HD Recorders, and features coverage 
of HDTV Recorders, The Atari2600 PC Project , Podcasting, Mouse Robot, 
Star Wars Robot Builders.
The Maker Profile for Volume 02 is Natalie Jeremijenko

Mapping Hacks <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mappinghks/>
Mapping Hacks is a collection of one hundred simple techniques available 
to developers and power users who want to draw digital maps. You'll 
learn where to find the best sources of geographic data and then how to 
integrate that data into your own creations. With so many 
industrial-strength tips and tools, Mapping Hacks effectively takes the 
sting out of digital mapmaking.


****Coming Soon
	*	Advanced Perl Programming <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/advperl2/> 
(Second Edition)
	*	Astronomy Hacks <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/astronomyhks/>
	*	eBay Hacks <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ebayhks2/> (Second Edition)
	*	Exchange Server Cookbook <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/exchangeckbk/>
	*	JBoss: A Developer's Notebook <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jbossadn/>
	*	Programming .NET Components 
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pnetcomp2/> (Second Edition)
	*	Project 2003 Personal Trainer 
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/projectpt/>
	*	SharePoint Office Pocket Guide 
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sharepointpg/>
	*	Swing Hacks <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/swinghks/>
	*	Switching to VoIP <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/switchingvoip/>
	*	UML 2.0 in a Nutshell <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/umlnut2/>
	*	Web Mapping Illustrated <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/webmapping/>
	*	Word Annoyances <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wordannoyances/>


================================================
CONFERENCE NEWS
================================================

***Early Registration Ending Soon for the O'Reilly Open Source 
Convention, Portland, OR--August 1-5
OSCON 2005 explores three deep trends affecting open source: the 
commoditization of software, network-enabled collaboration, and software 
customizability. Join us at this essential gathering of open source 
leaders and practitioners of every persuasion to exchange ideas and push 
the boundaries of vital open source technologies. This year, we 
introduce the Open Source Business Review, along with a host of other 
exciting presentations and events.
<http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/>


***Last Chance to Register for the Where 2.0 Conference, San Francisco, 
CA--June 29-30
Join us at the first O'Reilly Where 2.0 Conference. Location-based 
services and mapping are becoming mainstream technologies. Meanwhile, 
innovative new software makes it possible to apply the wealth of new 
data to old business problems. Come explore the emerging consumer and 
enterprise ecosystems around location-aware technologies that 
increasingly impact the way we work and play.
<http://conferences.oreilly.com/where/>

Use code "whereug" when you register, and receive 15% off the 
registration price.

To register for the conference, go to:
<http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/where2005/create/ord_where>


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YOUR BOOK REVIEWS
================================================

*** MUG Aragon reviewed - CSS Pocket Reference 2e 
<http://mugara.dualmac.com/?p=110>
***MMUG-Egypt reviewed - Flash Hacks <http://mmug-egypt.mxdj.com>
***Irish Linux User Group reviewed - Computer Security Basics 
<http://www.linux.ie/articles/reviews/compsecbasics.php>
***Scottish Developers reviewed - don't click on the blue e! 
<http://www.linux.ie/articles/reviews/compsecbasics.php>
***JUG Milano reviewed
Java in a Nutshell
		<http://www.jugmilano.it/jsp/Wiki?JavaInANutshell>  (in italian)
		<http://www.diotalevi.com/weblog/?p=79>  (in english)
Head First Java 2e
		<http://www.jugmilano.it/jsp/Wiki?HeadFirstJava>	 -Italian
		<http://www.diotalevi.com/weblog/?cat=4>	 - English


================================================
YOUR NEWS and more
================================================

*** Italian Perl Mongers and the Pisa.pm group are proud to announce the 
2nd edition of the Italian Perl Workshop, at the Polo Fibonacci, Pisa, 
June 23-24, 2005.
For more information: on the Web, at the address 
<http://www.perlworkshop.it>
<http://www.perl.it/workshop/>

*** LUG Radio Live - Wolverhampton, June 25th - 
<http://www.lugradio.org/live/2005/> .
LugRadio Live 2005 is the expo for people who like some fun with their 
Linux. Taking place in Wolverhampton on 25th June 2005, we've got beer, 
some cool speakers, lots of Linux, and no corporate salesmen. If you 
like LugRadio, you'll love LugRadio Live.

