From bmathis at directedge.com Sat Dec 1 11:05:49 2001 From: bmathis at directedge.com (Brian Mathis) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:19:34 2004 Subject: [roch-pm] [Fwd: [Perl Jobs] Survey programmer (Perl/CGI) (telecommute), Belgium, Brussels] Message-ID: <3C090DED.1020804@directedge.com> Online URL for this job: http://jobs.perl.org/job/172 To subscribe to this list, send mail to jobs-subscribe@perl.org. To unsubscribe, send mail to jobs-unsubscribe@perl.org. Posted: December 1, 2001 Job title: Survey programmer (Perl/CGI) Company name: eContact Internal ID: lipslung Location: Belgium, Brussels Pay rate: to be discussed Travel: 0% Terms of employment: Independent contractor (project-based) Hours: Flexible Onsite: no Description: Developing an online survey: multiple form (3 html documents which depend on previous answers) cookie (survey can only be filled in once) time indication, IP address,... in the output file. customized auto-mail reply Required skills: Good knowlegde of Perl/CGI. Desired skills: Having the PERL spirit. The ability to optimize BNB's form. Contact information: All first contacts: bertw88@hotmail.com -- For information on unsubscribing from this list, please visit http://rochester.pm.org From bmathis at directedge.com Wed Dec 5 23:19:10 2001 From: bmathis at directedge.com (Brian Mathis) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:19:34 2004 Subject: [roch-pm] [Fwd: Perl.com: An Introduction to Testing] Message-ID: <3C0EFFCE.9090307@directedge.com> Perl.com update -------------------------------------- The Email for www.perl.com Subscribers ======================================================= This issue is sponsored by IBM Web services. IBM WebSphere Studio Application Developer is the best-integrated development environment for e-business and Web services on J2EE. Want to develop Web services today? Download the beta version and develop smarter, interoperable solutions. http://ibm.com/webservices/r/newsletter13 ======================================================= Hello, world! This is Simon Cozens, managing editor of www.perl.com, here to bring you the week's news and developments both in the Perl world and on our own site. * Perl at large. Those In The Know will already know that the best way to install modules from CPAN is to use the CPAN shell, "perl -MCPAN -e shell". But they'll also probably know that the CPAN shell is quite quirky, and occasionally gets very confused about things and tries to install a new version of Perl for you. And those *really* in the know will know that CPAN.pm is not code that any sane man or woman would want to maintain. So Jos Boumans and his merry band have taken up the challenge of creating an alternative. CPANPLUS is now available for beta testing at the URL below; there's also a link to a talk which explains what CPANPLUS is trying to do. Give it a whirl, and send Jos your comments! http://japh.nu/cp/CPANPLUS-0.01.tar.gz http://japh.nu/cp/talk.html Other than that, I'm afraid to say there's not very much going on in the Perl world this week. Expect things to get more interesting in the next few days, though - Perl 5.8.0 is steadily nearing completion, and Parrot 0.0.3 is only a couple of days away. * What's new on perl.com Even once you've released and signed off a programming job, the work almost certainly doesn't stop - it's a fact of life that you'll spend more time maintaining code than you will developing it. Anything that makes maintaining code easier is, therefore, pretty obviously a good thing. Chromatic argues that one really good way to ease the burden for yourself is to get into the habit of writing decent tests for your code, and provides some good ways to go about writing and managing them: http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2001/12/04/testing.html Have a good holiday, SC =========================================================== Sponsored by VeriSign - The Value of Trust Get the strongest server security-128-bit SSL encryption! Download VeriSign's FREE guide, "Securing Your Web Site for Business" and learn everything you need to know about using SSL to encrypt your e-commerce transactions for serious online security. 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I'd gained 5 lbs, then lost it after a visit from the flu. All's well that ends well. It's been a few weeks since you last heard from me, so here goes.... HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK Books: - *10* New O'Reilly Titles, See "Book News" News: - Tim O'Reilly on the Early Web - What's in a Nutshell? - An Interview with Nat Torkington and Lorrie LeJeune - The Ties that BIND - Road Testing the Powerbook Ti 667 - Using Python and XML with Microsoft .NET My Services - The Advantages of Oracle RMAN - An Interview with the Creator of Ruby - Dreamweaver Power Combinations Other Stuff: - Looking for speakers? - Call for Papers--We Want YOU - Pesky Reminder ================================================ NEWS FROM O'REILLY & BEYOND ================================================ Spread the word to your members.... GENERAL INTEREST -------------------- TIM O'REILLY ON THE EARLY WEB The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center is hosting a symposium to honor the ten year anniversary of the Web in America. Tim O'Reilly and Dale Dougherty, O'Reilly's vice president of Online Publishing, have been invited to talk about their experiences creating the first Web portal, GNN (Global Network Navigator), in 1992. Tim takes this opportunity to reflect on the innovations O'Reilly & Associates has contributed to the Web's development. http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/907 WHAT'S IN A NUTSHELL? Ever