From george at metaart.org  Tue Aug  1 15:40:17 2006
From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley)
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 15:40:17 -0700
Subject: [oak perl] Fwd: Mention LinuxWorld BoF too? Post to group?
Message-ID: <200608011540.17382.george@metaart.org>

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Subject: Mention LinuxWorld BoF too? Post to group?
Date: Tuesday 01 August 2006 14:12
From: "Peter Mui" <pmui at groundworkopensource.com>
To: oakland-owner at pm.org

Hi George:

I saw that you've scheduled a meetup at LinuxWorld on Tuesday.  FYI:
we've made an extraordinary effort to get these IT monitoring "All
Stars" together at LinuxWorld and we're hoping for a big crowd, so if
you think it's appropriate can you please tell oak-pm members about
this too?

BoF: Network, Device, and Environment Monitoring
Wednesday, 08/16/2006, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (but LinuxWorld says we can
stay longer)
Free with LinuxWorld exhibits pass (pre-register online to avoid long
lines onsite)

Speakers:
Ian Berry, Project Lead, Cacti
Kees Cook, Project Lead, Sendpage
Matt Massie, Project Lead, Ganglia
Tobi Oetiker, Project Lead, RRDtool, MRTG, Smokeping
Remo Rickli, Project Lead, NeDi

It'll be a follow-on to a conference session earlier in the day
(BP4); unfortunately people will need a full conference pass to
attend that ($$$).  Here's that URL:

http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO06A/conference/
tracksessions/Open%20Source%20Best%20Practices/QMONYA04ROGF

A roundtable on open source tools for network and server monitoring
and management, we'll briefly discuss the the state of the IT
management tools industry -- both commercial and Open Source. The
project leads for ganglia, Cacti, rrdtool, MRTG, NeDi, Sendpage and
Smokeping will present briefly on their tools and answer questions.
Finally, we'll describe an approach that integrates multiple open
source tools to create a comprehensive Network Monitoring solution.

-------------------------------------------------------

I'm trying to organize members of other local user groups (like
BayLISA) to attend as well, so it might turn into a "Super User"
group get together as well.

Feel free to contact me anytime with questions.  Or let me know if
I'm being harassing.

Cheers, -Peter

Peter Mui, Open Source Community Advocate
GROUNDWORK Open Source, Inc.
139 Townsend Street, Suite 100
San Francisco, CA 94107-1946
+1 415 992 4573 (direct)
+1 415 947 0684 (fax)
pmui at groundworkopensource.com

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From alamozzz at yahoo.com  Fri Aug  4 09:34:05 2006
From: alamozzz at yahoo.com (Adrien Lamothe)
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 09:34:05 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [oak perl] Apple retreats from open source
Message-ID: <20060804163405.79452.qmail@web31412.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Fun little article, the URL is:

    http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1480540357;fp;4;fpid;4







 		
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From extasia at extasia.org  Fri Aug  4 10:10:36 2006
From: extasia at extasia.org (David Alban)
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 10:10:36 -0700
Subject: [oak perl] Apple retreats from open source
In-Reply-To: <20060804163405.79452.qmail@web31412.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <20060804163405.79452.qmail@web31412.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <4c714a9c0608041010o5aed7db0nd2ff3a663ea359d0@mail.gmail.com>

Apple, like all companies, is a mixed bag of good and evil.  In my
dealings with them (I recently bought a decked-out 15 " macbook pro,
which kicks *serious* booty) I've had an instance of truly
discouraging treatment (repeated failures to respond to a query about
an important sales issue), and an instance of unsurpassed excellent
treatment (my replacement battery arrived in one or two days[1] after
completing the web form).

