From timc+perl at divide.net Fri Jan 2 15:12:57 2004 From: timc+perl at divide.net (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:29 2004 Subject: Fw: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, December 19 Message-ID: <00a301c3d175$d9568250$0c371f44@CEPHAS> [Sorry for the delay -- I slacked off for the holidays. - tbc] ================================================================ O'Reilly News for User Group Members December 19, 2003--Happy Holidays! ================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------- Book News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -RELAX NG -DNS on Windows Server 2003 -JavaServer Pages, Third Edition -Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Panther Edition ---------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Preston Gralla ("Windows XP Hacks"), Windows Technical Forum, Waltham, MA--January 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Conferences ---------------------------------------------------------------- -OSCON 2004: Call for Participation -O'Reilly Emergent Democracy Forum -Early Bird Discount ends January 9 for the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference February 9-12, 2004 ---------------------------------------------------------------- News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Beyond Hacking the Xbox -Gastronomy for Geeks -San Antonio Linux User Group mentioned in "Wall Street Journal" -Myths Open Source Developers Tell Ourselves -A Day in the Life of #Apache -Understanding JAXB: Java Binding Customization -Sony Ericsson T610 Camera Phone Review -Master and Content Pages in Whidbey -Elementary Computer Graphics: Drawing with Pixels -Panther Delights ================================================ Book News ================================================ Did you know you can request a free book to review for your group? Ask your group leader for more information. For book review writing tips and suggestions, go to: http://ug.oreilly.com/bookreviews.html Don't forget, you can receive 20% off any O'Reilly book you purchase directly from O'Reilly. Just use code DSUG when ordering online or by phone 800-998-9938. http://www.oreilly.com/ ***Free ground shipping is available for online orders of at least $29.95 that go to a single U.S. address. This offer applies to U.S. delivery addresses in the 50 states and Puerto Rico. For more details, go to: http://www.oreilly.com/news/freeshipping_0703.html ***RELAX NG Order Number: 4214 "RELAX NG" is a grammar-based schema language that's both easy for schema creators to learn and easy for software developers to implement. In "RELAX NG," developers are introduced to this unique language and learn a no-nonsense method for creating XML schemas. This book offers a clear-cut explanation of RELAX NG that enables intermediate and advanced XML developers to focus on XML document structures and content rather than battle the intricacies of yet another convoluted standard. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/relax/ Chapter 6, "More Complex Patterns," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/relax/chapter/index.html ***DNS on Windows Server 2003 Order Number: 5628 "DNS on Windows Server 2003" is a special Windows-oriented edition of the classic "DNS and BIND," updated to document the many changes to DNS found in Windows Server 2003. You'll learn everything from starting and stopping a DNS service and establishing a namespace in the global hierarchy, to using the the dnscmd command line and the WMI DNS provider to perform maintenance. The book also documents new features, including conditional forwarding and zone storage in Active Directory application partitions. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dnswinsvr/ Chapter 8, "Integrating with Active Directory," is available free online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dnswinsvr/chapter/index.html ***JavaServer Pages, Third Edition Order Number: 5636 "JavaServer Pages, Third Edition" is completely revised and updated to cover the substantial changes in the 2.0 version of the JSP specification. It also includes detailed coverage of the major revisions to the JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL) specification. Combining plenty of practical advice with detailed coverage of JSP syntax and features as well as clear, useful examples, "JavaServer Pages, Third Edition" demonstrates how to embed server-side Java into web pages, while also covering important topics such as JavaBeans, Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB), and JDBC database access. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jserverpages3/ ***Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Panther Edition Order Number: 6152 With new material on practically every page, the latest update of David Pogue's best-selling title offers a wealth of detail on the all of the changes in Apple's Mac OS X 10.3, aka "Panther." Written with humor and technical insight characteristic of the Missing Manual series, the new edition covers everything from the all-new Finder to iChat AV--Apple's exciting tool for video conferencing. The book also deals with features under the hood, such as the Terminal and networking tools. Pogue, the renowned "New York Times" computer columnist, tackles his subject with scrupulous objectivity--revealing which new features work well and which do not. This is an authoritative book that will appeal to novices and experienced users alike. