From japh at cos.agilent.com Thu Aug 1 10:36:18 2002 From: japh at cos.agilent.com (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:14 2004 Subject: REMINDER: Perl lunch TODAY References: <005a01c23737$c554c070$80441d82@TC5570P> <005301c237fc$84932fc0$80441d82@TC5570P> <3D46E784.4090309@LoehrTech.com> <00a801c23813$b6fe04f0$80441d82@TC5570P> Message-ID: <000401c23971$2f13f540$80441d82@TC5570P> WHAT: monthly Pikes Peak Perl Mongers lunch WHERE: Marigold's on Centennial north of Garden of the Gods Rd. WHEN: Thursday, 8/1 at 11:30 WHY: food & geeky conversation Directions: Marigolds is on Centennial, just north of Garden of the Gods Rd at the first light. <>< Tim 719.590.5570 (w) 719.651.0116 (cell) From japh at cos.agilent.com Tue Aug 6 13:22:45 2002 From: japh at cos.agilent.com (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:14 2004 Subject: Fw: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, August 5 Message-ID: <005a01c23d76$43a00130$80441d82@TC5570P> O'Reilly User Group Program Newsletter August 5, 2002 Spread The Word To Your Members... Highlights This Week: ---------------------------------------------------------------- ***Book News*** ---------------------------------------------------------------- -IPv6 Essentials -iPhoto: The Missing Manual -Mastering Regular Expressions, 2nd Edition -Perl Pocket Reference, 4th Edition ---------------------------------------------------------------- ***News*** ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Protecting Privacy with Translucent Databases -O'Reilly's 250th Book on Safari -Top 100 Power Picks -2002 OSCON .NET Report -The Rotor Architecture Revisited -Making the Python Cookbook -Promiscuous Mode Problems -Flash on Mobile and Embedded Devices -Top Ten Web Performance Tuning Tips -2002 OSCON Java Wrap-Up -10 Reasons We Need Java 3.0 -Wanted: Bioinformatics User Groups -Dissecting .Mac -Jaguar: Time to Stop Pussyfooting Around ================================================ Book News ================================================ Review books are available--please email me for a copy. If you need your books by a certain date, please allow at least three weeks for shipping. Send or email me copies of your newsletters and book reviews. Don't forget, your members get 20% off any O'Reilly book they purchase directly from O'Reilly. Just use code DSUG when ordering. Press releases are available on our press page: http://press.oreilly.com/ ***IPv6 Essentials*** Order Number: 1258 "IPv6 Essentials" provides a succinct, in-depth tour of all the new features and functions in IPv6, guiding you through everything you'll need to know to get started, including how to configure IPv6 on hosts and routers, and which applications currently support IPv6. This book will help you plan for, design, and integrate IPv6 into your current IPv4 infrastructure. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ipv6ess/ Chapter 2, "The Structure of the IPv6 Protocol," is availble for free online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ipv6ess/chapter/index.html ***iPhoto: The Missing Manual*** Order Number: 365x Apple's wildly popular iPhoto software is a gorgeous digital shoebox for downloading, organizing, printing, publishing, and touching up unlimited numbers of digital photos. In this comprehensive, witty guide, authors Pogue, Schorr, and Story give iPhoto 1.1 the one feature it lacks: a manual. With this guide, Macintosh fans can take their digital photos to the screen, to the Web, to printouts, to hardbound photo books, even to DVDs. And they'll learn how to take iPhoto far beyond its seemingly simple feature list. But the software is just the beginning. The book also covers choosing and mastering a digital camera, basic photographic techniques, and tips for shooting special subjects like kids, sports, nighttime shots, portraits, and more. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/iphototmm/ Top Ten iPhoto Tips http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/06/08/iphoto_tips.html ***Mastering Regular Expressions, 2nd Edition*** Order Number: 2890 Regular expressions are an extremely powerful tool for manipulating text and data. They have spread like wildfire in recent years, now offered as standard features in Perl, Java, VB.NET and C# (and any language using the .NET Framework), PHP, Python, Ruby, Tcl, MySQL, awk, Emacs, and many other popular tools and languages. If you don't use regular expressions yet, you will discover in this book a whole new world of mastery over your data. If you already use them, you'll appreciate this book's unprecedented detail and breadth of coverage. If you think you know all you need to know about regular expressions, this book is a stunning eye-opener. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/regex2/ Chapter 8, "Java" and Chapter 9, ".NET" are available free online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/regex2/chapter/index.html ***Perl Pocket Reference, 4th Edition*** Order Number: 3749 "The Perl Pocket Reference, 4th Edition" provides a complete overview of the Perl programming language, all packed into a convenient, carry-around booklet. It is updated for Perl 5.8, and covers a summary of Perl syntax rules, a complete list of operators, built-in functions, and standard library modules, all with brief descriptions. Also included are the newest Perl features, such as enhanced regular expressions, multithreading, the Perl compiler, and Unicode support. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlpr4/ For a complete list of Perl titles, visit: http://perl.oreilly.com/ ================================================ News From O'Reilly & Beyond ================================================ ------------------------------- General News ------------------------------- ***Protecting Privacy with Translucent Databases*** Could translucent databases have helped Yale protect its data? http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/08/02/simson.html ***O'Reilly's 250th Book On Safari*** "IPv6 Essential" is a Safari milestone--it is O'Reilly's 250th book in the subscription-based web service that lets you search hundreds of best-selling technical titles. http://safari.oreilly.com/main.asp?bookname=ipv6ess Sign up now and get your first 14 days on Safari free. https://www.oreillynet.com/safaripromo/oreilly-14.html ***Top 100 Power Picks*** The editors of "Enterprise Systems" have selected Tim O'Reilly as one of the Top 20 IT Leaders in its annual Enterprise Systems Power 100 issue. The awards look at top influencers, forces, technologies, and products in large enterprise computing. http://www.esj.com/features/article.asp?EditorialsID=108 --------------------- .NET --------------------- ***2002 OSCON .NET Report*** http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2002/07/29/oscondotnet.html ***The Rotor Architecture Revisited*** Microsoft's Dave Stutz reports on activity around the Rotor project, which was recently refreshed. Besides .NET developers diving into the CLI source code, teachers and students are using it for compsci curriculum development, Microsoft is working on a project to add generics, and as reported on these pages, "diverse porting activity in the wild" has been sighted. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2002/07/22/rotor.html --------------------- Open Source --------------------- ***Making the Python Cookbook*** Putting together such a collective work presented some unique challenges. We recently spoke to the book's two editors about the community effort involved in creating the Python Cookbook. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2002/08/01/cookbook.html Python Cookbook Order Number: 1673 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythoncook/ ***Promiscuous Mode Problems*** Noel Davis looks at a vulnerability in PHP; buffer overflows in Cisco IOS, Fake Identd, HylaFAX, and EnGarde Secure Linux's resolver libraries; and problems in the reporting of Promiscuous Mode by the Linux kernel, Sun Fire servers, chfn, chsh, Pine, GNU Mailman, and the VNC challenge and response. http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2002/07/30/insecurities.html --------------------------- Web Development --------------------------- ***Flash on Mobile and Embedded Devices*** Developers take note: the market is growing! http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2002/08/02/flash_embedded.html For related reading check out: ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Order Number: 8520 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/actscript/ J2ME in a Nutshell Order Number: 253x http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/j2meanut/ ***Top Ten Web Performance Tuning Tips*** In the world of Web publishing, lots of effort goes into building functionality, and to some degree into designing the user interface, but performance tuning is often overlooked in the mad rush to get to the next project. Here's a terrific list of top ten performance tips from Patrick Killelea, author of "Web Performance Tuning, 2nd Edition." Web Performance Tuning, 2nd Edition Order Number: 172X http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/webpt2/ --------------------- Java --------------------- ***2002 OSCON Java Wrap-Up*** http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2002/07/29/osconjava.html ***10 Reasons We Need Java 3.0*** It's now seven years since Sun posted the first public release of Java, and it is showing its age. There are many parts of Java that everyone agrees should be fixed, but can't be for reasons of backwards compatibility. Elliotte Rusty Harold imagines a "Java 3" that jettisons the baggage of the last decade, and proposes numerous changes to the core language, virtual machine, and class libraries. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2002/07/31/java3.html ------------------------------- Bioinformatics ------------------------------- ***Wanted: Bioinformatics info*** Do you know of any bioinformatics groups? Know anyone who does? Have you read a good bioinformatics article lately? Please let me know at marsee@oreilly.com --------------------- Mac --------------------- ***Dissecting .Mac*** Current iTools enrollees have felt conflicting emotions about Apple's announced move to .Mac, with its annual pricing structure. Here's a look at the services being offered, and their value, from an experienced user's point of view. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/07/30/dot_mac.html ***Jaguar: Time to Stop Pussyfooting Around*** Debates about Apple's marketing of Mac OS X, upgrade pricing for Jaguar, and the viability of the Switch campaign are distracting us from what's important: it's time to move forward with this operating system as quickly as possible. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/08/01/jaguar.html Until next time, Marsee From japh at cos.agilent.com Wed Aug 28 20:42:09 2002 From: japh at cos.agilent.com (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:14 2004 Subject: Fw: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, Aug 28 Message-ID: <008301c24efd$4a93d550$80441d82@TC5570P> O'Reilly User Group Program Newsletter August 28, 2002 Spread The Word To Your Members... Highlights This Week: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Book News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Essential System Administration, 3rd Edition -Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, 2nd Edition -HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide, 5th Edition -XSL-FO -Perl for Oracle DBAs -XPath and Xpointer ---------------------------------------------------------------- Conference News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Mac OS X Conference Early Registration Pricing Extended to September 9 ---------------------------------------------------------------- News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -The Growing Politicization of Open Source -Web Basics with LWP -Exegesis 5 -OSCON presentation Files Available Online -Mastering Visual Studio .NET -XSLT Processing in .NET -Introducing ASP.NET Web Matrix -Blogging for Dollars: Giving Rise to the Professional Blogger -A Pet Market with Flash -Rethinking the Java Curriculum: Goodbye, HelloWorld! -Mac OS 10.2 Reviewed -iBooks and TiBooks and MyBooks -Setting up a Site Server with Jaguar ================================================ Book News ================================================ Review books are available--please email me for a copy. If you need your books by a certain date, please allow at least three weeks for shipping. Send or email me copies of your newsletters and book reviews. Don't forget, your members get 20% off any O'Reilly book they purchase directly from O'Reilly. Just use code DSUG when ordering. Press releases are available on our press page: http://press.oreilly.com/ *Essential System Administration, 3rd Edition Order Number: 3439 Whether you use a standalone Unix system, routinely provide administrative support for a larger shared system, or just want an understanding of basic administrative functions, "Essential System Administration" is for you. This comprehensive and invaluable book combines the author's years of practical experience with technical expertise to help you manage Unix systems as productively and painlessly as possible. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/esa3/ Chapter 11, "Backup and Restore" is available free online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/esa3/chapter/index.html *Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, 2nd Edition Order Number: 0359 Want to design distinctive, cohesive web sites that "work"? This updated bestseller teaches you how to blend aesthetics and mechanics for web sites and intranets that are easy to navigate, appealing to your users, scalable, and simple to maintain. Most books on web development concentrate on either the graphics or the technical issues of a site. This book focuses on the framework that holds the two together. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/infotecture2/ Chapter 8, "Search Systems," is available free online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/infotecture2/chapter/index.html *HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide, 5th Edition Order Number: 382X "HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide, 5th Edition" is the most comprehensive, up-to-date book available on HTML and XHTML. The authors cover every element of HTML/XHTML in detail, explaining how each element works and how it interacts with other elements. With hundreds of examples, the book gives you models for writing your own effective web pages and for mastering advanced features like style sheets and frames. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/html5/ Chapter 7, "Formatted Lists," is available free online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/html5/chapter/index.html *XSL-FO Order Number: 3552 Extensible Style Language-Formatting Objects, or XSL-FO, is a set of tools developers and web designers use to describe page printouts of their XML (including XHTML) documents. XSL-FO teaches you how to think about the formatting of your documents and guides you through the questions you'll need to ask to ensure that your printed documents meet the same high standards as your computer-generated content. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/xslfo/ Chapter 6, "Inline Elements," is available free online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/xslfo/chapter/index.html *Perl for Oracle DBAs Order Number: 2106 Perl is a very powerful tool for Oracle database administrators, but too few DBAs realize how helpful Perl can be in managing, monitoring, and tuning Oracle9i, Oracle8i, and earlier databases. You don't need to be a Perl expert to reap the rewards of reading "Perl for Oracle DBAs." The book explains what you need to know about Perl, profiles the best Perl open source applications available to DBAs, and provides the Perl DBA Toolkit, a comprehensive suite of ready-to-use scripts designed to ease the burden of Oracle database administration. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/oracleperl/ Chapter 1, "Perl Meets Oracle," is available free online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/oracleperl/chapter/index.html *XPath and XPointer Order Number: 2912 Referring to specific information inside an XML document is a little like finding a needle in a haystack. XPath and XPointer are two closely related languages that play a key role in XML processing by allowing developers to find these needles and manipulate embedded information. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/xpathpointer/ Top Ten Tips to Using XPath and Xpointer: http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/08/14/xpath_tips.html Chapter 3, "Location Steps and Paths," is available free online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/xpathpointer/chapter/index.html ================================================ Conference News ================================================ *Mac OS X Conference Early Registration Pricing Extended to September 9 User Group members who register before September 9, 2002 get a double discount. Use code DSUG when you register, and you'll get 20% off the early registration price. http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/macosx2002/create/ord_mac02 O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference Westin Santa Clara September 30 - October 3, 2002 -- Santa Clara, CA Hear from Tim O'Reilly, Jordan Hubbard, David Pogue, James Gosling, and others. http://conferences.oreilly.com/macosxcon/ The cutoff date for room reservations has been extended to September 13, 2002. http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/19/hotel.html ================================================ News From O'Reilly & Beyond ================================================ --------------------- Open Source --------------------- *The Growing Politicization of Open Source Legislation to require open source software in California opens Pandora's box. Tim O'Reilly says It's a slipperyslope once you ask the government to legislate what software people can use! http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/1840 *Exegesis 5 Are Perl 6's regular expressions messing with your head? Damian Conway describes what real programs using Perl 6 grammars look like. http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2002/08/22/exegesis5.html For a list of O'Reilly's Perl books and articles see: http://perl.oreilly.com/ *Web Basics with LWP This Perl.com article by Sean M. Burke offers sample recipes for performing common tasks with LWP (Library for WWW in Perl). http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2002/08/20/perlandlwp.html Sean is the author of O'Reilly's "Perl & LWP" Order Number: 1789 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perllwp/ Did you miss out on an OSCON presentation? Want to know what you missed? You can now download the presentation files from the O'Reilly Open Source Convention. http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/15/presentations.html --------------------- .NET --------------------- *Mastering Visual Studio .NET This upcoming (February 2003) O'Reilly book will give intermediate and advanced VS.NET programmers in-depth coverage of advanced window functionality, macros, advanced debugging, add-ins, and more. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mastvsnet/ Beta chapters are online in PDF format: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mastvsnet/chapter/index.html *XSLT Processing in .NET Joe Feser gives an overview of the many ways XML can be transformed using XSLT within the .NET Framework. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/08/14/dotnetxslt.html For more info on XSLT take a look at: XSLT Order Number: 0537 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/xslt/index.html *Introducing ASP.NET Web Matrix ASP.NET Web Matrix is Microsoft's latest offering for .NET programmers. Positioned somewhere between Visual Studio .NET and plain text editors, it provides a useful tool to accelerate web development. This article looks at the ASP.NET Web Matrix's capabilities. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2002/08/12/aspmatrix.html For complete ASP.NET reference and tutorial information: ASP.NET in a Nutshell Order Number: 1169 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/aspdotnetnut/ --------------------------- Web Development --------------------------- *Blogging for Dollars: Giving Rise to the Professional Blogger What about the notion to pay people to blog for commercial sites covering genre-specific content? By providing financial incentive for great bloggers to publish, we remove economic constraints and enable them to devote their energies full-time to producing compelling content and to creating outstanding Weblogs. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2002/08/12/megnut.html *A Pet Market with Flash This article gives an overview of Macromedia's Pet Market, an example of a Flash-powered enterprise application architecture to compete with J2EE and .NET. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2002/08/16/pet_market.html --------------------- Java --------------------- *Rethinking the Java Curriculum: Goodbye, HelloWorld! In this series, Daniel Steinberg applies Extreme Programming concepts to the problem of teaching Java. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2002/08/21/javaxp.html --------------------- Mac --------------------- *Mac OS 10.2 Reviewed David Pogue writes, "If you're among the 23 million Mac fans who have been watching the skies for a sign that it's safe to upgrade to X, version 10.2 is it." http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/22/technology/circuits/22STAT.html?ex=1031168 181&ei=1&en=259e2d7d81910a96 David will present a keynote at O'Reilly's upcoming Mac OS X Conference: http://conferences.oreilly.com/macosxcon *iBooks and TiBooks and MyBooks Apple's Switch campaign is great, but nobody tells you what you REALLY need to know when switching. Here is Nathan Torkington's top-ten list of switching essentials. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/1839 *Setting up a Site Server with Jaguar Mac OS X 10.2 is a lean, mean site serving machine. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/08/23/jaguar_server.html Until next time, Marsee