  [1] https://support.apple.com/macbookpro15/batteryexchange/

On 8/4/06, Adrien Lamothe <alamozzz at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Fun little article, the URL is:
>
>
> http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1480540357;fp;4;fpid;4

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From alamozzz at yahoo.com  Fri Aug  4 11:20:36 2006
From: alamozzz at yahoo.com (Adrien Lamothe)
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 11:20:36 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [oak perl] Apple retreats from open source
In-Reply-To: <4c714a9c0608041010o5aed7db0nd2ff3a663ea359d0@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20060804182036.54564.qmail@web31408.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

The important thing about Apple is they are the first company to sucessfully deliver a Unix-based personal computer to the mass market, that has an excellent user interface. I personally don't care whether Apple software components are open-source or proprietary. It is a trade-off between openness and manageability. If Apple opens things up or licenses Mac OS X to other platforms, they may greatly increase market share but then they also greatly increase the headaches of having to support many brands and types of hardware. The author alludes to this when he mentions how relatively slow the open-source stuff is to develop; but the pure open-source stuff is finally starting to get pretty good from a mass market standpoint. Open-source sponsorship has also been  dramatically improving.


David Alban <extasia at extasia.org> wrote: Apple, like all companies, is a mixed bag of good and evil.  In my
dealings with them (I recently bought a decked-out 15 " macbook pro,
which kicks *serious* booty) I've had an instance of truly
discouraging treatment (repeated failures to respond to a query about
an important sales issue), and an instance of unsurpassed excellent
treatment (my replacement battery arrived in one or two days[1] after
completing the web form).

  [1] https://support.apple.com/macbookpro15/batteryexchange/

On 8/4/06, Adrien Lamothe  wrote:
> Fun little article, the URL is:
>
>
> http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1480540357;fp;4;fpid;4

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From george at metaart.org  Fri Aug  4 16:01:54 2006
From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley)
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 16:01:54 -0700
Subject: [oak perl] Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, August 4
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By now, many internet users know that they need a firewall to protect
their computers while they're online. A nice GUI firewall
builder called fwbuilder makes it possible to set up a working firewall
in ten minutes--on Linux, *BSD, and Mac OS X. Dru Lavigne shows how it
works on FreeBSD.
<http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2006/08/03/FreeBSDBasics.html>


***What Is OpenDocument?
The OpenDocument Format (ODF), an open source file format standard for
electronic office documents, is poised to change the world from an
application-centric model of computing to a document-centric model. Sam
Hiser looks at this new standard, how it implements XML for office
documents, the technical and political wranglings in the standard,
available tools, applications that offer ODF support, who's implementing
ODF, and more.
<http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2006/07/27/what-is-opendocument.html>


***Linux on the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet
Nokia's 770 Internet Tablet is more than a phone, according to John
Littler. It's a Debian GNU/Linux system. This makes it a prime target
for hackers. Littler explores some of the built-in utilities and some of
the other tricks you can use.
<http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2006/07/20/nokia-770.html>


***The CakePHP Framework
CakePHP is a mature framework for PHP developers who want the structure
and time-saving benefits of Ruby on Rails, without having to leave their
comfort zone.
<http://www.sitepoint.com/article/application-development-cakephp>

---------------------
Digital Media
---------------------
***Review: Frontier Design TranzPort
This wireless, two-way remote control won acclaim in the pro audio
community for simplifying computer recording. Now it works with iTunes
as well. Songwriter Spencer Critchley tests it with iTunes and Reason,
discovering how to loop song sections, create remote playlists, and even
tranzform iTunes into a foot-controlled backup band.
<http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2006/07/20/review-frontier-design-tranzport.
html>


***Automate Your Favorite Photoshop Routines
If you find yourself performing the same tasks over and over again in
Photoshop, it's time for you to tap the power of actions. Scott Bourne
shows you how.
<http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2006/07/13/automating-photoshop-routines.htm
l>

---------------------
Mac
---------------------
***So Del.icio.us! Intelligent Tagging for the Mac User
It's time to learn about del.icio.us, a glorious, minimalist, tag-tastic
bookmarks database. It was designed to be a "large-scale outboard
memory," with added sharing smarts. It works like this: you take all
your digital stuff and throw it into your del.icio.us account. Thanks to
tagging and searching, you can find your stuff easily later. And you can
find other people's stuff, too. Giles Turnbull shows you how.
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2006/07/18/delicious.html>


***How Does Open Source Software Stack Up on the Mac?
Apple does a great job of providing elegant software for its platform.
But there are plenty of good offerings beyond the fruits of Cupertino.
In this amazing survey of proprietary and open source software, Matthew
Russell attempts to organize what's available on both fronts and even
dares to assign grades. Has he missed anything?
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2006/07/25/software-stack-for-the-mac.
html>