***OpenTech 2005, London, 23 July - 
<http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2005/>
>From the UKUUG and NTK, sponsored by backstage.bbc.co.uk, Open Tech 2005 is an informal, low cost, one-day conference about technologies   that anyone can have a go at, from "Open Source"-style ways of working to repurposing everyday electronics hardware. Taking place on 23rd July, 2005, in Hammersmith, London the line up includes:
- The official launch of the backstage.bbc.co.uk developer network, 
opening up BBC content for you to play with
		- Ted Nelson, inventor of hypertext
- Danny O'Brien, co-editor NTK, co-author: Life Hacks. Talking about 
"Living in Public"
We're also hoping to have some tables available for groups and projects 
to have an hour or two where people interested in what they do can come 
and have a chat. If you're interested in this, contact 
opentech at ukuug.org <mailto:opentech at ukuug.org> saying which project you 
represent, what it does.
Booking for attending the event will open on or before the 1st July. 
Cost of entry will be 5 pounds.

***Annual UKUUG Linux Technical Conference - Thursday 4th August - 
Sunday 7th August 2005, Swansea - <http://www.ukuug.org/events/linux2005/>
A wide cross-section of the Linux community will gather in Swansea, 
Wales for the annual UKUUG Linux Technical Conference. It's a great way 
to broaden your knowledge and keep up-to-date with what's happening in 
the world of linux. This low-cost event is for anyone with a serious 
interest in linux including systems administrators, linux professionals, 
developers and enthusiasts from companies and linux user groups 
throughout the UK and beyond.

***The HP User Group - Seminars: Further information from admin at hpug.org 
<mailto:admin at hpug.org>
"Enterprise UNIX Migration Options"  -  22nd June  -  London
"TCP/IP Update":  - 28th June - Reading
"Building an OpenVMS Web Server"  -  12th July  -  Bristol
"eBusiness Strategy for OpenVMS"  -  14th July  -  London
"Visualisation - Getting the Whole Picture"  -  21st July  -  Birmingham
"Making and Breaking OpenVMS Clusters"  -  15th September  -  Warrington
"Unified Messaging"  -  29th September  -  London




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From msemtd at yahoo.co.uk  Fri Jul 22 02:14:38 2005
From: msemtd at yahoo.co.uk (Michael Erskine)
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 10:14:38 +0100
Subject: [Nottingham-pm] Fwd: EURO OSCON Registration --Now Open
Message-ID: <200507221014.38814.msemtd@yahoo.co.uk>

All,

Here's some signal (let's add a header X-Signal-Or-Noise:  SIGNAL :) **) from 
Josette at O'Reilly regarding OSCON -- can any of our members convince their 
employers to fork out a thousand euros for a weekend in Amsterdam? (no, the 
dope is extra!)

(** sorry to nottpm members who aren't in the NLUG list - there's some issue 
about Signal-to-Noise Ratio. Sorry to nottpm members who ARE on the NLUG list 
- you will have got this twice. To NLUG members who AREN'T on the nottpm list 
- you aren't missing much because the signal approaches zero and SNR 
calculator causes divide-by-zero error :) )

Regards,
Michael Erskine.

----------  Forwarded Message  ----------

Subject: EURO OSCON Registration --Now Open
Date: Wednesday 20 July 2005 18:29
From: "Josette Garcia" <Josette at Oreilly.co.uk>
To: "Josette Garcia" <Josette at Oreilly.co.uk>

Please let your members know. The good news - discount for user group members
 is 15%. Kindest regards
josette

-----------

Registration has just opened for the first
O'Reilly European Open Source Convention
17-20 October 2005 at the NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky, Amsterdam
http://conferences.oreilly.com/eurooscon

Save 400 euros if you sign up before early registration pricing ends on 29
 August: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/41/register.html

At long last, OSCON is coming to Europe. It's a new adventure for O'Reilly
 Media, and we hope you'll join us in making O'Reilly European Open Source
 Convention, aka EuroOSCON, one of the most informative and inspiring
 "gathering of the tribes" on the Continent.

