From timc+perl at divide.net Tue Mar 2 11:42:11 2004 From: timc+perl at divide.net (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:31 2004 Subject: new books in PPPM library Message-ID: <005b01c4007d$b1c53560$7506ee0f@CEPHAS> Title: Perl Cookbook, 2nd Edition Author: Tom Christiansen & Nathan Torkington Publisher: O'Reilly URL: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlckbk2/ In Possession Of: Tim Chambers As of: 2 Mar 2004 Notes: Courtesy of O'Reilly. Title: Learning Perl Objects, References & Modules Author: Randal L. Schwartz With Tom Phoenix Publisher: O'Reilly URL: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lrnperlorm/ In Possession Of: Tim Chambers As of: 2 Mar 2004 Notes: Courtesy of O'Reilly. Did someone request these from Marsee? In any case, this is a good time to remind you all that if you want to borrow a book from the PPPM library, just get ahold of the "In Possession Of" person and arrange to transfer possession. Then tell our Webmaster douphose@netscape.net about it so he can update the library page: http://pikes-peak.pm.org/library.html I noticed that these aren't yet listed on our Web site. Here's a couple others I have, FYI: Title: Google Hacks Author: Tara Calishain, Rael Dornfest Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates URL: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/googlehks/ In Possession Of: Tim Chambers As of: 9 June 2003 Notes: Courtesy of O'Reilly. Title: Programming Web Services with Perl Author: Pavel Kulchenko, Randy J. Ray Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates URL: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pwebserperl/ In Possession Of: Tim Chambers As of: 9 June 2003 Notes: Courtesy of O'Reilly. <>< Tim From timc+perl at divide.net Tue Mar 2 18:33:32 2004 From: timc+perl at divide.net (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:31 2004 Subject: Fw: PC Hardware Annoyances Needed for New Book Message-ID: <00a801c400b7$2921e980$7506ee0f@CEPHAS> Dear User Group Leader: Thanks for the great response to our call, a few weeks ago, for annoyances, gripes, and complaints about Excel. The email we got was extremely useful and a lot of your members not only sent annoyances, but fixes! So, a thousand thanks for the help. As you might guess, we have another book in the wings--this one focusing on PC hardware annoyances. We're not just talking about PCs and laptops per se--we also talking about all the hardware that's inside and attached to your computer, such as memory, motherboards, hard drives, printers, scanners, home networks, DSL/cable, CD/DVD, and host of other annoying hardware devices. If any members of your group have PC hardware annoyances they'd like to see solved, have them email me (marsee@oreilly.com) with "PC Hardware Annoyances" in the subject. Just have them note what hardware is giving them grief (e.g. Dell Dimension 8100 with 1.3GHz P4; LaserJet 3150; Verbatim Producer 44 DVD+/-RW; etc.), and any relevant software that's involved (such as the OS, a driver, OCR software, etc.). As thanks for sharing, we'll make sure to get copies of "PC Hardware Annoyances" sent to your group shortly after publication. Thanks, Marsee *** An example: Hardware Windows Setting Blocks DVD Upgrade THE ANNOYANCE: I want to update the firmware for my Sony DRX510UL DVD burner, and the site said to disable the DMA setting in Windows XP before doing so. But it neglects to tell you how. THE FIX: The Sony drive is terrificit burns DVD+R and DVD-R discs, and uses both DVD-RW and DVD+RW rewritable media. But ask Sony for support, and it responds with a virtual raspberryits online instructions are complex and often impossible to understand. Luckily, fiddling with DMA isn't difficult. Here's how to turn it off: Windows XP/2000. Open the System control panel, choose the Hardware tab, and click the Device Manager button. Double-click "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers" and double-click "Secondary IDE Channel" (your DVD drive is most likely located on the secondary channel; if not, choose "Primary IDE Channel"). Click the Advanced Settings tab, and under Device 0 (master) or Device 1 (slave) (depending on how your drive is set up), select PIO Only from the Transfer Mode drop-down menu. Click OK. Windows 98/Me. Open the System control panel and choose the Device Manager tab. Double-click CD-ROM, then double-click your drive. Select the Settings tab, uncheck the DMA option, and click OK. Remember to reverse the previous steps once your DVD drive's firmware is installed. *** From timc+perl at divide.net Fri Mar 5 12:17:14 2004 From: timc+perl at divide.net (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:31 2004 Subject: Fw: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 4 Message-ID: <00c901c402de$16ffe1c0$7506ee0f@CEPHAS> ---------------------------------------------------------------- Book News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Mac OS X Panther for Unix Geeks -Dancing Barefoot -WebLogic: The Definitive Guide -Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Little Black Book -Adobe Photoshop CS One-on-One -Dreamweaver MX 2004: The Missing Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Tim O'Reilly, Open Source Business Conference, San Francisco, CA--March 17 -Mac User Group Day at O'Reilly in Sebastopol, CA--April 24 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Conferences ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Outstanding Keynotes Announced for the Sixth Annual O'Reilly Open Source Convention ---------------------------------------------------------------- News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -We're Bringing Back RepKover Lay-Flat Bindings -The Uganda Digital Bookmobile -Wallace Wang's Unusual Career: Stand-up Comedian & Computer Book Author -Amazon and Open Source -Mod_python's PSP: Python Server Pages -Day in the Life of #Apache -Cleaning iPhoto -bash on Mac OS X -Inside IIS 6 -Protect Yourself Against Kerberos Attacks -Configuring JBoss 4.0 JDBC Connectivity -The Ideal Digital Photographer's Workflow, Part 3 -O'Reilly Learning Lab's .NET Certificate Series -Developing Web-Service-Driven, Smart Mobile Applications ---------------------------------------------------------------- News From Your Peers ---------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new O'Reilly User Group Wiki for the latest news ================================================ Book News ================================================ Did you know you can request a free book to review for your group? 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It's a guide to understanding the BSD Unix system and challenging Panther-specific components. It includes an overview of the Terminal application and Panther's filesystem and startup processes, as well as coverage of LDAP and NetInfo, Fink and Darwin Ports, and the Apple X11 distribution for running X Windows applications. The book also features a manpage-style reference to the undocumented commands that come with Panther. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mpantherunix/ Chapter 14, "MySQL and PostgreSQL," is available free online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mpantherunix/chapter/index.html ***Dancing Barefoot--Finally Available! Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596006748 Wil Wheaton--blogger, geek, and Star Trek: The Next Generation's Wesley Crusher--gives us five true tales of life, love, and the absurdities of Hollywood in "Dancing Barefoot." Far from the usual celebrity tell-all, this book is a vivid, personal account of Wil's search for his true self. If you've ever fallen in love, attended a Star Trek convention, or pondered the meaning of life, you'll find a kindred soul in the pages of "Dancing Barefoot." http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/barefoot/ ***WebLogic: The Definitive Guide Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 059600432X "WebLogic: The Definitive Guide" presents a 360-degree view of the world of WebLogic. An exhaustive treatment of the WebLogic server and management console answers any question that developers, administrators, and system architects might think to ask. From building, packaging, and deploying applications to optimizing the runtime WebLogic environment, dealing with security issues, and understanding Enterprise APIs, this book provides detailed analysis, thorough explanations, and clear examples to help you master this powerful and complex application server. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/weblogictdg/ Chapter 18, "XML," is available free online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/weblogictdg/chapter/index.html ***Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Little Black Book Publisher: Paraglyph Press ISBN: 1932111867 "Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Little Black Book" features techniques to help intermediate and experienced Mac users get the most out of the new Panther operating system. This book includes extensive coverage of Panther's new networking and printing features, high-speed Finder searching capabilities, system preferences, font manager, Font Book, applications including iChat AV and iPhoto, and the much improved mail system. With access to hundreds of immediate solutions to everyday dilemmas, you'll learn how to solve problems, perform critical tasks, and maximize your use of OS X. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1932111867/ ***Adobe Photoshop CS One-on-One Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596006187 "Adobe Photoshop CS One-on-One" clears the fog, taking you from graphics newbie to Photoshop warrior. This full-color book from Photoshop master Deke McClelland includes a CD with nearly two hours of professionally produced video tutorials that feature Deke and relate to the book's written instructions, giving you an up-close and personal training experience that simulates the classroom environment. You'll travel step by step through real-world projects that help you gain Photoshop proficiency, and along the way, you'll get a good dose of graphics theory, best practices, and tips for avoiding Photoshop disasters. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/adobephoto/ ***Dreamweaver MX 2004: The Missing Manual Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596006314 "Dreamweaver MX 2004: The Missing Manual" helps first-time and experienced web designers bring stunning, interactive web sites to life. A step-by-step annotated tutorial takes readers through the construction of a state-of-the-art commercial web site, complete with Flash buttons, Cascading Style Sheets, and dynamic databases. You'll learn how to create and when it's appropriate to use web features such as forms, animations, and pop-up windows. And you'll learn scores of undocumented workarounds and shortcuts. 