---------------------
Windows/.NET
---------------------
***Best Windows Admin Downloads
There are more than 9,000 tools, templates, white papers, and other
items available from the Microsoft Download Center. Which are the best
for Windows administrators? Mitch Tulloch clues you in.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/windows/2006/07/18/best-windows-admin-downlo
ads.html>


***Drag and Drop Ajax Programming With Atlas
Think you need to write scripts and use JavaScript if you want to write
Atlas apps? Think again. Jesse Liberty shows you an easier, more
effective, and more productive way--using drag-and-drop programming.
<http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2006/08/01/drag-and-drop-ajax-
programming-with-atlas.html>

---------------------
Java
---------------------
***Deploying BIRT
If you have a need for generating or displaying reports, you may want to
have a word with BIRT. The Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools
project is an open source Eclipse effort to enable the creation and
deployment of complex reports. Jason Weathersby shows you how to grind
out reports and display them in web applications and RCP-based desktop
apps.
<http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2006/07/26/deploying-birt.html>


***What Is Geronimo?
Geronimo is Apache's open source, Java EE-compatible application server,
based on a flexible system of interchangeable components. This makes it
ideal for a wide range of enterprise deployments. In this article, Kunal
Jaggi shows you how to get started with Geronimo.
<http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2006/07/19/what-is-geronimo.html>

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MAKE
---------------------
***Receive MAKE's "Weekend Project" PDF Podcast Through iTunes

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_oreilly_media/>


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From george at metaart.org  Tue Aug  8 22:48:15 2006
From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley)
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 22:48:15 -0700
Subject: [oak perl] LinuxWorld Outing - Tu. 15Aug?
Message-ID: <200608082248.15694.george@metaart.org>

Anyone else want to join us for LinuxWorld?

-----------------------------
LinuxWorld Outing
cut & paste from our home page
which you can reach with ? http://oakland.pm.org/
-----------------------------
? ? * type event: outing.
? ? * to: [link to] LinuxWorld Expo.
? ? * when: 2pm-??, Tuesday, August 15th, 2006.
? ? * where: Moscone Center, San Francisco.
? ? * activities:
? ? ? ? ? o meet at the O'Reilly booth at 2pm.
? ? ? ? ? o miscellaneous discussion.
? ? ? ? ? o wander around the exhibits,
? ? ? ? ? ? but not necessarily all in one group.
? ? ? ? ? o ...
? ? * who: open to anyone interested.
? ? * how much: We collect no fee for our events/meetings. You should be able
to get into LinuxWorld for free if you sign up early for exhibits only.
? ? * RSVP: is helpful but is not required.

Notes:
(1) If you haven't already, I suggest signing up now
? ? ?so you won't forget and so you won't have to pay to get in.
(2) The link to the Expo is on our home page, not here.
(3) The O'Reilly booth is #928 this year.
(4) Tentative Exhibits List to Visit: 
   http://camelot.schtuff.com/linuxworld_2006_outing


From qw at sf.pm.org  Thu Aug 10 15:10:06 2006
From: qw at sf.pm.org (Quinn Weaver)
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:10:06 -0700
Subject: [oak perl] Special meeting next week: Andy Lester on technical debt
Message-ID: <20060810221006.GB45884@fu.funkspiel.org>

Hi Oaklandish types,

Quinn from sanfrancisco.pm here.  George just tipped us off about your
LinuxWorld Outing Tuesday.  As it happens, Andy Lester is speaking
to our group that night.  You're all invited, of course. :)  Moderate
and/or justify your pub crawl with yummy information from Andy!  Yay!

Below is a description of the talk.  You can get the full scoop, including
directions to the venue by public transit et cetera, at
http://sf.pm.org/weblog/ .

*****                                                          *****
==>                                                              <==
   Most importantly, RSVP to Jeff.Thalhammer at barclaysglobal.com
   so he knows to order food for you.  Jeff and Barclay's are hosting
   this meeting.