What can you expect from EuroOSCON? As our fearless program chair Nat
 Torkington puts it, "We have a whole track for business, covering developing
 nations, business models, and the future of open source in Europe. Java,
 Linux, and Emerging Topics are huge.  We'll have an Asterisk tutorial and a
 strong Python track. From web technology like AJAX, Ruby on Rails, and Plone
  to server technology like MySQL and Apache, we've sought out the most
 essential open source technology. We're celebrating the best speakers and
 unique needs of Europe as well as bringing over top American open source
 experts."

We're still fine-tuning the progrom, but some of the current EuroOSCON
 speakers and topics highlights include:

- Keynote presentations: David Heinemeier-Hansson, Cory Doctorow, Tim
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 Levin, Donald Rosenberg, Danese Cooper
- Linux: Alan Cox, Luis Casas Luengo, Greg Stein, Frederic Descamp, Erwin
 Tenhumberg - Java: Brian Sam-Bodden, Erik Hatcher
- PHP: Rasmus Lerdorf, Sebastian Bergmann, Daniel Guermeur
- Python: Alex Martelli, Joel Burton, Martijn Faassen
- Perl: Larry Wall, Damian Conway, Abigail, Leon Brocard, Autrijus Tang
- Databases: David Axmark, Theo Schlossnagle, Jutta Horstmann
- Security: Ben Laurie, Marty Pauley, John Viega
- Emerging Topics (Ruby on Rails, AJAX, Subversion): Kathy Sierra, Paul
 Everitt, Martin King-Turner

We invite you to gather with leaders, programmers, innovators, and users of
 every open source persuasion at the premiere of EuroOSCON. EuroOSCON is a
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- 29 August: Early registration pricing ends--as does your chance to save up
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- 16 September: Hotel group rate discount ends. For hotel and travel
 information, go to: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/41/hotel.html

For information on exhibiting or becoming a sponsor at EuroOSCON, contact
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From will.lin at gmail.com  Sun Jul 24 22:36:41 2005
From: will.lin at gmail.com (Will Lin)
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 22:36:41 -0700
Subject: [Nottingham-pm] request wiki password
Message-ID: <980fe22605072422367ecad528@mail.gmail.com>

hi there, i need a password to contribute to
http://www.tecspy.com/wiki/apache - followed the instruction on your
site to subscribe to the list. please send me editor password.

Regards,
will

From perl at tecspy.com  Mon Jul 25 12:52:48 2005
From: perl at tecspy.com (Michael)
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 20:52:48 +0100
Subject: [Nottingham-pm] request wiki password
In-Reply-To: <980fe22605072422367ecad528@mail.gmail.com>
References: <980fe22605072422367ecad528@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <42E54310.7040807@tecspy.com>

Will Lin wrote:
> hi there, i need a password to contribute to
> http://www.tecspy.com/wiki/apache - followed the instruction on your
> site to subscribe to the list. please send me editor password.
> Regards, will

Hi Will,
Your password is on its way. Why not tell us something about yourself 
and your use of Perl?

Regards,
Michael Erskine.


From will.lin at gmail.com  Mon Jul 25 13:12:18 2005
From: will.lin at gmail.com (Will Lin)
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 13:12:18 -0700
Subject: [Nottingham-pm] request wiki password
In-Reply-To: <42E54310.7040807@tecspy.com>
References: <980fe22605072422367ecad528@mail.gmail.com>
	<42E54310.7040807@tecspy.com>
Message-ID: <980fe22605072513126f60989f@mail.gmail.com>

Michael, thanks! i am not really a Perl person, but i like Apache and
Java. the page I wanna contribute is Apache related. i use jetty as a
web server which is even better than Apache.

Regards,
Will

On 7/25/05, Michael <perl at tecspy.com> wrote:
> Will Lin wrote:
> > hi there, i need a password to contribute to
> > http://www.tecspy.com/wiki/apache - followed the instruction on your
> > site to subscribe to the list. please send me editor password.
> > Regards, will
> 
> Hi Will,
> Your password is on its way. Why not tell us something about yourself
> and your use of Perl?
> 
> Regards,
> Michael Erskine.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Nottingham-pm mailing list
> Nottingham-pm at pm.org
> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/nottingham-pm
>

From msemtd at yahoo.co.uk  Tue Jul 26 00:54:57 2005
From: msemtd at yahoo.co.uk (Michael Erskine)
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 08:54:57 +0100
Subject: [Nottingham-pm] request wiki password
In-Reply-To: <980fe22605072513126f60989f@mail.gmail.com>
References: <980fe22605072422367ecad528@mail.gmail.com>
	<42E54310.7040807@tecspy.com>
	<980fe22605072513126f60989f@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <200507260854.57967.msemtd@yahoo.co.uk>

On Monday 25 July 2005 21:12, Will Lin wrote:
> Michael, thanks! i am not really a Perl person, but i like Apache and
> Java. the page I wanna contribute is Apache related. i use jetty as a
> web server which is even better than Apache.

