From timc+perl at divide.net Sat Aug 7 23:09:22 2010 From: timc+perl at divide.net (Tim Chambers) Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2010 00:09:22 -0600 Subject: [Pikes-peak-pm] Fwd: UG News: Processing and Arduino in Tandem--New Course from O'Reilly Message-ID: <4C5E4A12.3080808@divide.net> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: UG News: Processing and Arduino in Tandem--New Course from O'Reilly Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 11:16:33 -0700 From: Marsee Henon To: timc+pppm+oreilly at divide.net View in Browser . *Forward this announcement to your user group or a friend* . Free Online Course Processing with Arduino Create your own drawing and animation software-and learn basic programming and electronics skills at the same time. This engaging 5-week online course introduces you to two simple tools: Processing, a programming language for visual thinkers, and Arduino, a hardware platform for working with electronics. You'll learn how to use these tools together to build something useful right away. 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The projBox Kit contains: * projBox * Arduino Duemilanove * Electronics Breadboard * 4 10k potentiometers * 4 SPST switches * 4 LEDs * USB cable * Wires Spreading the knowledge of innovators oreilly.com You are receiving this email because you are a User Group contact with O'Reilly Media. Forward this announcement . If you would like to stop receiving these newsletters or announcements from O'Reilly, send an email to marsee at oreilly.com . O'Reilly Media, Inc. 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472 (707) 827-7000 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From timc+perl at divide.net Sat Aug 21 12:54:02 2010 From: timc+perl at divide.net (Tim Chambers) Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 13:54:02 -0600 Subject: [Pikes-peak-pm] Fwd: Books and News from the O'Reilly User Group Program--Aug Message-ID: <4C702EDA.8060604@divide.net> Sorry for the delayed delivery. Catching up on huge backlog of email today. -- Tim -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Books and News from the O'Reilly User Group Program--Aug Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 08:00:36 -0700 From: Marsee Henon & Jon Johns If you cannot read the information below, click here . Forward this annoucement to a friend O'Reilly.com User Group Newsletter Aug 2010 Issue New Releases: *Being Geek * By Michael Lopp *Build Your Own Wicked Wordpress Themes * By Alan Cole , Raena Jackson Armitage , Brandon R. Jones , Jeffrey Way *Cooking for Geeks * By Jeff Potter *Kindle: The Mini Missing Manual * *Learning Rails: Live Edition * *Map Scripting 101 * By Adam DuVander *Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Inside Out: Rough Cuts Version * *Microsoft PowerPivot for Excel 2010: Rough Cuts Version * *Practical HDRI, Second Edition * By Jack Howard *The Wild Side of Photography * By Cyrill Harnischmacher More New Releases >> Welcome Hi there, We've released three books I hope everyone will check out: Cooking for Geeks , Gamestorming , and Being Geek . We're looking for Slashdot, Amazon, and oreilly.com reviews for each one. Let me know if you're interested. Starting August 31, O'Reilly is offering a free online course Processing and Arduino in Tandem in partnership with creativeLIVE. Space is limited, so register now. O'Reilly webcasts happening soon on the following topics: * Programming Beyond Relational Features in SQL Server 2008 , presented by Leonard Lobel on Aug 17 @ 10am PT * Best Practices for Upgrading and Migrating to SharePoint 2010 , presented by Joel Oleson and Dux Raymond Sy on Aug 20 @ 10am PT * Asynchronous architectures with the CouchDB_changes feed , presented by Jan Lehnardt on August 25 @ 10am PT * Self-Service Business Intelligence with Microsoft PowerPivot , presented by Andrew J Brust Aug 26 @ 10am PT Check out our Webcast page for on-demand videos of past webcasts and more upcoming live events. Thanks, --Marsee Henon P.S. Jon and I will be headed to the Northeast User Group Leadership Summit , Aug 21, in Cambridge, MA. 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