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Going forward, all new books will be produced with the much-loved lay-flat binding (except for books that are too thin or thick for the RepKover process). ***The Uganda Digital Bookmobile Inspired by his experience on the road with the Internet Bookmobile, Richard Koman, along with Brad deGraf, founded Anywhere Books, an organization dedicated to deploying the bookmobile approach in development contexts. In turn, Koman and deGraf partnered with the National Library of Uganda to create the Uganda Digital Bookmobile. Koman writes about his experience in Uganda with this project, which included the set up of scanning stations and a printing system at the National Library in Kampala. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/articles ***Wallace Wang's Unusual Career: Stand-up Comedian & Computer Book Author "Wally Wang, 'Steal This Computer Book 3,' knows firsthand the importance of sticking with even the most far-reaching New Year's resolutions. On Jan. 1, 1990, the Detroit native resolved to dive headfirst into a stand-up comedy career. The decision might not have been a monumental one, except that Wang had never even set foot in a comedy club." Read the rest of this story in this recent "Las Vegas Sun" article: http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/read/2004/jan/23/516226302.html Steal This Computer Book 3 Publisher: No Starch Press ISBN: 1593270003 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1593270003/ --------------------- Open Source --------------------- ***Amazon and Open Source Amazon realized early on that amazon.com was more than just a book site, more in fact than just an e-commerce site. It was becoming an e-commerce platform. Open source has been a key part of the Amazon story, and although Amazon has closed code, it has created its own "architecture of participation" that may be even richer than that of many open source software development communities. Tim shares his thoughts in the latest Ask Tim. http://www.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/ask_tim/2004/amazon_0204.html ***Mod_python's PSP: Python Server Pages For simple web sites, inlining code in the pages themselves is shockingly effective. For more complex sites, it can even work with good MVC design. Fear not, Pythonistas, mod_python's PSP brings the power and clarity of Python to web programming. Grisha Trubetskoy explains. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2004/02/26/python_server_pages.html ***Day in the Life of #Apache Rich Bowen tackles yet another common Apache dilemma in the latest installment in this series based on his conversations on the IRC channel, #apache. This week he delves into the sometimes confusing world of modules: when to enable them, when to disable them, and why. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/apache/2004/02/26/apacheckbk.html --------------------- Mac --------------------- ***Cleaning iPhoto When you have thousands of images in iPhoto and don't have time to cull them manually, scripting starts to look very appealing. brian d foy shows you some helpful AppleScripts and Perl scripts you can use to clean up your iPhoto libraries. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/02/27/cleaning_iphoto.html ***bash on Mac OS X In the migration from Jaguar to Panther, one of the lesser-discussed changes has been the switch from tcsh to bash as the default shell (for new accounts). In this article, David Miller delves into affected areas, such as aliases and environment variables, to help you make the transition. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/02/24/bash.html --------------------- Windows --------------------- ***Inside IIS 6 With the release of Windows Server 2003, Microsoft has made significant changes in how IIS works. Mitch Tulloch brings you up to speed on what's new, and gives you insider tips on how to take advantage of it. http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/03/02/inside_iis.html ***Protect Yourself Against Kerberos Attacks The only way to defend yourself is to understand your attacker in-depth. This excerpt from the recently released "Security Warrior" by Cyrus Peikari and Anton Chuvakin details Kerberos attacks. Read it and prepare yourself. http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/excerpt/swarrior_ch14/index1.html --------------------- Java --------------------- ***Configuring JBoss 4.0 JDBC Connectivity JBoss uses the HypersonicDB by default, but with a few configuration changes, it can use any JDBC-equipped database. Deepak Vohra shows how to use Oracle, Sybase, MySQL and other databases with JBoss. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/02/25/jbossjdbc.html --------------------- Web --------------------- ***The Ideal Digital Photographer's Workflow, Part 3 You can achieve greater control over the quality of the images produced by your new digital camera if you shoot them in RAW format. Trouble is, it can take an inordinate amount of time to convert RAW images into something your image-editing program can use. In Part 3 of Ken Milburn's series on creating ideal digital photography workflows, he details several steps you can take to save hours of RAW-process work after every shoot. Ken is the author of the upcoming "Digital Photography: Expert Techniques." http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2004/02/24/digital_photography.html --------------------- .NET --------------------- ***O'Reilly Learning Lab's .NET Certificate Series Learn .NET programming skills and earn a .NET Programming Certificate from the University of Illinois Office of Continuing Education. The .NET Certificate Series is comprised of three courses that give you the foundation you need to