Soooo... in summary: you're not a Perl user, you _do_ like Apache but you use 
Jetty. I tell you what, just post us what you'd like to see on the Apache 
page and I'll do it for you. Forgive my reticence but so far all of the wiki 
editors are all personally well known to me and well trusted. Why not come 
along to one of the NottLug meetings so we can get to know you?

Regards,
Michael Erskine

-- 
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 The fountains of knowledge, where everyone goes to drink.

		
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From perl at tecspy.com  Wed Jul 27 09:25:17 2005
From: perl at tecspy.com (Michael)
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 17:25:17 +0100
Subject: [Nottingham-pm] User Group Newsletter - Issue 12-05
Message-ID: <42E7B56D.6060802@tecspy.com>

All,

O'Reilly's latest news...

PS: I have still yet to re-order our review books - sorry for the delay: 
rather snowed-under at the moment. Anyhoo, here ya go...


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O'Reilly UK User Group Programme
NEWSLETTER
Issue 12-05

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HIGHLIGHTS
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NEWS FROM O'REILLY AND BEYOND
-New Annoyances Central Site
-O'Reilly Nominated for Lovemarks
-Choosing the Best Star Atlases
-Information Security with Colin Percival
-Calculating the True Price of Software
-Learning Lab: Save 50% on the Open Source Programming
  Certificate Series
-Building an OpenBSD Live CD
-The Virtual Referral: Mitigating Risk by Hiring Open Source
   Developers
-David Pogue Photos from Mug Event
-Programming with Spotlight
-An Introduction to Tiger Terminal, Part 3
-How to End Wars Between Testers and Programmers
-Unit Testing in .NET Projects
-Making Internet Phone Calls Using Skype
-Taking JUnit Out of the Box
-What Is Business Process Modeling?
-What Is Podcasting?
-Gary Garritan: A Personal Orchestra for Everyone
-My Five Favorite Soft Synths
-HOW TO Make Enhanced Podcasts
-Phil Torrone on "Attack of the Show"
-MAKE Volume 03 at the Press
BOOK NEWS
- Books for review
- Coming soon
CONFERENCE NEWS
YOUR BOOK REVIEWS
YOUR NEWS


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NEWS FROM O'REILLY AND BEYOND
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General News
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***New Annoyances Central Site
O'Reilly has just launched the new Annoyances Central weblog site, 
focused on topics and issues from the Annoyances Series books. Check out 
the Daily Fix, the Experts' Blog, and Robert's Rant for the most 
annoying annoyances--and their fixes, of course. You can even subscribe 
to the RSS feed and have piping-hot annoyances delivered straight to you.
<http://www.annoyancescentral.com/>


***O'Reilly Nominated for Lovemarks
The creators of Lovemarks wondered what makes some brands wildly 
inspirational and came up with Lovemarks, a celebration of respect and 
loyalty. "Take a brand away and people will find a replacement. Take a 
Lovemark away and people will protest its absence." Folks can nominate 
brands that inspire "loyalty beyond reason," and we're thrilled to be in 
the mix. Show your love!
<http://www.lovemarks.com/lm/read.php?LID=2603>


***Choosing the Best Star Atlases
Whether you're an observer of deep-sky objects with your 20-inch 
Dobsonian reflector, or an amateur astronomer enjoying a simple night of 
stargazing with your binoculars, it's helpful to know which star atlases 
best suit your needs. Avid astronomers Robert and Barbara Thompson 
describe the atlases they use and their reasons for choosing them. 
Robert and Barbara are the authors of Astronomy Hacks.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2005/07/18/staratlases.html>


