From timc+perl at divide.net Fri Feb 4 10:49:50 2011 From: timc+perl at divide.net (Tim Chambers) Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2011 11:49:50 -0700 Subject: [Pikes-peak-pm] flushing the O'Reilly queue Message-ID: <4D4C4A4E.2090903@divide.net> Just an apology for the flood. My personal system has been "sick" and I only put in the time to fix it this week. I have a large backlog of email, including 4 messages from O'Reilly. I will be sending them one at a time. Thanks for your continued interest in the Pikes Peak Perl Mongers. -- Tim From timc+perl at divide.net Fri Feb 4 10:50:45 2011 From: timc+perl at divide.net (Tim Chambers) Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2011 11:50:45 -0700 Subject: [Pikes-peak-pm] Fwd: Books and News from the O'Reilly User Group Program--Jan Message-ID: <4D4C4A85.1070708@divide.net> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Books and News from the O'Reilly User Group Program--Jan Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 09:00:22 -0800 From: Marsee Henon & Jon Johns To: timc+pppm+oreilly at divide.net If you cannot read the information below, click here . Forward this annoucement to a friend O'Reilly.com User Group Newsletter Jan 2011 Issue New Releases: *Building Wireless Sensor Networks * By Robert Faludi *Confessions of a Public Speaker * By Scott Berkun *Designing Interfaces, Second Edition * By Jenifer Tidwell *Developer's Guide to Microsoft Enterprise Library 5, Visual Basic Edition * By Alex Homer , Nicolas Botto , Bob Brumfield , Grigori Melnik , Erik Renaud , Fernando Simonazzi , Chris Tavares *HTML5 and CSS3 * By Brian P. 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