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/macxmmpanther/ ================================================ Upcoming Events ================================================ ***For more events, please see: http://events.oreilly.com/ ***Preston Gralla ("Windows XP Hacks"), Windows Technical Forum, Waltham, MA--January 5 Preston's will be covering Windows XP Hacks from his book and what we might expect with Windows XP SP2. January 5, 2004 6:30pm--8:30pm Microsoft, Waltham, MA For more information, go to: http://www.mvps.org/wintech/ ================================================ Conference News ================================================ ***OSCON 2004: Call for Participation Individuals and companies interested in making presentations or giving tutorials at next summer's O'Reilly Open Source Convention in Portland, Oregon are invited to submit proposals. This year's theme is "Opening the Future: Discover, Develop, Deliver.".Tracks of interest run the open source gamut from Apache to XML, and we're also looking for proposals for sessions that help attendees add open source to their companies. The deadline for submitting proposals is February 9. To submit a proposal, go to: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2004/create/e_sess For more information on the O'Reilly Open Source Convention, go to: http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/ ***O'Reilly Emergent Democracy Forum Internet technologies such as blogs, MeetUp, and email are putting power back into the hands of the people. Citizen activists have already altered the face of the next U.S. presidential election. Are we on the verge of a fundamental shift towards truer democracy, or will these new Internet-fueled tools be co-opted to maintain the status quo? We'll be exploring these issues during the Emergent Democracy Forum at February's Emerging Technology Conference. http://conferences.oreillynet.com/et2004/edemo.csp ***Early Bird Discount ends January 9 for the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference February 9-12, 2004 Westin Horton Plaza San Diego San Diego, CA 92101 http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech/ User Group members who register before January 9, 2004 get a double discount. Use code DSUG when you register, and receive 20% off the "Early Bird" price. To register for the conference, go to: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/28/register.html ================================================ News From O'Reilly & Beyond ================================================ --------------------- General News --------------------- ***Beyond Hacking the Xbox Bruce Stewart interviews Andrew "bunnie" Huang, a featured speaker at O'Reilly's upcoming Emerging Technology Conference. In this interview, bunnie discusses flaws with the DMCA, the current states of reverse engineering and Moore's Law, what he's hacking now, and what he'll be speaking about at ETech. http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2003/12/10/bunnie.html The 2004 O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference February 9-12, 2004 Westin Horton Plaza San Diego San Diego, CA 92101 http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech/ ***Gastronomy for Geeks Pizza, Twinkies, and Jolt are geek haute cuisine for a stereotypical few. Many of you know the difference between au jus and baba ghanoush, and that Thai shish kabob isn't called saute. So, you geek gourmets, come share your favorite recipes, and see what your peers are cooking. http://cookbooks.oreilly.com/food/ --------------------- Open Source --------------------- ***San Antonio Linux User Group mentioned December 17 in the "Wall Street Journal." "Linux is slowly spreading beyond its core constituencies of governments, companies and computer geeks. Today, for example, the San Antonio Linux User Group--started by a half-dozen "extreme experts" eight or nine years ago--counts some 600 members, including scores of home users, says Albert Lochli, the group's president. That includes lawyers, artists and dentists, and Mr. Lochli says he's even converted two people from his regular bridge group." ***Myths Open Source Developers Tell Ourselves Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but is it effective or useful? Open source developers have the opportunity to learn from the successes and failures of other projects. Are we learning the right lessons, though? http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/12/11/myths.html ***A Day in the Life of #Apache Rich Bowen, coauthor of "Apache Cookbook," spends a lot of time on IRC fielding Apache questions. In this inaugural article to launch a new series based on his conversations on #apache, the IRC channel that runs on the irc.freenode.net network, Rich chronicles a user's troubles getting his .htaccess file working, and he shows what you can do to solve the problem. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/apache/2003/12/04/apacheckbk.html Apache Cookbook Order Number: 1916 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/apacheckbk/index.html --------------------- Java --------------------- ***Understanding JAXB: Java Binding Customization JAXB, Java Architecture for XML Binding, is a specification (or standard) that automates the mapping between XML documents and Java objects and vice versa. One of the primary components of JAXB is the schema compiler. The schema compiler is the tool used to generate Java bindings from an XML schema document. If used in its default mode (for non-trivial applications), the compiler usually generates bindings that are awkward to work with. This article looks at various methods you can use to customize the generated bindings. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/12/10/jaxb.html --------------------- Wireless --------------------- ***Sony Ericsson T610 Camera Phone Review Sony Ericsson calls the T610 camera phone an "image and entertainment" phone instead of a smartphone. It is based on the proprietary Sony Ericsson OS, and it can run applications written in Java. Todd Ogasawara shows you the ins and outs of this compact phone that includes camera and Bluetooth capabilities. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2003/12/11/sony_t610.html --------------------- .NET --------------------- ***Master and Content Pages in Whidbey Most web sites have a consistent look and feel, containing a company logo and perhaps a navigational menu. In ASP.NET 1.0, there was no a good way to handle this; luckily, Microsoft now has a solution. Wei-Meng Lee shows you the Master and Content Pages feature in ASP.NET 2.0. http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2003/12/15/masterpages.html --------------------- Mac --------------------- ***Elementary Computer Graphics: Drawing with Pixels If you have a promising young developer in the family, you might want to take advantage of the extra time together during the holidays to teach a little programming. Michael Norton wrote this tutorial for his fourth grade son, and offers it to Mac DevCenter readers and their children. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/12/16/begin_programming.html ***Panther Delights Here's a look at Panther from another point of view: not so much its high-flying features, but rather the subtle refinements that we've come to expect from Apple products. Here are ten things that won't make you buy Panther, but you'll appreciate them once you have it. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/12/09/panther_surprises.html Until next time-- Marsee From erich at itincorporated.net Mon Jan 5 11:57:19 2004 From: erich at itincorporated.net (Erich Vinson) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:29 2004 Subject: Local Job Opening Message-ID: <001101c3d3b5$5fc34580$4201a8c0@erich> Programmer / Coder (Emphasis on PHP / MySQL ) We are looking for a programmer to participate in our growing business. This is an exciting opportunity for the right person for a number of reasons. Some of the features and requirements include: Small, casual environment. Part-time or flex hours will be considered. We are heavily involved in handling financial and personal details for clients: discretion and ethical behavior are a must. Convenient North-End location. Successful candidate will have the opportunity to participate in new projects as well as maintaining current systems. Some experience required; We aren't looking for a total newbie, but don't need a world-famous guru either. Most work is currently being done in PHP, with an emphasis on web applications. We have ongoing projects which will (probably) result in Linux-on-desktop and/or thin clients in the near future. We don't intend to be on the "bleeding edge", but we are working with some of the newer technologies. You can be an active participant in the planning and implementation of these. If you have the chops for this job, send your resume and contact information for an interview. Arthur Rizer I.T., Inc. arthurr@itincorporated.net (719) 272-8076 From jtevans at kilnar.com Mon Jan 5 13:09:30 2004 From: jtevans at kilnar.com (John Evans) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:29 2004 Subject: Lunch This Week Message-ID: It's time for the Pikes Peak Perl Mongers to get together again. I am now working in Denver, so I will be unable to attend any PPPM lunches. Last time we tried to do an evening meeting, I was the only person there, so we won't repeat that again. I'll leave it up to you guys to determine if you want to do something and what you want to do. I suppose since I can't make the monthly meetings anymore that I should step down from the leadership role. Perhaps you should all get together this week and determine a new person to organize the lunches. -- John Evans http://jtevans.kilnar.com/ -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS d- s++:- a- C+++>++++ ULSB++++$ P+++$ L++++$ E--- W++ N+ o? K? w O- M V PS+ !PE Y+ PGP t(--) 5-- X++(+++) R+++ tv+ b+++(++++) DI+++ D++>+++ G+ e h--- r+++ y+++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ From evinson at trginc.us Mon Jan 5 13:14:56 2004 From: evinson at trginc.us (Erich Vinson) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:29 2004 Subject: Lunch This Week In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <001701c3d3c0$38593da0$4201a8c0@erich> I have a gift cert. for Champs at the Shops at Briargate, it's $25 so I can treat at least one person. Any day this week is fine. How can ya beat a free lunch? :-) |-----Original Message----- |From: owner-colorado-springs-pm-list@pm.org |[mailto:owner-colorado-springs-pm-list@pm.org] On Behalf Of John Evans |Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 12:10 PM |To: Pikes Peak Perl Mongers |Subject: Lunch This Week | | |It's time for the Pikes Peak Perl Mongers to get together |again. I am now |working in Denver, so I will be unable to attend any PPPM |lunches. Last |time we tried to do an evening meeting, I was the only person |there, so we |won't repeat that again. | |I'll leave it up to you guys to determine if you want to do |something and |what you want to do. I suppose since I can't make the monthly meetings |anymore that I should step down from the leadership role. Perhaps