do .NET programming well. The courses are: Learn XML; Learn Object-Oriented Programming Using Java; and Learn C#. Enroll now in all three courses and save over $500. http://oreilly.useractive.com/courses/dotnet.php3 ***Developing Web-Service-Driven, Smart Mobile Applications Working with web services and other network protocols that were designed with broadband in mind can become a real burden to making applications really mobile. But there is hope. Michael Yaun walks through the design and implementation of a complete end-to-end mobile application that solves these difficult problems. http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2004/02/23/mobilewebserviceapps.html ================================================ News From Your Peers ================================================ ***Check out the new O'Reilly User Group Wiki for the latest news You can look for a meeting, user group, or post information any time you want. http://wiki.oreillynet.com/usergroups/view?HomePage Until next time-- Marsee From timc+perl at divide.net Thu Mar 18 09:33:09 2004 From: timc+perl at divide.net (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:31 2004 Subject: Fw: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 16 Message-ID: <004d01c40cfe$5640cb90$2207ee0f@CEPHAS> ---------------------------------------------------------------- Book News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Hardcore Java -MCSE Designing Security for a Windows Server 2003 Network Exam 70-298 Study Guide & DVD Training System -MCSE Designing a Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Network Infrastructure Exam 70-297 Study Guide & DVD Training System ---------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Robbie Allen, ("DNS on Windows Server 2003," "Active Directory"), Directory Experts Conference--March 21-24 -Dave Taylor ("Wicked Cool Shell Scripts," "Learning Unix for Mac OS X Panther"), TriState Oracle Users Group Author Event, Amarillo, TX--March 23 -CJ Rayhill, O'Reilly CIO, CATS Conference 2004, San Luis Obispo, CA--March 24-26 -Adam Trachtenberg ("PHP Cookbook"), PHP Quebec Conference--March 25-26 -Mac User Group Day at O'Reilly in Sebastopol, CA--April 24 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Conferences ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Enter to Win a Free Conference Pass ---------------------------------------------------------------- News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -End of Shutter Lag? 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Learn about extremely powerful and useful programming techniques such as reflection, advanced data modeling, advanced GUI design, and advanced aspects of JDO, EJB, and XML-based web clients. This unique book reveals the true wizardry behind the complex and often mysterious Java environment. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/hardcorejv/index.html Chapter 2, "The Final Story," is available free online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/hardcorejv/chapter/index.html ***MCSE Designing Security for a Windows Server 2003 Network Exam 70-298 Study Guide & DVD Training System Publisher: Syngress ISBN: 1932266550 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1932266550/ ***MCSE Designing a Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Network Infrastructure Exam 70-297 Study Guide & DVD Training System Publisher: Syngress ISBN: 1-932266-54-2 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1932266542/ Both of these study guides are an integration of text, DVD-quality instructor led training, and web-based exam simulation and remediation. This system provides readers 100% coverage of the official Microsoft exam objectives plus test preparation software for the edge needed to pass the exam on the first try. ================================================ Upcoming Events ================================================ ***For more events, please see: http://events.oreilly.com/ ***Robbie Allen, ("DNS on Windows Server 2003," "Active Directory"), Directory Experts Conference--March 21-24 Robbie is a featured speaker at NetPro's spring event. Hyatt Regency, Reston, VA. http://netpro.com/events/decadspring04/index.cfm ***Dave Taylor ("Wicked Cool Shell Scripts," "Learning Unix for Mac OS X Panther"), TriState Oracle Users Group Author Event, Amarillo, TX--March 23 The TriState Oracle Users Group welcomes author Dave Taylor of Intuitive Systems. Dave has promised a fun and entertaining talk and will bring several of his top-selling books. This event is open to the public; please RSVP to April Wells at AWells@csedge.com. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TSOUG/ ***CJ Rayhill, O'Reilly CIO, CATS Conference 2004, San Luis Obispo, CA--March 24-26 Besides being O'Reilly's CIO, CJ is also the General Manager of our new Education Division. She will be discussing the connection between the open source movement and education at the seventh annual Community of Academic Technology Staff Conference. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, CA http://cats.cdl.edu/conf2004/ ***Adam Trachtenberg ("PHP Cookbook"), PHP Quebec Conference--March 25-26 Adam presents a session on "Web Services in PHP" at this bilingual event. Montreal, Quebec, Canada http://conf.phpquebec.org/main.php/en/conf2004/main ***Mac User Group Day at O'Reilly in Sebastopol, CA--April 24 Join O'Reilly and NCMUG for a special Mac User Group Day in Sebastopol, California on Saturday, April 24 from 2-6pm. Speakers include Derrick Story ("Digital Photography Pocket Guide, 2nd Edition," "iPhoto 2: The Missing Manual"), Chris Stone ("Mac OS X Panther in a Nutshell"), Tom Negrino & Dori Smith ("Mac OS X Unwired"), and Scott Fullam ("Hardware Hacking Projects for Geeks"). For more information and a complete schedule of events, go to: http://ug.oreilly.com/banners/macugday_hi_res.pdf Please RSVP to let us know you will be attending at mugevent@oreilly.com. Mac User Group Day 2:00pm-6:00pm, Saturday, April 24 O'Reilly 1005 Gravenstein Hwy North Sebastopol, CA 95472 800-998-9938 Ext. 7103 For directions, go to: http://www.oreilly.com/oreilly/seb_directions.html The 58th Annual Sebastopol Apple Blossom Festival will be also be happening. Come to Sebastopol early to watch the parade downtown. It starts at 10am and ends by noon, followed by a festival in Ives Park. 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Derrick Story examines the Contax SL300R T* and shows you how the bar has been raised for pocket digicams. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/03/09/contax.html ***New Titles on Safari Search, annotate, and read your favorite O'Reilly books on the O'Reilly Network Safari Bookshelf. New titles include: "Windows XP Pro: The Missing Manual;" "Oracle Essentials: Oracle Database 10g, 3rd Edition"; "Squid: The Definitive Guide"; "Java Examples in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition"; "Security Warrior"; "Java Servlet & JSP Cookbook"; and ".NET Windows Forms in a Nutshell." If you haven't gone on Safari yet, get a free trial. https://secure.safaribooksonline.com/promo.asp?code=ORA14&portal=oreilly&CMP=BAC-TP2974244892 ***Next-Generation File Sharing with Social Networks At the recent O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference in San Diego, CA, Robert Kaye lead a talk on "Next-Generation File Sharing with Social Software." For those who were able to attend, this essay builds upon that session. And if you missed the talk altogether, you can now get up to speed. http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2004/03/05/file_share.html --------------------- Open Source --------------------- ***Will Mono Become the Preferred Platform for Linux Development? Miguel de Icaza recently led a two-day meeting that brought together developers and early adopters of the Mono project, an open source effort to create a free implementation of the .NET Development Framework. Edd Dumbill attended the gathering and reports on how Mono could become the first-choice platform for Linux software development. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/03/11/mono.html ***Homemade Embedded BSD Systems BSD runs nicely on older PCs, but they can be noisy and time-consuming to set up. Worse yet, the hardware may be at the end of its life. Is there a better alternative to dedicated (and closed) hardware devices? Michael Lucas demonstrates using BSD on a low-power, low-fuss Soekris box. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html --------------------- Mac --------------------- ***Tapping RSS with Shell Scripts Here's how to write a shell script that watches the news from Slashdot.org. After applying the code in this article by Dave Taylor, coauthor of "Learning Unix for Mac OS X Panther," all you'll have to do is launch the Terminal to see the latest Slash headlines. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/03/12/rss_scripting.html ***Tell Us What You Think: The 2nd Mac DevCenter Survey We're asking Mac DevCenter readers to participate in our second online survey. We've sweetened the pot with a chance to win books. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/03/09/survey.html --------------------- Windows --------------------- ***Setting Up a Virtual Private Network What to do if you want to securely access your network when you're out of the office? The quickest and safest way is to set up a VPN. Wei-Meng Lee shows you how. http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/03/09/vpn_connection.html ***Windows Server 2003 Add-Ons, Part 2 Looking to power up Windows Server 2003? It's only a year old, but already there are dozens of ways you can increase its effectiveness and make it easier to manage. In this second article of a multi-part series, Mitch Tulloch shows you how to get the most out of Windows Server 2003 with three more feature packs. http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/03/09/ws_addons2.html --------------------- Java --------------------- ***BlackMamba: A Swing Case Study It's one thing to learn the bits and pieces of a Swing GUI--how to create a model and wire it up to a JTable or JTree. It's quite another to think through and develop a full-blown application. Ashwin Jayaprakash uses an email client, BlackMamba, to show how the pieces of a Swing application fit together. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/03/10/blackmamba.html ***Job Scheduling in Java Scheduling recurring execution of a piece of code is a common task for Java developers. The Timer class has its place, but as Dejan Bosanac explains, developers with more sophisticated requirements might want to check out the Quartz API. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/03/10/quartz.html --------------------- .NET --------------------- ***Graphical Composition in Avalon Longhorn introduces significant new graphics technology, code-named "Avalon." Avalon renders an application's visual elements onto the screen using a much more sophisticated approach than Windows has previously used. 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