***Information Security with Colin Percival
The recent disclosure of side-channel techniques to retrieve 
cryptographic secrets on hyperthreading machines caused stirs in 
security and operating system development communities. Colin Percival, a 
FreeBSD security officer, reported the vulnerability and weathered the 
questions and criticisms. Michael W. Lucas recently interviewed him on 
this vulnerability, vendors' responses, and security research.
<http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/07/21/Big_Scary_Daemons.html>

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Open Source
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***Calculating the True Price of Software
Businesses have long viewed support and maintenance as essential 
components of software. Open source business models often focus on 
charging for support and customization. Is there an economic model that 
can demonstrate the true worth of a piece of software and the option for 
support, maintenance, and upgrades? Robert Lefkowitz argues that open 
source exposes the true value of software itself as, essentially, worth 
less in comparison to support and maintenance.
<http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/07/21/software_pricing.html>


***Learning Lab: Save 50% on the Open Source Programming Certificate
  Series
Our Open Source Programming Certificate Series will teach you the core 
technical skills necessary to fully understand programming using Linux 
or Unix operating systems, languages, libraries, and databases. 
Completion of this series also earns you a Certificate of Professional 
Development through the University of Illinois Office of Continuing 
Education.  For two weeks only, save 50% on all Open Source Programing 
Certificate Series classes. Offer ends July 31st.
<http://www.oreilly.com/redirector.csp?link=UAOSP&type=news>


***Building an OpenBSD Live CD
Linux isn't the only operating system that boots and runs off a CD. 
OpenBSD does as well. Kevin Lo uses his for didactic purposes, but this 
is a good example for taking your desktop or firewall along with you. 
Here's how to build and customize an OpenBSD installation on a CD.
<http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/07/14/openbsd_live.html>


***The Virtual Referral: Mitigating Risk by Hiring Open Source
  Developers
Hiring a new employee is almost always a risk, and hiring the wrong 
employee can prove a costly mistake for managers. Brian Fitzpatrick 
suggests you hire an open source programmer. Find out why doing so 
mitigates the risks involved in hiring. Meet Brian at O'Reilly's Open 
Source Convention, where he'll be leading a Subversion tutorial and a 
session on switching from CVS to Subversion.
<http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/07/14/osdevelopers.html>


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Mac
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***David Pogue Photos from our recent MUG event at the Stanford Linear 
Accelerator Center:
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/16228484 at N00/sets/625100/>

<http://www.flickr.com/photos/wdn2/sets/625173/>
(Special Thanks to Don Nelson of DVMUG for sending these along.)


***Programming with Spotlight
The API for Spotlight offers highly advanced search capabilities. In 
fact, you can develop some of the very features of Tiger we've already 
grown to love using Spotlight's API. In this piece, Matthew Russell will 
ease you into Spotlight programming from a Cocoa dev perspective, 
showing you how to make your applications Spotlight enabled
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/07/12/spotlight.html>


***An Introduction to Tiger Terminal, Part 3
In Part 3 of this Tiger Terminal introduction, you'll learn some helpful 
commands that you can use to view information about your network, 
including netstat, nslookup, traceroute, and more.
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/07/05/terminal3.html>


***How to End Wars Between Testers and Programmers
There's a natural conflict between testers and programmers because of 
the difference in perspective each role has. The best way to end 
struggles is to redefine the goals of the work so that their roles can 
be collaborative, not adversarial. In this article, Scott Berkun draws 
upon his years of project-leading experience to provide some inside tips 
for managing your development team. Scott is the author of The Art of 
Project Management.
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/07/08/dev_team.html>

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Windows/.NET
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***Unit Testing in .NET Projects
Now is a pretty exciting time for unit testing in .NET. Tremendous 
progress is being made on several fronts: IDE integration, process 
integration, and new test fixtures. Jay Flowers and Andrew Stopford 
explain how to use Visual Studio's new integrated unit testing, as well 
as the NUnit and MbUnit testing frameworks.
<http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2005/07/18/unittesting_2005.html>


***Making Internet Phone Calls Using Skype
Skype lets you use the internet to make phone calls to other Skype users 
and also to regular telephones. Wei-Meng Lee shows you how to set it up 
and start talking.
<http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2005/07/19/skype.html>

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Java
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***Taking JUnit Out of the Box
JUnit is practically ubiquitous among Java developers as a way to test 
code, but it's somewhat limited by the fact that it's only meant to run 
in one JVM on one box, hampering its usefulness when developing 
distributed applications. In this article, Amir Shevat shows how the 
open source JUnit extension Pisces helps JUnit overcome this limitation.
<http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2005/07/13/pisces.html>