you |should all get together this week and determine a new person |to organize |the lunches. | |-- |John Evans |http://jtevans.kilnar.com/ | |-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- |Version: 3.1 |GCS d- s++:- a- C+++>++++ ULSB++++$ P+++$ L++++$ |E--- W++ N+ o? K? w O- M V PS+ !PE Y+ PGP t(--) 5-- X++(+++) |R+++ tv+ b+++(++++) DI+++ D++>+++ G+ e h--- r+++ y+++ |------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ | From pwdrhound at pcisys.net Tue Jan 6 10:46:50 2004 From: pwdrhound at pcisys.net (Greg Walters) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:29 2004 Subject: Lunch This Week In-Reply-To: Message-ID: All, > It's time for the Pikes Peak Perl Mongers to get together again. I am > now > working in Denver, so I will be unable to attend any PPPM lunches. Last > time we tried to do an evening meeting, I was the only person there, > so we > won't repeat that again. My current class schedule precludes me from attending any Perl Monger lunch until after March. My only free lunch time is on Tuesday. Hope to be able to start up in March again. Greg Walters From timc+perl at divide.net Thu Jan 15 11:47:26 2004 From: timc+perl at divide.net (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:29 2004 Subject: Fw: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, January 14 Message-ID: <00bb01c3db8f$a449c490$ccaaf044@CEPHAS> [Normally I delete the group leader news, but I thought the news about the wiki would be interesting to everyone. Reply if you want to see the first section every time. - tbc] ================================================================ O'Reilly UG Program News--Just for User Group Leaders January 14, 2004 ================================================================ -No Starch, Paraglyph, and Syngress books are now available -O'Reilly UG Wiki on the Way -Put Up an O'Reilly ThinkGeek Banner, Get A Free Book ---------------------------------------------------------------- Book Info ---------------------------------------------------------------- ***Review books are available Copies of our books are available for your members to review-- send me an email and please include the book ISBN number on your request. Let me know if you need your book by a certain date. Allow at least four weeks for shipping. ***Please send copies of your book reviews Email me a copy of your newsletters or book reviews. 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"Security Warrior" reveals how your systems can be attacked, covering everything from reverse engineering to SQL attacks, and including topics like social engineering, antiforensics, and common attacks against UNIX and Windows systems. This book teaches you to know your enemy and how to be prepared to do battle. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/swarrior/ Chapter 2, "Windows Reverse Engineering," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/swarrior/chapter/index.html ***Perl Template Toolkit ISBN: 0-596-00476-1 "Perl Template Toolkit" guides you through the entire process of installing, configuring, using, and extending the Template Toolkit. Written by core members of the technology's development team, the book begins with a fast-paced but thorough tutorial on building web content with the Template Toolkit, and then walks you through generating and using data files, particularly with XML. The book also provides detailed information on the Template Toolkit's modules, libraries, and tools, in addition to a complete reference manual. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perltt/ Chapter 2, "A Complete Web Site Using Template Toolkit," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perltt/chapter/index.html ***Learning Python, 2nd Edition ISBN: 0-596-00281-5 "Learning Python, 2nd Edition" is a self-paced, comprehensive learning tool that allows programmers to focus on the core Python language in depth. Thoroughly updated, this guide introduces the basic elements of the latest release of Python, Python 2.3, and covers new features such as list comprehensions, nested scopes, and iterators/generators. The book also includes fresh overviews of object-oriented programming and dynamic typing, new discussions of program launch and configuration options, new coverage of documentation sources, and much more. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lpython2/ Chapter 19, "OOP: The Big Picture," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lpython2/chapter/index.html ***Running Mac OS X Panther ISBN: 0-596-00500-8 "Running Mac OS X Panther" is the ultimate Swiss Army Knife for power users who want to customize, rev up, and get the most out of their Macs. The book takes readers deep inside Mac OS X's core, revealing the inner workings of Panther. Learn where Mac OS X came from, how it's put together, and how it works; get the tools you to need to examine how your Mac is running and adjust all the knobs behind its operation; and learn all the ways Mac OS X interfaces with the world around it. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/runmacxpanther/ ***Learning Unix for Mac OS X Panther ISBN: 0-596-00617-9 "Learning Unix for Mac OS X Panther" provides a user-friendly tour of the Mac Unix base. You'll explore Terminal and familiarize yourself with the command line, learning as you go about the power and flexibility of the hundreds of Unix programs that come with your Mac. And if Unix isn't new to you, you'll discover how it translates into this latest Mac incarnation. Updated to cover Panther, this book will keep you current with the latest features of your Mac. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lunixpanther/ Chapter 5, "Printing," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lunixpanther/chapter/index.html ***Postfix: The Definitive Guide ISBN:0-596-00212-2 "Postfix: The Definitive Guide" eases readers from the basic configuration to the full power of Postfix. It discusses the interfaces to various tools that round out a fully scalable and highly secure email system, tools including POP, IMAP, LDAP, MySQL, Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL), and Transport Layer Security (TLS, an upgrade of SSL). A reference section for Postfix configuration parameters and an installation guide are included. From compiling and installing Postfix to troubleshooting, "Postfix: The Definitive Guide" gives you an all-in-one, comprehensive tutorial and reference to this mail transfer agent. ***sendmail Cookbook ISBN: 0-596-00471-0 "sendmail Cookbook" provides step-by-step solutions for administrators who need to solve configuration problems fast. Each recipe outlines a configuration problem, presents the code that solves that problem, and explains the code in detail. The book provides lots of material that doesn't get much coverage elsewhere: STARTTLS and AUTH are given entire chapters, and LDAP is covered in recipes throughout the book. 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This updated and expanded edition is full of juicy quotes, timelines, charts, and photos. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1593270100/ ***Degunking Windows Paraglyph Press ISBN: 1-932111-84-0 "Degunking Windows" covers the basics to help you quickly get your PC back to top performance. The book is organized according to special "cleaning" processes that will improve the performance of your computer. Shortcut and time calculation charts are provided at the beginning of the book to help you determine how much time is required to perform different degunking tasks from small to large. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1932111840/ ***Windows Admin Scripting Little Black Book, Second Edition Paraglyph Press ISBN: 1-932111-87-5 "Windows Admin Scripting Little Black Book, 2nd Edition," shows you how to perform Windows XP and 2003 management and administrative tasks using powerful scripts for just about every important task imaginable. It covers ways to implement these scripts in an everyday environment automating repetitive tasks, and features example scripts on every new topic you can easily modify or combine to perform myriad tasks. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1932111875/ ================================================ Upcoming Events ================================================ ***For more events, please see: http://events.oreilly.com/ ***Sanjay Mishra (Mastering Oracle SQL), Dallas, TX--January 15 Author Sanjay Mishra discusses "Oracle 10g: SQL New Features" at the next meeting. For more info and locaton, go to: http://www.doug.org/meetings2004.cfm ***O'Reilly at LinuxWorld, New York, NY--January 20-23 C'mon by our booth (#357) and get your mitts on our latest Linux and open source titles. We'll also be showing off Safari Bookshelf, our online reference library, and will have live presentations by O'Reilly authors. Javits Center, New York, NY http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/linuxworldny/V40/index.cvn ================================================ Conference News ================================================ ***Digital Democracy Teach-In--February 9 We've just added a Digital Democracy Teach-In to the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference. It's a stand-alone, full-day session that explores the Internet's impact on the political process. If you're interesting in theintersection of technology, politics, and culture, you won't want to miss it. Hear from the people who are defying conventional wisdom and changing the rules of the game--the founders of MoveOn and MeetUp, Dean campaign staffers, influential political bloggers, and grassroots advocates. They'll explain how, as political outsiders with technology chops and an urge to change the world, they've hacked the old guard's system. 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No Starch Press http://nostarch.oreilly.com/ Paraglyph Press http://paraglyph.oreilly.com/ Syngress Publishing http://syngress.oreilly.com/ ***Quantum Dots and Programmable Matter Wil McCarthy introduces the concepts of programmable matter and the quantum dot, a device capable of trapping electrons in a space so small it forms artificial atoms that can be controlled in real time. If you'd like to learn more about this "programmable matter," Wil plans to explore the social and technological implications of quantum dots at O'Reilly's upcoming Emerging Technology Conference. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2004/01/09/quantumdots.html ***Global Developer Survey Software and application development have become a global endeavor. In response, MediaLive and O'Reilly have launched a survey to profile developers around the world, and we want you to be a part of it. Participate in this first study of its kind for a chance to win $500 USD. http://www.worldquery.com/qaglobal/Survey.cfm?c=5&fr=5475&s=8&g1=2&gp=32&r=0 --------------------- Open Source --------------------- ***The State of Perl A new year is a good time to take a look at the state Perl's in: its weaknesses, strengths, and future directions. Adam Turoff takes a long look at where Perl's going and why, and finds that Perl 6 doesn't have to be the last great hope. http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2004/01/09/survey.html ***Brian Behlendorf: Open Source Luminary Writing for "The Mercury News," Dan Gillmor profiles some of Silicon Valley's lesser-known business leaders and innovative technologists. Among them is Brian Behlendorf, the man who brought us Apache and the Apache Software Foundation, and the CTO of CollabNet. http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/7532827.htm --------------------- Java --------------------- ***ONJava: 2003 in Review A look back at ONJava articles from 2003, summarizing the big topics and major trends of the year in Java. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/12/30/2003-yearender.html --------------------- Wireless --------------------- ***Design Considerations for Microsoft Smartphone Applications Microsoft has recently announced support for the .NET CF in the new SmartPhone 2003. Here are some things to keep in mind when developing .NET CF SmartPhone applications: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2004/01/07/smartphone.html --------------------- .NET --------------------- ***New Data Controls in ASP.NET Whidbey One of the design goals of the next release of ASP.NET, codenamed ASP.NET Whidbey, is to reduce the amount of code you write for common tasks such as data access. Wei-Meng Lee discusses two new controls that drastically reduce the amount of code you typically need to write in ASP.NET. http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2004/01/12/whidbey_datacontrols.htm ***Cooking with ADO.NET O'Reilly's recently released "ADO.NET Cookbook" contains over 150 solutions and best practices for everyday dilemmas. This week, we're excerpting three recipes from the book that show how to asynchronously update data in a database, how to protect login credentials during network transmissions, and how to enforce a business rule with column expressions. http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/excerpt/ado.netckbk_chap01/index.html ADO.NET Cookbook ISBN: 0-596-00439-7 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/adonetckbk/index.html --------------------- Mac --------------------- ***Dreamweaver MX 2004 for Mac OS X Dreamweaver has always facilitated web design in the visual graphic art tradition. It's also famous for its accurate HTML code and organic way of letting users alternate between code and design view. Dreamweaver MX 2004 has some improvements that may tempt you to take another look at this application for your work. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/01/13/dreamweaver.html ***Confident Apple for 2004 You can have an entertaining, inspiring keynote without introducing the next big thing. Apple and Steve Jobs did just that at Macworld SF '04, and it bodes well for the year ahead. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/01/07/apple_2004.html ***Control Your Mac with Your PDA You bought a Bluetooth Mac, and now you have a Bluetooth PDA, so there must be something cool that the two can do together, right? There is, when you add Salling Software's Clicker to the mix. Clicker lets your Bluetooth devices (phones and PDAs) act as a remote control for your Mac. Dori Smith, coauthor of "Mac OS X Unwired," walks you through the install and use of Clicker, then looks at some examples of Clicker in action, using PowerPoint and iPhoto. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/01/06/macosxunwired.html Mac OS X Unwired ISBN:0-596-00508-3 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/macxunwire/index.html ================================================ News From Your Peers ================================================ ***Northwest Oracle Users Group Winter Conference and Seminars, Bellevue WA--February 9-10 Five parallel session tracks and 25 sessions on Monday the 9th. Two optional all-day seminars on Tuesday the 10th. The conference takes place at the Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue WA For more information, go to: http://www.nwoug.com ***The St. Louis Web Developers Organization and local chapter of the IWA/HTML Writers Guild presents the 5th Annual Web Design Awards Ceremony, St Louis, MO--February 17 The event will be held at the St. Louis Science Center beginning at 6:00pm and is open to the public. Refreshments are provided and prizes will be given to the top 3 web page winners in 7 categories. For more information, go to: http://www.stlwebdev.org/resources/awards/ Until next time-- Marsee From timc+perl at divide.net Wed Jan 21 23:03:59 2004 From: timc+perl at divide.net (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:29 2004 Subject: Fw: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, January 21 Message-ID: <026401c3e0a5$261e2000$ccaaf044@CEPHAS> --------------------------------------------------------------- Book News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Perl CD Bookshelf, Version 4.0 -Perl Debugger Pocket Reference -Java Examples in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition -Java Servlet & JSP Cookbook -Check Point Next Generation with Application Intelligence Security ---------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Tim O'Reilly, LES Winter Meeting, San Francisco, CA--February 13 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Conferences ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Digital Democracy Teach-In, San Diego, CA--February 9 -O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference -OSCON 2004: Call for Participation--Last Chance ---------------------------------------------------------------- News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Win a Free Copy of "eBay Hacks" -O'Reilly's Latest Catalog Is Available -An Introduction to the Twisted Networking Framework -Open Source in Government: Newport News, VA -Five Tips for a Better sendmail Configuration -Introduction to Aspect-Oriented Programming -What's so Bad About Making it Easier to Learn Java? -Java in a Nutshell Survey -Inside XAML -Pogue's iLife '04 Mini Manual available online -How to Set Up Encrypted Mail on Mac OS X ---------------------------------------------------------------- News From Your Peers ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Golden Gate Computer Society General Meeting, San Rafael, CA--January 26 ================================================ Book News ================================================ Did you know you can request a free book to review for your group? 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Written by a core member of the Perl debugger development team, it's an ideal quick reference to debugger commands, as well as a detailed tutorial on how to get started. "Perl Debugger Pocket Reference" provides complete coverage in a conveniently small package. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perldebugpr/ An excerpt, "Before You Debug, A Debugger Tutorial, and More," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perldebugpr/chapter/index.html ***Java Examples in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition ISBN: 0596006209 This third edition covers Java 1.4 and contains 193 complete, practical examples: over 21,900 lines of densely commented, professionally written Java code, covering 20 distinct client-side and server-side APIs. It includes new chapters on the Java Sound API and the New I/O API. The chapters on XML and servlets have been rewritten to cover the latest versions of the specifications and to demonstrate best practices for Java 1.4. 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For more information on the this conference, go to: http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech/ ***Open Source in Government: Newport News, VA Open source software is often attractive to local governments due to cost savings, stability, security, and open access. Migration is still tricky though. Andy Stein, CIO of Newport News, VA, is tackling the problems of adopting open source. In this interview with Tom Adelstein, Andy explains why local governments should form an alliance to share their knowledge and their code. http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2004/01/15/andy_stein_interview.html ***Five Tips for a Better sendmail Configuration Using the vendor-configured version of sendmail bundled with your Unix OS may seem like the easy route to take, but Craig Hunt, author of "sendmail Cookbook," says don't be fooled by this apparent simplicity. Creating a custom sendmail configuration gives you better performance, reliability, security, and maintainability. 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Is it really so bad to make it easier to learn and develop in Java?" http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/857 ***Java in a Nutshell Survey Java programmers: providing your feedback in our survey will help us refine the next edition of one of our flagship titles, "Java in a Nutshell." Participants will be eligible to win one of 10 autographed copies of the new edition when it releases. Make this next edition as useful as possible by taking our survey. http://www.zoomerang.com/recipient/survey-intro.zgi?ID=L222LTNYRMUF&PIN=CW0BLL7RM3AC --------------------- .NET --------------------- ***Inside XAML One of Longhorn's most interesting technologies for developers is its new XML-based markup language, codenamed XAML (short for eXtensible Application Markup Language, and pronounced "Zammel"). User interfaces in Longhorn applications are typically built using XAML. Ian Griffiths looks at how XAML relates to the underlying support provided by WinFX. http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2004/01/19/longhorn.html --------------------- Mac --------------------- ***Pogue's iLife '04 Mini Manual available online David Pogue's iLife '04 Mini Manual is your guide to the new features in iLife, Apple's tightly integrated suite of media applications. This exclusive preview is the only documentation available until the spring release of our full-length books on these applications: "iPod & iTunes: The Missing Manual;" "iPhoto 4: The Missing Manual;" "iMovie 4 & iDVD: The Missing Manual;" "GarageBand: The Missing Manual;" and "iLife '04: The Missing Manual." Download the PDF here: http://www.macdevcenter.com/mac/excerpt/iLife04_MiniManual.pdf ***How to Set Up Encrypted Mail on Mac OS X The latest version of Apple's Mail app, included with the Panther upgrade, supports S/MIME security and encryption. But how do you go about getting a certificate and taking advantage of this feature? Fran??ois Joseph de Kermadec shows you how, step by step. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/01/20/mail.html ================================================ News From Your Peers ================================================ ***Golden Gate Computer Society General Meeting, San Rafael, CA--January 26 Don't miss this exciting appearance by former "San Francisco Chronicle" Columnist Henry Norr. The meeting starts at 7:15 pm at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 101 McInnis Parkway, San Rafael, CA. 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