			*	*	*

Technical debt is that nasty condition companies get into where the
codebase is crufty, poorly documented, and hard to test, and everyone
is terrified of changing anything.  "Just like financial debt,
it's the compound interest on technical debt that snowballs until
you can no longer manage," Andy writes.  Come learn how to pay down
your biggest debts before that happens.

    7:00 p.m. (not our usual time)
    Tuesday, August 15, 2006 (not our usual date)
    BGI, 45 Fremont St., San Francisco:  http://tinyurl.com/pzq9f

    Details at http://sf.pm.org/weblog/

Big thanks to Jeff for providing the venue and the food.  Mondo thanks
to Andy for offering to appear during his trip to LinuxWorld. :)

--
qw (Quinn Weaver); #President, San Francisco Perl Mongers
=for information, visit http://sf.pm.org/weblog =cut

From george at metaart.org  Thu Aug 10 20:35:42 2006
From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley)
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 20:35:42 -0700
Subject: [oak perl] Special meeting next week: Andy Lester on technical
	debt
In-Reply-To: <20060810221006.GB45884@fu.funkspiel.org>
References: <20060810221006.GB45884@fu.funkspiel.org>
Message-ID: <200608102035.42632.george@metaart.org>

Hi Quinn,
Thanks for posting about the Andy Lester talk.

Especially for those who will be in SF anyway for the LinuxWorld Outing,
it sounds like an opportunity. 
George

Hi Joseph,
Thanks for your recent post on SanFrancisco.pm which included
* our LinuxWorld Outing announcement
* the observation that people going to the Outing
  should know about Andy's talk.
George

On Thursday 10 August 2006 15:10, Quinn Weaver wrote:
> Hi Oaklandish types,
>
> Quinn from sanfrancisco.pm here.  George just tipped us off about your
> LinuxWorld Outing Tuesday.  As it happens, Andy Lester is speaking
> to our group that night.  You're all invited, of course. :)  Moderate
> and/or justify your pub crawl with yummy information from Andy!  Yay!
>
> Below is a description of the talk.  You can get the full scoop, including
> directions to the venue by public transit et cetera, at
> http://sf.pm.org/weblog/ .
>
> *****                                                          *****
> ==>                                                              <==
>    Most importantly, RSVP to Jeff.Thalhammer at barclaysglobal.com
>    so he knows to order food for you.  Jeff and Barclay's are hosting
>    this meeting.
>
> 			*	*	*
>
> Technical debt is that nasty condition companies get into where the
> codebase is crufty, poorly documented, and hard to test, and everyone
> is terrified of changing anything.  "Just like financial debt,
> it's the compound interest on technical debt that snowballs until
> you can no longer manage," Andy writes.  Come learn how to pay down
> your biggest debts before that happens.
>
>     7:00 p.m. (not our usual time)
>     Tuesday, August 15, 2006 (not our usual date)
>     BGI, 45 Fremont St., San Francisco:  http://tinyurl.com/pzq9f
>
>     Details at http://sf.pm.org/weblog/
>
> Big thanks to Jeff for providing the venue and the food.  Mondo thanks
> to Andy for offering to appear during his trip to LinuxWorld. :)
>
> --
> qw (Quinn Weaver); #President, San Francisco Perl Mongers
> =for information, visit http://sf.pm.org/weblog =cut
> _______________________________________________
> Oakland mailing list
> Oakland at pm.org
> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/oakland


From alamozzz at yahoo.com  Fri Aug 11 10:52:14 2006
From: alamozzz at yahoo.com (Adrien Lamothe)
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 10:52:14 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [oak perl] Special meeting next week: Andy Lester on technical
	debt
In-Reply-To: <20060810221006.GB45884@fu.funkspiel.org>
Message-ID: <20060811175214.66682.qmail@web31413.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Hi Quinn,

Hey, would you consider an organization that has a large amount of mission-critical software developed in Perl/Tk to be in code debt?

Cheers,

Adrien


Quinn Weaver <qw at sf.pm.org> wrote: Hi Oaklandish types,

Quinn from sanfrancisco.pm here.  George just tipped us off about your
LinuxWorld Outing Tuesday.  As it happens, Andy Lester is speaking
to our group that night.  You're all invited, of course. :)  Moderate
and/or justify your pub crawl with yummy information from Andy!  Yay!

