From timc+perl at divide.net Sun May 30 20:53:59 2004 From: timc+perl at divide.net (Tim Chambers) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:35:08 2004 Subject: [Pikes-peak-pm] Fw: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, May 27 Message-ID: <014501c446b5$ef64ebd0$588bf144@CEPHAS> ================================================================ O'Reilly News for User Group Members May 27, 2004 ================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------- Book News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Hackers & Painters -Web Database Applications with PHP and MySQL, 2nd Ed. -Stealing the Network -Hibernate: A Developer's Notebook -Digital Photography Hacks -.NET Compact Framework Pocket Guide -Pragmatic Version Control Using CVS ---------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Rob Griffiths ("Max OS X Hints"), Rogue Valley Mac Expo 2004, Grants Pass, OR--June 13 -Derrick Story ("Digital Photography Hacks"), North Coast Mac Users Group, Rohnert Park, CA--June 15 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Conference News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Mac OS X Conference Call for Participation--Ends June 11 -O'Reilly Open Source Convention Early Bird Discount--Ends June 18 ---------------------------------------------------------------- News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -O'Reilly Distributes Pragmatic Bookshelf -Microsoft Smartphone Tips and Tricks -Dave Chappell: Inside the Enterprise Service Bus -Inside the Homebrew Atari 2600 Scene -Top Ten Ethereal Tips and Tricks -FreeBSD Networking Basics -The Fight Against Spam -Top 12 Ways to Degunk Your PC -Windows Server Hacks: Configuring Universal Group Caching -SSS (Small, Simple, Safe) -Documenting Projects with Apache Forrest -C# Generics ---------------------------------------------------------------- News From Your Peers ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Looking for more User Group events to attend? Or want to get more exposure for your events? ================================================ 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, No Starch, Paraglyph, Pragmatic Bookshelf, or Syngress 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- New Releases ---------------------------------------------------------------- ***Hackers & Painters Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596006624 "Hackers & Painters" examines issues such as the importance of beauty in software design, the programming language renaissance, spam filtering, the Open Source Movement, and Internet startups. Each essay moves beyond widely held beliefs about the way programmers work and tells important stories about the kinds of people behind technological innovations, revealing distinctions about their characters and their craft. Hackers who read this book will surely recognize themselves within these pages, and programmers will have new thoughts percolating the minute they put it down. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/hackpaint/ Chapter 2, "Hackers and Painters," is available free online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/hackpaint/chapter/index.html ****Web Database Applications with PHP and MySQL, 2nd Ed. Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596005431 "Web Database Applications with PHP and MySQL, 2nd Edition" has been updated and redesigned around the rich offerings of PEAR. Several of these offerings, including the Template package and the database-independent query API, have been integrated into examples and thoroughly described. Using a complex sample application, all the important techniques of dynamic content are introduced with an emphasis on good design. The book also introduces PHP 5 and MySQL 4.1 features, while providing techniques that can be used on older versions of the software. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/webdbapps2/ Chapter 11, "Authentication and Security," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/webdbapps2/chapter/index.html ***Stealing the Network Publisher: Syngress ISBN: 1931836051 A fictional continent is emerging as a major new economic, political, and military force on the world stage. However, its rapid growth has left little in the way of time and money to shore up its Internet backbone; now it's vulnerable to a potentially catastrophic attack. Who are the bad guys? What do they want? How will it end? Find out in this cyber-thriller, written by some of the most accomplished cyber-security specialists in the world. We could tell you their real names, but then we'd have to kill you. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1931836051/ ***Hibernate: A Developer's Notebook Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596006969 "Hibernate: A Developer's Notebook" shows you how to use Hibernate to automate persistence: you write natural Java objects and some simple configuration files, and Hibernate automates all the interaction between your objects and the database. You don't even need to know the database is there, and you can change from one database to another simply by changing a few statements in a configuration file. If you've needed to add a database back-end to your application, don't put it off. It's much more fun than it used to be. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0596006969/ Chapter 3, "Harnessing Hibernate," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0596006969/chapter/index.html ***Digital Photography Hacks Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596006667 Going beyond the standard fare of most digital photography books, "Digital Photography Hacks" shares the knowledge that professional photographers have learned through thousands of shots' worth of experience and years of experimentation. With exquisite, full-color photos throughout, the book presents 100 proven techniques in the areas of daytime and nighttime photo secrets, flash magic, digital camera attachments, fun photo projects, camera phone tricks, and more. This book is your passport to taking the kind of digital photos you've always aspired to. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/digphotohks/ Ten Sample Hacks are available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/digphotohks/chapter/index.html ***.NET Compact Framework Pocket Guide Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: ISBN: 0596007574 ".NET Compact Framework Pocket Guide" teaches you what you need to know to create applications for Pocket PC- and Windows-based Smartphones. This pocket guide is a handy reference that provides a quick tour of the .NET Compact Framework, and includes several working projects to get you productive straightaway. Whether you're new to mobile programming or new to Visual Studio .NET 2003, ".NET Compact Framework Pocket Guide" will have you writing mobile applications quickly. Get the information you need without all the fluff. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/compactframeworkpg/ A sample excerpt, "Project A: Currency Converter," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/compactframeworkpg/chapter/index.html ***Pragmatic Version Control Using CVS Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf ISBN: 0974514004 Version control systems don't have to be complicated, or time-consuming. This book is a recipe-based approach to using the CVS Version Control system that will get you up and running quickly--and correctly. Half of all project teams in the U.S. don't use any version control at all, and many others experience problems. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0974514004/ ================================================ Upcoming Events ================================================ ***For more events, please see: http://events.oreilly.com/ ***Rob Griffiths ("Max OS X Hints"), Rogue Valley Mac Expo 2004, Grants Pass, OR--June 13 Rob will be one of the featured presenters at this event. Josephine County Fairgrounds Art Building Grants Pass, OR http://www.jomacs.org/news_article.php?article_id=39 ***Derrick Story ("Digital Photography Hacks"), North Coast Mac Users Group, Rohnert Park, CA--June 15 Derrick, author and O'Reilly Network editor, presents "Movie Making with Your Digital Camera" at the June NCMUG meeting. Learn to create compelling QuickTime video that can be shared with friends, family, and even coworkers in the business environment. Free for NCMUG members and $5 for non-members. Rohnert Park Senior Center Rohnert Park, CA http://www.ncmug.org/ ================================================ Conference News ================================================ ***Mac OS X Conference Call for Participation--Ends June 11 If you're pushing the Mac envelope, we want you to speak at our third annual Mac OS X Conference this October. We're looking for proposals from developers building new apps, admins tapping the open source toolbox, small business owners powering their bottom lines, and digital musicians leveraging X's muscle--but we're open to surprises, too. The deadline for proposals is June 11. http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/macosx2004/create/e_sess ***O'Reilly Open Source Convention Early Bird Discount--Ends June 18 User Group members who register before June 18, 2004 get a double discount. Use code DSUG when you register, and you'll get 20% off the "Early Bird" price. To register, go to: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2004/create/ord_os04 O'Reilly Open Source Convention Portland Marriott Downtown Portland, OR July 26-30, 2004 http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/ ================================================ News From O'Reilly & Beyond ================================================ --------------------- General News --------------------- ***O'Reilly Distributes Pragmatic Bookshelf Books by developers, for developers: that's the pragmatic way, and it's nicely aligned with the O'Reilly approach to publishing. We're happy to help Pragmatic Programmers reach a wider audience by providing sales, distribution, and marketing support for Pragmatic Bookshelf, an imprint of Pragmatic Programmers, LLC. For a list of titles available on the Pragmatic Bookshelf, visit: http://pragmatic.oreilly.com/ ***Microsoft Smartphone Tips and Tricks Ultimately, smartphones are only as smart as the applications that run on them. Wei-Meng Lee begins a new series that explores what's possible, and what's practical, with these powerful mobile devices. Wei-Meng is the author of "Windows XP Unwired." http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2004/05/14/smartphone_tips.html ***Dave Chappell: Inside the Enterprise Service Bus Integration Developer News spoke with Dave Chappell to gain insights on how ESBs work, and more importantly, how they may change the way Java developers look at XML, XPath, messaging, and transaction-driven integration projects. Dave is the author of O'Reilly's upcoming "Enterprise Service Bus." http://www.idevnews.com/CaseStudies.asp?ID=124 --------------------- Open Source --------------------- ***Inside the Homebrew Atari 2600 Scene Despite console-company protestations to the contrary, emulators aren't only tools for copyright infringers. If it weren't for emulators, would the Atari 2600 homebrew scene be where it is today? "Wait, there's an Atari 2600 homebrew scene?" you ask. As Howard Wen explains, it exists, and new-school programmers are making some impressive games in the old-school style. http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/05/20/atari_2600_homebrew.html ***Top Ten Ethereal Tips and Tricks Ethereal rivals commercial sniffers with its abundance of features and hundreds of protocol dissectors. And best of all, it's free. Here's a top ten list of Ethereal tips and tricks from Angela D. Orebaugh, a coauthor of Syngress' "Ethereal Packet Sniffing." http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/security/2004/05/13/etherealtips.html ***FreeBSD Networking Basics Networking is integral to many functions of a modern FreeBSD system. When it's working, it works wonderfully. When it's not working--or before you've configured things--it can frustrate new users. Dru Lavigne, author of O'Reilly's "BSD Hacks," explains how to verify, configure, and optimize FreeBSD networking. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/13/FreeBSD_Basics.html --------------------- Mac --------------------- ***LDAP in Mac OS X Server Typical network services problems, such as enabling all of your computers to use the same login information to authenticate users, can be solved with directory services. Panther has the built-in tools, but they're still less than elegant. Tony Williams shows you how to piece them together. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/05/25/ldap.html ***The Fight Against Spam Fighting spam is a battle that all Internet users must fight. Francois Joseph de Kermadec shows you practical techniques, many of which you might have overlooked, to take back control of your email. Part One: http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/05/14/spam_pt1.html Part Two: http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/05/18/spam_pt2.html Part Three: http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/05/21/spam_pt3.html --------------------- Windows --------------------- ***Top 12 Ways to Degunk Your PC Your PC, with its 80GB hard drive and 512MB of RAM, runs way too slow. Why? It's gunked up with pictures, movies, music, and attachments you've saved; you've saved stuff to the wrong places; and you have apps installed that you don't use. If you want to clean up your PC, and get it running as fast as it should, follow Joli Ballew and Jeff Duntemann's 12-step program for degunking your PC. Joli and Jeff are the authors of "Degunking Windows" from Paraglyph Press. http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/05/25/degunkwindows.html ***Windows Server Hacks: Configuring Universal Group Caching Universal groups offer big benefits for system administrators, but can have downsides as well. Mitch Tulloch, author of O'Reilly's "Windows Server Hacks," shows you how to get the most out of them, and how to avoid the pitfalls. http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/05/18/ug_caching.html --------------------- Java --------------------- ***SSS (Small, Simple, Safe) Teaching Java is complicated both by the language's syntax and the huge number of classes in its standard libraries. According to Alper Coskun, one solution might be "Small Simple Safe" (SSS), which tries to alleviate this by giving the user an opportunity to create and relate objects in a very simple GUI. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/05/26/sss.html ***Documenting Projects with Apache Forrest Apache Forrest helps you develop the documentation to accompany your application, automatically providing a number of neat features such as menus, links, cross-references, and breadcrumb navigation. Kyle Downey provides an introduction. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/05/26/forrest.html --------------------- .NET --------------------- ***C# Generics The single most anticipated (and dreaded?) feature of Visual C# 2.0 is the addition of Generics. Jesse Liberty shows you what problems Generics solve, how to use them to improve your code, and why you need not fear them. http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2004/05/17/liberty.html ================================================ News From Your Peers ================================================ ***Looking for more User Group events to attend? Or want to get more exposure for your next meeting? Check out the events page on the O'Reilly UG wiki: http://wiki.oreillynet.com/usergroups/null?UGEvents Until next time-- Marsee From timc+perl at divide.net Tue May 4 23:39:46 2004 From: timc+perl at divide.net (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:32 2004 Subject: Fw: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, April 29 Message-ID: <000001c432ac$7537ee60$b707ee0f@CEPHAS> ================================================================ O'Reilly News for User Group Members April 29, 2004 ================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------- Book News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Eclipse -Learning Red Hat Enterprise Linux & Fedora, 4th Edition -WarDriving: Drive, Detect, Defend ---------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Matthew Gast, ("802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide" & "Network Printing"), Networld+Interop, Las Vegas, NV--May 9-14 -Chuck Toporek, O'Reilly Mac editor and author ("Inside .Mac & Mac OS X Panther in a Nutshell"), Apple Store, San Francisco, CA--May 14 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Conference News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -OSCON discounts for non-UG members -O'Reilly Open Source Convention Early Bird Discount Ends June 18 ---------------------------------------------------------------- News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Tell us what you really think--take our US catalog survey -SafariU: Create, Customize, and Share Teaching Material -"Hacking the Xbox" featured in "Popular Science Magazine" -The Fuss About Gmail and Privacy: Nine Reasons Why It's Bogus -Apocalypse 12 -Getting the Most Out of XMMS -Profiling LAMP Applications with Apache's Blackbox Logs -Mad Macs and the Unshredder -BBEdit: Its Unix Support Doesn't Suck Either, Part 1 -GarageBand for the Musical Newbie -Using Excel's Calendar Controls -Perfect Text Editors for Coders -Declarative Programming in Java -New Features in VB.NET Whidbey, Part 1 -DataGrids, Improved ---------------------------------------------------------------- News From Your Peers ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Need help finding local speakers or want to be a speaker? ================================================ 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, No Starch, Paraglyph, or Syngress 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- New Releases ---------------------------------------------------------------- ***Eclipse Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596006411 "Eclipse" is a fast-track approach to mastery of Eclipse. It's a tightly focused book that examines all aspects of Eclipse: the menus, preferences, views, perspectives, editors, team, and debugging methods, and how they're used every day by thousands of developers. Eclipse covers hundreds of techniques, from the most basic Java development to creating your own plugin editors for the Eclipse environment. Development of practical skills is emphasized with dozens of hands-on examples that get down to business. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/eclipse/ Chapter 9, "Web Development," is available free online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/eclipse/chapter/index.html ***Learning Red Hat Enterprise Linux & Fedora, 4th Edition Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 059600589X This book provides a clear, no-nonsense introduction to the Red Hat distribution of Linux. It takes you through installation and shows you the key parts of the system, always with an eye toward what can go wrong and what you need to know to get over the humps. New in this edition are installation instructions and package updating for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora, and information on the GRUB bootloader and the CUPS printer system. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnredhatentlnx/ Chapter 10, "Connecting to the Internet," is available free online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnredhatentlnx/chapter/index.html ***WarDriving: Drive, Detect, Defend Publisher: Syngress ISBN: 1931836035 This book educates users of wireless networks as well as those who run the networks about the insecurities associated with wireless networking. This effort is called WarDriving. In order to successfully WarDrive there are hardware and software tools required. This book covers those tools, along with cost estimates and recommendations. Since there are hundreds of possible configurations that can be used for WarDriving, some of the most popular are presented to help readers decide what to buy for their own WarDriving setup. Many of the tools that a WarDriver uses are the same tools that could be used by an attacker to gain unauthorized access to a wireless network. Since this is not the goal of a WarDriver, the methodology that users can use to ethically WarDrive is presented. In addition, complete coverage of WarDriving applications, such as NetStumbler, MiniStumbler, and Kismet, are covered. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1931836035/ ================================================ Upcoming Events ================================================ ***For more events, please see: http://events.oreilly.com/ ***Matthew Gast ("802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide" & "Network Printing") Networld+Interop--May 9-14 Matthew presents his LAN Access Security--Wireless and Wired class for the Interop Labs this year in Las Vegas, NV. Please make sure to visit Matthew at the show bookstore Tuesday, May 11th 10:30am-11am and Wednesday, May 12th 5pm-5:30pm. http://www.interop.com/ ***Chuck Toporek, O'Reilly Mac editor and author ("Inside .Mac & Mac OS X Panther in a Nutshell"), at SF Apple Store--May 14 Chuck is a special guest speaker at the San Francisco Apple Store. http://www.apple.com/retail/sanfrancisco/ ================================================ Conference News ================================================ ***OSCON discounts for non-UG members. Here is a list of the current discounts we offer in addition to our User Group discount. Please let your friends/co-workers know! (Please Note: We will always provide the highest possible discount. However, the following discounts cannot be combined--this includes the UG discount. However they can be used with the Early Bird pricing which ends June 18.) *Company Team Discount--10% off per person if you register 3 or more people from one company. *Full-Time Student--65% off with proof of status, a copy of ID & class schedule. *Academic Instructor--50% off with proof of full time academic instructor status on organization letterhead. *Academic Staff--25% off with proof of full time academic employee status on organization letterhead. *Federal Government Discount--10% off with proof of agency connection. *Alumni--Have you attended one of our O'Reilly conferences? If so, you are eligible for a 20% alumni discount. For more discount information, or to register with these discounts, go to: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/29/register.html ***O'Reilly Open Source Convention Early Bird Discount Ends June 18 User Group members who register before June 18, 2004 get a double discount. Use code DSUG when you register, and you'll get 20% off the "Early Bird" price. To register, go to: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2004/create/ord_os04 O'Reilly Open Source Convention Portland Marriott Downtown Portland, OR July 26-30, 2004 http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/ ================================================ News From O'Reilly & Beyond ================================================ --------------------- General News --------------------- ***Tell us what you really think--take our US catalog survey We'd like to get your feedback about how you use our US catalog. We've got an online survey posted that takes about 5-8 minutes to complete. We'd really appreciate your input. And you can enter to win our new "History of Programming Languages" poster. Thanks for your