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Subject: 	Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, June 19
Date: 	Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:40:38 -0700
From: 	Marsee Henon <marsee at oreilly.com>



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O'Reilly.com <http://www.oreilly.com>UG Program Newsletter

Hi there?

viguy Hope your summer is off to a great start. I know mine is.

I had great fun at my first Tech*Ed in Orlando, FL. Thanks to everyone
who stopped by to say hi. I would also like to thank all the hard
working INETA <http://www.ineta.org/>leaders for putting on another
successful User Group Leader Summit. I look forward to visiting more.
Here's a photo
<http://www.oreillynet.com/fyi/blog/2007/06/on_the_road_in_orlando_fl_for_1.html>
of the Florida UG leaders.

INETA with the Help of Culminis <http://culminis.org/>organized all the
Birds of a Feather sessions at Tech*Ed this year.

Thanks to everyone who attened Ignite Boston last month. The event was a
blast and we hope to plan more. Here's a list
<http://www.oreillynet.com/ignite/blog//2007/05/ignite_boston_agenda_1.html>
of speakers and some Flickr photos
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/igniteboston/>.

Do you have a Code Camp or other special event coming up? Don't forget
to ask me for books and catalogs for your attendees. Just send me the
list of books, the shipping location, and give me enough time to get
them there.

Travel alert:

If you are going to be in Portland, OR for OSCON or Ubuntu Live the week
of July 22 let me know (if I already asked you, no need to tell me
again.) It would be great to find a time to meet you.

Lastly, if you would prefer to receive this email in text instead of
HTML, drop me a line.

Thanks for your help!

?Marsee

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In this issue:

    * O'Reilly UG Program News?Just for User Group Leaders <#ugprogram>
    * New Releases <#newreleases>
    * Upcoming Events <#upcoming>
    * Conference News <#conferencenews>
    * News from O'Reilly & Beyond <#news>

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Hawk*An Introduction to Haskell, Part 1: Why Haskell *
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Most programmers spend most of their life writing programs using
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all in the first half of an introduction to Haskell.

*Good and Bad PHP Code*
<http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/05/25/good-and-bad-php-code/>
Kevin Yank discusses examples of good & bad PHP code, and how he tests
people applying for programming positions.

*A Holiday Gantry Web Application *
<http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2007/06/14/a-holiday-gantry-web-application.html>
Ruby on Rails may get all the attention as a quick and easy way to
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for other languages. Phil Crow shows how Gantry, a Perl-based CRUD
generator, saved Christmas.

*Creating MyTube with Flex and PHP *
<http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2007/06/14/a-holiday-gantry-web-application.html>
Flex is Adobe's answer to the problem of finding a multi-platform
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produce a quick and easy video blogging site.

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lizard*dekeBytes: Palettes Aren't Panels (Vampires Aren't Zombies)*
<http://www.oreillynet.com/digitalmedia/blog/2007/06/palettes_arent_panels_vampires_1.html>
Deke McClelland Explains "With the release of its CS3 products, Adobe
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longer exist. The word 'palettes' has been struck from the Adobe
lexicon. Those things that were palettes are now 'panels.'"

*Joe Schorr on iPhoto to Aperture*
<http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2007/06/01/iphoto-to-aperture.html>
Many photographers have scores of valuable images stored in iPhoto
libraries. As Aperture becomes incorporated into the workflow, what's
the best way to move those pictures to the Aperture environment? And
what if you want to share your Raw files with both iPhoto and Aperture?
In this podcast, Joe Schorr, senior product manager for Aperture,
explains all of the inside tricks for working with both iPhoto and
Aperture libraries.

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Mac

IrishSetter*WWDC Keynote: Oh Boy, Just What I Always Wanted *
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2007/06/12/wwdc-keynote-report.html>
Learn about the new features announced in Leopard, Safari for Windows,
and the way iPhone development is going to work. Daniel Steinberg
reports from this year's WWDC keynote.

*iPod Mic Shootout*
<http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2007/05/18/ipod-mic-shootout.html>
Apple finally added "CD-quality" recording to the iPod. But how good is
it really? Recording engineer Mark Nelson plugs in three leading add-on
mics and records voice and guitar to find out.

*Hit-and-Run: Launching AppleScripts with Keyboard Shortcuts *
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2007/06/08/hit-and-run-launching-applescripts-with-keyboard-shortcuts.html>
AppleScript automation is one of OS X's most useful features, and it can
be made even better with the use of keyboard shortcuts. Jochen Wolters
examines three ways to assign a keyboard shortcut to an AppleScript, and
digs in to FastScripts and Quicksilver in this detailed tutorial.

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Microsoft/.NET

Tuna*Managing Printing in Your .NET Application *
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/windows/2007/05/15/managing-printing-in-your-net-application.html>
The .NET Framework makes it easy to support printing. In this article,
Wei-Meng Lee shows you the basics of printing in .NET 2.0, including how
to configure page setup, print multiple pages, preview a document before
it is printed, as well as let users select a printer to which to print.

*Implementing and Understanding DHCP*
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/windows/2007/06/12/implementing-and-understanding-dhcp.html>
Setting up DHCP on tens, hundreds, and even thousands of computers can
be daunting. Here's how to do it easily with Windows Server 2003.

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Java

Fox*Agile Database Refactoring with Hibernate *
<http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2007/06/07/agile-database-refactoring-with-hibernate.html>
Your data model was near perfect when your application was first
written. Since then, it has...evolved. In this article, we will show
readers how to upgrade their faulty schemas and data models without
affecting existing applications or processes.

*Using the Lucene Query Parser Without Lucene*
<http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2007/05/24/using-the-lucene-query-parser-without-lucene.html>
This article shows how to use the Lucene Query Parser to build search
capability into your application, adapting it onto a legacy database
rather than using the entire Lucene package.

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Web

bees*Google Shuts Down Made-For-AdSense Sites *
<http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/05/23/google-shuts-down-arbitrage-and-mfa-publishers/>
An overview of Google's new policies on arbirtrage and made-for-Adsense
sites.

*Breaking out of the Box with CSS*
<http://www.sitepoint.com/article/breaking-out-of-the-box/>
Paul explains how to test your web apps to ensure they can handle heavy
user demand.

Until next time?
Marsee Henon
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