Below is a description of the talk.  You can get the full scoop, including
directions to the venue by public transit et cetera, at
http://sf.pm.org/weblog/ .

*****                                                          *****
==>                                                              <==
   Most importantly, RSVP to Jeff.Thalhammer at barclaysglobal.com
   so he knows to order food for you.  Jeff and Barclay's are hosting
   this meeting.

   * * *

Technical debt is that nasty condition companies get into where the
codebase is crufty, poorly documented, and hard to test, and everyone
is terrified of changing anything.  "Just like financial debt,
it's the compound interest on technical debt that snowballs until
you can no longer manage," Andy writes.  Come learn how to pay down
your biggest debts before that happens.

    7:00 p.m. (not our usual time)
    Tuesday, August 15, 2006 (not our usual date)
    BGI, 45 Fremont St., San Francisco:  http://tinyurl.com/pzq9f

    Details at http://sf.pm.org/weblog/

Big thanks to Jeff for providing the venue and the food.  Mondo thanks
to Andy for offering to appear during his trip to LinuxWorld. :)

--
qw (Quinn Weaver); #President, San Francisco Perl Mongers
=for information, visit http://sf.pm.org/weblog =cut
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From george at metaart.org  Mon Aug 14 21:44:25 2006
From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley)
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 21:44:25 -0700
Subject: [oak perl] LinuxWorld!
Message-ID: <200608142144.25380.george@metaart.org>

I'm looking forward to seeing some of you tomorrow
at the outing. -- gw

LinuxWorld Outing
cut & paste from our home page
which you can reach with ? http://oakland.pm.org/
-----------------------------
? ? * type event: outing.
? ? * to: [link to] LinuxWorld Expo.   [1]
? ? * when: 2pm-??, Tuesday, August 15th, 2006.
? ? * where: Moscone Center, San Francisco.   [2]
? ? * activities:
? ? ? ? ? o meet at the O'Reilly booth at 2pm.
? ? ? ? ? o miscellaneous discussion.
? ? ? ? ? o wander around the exhibits,
? ? ? ? ? ? but not necessarily all in one group.
? ? ? ? ? o ...
? ? * who: open to anyone interested.
? ? * how much: We collect no fee for our events/meetings.
       LinuxWorld for free if you signed up early for exhibits only.
? ? * RSVP: is helpful but is not required.

Notes:
[1] The link to the Expo is on our home page, not here.
[2] The O'Reilly booth is #928 this year.


From george at metaart.org  Sat Aug 26 14:39:42 2006
From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley)
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 14:39:42 -0700
Subject: [oak perl] Fwd: User Groups: Apress Summer Newsletter Is Here!
Message-ID: <200608261439.42037.george@metaart.org>



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

Subject: User Groups: Apress Summer Newsletter Is Here!
Date: Friday 25 August 2006 08:32
From: Janet Crosbie <janet at Apress.com>
...
Sections:

1. Let's Catch Up
2. Free eBooks to Download
3. The Latest betaBooks
4. It's Not Too Late to Join the Apress Affiliate Program
5. The Latest Apress Books--Hot Off the Press
6. Forthcoming Books--Fall Releases
7. Upcoming Tradeshows

***************************************

1. Let's Catch Up

A. Apress Catalog

As we approach fall, you're probably getting back down to business after
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 Apress is just about to publish its second glamorous 81/2" by 11" catalog,
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If you're outside of the US, you may access the PDF version of the Apress
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By Keir Thomas
ISBN: 1-59059-627-7 | 608 pages

"Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional"
By Akkana Peck
ISBN: 1-59059-587-4 | 552 pages

"Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach"
By Chris F.A. Johnson
ISBN: 1-59059-471-1 | 448 pages

C. ASP Today Freeweb

ASP Today, Apress's sister site, focuses on publishing professional-level
 articles that are available to subscribers. ASP Today has just launched
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 newest articles for free, so that each article will be free to view from
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***************************************

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 Whether you have or not, you can expand your library now by downloading a
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By Sam Tregar
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By Andrew Troelsen
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By Tom Myers and Alexander Nakhimovsky
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***************************************

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***************************************