***What Is Business Process Modeling?
Business Process Modeling (BPM) is a set of technologies and standards 
for the design, execution, administration, and monitoring of business 
processes. In this article, Mike Havey, author of Essential Business 
Process Modeling, briefly describes the state of BPM today and the BPM 
standards, then builds an ideal BPM architecture using the example of a 
retailer process.
<http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2005/07/20/businessprocessmodeling.html> 


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Digital Media
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***What Is Podcasting?
So, you're ready to hop on the podcasting bandwagon, but you're not sure 
how to get started? This article by Phillip Torrone briefly describes 
what podcasting is and the software you'll need, then takes you right to 
the fun with a comprehensive step-by-step guide to podcast production. 
 >From recording to editing to publishing and syndicating your podcasts, 
Phillip covers everything you need to know to serve up your first podcasts.
<http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/07/20/WhatIsPodcasting.html>


***Gary Garritan: A Personal Orchestra for Everyone
Producer Gary Garritan has made it his mission to put a high-quality 
digital orchestra in your hands--along with extensive free training. 
Hear how composers have seized the opportunity.
<http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/07/20/garritan.html>


***My Five Favorite Soft Synths
Looking for sonic inspiration? Synthesizer guru Jim Aikin reveals his 
top five virtual instruments, explains why they're great, and shares 
custom MP3 examples.
<http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/07/13/topsynths.html>

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MAKE
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***HOW TO make Enhanced Podcasts (Images, Links, and More with Audio)
Apple's new iTunes 4.9 allows you to view (and listen to) "enhanced 
podcasts." These are audio files that can have slideshows, URLs and some 
cool features we have discovered. Here's how to get, make and all you 
need to know about enhanced podcasts! As a bonus, MAKE has put together 
some fun ideas they think many might use.
<http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/07/how_to_make_enh.html#more>


***Phil Torrone on "Attack of the Show"
Here's the video of MAKE's Associate Editor Phillip Torrone on G4TV's 
Attack of the Show. The show aired on Friday, July 15. He showed off 
some user submitted projects, hacks, mods, and blew up stuff with a high 
powered green laser.
<http://downloads.oreilly.com/make/g4tv.mov>


***MAKE Volume 03 at the Press
The third volume of MAKE magazine is at the press, and we have the 
Flickr photo stream to prove it. Our designers signed off on the final 
cover and raved that this is the hottest volume yet. Don't be left 
coveting thy neighbor's MAKE, and subscribe now!
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/kirk22/sets/612189/>


***For more information on MAKE, go to:
<http://www.makezine.com/>



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BOOK NEWS
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****Latest books available for review -
	*	Learning Perl <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnperl4/> (Fourth 
Edition)
Informed by their years of success at teaching Perl as consultants, the 
authors have re-engineered the Llama to better match the pace and scope 
appropriate for readers getting started with Perl, while retaining the 
detailed discussion, thorough examples, and eclectic wit for which the 
Llama is famous. If you ask Perl programmers today what book they relied 
on most when they were learning Perl, you'll find that an overwhelming 
majority will point to the Llama. With good reason. Other books may 
teach you to program in Perl, but this book will turn you into a Perl 
programmer.
	*	MAKE: Technology on Your Time Volume 03 
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/makemag05v3/>
The third issue of MAKE looks at how you can turn your car into a Wi-Fi
blasting, computer-controlled, GPS-enabled, biodiesel monster; how to 
turn a
VCR into a pet feeding robot, make a see-through potato cannon, create a
remote-controlled haunted house for Holloween, and gives you the skinny on
cheap welding. Our feature profile looks at Ed Storms ideas behind
low-energy nuclear reactions (LENR)--an alternative power source and
potential solution for global warming.
	*	Perl Best Practices <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlbp/>
Perl Best Practices offers a collection of 256 guidelines on the art of 
coding to help you write better Perl code--in fact, the best Perl code 
you possibly can. The guidelines cover code layout, naming conventions, 
choice of data and control structures, program decomposition, interface 
design and implementation, modularity, object orientation, error 
handling, testing, and debugging.
	*	 Perl Best Practices <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlbp/>
Perl Best Practices offers a collection of 256 guidelines on the art of 
coding to help you write better Perl code--in fact, the best Perl code 
you possibly can. The guidelines cover code layout, naming conventions, 
choice of data and control structures, program decomposition, interface 
design and implementation, modularity, object orientation, error 
handling, testing, and debugging.