help. http://www.zoomerang.com/recipient/survey-intro.zgi?p=WEB2GXTFYX9H ***SafariU: Create, Customize, and Share Teaching Material Are you a teacher or trainer? Looking for a way to truly customize your course textbook and offer students exactly the material you choose to teach, while saving them a good bit of money? Become a SafariU beta tester and check out the new web-based publishing platform from O'Reilly that allows you to create custom textbooks and online syllabi. http://academic.oreilly.com/safariu-more.csp To see SafariU in action, register to join SafariU's developers for a live webcast: https://secure.commpartners.com/eventmanager/form.php?user=OReilly&id=1 ***"Hacking the Xbox" featured in "Popular Science Magazine" Read the article featuring Andrew "bunnie" Huang's book on their site: http://www.popsci.com/popsci/computers/article/0,12543,611099,00.html Hacking the Xbox: An Introduction to Reverse Engineering Publisher: No Starch Press ISBN: 1593270291 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1593270291/ ***The Fuss About Gmail and Privacy: Nine Reasons Why It's Bogus Tim says in his current weblog "There's been a lot of fuss about the privacy implications of gmail, but the benefits far outweigh the drawbacks." http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/4707 --------------------- Open Source --------------------- ***Apocalypse 12 Larry Wall writes, "Some people will be surprised to hear it, but Perl is a minimalist language at heart." Here he explains how objects and classes are supposed to work in Perl 6. http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2004/04/16/a12.html Join Larry and Damian Conway this July in Portland for their OSCON session on Perl 6. http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2004/view/e_sess/5046 ***Getting the Most Out of XMMS XMMS (X Multimedia System), available with just about every Linux distro, is simple enough to use, yet many users fail to reach below the surface and take advantage of its many capabilities. In this article, Rickford Grant takes you from the basics of using XMMS to its more advanced features, such as creating playlists, playing Internet radio broadcast streams, and more. Rickford is the author of "Linux for Non-Geeks" from No Starch Press. http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/04/15/xmms_tips.html Linux for Non-Geeks A Hands-On, Project-Based, Take-It-Slow, and Have-Some-Fun Guidebook Publisher: No Starch Press ISBN: 1593270348 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1593270348/ ***Profiling LAMP Applications with Apache's Blackbox Logs Benchmarking LAMP sites can be tricky; how do you know which pages or applications need tuning? Fortunately, you can easily tune your Apache logs to provide more useful profiling information. Chris Josephes explains a Blackbox log format for Apache http. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/apache/2004/04/22/blackbox_logs.html --------------------- Mac --------------------- ***Mad Macs and the Unshredder Maybe Apple Computer should avoid all that nasty litigation with Apple Corps and simply change its name. How about Mad Macs? Michael Swaine thinks outside of the music box. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/04/27/swaine.html ***BBEdit: Its Unix Support Doesn't Suck Either, Part 1 In this first article of a two-part series, Kevin O'Malley introduces you to BBEdit's Unix support features. He also includes a nifty hack for listing the songs on your iPod, copying songs from your iPod to iTunes, and playing a song in iTunes--all from within BBEdit. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/04/27/bbedit_pt1.html ***GarageBand for the Musical Newbie If you don't play an instrument but you have a good ear, a G4 laptop, and GarageBand, can you create an interesting song? Giles Turnbull explores. Whether you're a maestro or a newbie, you'll be able to turn inspiration into demos with the help of O'Reilly's upcoming "GarageBand: The Missing Manual." http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/04/20/garageband.html --------------------- Windows --------------------- ***Using Excel's Calendar Controls Entering dates incorrectly in an Excel spreadsheet can affect calculations, charts, or pivot tables based on those dates. Dave and Raina Hawley, authors of "Excel Hacks," show how to use the standard Calendar Control to make dates easy for users to enter and to ensure that the dates are entered correctly. They also show how to use an Advanced Calendar Control to add or subtract days, weeks, or months from within a calendar. http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/04/27/excelhacks.html Excel Hacks ISBN: 059600625X http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/excelhks/ ***Perfect Text Editors for Coders Tired of wimpy and all-but-useless Notepad and WordPad? Get the three best text editors on the planet with special features for coders--and they're all free or shareware. http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/04/20/editors.html --------------------- Java --------------------- ***Declarative Programming in Java JSR-175 introduces Java annotations, a means of attaching metadata to your Java classes. Narayanan Jayaratchagan looks at how annotations work in J2SE 1.5 and the many ways in which they can be used. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/04/21/declarative.html --------------------- .NET --------------------- ***New Features in VB.NET Whidbey, Part 1 Microsoft has recently released the Community Preview of the next Visual Studio .NET, Whidbey. One of the enhancements in Whidbey is the new, improved VB.NET language. Wei-Meng Lee shows you what's in store with the new language.features.http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2004/04/26/vbnet20_pt 1.html ***DataGrids, Improved In Jesse Liberty's book "Programming ASP.NET," he was unable to begin the discussion of DataGrids without first describing, in some detail, the ADO.NET object model, including DataAdapters, DataTables, DataSets and DataReaders. In this, the first column on Whidbey, he shows how to use Whidbey's new ASP.NET DataGrids. http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2004/04/19/liberty.html Programming ASP.NET, 2nd Edition ISBN: 0596004877 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/progaspdotnet2/index.html ================================================ News From Your Peers ================================================ ***Need help finding local speakers or want to be a speaker? Check out the O'Reilly User Group wiki site for help: UGSuggestions http://wiki.oreillynet.com/usergroups/null?UGSuggestions UGNeeds http://wiki.oreillynet.com/usergroups/null?UGNeeds O'Reilly User Group Wiki http://wiki.oreillynet.com/usergroups/index.cgi Until next time-- Marsee From timc+perl at divide.net Tue May 11 02:01:33 2004 From: timc+perl at divide.net (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:32 2004 Subject: which book to request? Message-ID: <000001c4376e$c2d389b0$4105ee0f@CEPHAS> I was afraid this would happen. I don't know which book to get. I want to show the PPPM's support for O'Reilly, which has been generous to us via the Users Group program. Marsee asked user's groups to put a banner for OSCON on their Web sites. In exchange, she will send the group a book of its own choosing. I am attending OSCON again this year, so I thought that would be a good way to do it. The banner's up at http://pikes-peak.pm.org/. Now, which book should I request for our group? <>< Tim From timc+perl at divide.net Fri May 14 15:43:07 2004 From: timc+perl at divide.net (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:32 2004 Subject: Fw: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, May 13 Message-ID: <00fc01c439f4$1098cf70$4105ee0f@CEPHAS> ================================================================ O'Reilly News for User Group Members May 13, 2004 ================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------- Book News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Hacking the Code -iPhoto 4: The Missing Manual, 3rd Edition -Network Security Hacks -Word Pocket Guide, 2nd Edition -JavaServer Faces -Managing and Securing a Cisco SWAN ---------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Derrick Story ("Digital Photography Hacks," "Digital Photography Pocket Guide"),Unruh's Photography, Santa Rosa, CA--May 15 -Virtual Author Event, "Meet & Geek"--May 22 -O'Reilly at Microsoft Tech Ed 2004, San Diego, CA--May 23-28 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Conference News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Mac OS X Conference Call for Participation--Ends June 11 -O'Reilly Open Source Convention Early Bird Discount--Ends June 18 ---------------------------------------------------------------- News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -We've got a new name--O'Reilly Media -Treo 600: Not Your Parents' PalmPilot -Web Programming Certificate Series -Learning Assembly Language Is Still a Good Idea -Building a Parrot Compiler -Take Command of Your Linux Commands -"Version Control with Subversion": Introduction -The Missing Digital Photography Hacks -Automated Web Photo Galleries with iPhoto and Perl -Hacking Excel, Part 1 -An Inside Look at XP SP2 -Performance Analysis of J2EE Applications Using AOP Techniques -The State of JAXB: Availability, Suitability, Analysis, and Architecture -Creating an FTP Client in .NET ---------------------------------------------------------------- News From Your Peers ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Does your group need help with publicity or meetings? ================================================ 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, No Starch, Paraglyph, or Syngress 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- New Releases ---------------------------------------------------------------- ***Hacking the Code Publisher: Syngress ISBN: 1932266658 "Hacking the Code" covers almost all known security issues related to coding for the Web. It explains how certain code can be attacked, shows how to edit the code, and offers case studies and examples--actual code you can drop right into your applications. The book establishes policies for object input, shows how to audit existing code for potential security problems, and offers best practices for maintaining a session state, handling cookies, getting user input, and more. You don't want a course on security; you just want to fix your code. This book will be your guide. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1932266658/ ***iPhoto 4: The Missing Manual, 3rd Edition Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596006926 Users will find a lot to like about the new iPhoto 4, and The Missing Manual covers it all in detail and with scrupulous objectivity. But this authoritative guide goes further, giving readers the basics they need to make iPhoto really work, including coverage of the essentials of photography, editing basics, and photo presentation. "iPhoto 4: The Missing Manual, 3rd Edition" covers all of these elements step by step, and offers details on even the smallest nips and tucks. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0596006926/ ***Network Security Hacks Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596006438 This information-packed book provides more than 100 quick, practical, and clever things to do to help make your Linux, Unix, and Windows networks more secure. These security hacks don't just cover securing TCP/IP-based services; they also provide intelligent host-based security techniques. Loaded with concise but powerful examples of applied encryption, intrusion detection, logging, trending, and incident response, the book demonstrates effective methods for defending your servers and networks from a variety of devious and subtle attacks. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/netsechacks/ Five sample hacks are available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/netsechacks/chapter/index.html ***Word Pocket Guide, 2nd Edition Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596006845 Newly updated for Word 2003, this compact quick reference covers Microsoft Word's keyboard shortcuts, user interface, commands, and tasks. It provides an overview of fundamental Word concepts, then explains how to accomplish specific actions, such as formatting, spellchecking, editing, printing, customizing, and more. The book also contains reference tables for quick lookup of keyboard shortcuts, regular expressions, and common file locations. If you're a Word power user, making the move to Word 2003, or wanting advanced shortcuts and problem-solving help, "Word Pocket Guide, 2nd Edition" is a must-have. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wordpg2/ ***JavaServer Faces Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596005393 "JavaServer Faces" teaches developers how to use the new JavaServer Faces framework to build real-world web applications. The book covers everything you'll need: how to construct the HTML on the front end; how to create the user-interface components that connect the front end to your business objects; how to write a back end that's JSF-friendly; and how to create the deployment descriptors that tie everything together. This book is a complete guide to the crucial new JSF technology. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jsvrfaces/ Chapter 1, "Introducing JavaServer Faces" and Chapter 2, "JSF Development Process Overview" are available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jsvrfaces/chapter/index.html ***Managing and Securing a Cisco SWAN Publisher: Syngress ISBN: 1932266917 This book is essential reading for any network admin, network engineer, or security consultant responsible for the design, deployment and/or management of a Cisco Structured Wireless-Aware Network. It covers all product features, with particular attention to the challenges of integrating legacy Cisco products into a Wireless-Aware network. Specifically, the book will include coverage of Cisco IOS Software-based Cisco Aironet Series access points, Cisco and Cisco Compatible client adapters and the CiscoWorks Wireless LAN Solution Engine (WLSE). http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1932266917/ ================================================ Upcoming Events ================================================ ***For more events, please see: http://events.oreilly.com/ ***Derrick Story ("Digital Photography Hacks," "Digital Photography Pocket Guide"), Unruh's Photography, Santa Rosa, CA--May 15 O'Reilly author and pro photographer Derrick Story is presenting three mini-sessions designed to help you get the most out of your digital camera. Sessions begin at 1:00 p.m., and he'll be around to answer questions and sign copies of his books between sessions. Unruh's will also have specials on digital cameras and accessories. 823 Fourth St., Santa Rosa, CA. http://www.unruhsphoto.com/ ***Virtual Author Event, "Meet & Geek," MacCenter, South Florida--May 22 Hook up with Snaggy and Nitrozac ("The Best of the Joy of Tech") and Wil Wheaton "Dancing Barefoot" in South Florida. Say "hey" via iChat and iSight, and get a copy of your book signed with digital ink. Signings will be held several times throughout the afternoon. http://www.maccenter.com/seminars/events/2004/05/meetandgeek.lasso ***O'Reilly at Microsoft Tech Ed 2004, San Diego, California--May 23-28 Drop by our booth (#1849), say howdy, and look over our latest publications. http://www.microsoft.com/seminar/teched2004/default.mspx ================================================ Conference News ================================================ ***Mac OS X Conference Call for Participation--Ends June 11 If you're pushing the Mac envelope, we want you to speak at our third annual Mac OS X Conference this October. We're looking for proposals from developers building new apps, admins tapping the open source toolbox, small business owners powering their bottom lines, and digital musicians leveraging X's muscle--but we're open to surprises, too. The deadline for proposals is June 11. http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/macosx2004/create/e_sess ***O'Reilly Open Source Convention Early Bird Discount--Ends June 18 User Group members who register before June 18, 2004 get a double discount. Use code DSUG when you register, and you'll get 20% off the "Early Bird" price. To register, go to: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2004/create/ord_os04 O'Reilly Open Source Convention Portland Marriott Downtown Portland, OR July 26-30, 2004 http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/ ================================================ News From O'Reilly & Beyond ================================================ --------------------- General News --------------------- ***We've got a new name--O'Reilly Media O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. is now O'Reilly Media, Inc. As we enter our second quarter-century, we've changed out name to reflect our expanding array of products and services. Though the legendary "animal books" remain a centerpiece of O'Reilly's business, the new name better conveys our diverse technology information offerings--conferences, the O'Reilly Network suite of web sites, Safari Tech Books Online, and the new web-based custom publishing platform, SafariU. http://press.oreilly.com/pub/pr/1168 ***Treo 600: Not Your Parents' PalmPilot Palm's Handspring Treo 600 is at the very high end of the PDA spectrum. It provides full PalmOS5.2 support with a fast 144MHz ARM processor, a full GSM or CDMA cell phone, full proxyless web browsing and email support, synchronization with Palm Desktop and Microsoft Outlook, a 640 by 480 camera with the ability to email directly from the camera, and an SD/MMC card slot. Ian Darwin takes you inside in this in-depth review. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2004/04/29/treo600.html ***Web Programming Certificate Series This six-course series from the O'Reilly Learning Lab teaches you the skills needed for web programming, web administration, and web site development. You'll learn HTML, JavaScript, XML, SQL, Perl, and Unix. Upon completion of the series, students receive a Certificate of Professional Development from the University of Illinois Office of Continuing Education. And for a limited time, enroll in all six courses and save 50%. http://oreilly.useractive.com/courses/webprogramming.php3 --------------------- Open Source --------------------- ***Learning Assembly Language Is Still a Good Idea Randall Hyde makes a case for the relevance of learning assembly language even today. The key, he says, is to learn how to efficiently implement an application, and the best implementations are written by those who've mastered assembly language. Randall is the author of No Starch's "Write Great Code." http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/05/06/writegreatcode.html ***Building a Parrot Compiler The virtual machine for Perl 6 is not just for Perl 6 anymore. Parrot is a high-level, high-performance target for all sorts of languages. Dan Sugalski, coauthor of "Perl 6 Essentials," demonstrates by building a compiler for a vintage 4GL. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/04/15/parrot_compiler_construction.html Dan and his coauthor, Allison Randal, are both speaking at July's Open Source Convention: http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/ ***Take Command of Your Linux Commands In this SearchEnterpriseLinux.com interview, Dan Barrett lists the top five Linux commands that IT managers should know, Linux tools that should be mastered, best and worst Linux practices, and the funniest commands in his lexicon. Dan is the author of "Linux Pocket Guide." http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid39_gci958417,00.html ***"Version Control with Subversion": Introduction Subversion is an open source version control system that can access its file repository across networks. Various people are able to modify and manage the same set of data from their respective locations. Collaboration is fostered, and changes can occur more rapidly. This preview of Chapter 1 from "Version Control with Subversion" (available in July) gives you the history, features, architecture, and components of this important new version control system. http://opensource.oreilly.com/news/subversion_ch01.html --------------------- Mac --------------------- ***The Missing Digital Photography Hacks Derrick Story says "The quest to compile compelling hacks is not something I can just turn off now that 'Digital Photography Hacks' has hit the streets. It's an addictive process. And I admit it; I can't stop. So here are five brand-new tips for you to explore." http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/05/11/photo_hacks.html ***Automated Web Photo Galleries with iPhoto and Perl If iPhoto is working nicely as your digital shoebox, but you want to automate the process of creating web galleries for your own server, here's a nifty setup using sendmail, MySQL, and Perl. Mike Schienle, who specializes in task automation for a living, shows you the system he designed for his wife, who is an avid photographer. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/05/07/iphoto_perl.html --------------------- Windows --------------------- ***Hacking Excel, Part 1 Learn how to create a workable speedometer (or "speedo") chart, complete with moving needle, by using a combination of doughnut and pie charts, in this sample hack from O'Reilly's "Excel Hacks." http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/excerpt/excelhacks_chap05/index.html ***An Inside Look at XP SP2 The first real beta of SP2, Release Candidate 1, is finally out. Final release is only a few months away. Is it ready for prime time? And what's inside? Wei-Meng Lee gives you an inside look. http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/05/04/SP2RC1.html --------------------- Java --------------------- ***Performance Analysis of J2EE Applications Using AOP Techniques It's tricky to profile a J2EE application to find performance bottlenecks; it's even trickier to do this with a production system, without introducing instability or new slowdowns. Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) offers a means of injecting new code, such as performance metrics, into existing code, without re-compiling. Ramchandar Krishnamurthy shows how this can be done. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/05/12/aop.html ***The State of JAXB: Availability, Suitability, Analysis, and Architecture JAXB, now part of Sun's Web Services Developer Pack, offers a means of converting between Java objects and an XML representation. But is it the ideal solution? Satya Komatineni investigates what JAXB has to offer. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/05/05/jaxb.html --------------------- .NET --------------------- ***Creating an FTP Client in .NET "The .NET framework provides the plumbing, allowing you to concentrate on the application you are building." At least, that's the theory, but when it comes to FTP, .NET has a bit of a gap in the pipes. Jesse Liberty shows you how to write a simple FTP application in .NET. http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2004/05/10/ftpdotnet.htm ================================================ News From Your Peers ================================================ ***Does your group need help with publicity or meetings? Check out these helpful articles on our User Group Resource page on our wiki: http://wiki.oreillynet.com/usergroups/view?UGResources O'Reilly User Group Wiki http://wiki.oreillynet.com/usergroups/index.cgi Until next time-- Marsee