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***************************************

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"Pro Open Source Mail: Building an Enterprise Mail Solution"
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***************************************

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From Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu  Sun Aug 27 00:47:44 2006
From: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu (Michael Paoli)
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 00:47:44 -0700
Subject: [oak perl] Perl utilities for UNIX/LINUX/...
Message-ID: <1156664864.44f14e2075838@webmail.rawbw.com>

Anyway, I put a few more Perl utilities for UNIX/LINUX/...
that I wrote out there:
http://www.rawbw.com/~mp/perl/
multichown
and
disable_users
might be particularly handy in the systems administration realm.
I'd already put the other items out there much earlier.

references/excerpts:
http://www.rawbw.com/~mp/perl/
news:1156663711.574609.98570 at i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com

From george at metaart.org  Wed Aug 30 13:16:14 2006
From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley)
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:16:14 -0700
Subject: [oak perl] Fwd: News from Manning Publications
Message-ID: <200608301316.14228.george@metaart.org>

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Subject: News from Manning Publications
Date: Wednesday 30 August 2006 11:53
From: Manning Publications <mkt at manning.com>
...
News From Manning Publications To all Manning User Groups
...
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**New at Manning.com**
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- New Release

- New Early Access Titles

- End of Summer Special!

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New Release
============

* RSS and Atom in Action : Web 2.0 Building Blocks
http://www.manning.com/dmjohnson
...
RSS and Atom in Action is the latest in the
Manning ?in Action? series and the first available book
to cover the IETF Atom Publishing Protocol, the Java-
based ROME feeds toolkit and Microsoft's new Feeds
API for IE7 and Windows Vista. Written by Dave
Johnson, an expert in blog technologies and
developer of Roller, the much acclaimed Java-based
blogging software, RSS and Atom in Action offers
clear and current coverage of all feed formats, web
services protocols for blogging and the very latest
programming toolkits for Java and C#
developers.

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New Early Access Titles
=======================

Buy now through the Early Access program and get
early electronic access to the book, chapter by
chapter, as soon as they become available.

* Groovy in Action - Early Access Edition 
http://www.manning.com/koenig
...
Groovy in Action is a comprehensive description of
the Groovy programming language, its libraries, and
its everyday use. With the release of JSR 241,
Groovy has become the second standard language
for the Java platform. The book introduces Java
developers to the new dynamic features that Groovy
brings to this platform.


* Windows PowerShell in Action - Early Access
Edition
http://www.manning.com/payette
...
Powershell is Microsoft's next generation command
line scripting solution, and combines the interactivity
of KSH or BASH, the programmability of Perl or Ruby,
and the production- orientation of AS400 CL or VMS
DCL. You'll never view command line scripting the
same way again. Author Bruce Payette is one of the
Windows PowerShell language architects and
developed the core language
implementation.

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END OF SUMMER SPECIAL
Buy any 2 of the 6 titles below and get 45% off!
========================================

Cool off with special end-of-summer discounts from
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Offer expires September 20.

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Eligible Titles:

- Windows Forms in Action 2nd Ed.
http://www.manning.com/eebrown2
...

- Webwork in Action
http://www.manning.com/lightbody
...

- Hibernate in Action
http://www.manning.com/bauer
...

- Lucene in Action
http://www.manning.com/hatcher2
...

- Understanding Enterprise SOA
http://www.manning.com/pulier
...

- POJOs in Action
http://www.manning.com/crichardson
...
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Publicity
Manager
Manning Publications

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From george at metaart.org  Thu Aug 31 17:55:16 2006
From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley)
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:55:16 -0700
Subject: [oak perl] Review of Mastering Regular Expressions,
	3rd Edition - completed
Message-ID: <200608311755.16084.george@metaart.org>

Hi All,

== Review Available
There's a review of
Mastering Regular Expressions", 3rd Edition
available on our site at
      http://www.metaart.org/opug/reviews/regex3.html
should you wish to read it.

== Comments and Corrections
Your comments and corrections would be appreciated.

If you like this book as much as I do,
likely you can express that better than I did.

I think that some of you
are not as positive about this book as I am.
A contrasting view(s) would be useful to hear.

==
George