****Coming Soon
?  Adobe Photoshop CS2 One-on-One 
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/photocs2/>
?  Car PC Hacks <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/carpchks/>
?  Computer Privacy Annoyances 
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/privacyannoy/>
?  Nokia Smartphone Hacks <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/nokiasmarthks/>
?  PC Pest Control <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pcpestcontrol/>
?  Programming .NET Components 
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pnetcomp2/> (Second Edition)
?  Using Moodle <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/moodle/>


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CONFERENCE NEWS
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***Registration is Open for EuroOSCON
Join developers, systems and network administrators, and IT managers at 
the very first O'Reilly European Open Source Convention in Amsterdam on
October 17-20. EuroOSCON will explore the best and newest open source 
technologies, particularly for companies, governments, and nonprofits. 
EuroOSCON showcases the diversity in open source while maintaining a 
practical edge.
<http://conferences.oreilly.com/eurooscon/>

Use code "euos05usrg" when you register, and receive 15% off the 
registration price.

To register for the conference, go to:
<http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/eurooscon/create/ord_euos05>



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YOUR BOOK REVIEWS
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*** JUGTrento reviewed - Learning Java
<http://www.jugtrento.org/trewiki/?/jug/libri/LearningJava>

***HXP reviewed -
Enterprise JavaBeans -
<http://www.hxp.it/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=3> (Italian)
<http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/059600530X/ref=ase_hackingextrem-21/202-8575157-1115820> 
(English)
UML 2.0 in a Nutshell
<http://www.hxp.it/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=4>

***London.pm  reviewed -
Advanced Perl Programming 2e
<http://london.pm.org/reviews/advanced_perl_programming_2e.html>
802.11 Security
<http://london.pm.org/reviews/802.11_security.html>
AI for Game Developers
<http://london.pm.org/reviews/ai_for_games_developers.html>

***Mugara reviewed - Assembling Panoramic Photos
<http://mugara.dualmac.com/?p=115>
Emulando a los maestros franceses
<http://mugara.dualmac.com/?p=117>
English versions by Google translation tool
<http://tinyurl.com/7rpt4>
<http://tinyurl.com/ccal5>
Learning Unix for Mac OS X Tiger
<http://mugara.dualmac.com/?p=116> (Italian)
English versions by Google translation tool
<http://tinyurl.com/9umbk>

***Scottish Coldfusion User Group reviewed - Google Hacks, 2nd Edition
<http://www.scottishcfug.com/go/gh-ps/>

***JUG Milano reviewed - Ship it!
<http://www.jugmilano.it/jsp/Wiki?ShipIt> (Italian)
<http://www.diotalevi.com/weblog/?p=94> (English)

***GNUraghe Llnux User Group reviewed - Learning the bash Shell, 3e
<http://www.gnuraghe.org/?O%27Reilly_Users_Group:Recensioni:Learning_the_bash_Shell%2C_Third%0AEdition> 


***Weblabor reviewed -
Linux Desktop Hacks
<http://weblabor.hu/konyvek/linuxdesktophacks>
Mono
<http://weblabor.hu/konyvek/monoadn>


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YOUR NEWS and more
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***Annual UKUUG Linux Technical Conference - Thursday 4th August - 
Sunday 7th August 2005, Swansea - <http://www.ukuug.org/events/linux2005/>
A wide cross-section of the Linux community will gather in Swansea, 
Wales for the annual UKUUG Linux Technical Conference. It's a great way 
to broaden your knowledge and keep up-to-date with what's happening in 
the world of linux. This low-cost event is for anyone with a serious 
interest in linux including systems administrators, linux professionals, 
developers and enthusiasts from companies and linux user groups 
throughout the UK and beyond.

***The HP User Group - Seminars: Further information from admin at hpug.org 
<mailto:admin at hpug.org>
"Making and Breaking OpenVMS Clusters"  -  15th September  -  Warrington
"Unified Messaging"  -  29th September  -  London

Kindest regards
Josette