wonder what O'Reilly requires of a book before it can become a title in our treasured In a Nutshell series? O'Reilly editor Bruce Epstein, defines Nutshell books: http://www.oreilly.com/news/nutshell_1101.html BIOINFORMATICS -------------------- AN INTERVIEW WITH NAT TORKINGTON AND LORRIE LEJEUNE: CO-CHAIRS OF O'REILLY'S UPCOMING BIOINFORMATICS TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE Learn why bioinformatics is a hot topic, and why it's made O'Reilly's radar: http://bio.oreilly.com/news/bioinfoint_1101.html EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION ENDS TOMORROW, DECEMBER 7th For the O'Reilly Bioinformatics Technology Conference January 28-31, 2002--Tucson, AZ If you register by end of day Friday, you receive a double discount when using the DSUG discount code. Get 20% off Early Bird prices! LINUX -------------------- THE TIES THAT BIND It's possible to support a Windows 2000 environment using a traditional BIND name server, but it requires some special configuration. To learn a number of configuration options, and how to accommodate Windows 2000 with BIND, read this Linux Magazine article by Cricket Liu, coauthor of O'Reilly's "DNS and BIND, 4th Edition." http://www.linux-mag.com/2001-03/bind_01.html MAC/APPLE -------------------- ROAD TESTING THE POWERBOOK Ti 667 Apple's professional Titanium PowerBook has plenty of sex appeal on the outside, but how does it handle the curves in real-world testing? Derrick Story compares the new G4 667 MHz CPU performance with the older PowerBook G3, and looks at the super-wide display, redesigned keyboard, and controversial track pad. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2001/11/20/titanium667.html .NET -------------------- USING PYTHON AND XML WITH MICROSOFT .NET MY SERVICES Learn how to create a request for the .NET Contacts service using Python and XML on Linux: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2001/12/03/myservices.html ORACLE -------------------- THE ADVANTAGES OF ORACLE RMAN RMAN offers numerous advantages over traditional backup techniques. 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Let me know, and I'll see if we can work out a venue. -- For information on unsubscribing from this list, please visit http://rochester.pm.org From bmathis at directedge.com Fri Dec 14 08:49:05 2001 From: bmathis at directedge.com (Brian Mathis) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:19:34 2004 Subject: [roch-pm] Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, December 13 (fwd) Message-ID: O'Reilly User Group Program NEWSLETTER December 13, 2001 HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: BOOKS: - Mac OS X: The Missing Manual - Review Copy Guidelines NEWS: - Java Recipe of the Day - Setting Up Your Environment to Develop SQLJ Programs - An Interview with David Flannagan - Transforming XML - Top Ten SAX2 Tips MACWORLD UPDATE: - David Pogue will visit the UG Lounge, and much more CONFERENCES: - Call for Papers Deadline Extended for the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference ================================================ BOOK NEWS ================================================ REVIEW COPIES AVAILABLE, email me for a copy. DRUM ROLL PLEASE.... MAC OS X: THE MISSING MANUAL You've been waiting for this title to release, and it's finally here! David Pogue's genius has struck again, with yet another important book that should have been in the box. "Mac OS X: The Missing Manual" promises to help you sort through the completely new OS that has had Mac crowds reeling with questions. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/macosxmm/ An interview with David can be found at: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2001/11/09/missingmanual.html For David Pogue's scheduled Macworld engagements, see "Macworld Update" below. REVIEW COPY GUIDELINES ---------------------- We find reviews to be invaluable. Your feedback helps us to continue providing the quality books you've come to expect from O'Reilly. I supply review copies with the hope that a review will be written for O'Reilly, and also passed on to your members through newsletters, group web sites or email mailing lists. 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JAVA -------------------- JAVA RECIPE OF THE DAY Begin each morning with a fresh programming recipe extracted from the "Java Cookbook" by Ian Darwin. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/javacook/solution.html SETTING UP YOUR ENVIRONMENT TO DEVELOP SQLJ PROGRAMS Learn how to set up your environment to develop SQLJ applications in this first installment of Jason Price's Learning SQLJ series. Jason is the author of "Java Programming with Oracle SQLJ." http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2001/12/05/learning_sqlj.html AN INTERVIEW WITH DAVID FLANNAGAN We asked David about the state of JavaScript and what's new in the latest version of both the language and his book, "JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, 4th Edition." http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2001/12/04/flanagan.html XML -------------------- TRANSFORMING XML Bob DuCharme continues his examination of how to control whitespace in XML documents in this month's Transforming XML column. For a complete list of O'Reilly's XML books, visit xml.oreilly.com. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2001/12/05/whitespace.html TOP TEN SAX2 TIPS David Brownell gives you the top 10 tips at: http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2001/12/05/sax2.html ================================================ MACWORLD UPDATE ================================================ Monday, January 7th Apple User Group University Marriott Hotel, San Francisco, CA O'Reilly is a sponsor for the Apple User Group University--so visit us at the vendor tabletop event. David Pogue will be signing books (bring your favorite Pogue title). I'll be there too, along with the lovely Marsee Henon. I can't wait to meet you and see familiar faces once again. January 8 - 11 Macworld, San Francisco http://www.macworldexpo.com/index.html Visit O'Reilly booth #416, and register to win five O'Reilly books of your choice. David Pogue will be speaking at the O'Reilly booth and other venues--see following shedule for Pogue sightings not to miss: Tuesday, Jan 8 2:30 Autographing & conversation at our Booth #416 4:00 User Group Lounge (See your Macworld schedule for location) Wednesday, Jan 9 9:30 Future Directions of Apple (panel discussion--see your Macworld schedule for location) 2:00 King iMovies (See your Macworld schedule for location) 4:00 Autographing & conversation, O'Reilly booth #416 6:30 Appearance at the Apple Store, 451 University Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301 (650) 617-9000 Thursday, Jan 10 1:45 PalmPilot talk (panel discussion--see your Macworld schedule for location) 4:00 Book signing at Alladin Booth #1407 Friday, Jan 11 10:00 Best of Mac Secrets (panel discussion--see your Macworld schedule for location) 1:00 Book signing at O'Reilly booth #416 booth =============================================== O'REILLY CONFERENCES =============================================== O'REILLY BIOINFORMATICS TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE January 28-31, 2002 Tuscon, Arizona KEYNOTE: BUILDING A NATION FROM A LAND OF CITY STATES Speaker: Lincon D. 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If members register before "Early Bird" registration ends, they receive a double-discount when using the DSUG code. -- For information on unsubscribing from this list, please visit http://rochester.pm.org From bmathis at directedge.com Fri Dec 14 08:49:18 2001 From: bmathis at directedge.com (Brian Mathis) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:19:34 2004 Subject: [roch-pm] Perl.com Newsletter: A Drag-and-Drop Primer for Perl/Tk (fwd) Message-ID: Perl.com update -------------------------------------- The Email for www.perl.com Subscribers =========================================================== Sponsored by VeriSign - The Value of Trust FREE E-COMMERCE SECURITY GUIDE Is your e-business built on a strong, secure foundation? Find out with VeriSign's FREE White Paper, "Building an E-Commerce Trust Infrastructure." Learn how to authenticate your site to customers, secure your web servers with 128-Bit SSL encryption, and accept secure payments online. Click here: http://www.verisign.com/cgi-bin/go.cgi?a=n203963060045000 =========================================================== Hello, world! This is Simon Cozens, managing editor of www.perl.com, here to bring you the week's news and developments both in the Perl world and on our own site. * Perl at large. Some very important news this week! The Perl Foundation has announced its fundraising drive for next year. Through donations from various generous companies and individuals, we managed to sponsor Damian Conway to work on Perl for the whole of this year, and this time around we're looking to sponsor both Damian and Dan Sugalski, the internals designer for Perl 6. "The Foundation is beginning drives for two Perl Development Grants, for Dan Sugalski and Damian Conway, totalling $175,000 ($60,000 each for stipend, $20,000 each for travel, and $15,000 for adminstrative overhead)." Take this to your boss, your boss's boss, your bank manager, and anyone else who you think will possibly give money to advance the Perl cause. If you don't see why this is a good thing, check out what Damian's been up to. http://www.perl-foundation.org/index.cgi?page=pr#pr-drive http://yetanother.org/damian/ Oh, and talking of Damian, if you want *more* information about what he's up to, there's an excellent interview with him on pair.com's "Insider" newsletter: http://www.pair.com/pair/current/insider/1201/damianconway.html As promised, Parrot 0.0.3 was released on Sunday, with the official announcement going out to the world yesterday. This release is particularly significant because it's the first one to have custom, pluggable data types. Now you can create, for instance, Perl strings, and have them magically numify to Perl number types on demand. Enjoy. http://archive.develooper.com/perl6-internals@perl.org/msg06916.html * What's new on perl.com More bioinformatics stuff! If you've ever used CGI.pm, GD, or read Network Programming with Perl, you'll have heard of Lincoln Stein. But what you might not have known about him is that he's a bioinformaticist on the Human Genome Project, and has made some interesting advancements in Perl's utility for bioinformatics. We're highlighting an O'Reilly Network interview with Lincoln, where he talks about what he's been doing with Perl and genomics: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2001/12/07/stein.html Bryan Warnock is back, with another Perl 6 summary. He covers the 0.0.3 release, the newly-established Parrot FAQ, questions about the use of the GCC register transfer language, and much, much more... http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2001/12/p6pdigest/20011208.html Steven Lidie, author of the forthcoming "Mastering Perl/Tk" provides an inside look into one of the things he'd not managed to get into the book - programming drag-and-drop services in Perl/Tk. This week's article explains how to create an application which can drag and drop objects from one Tk widget onto another. http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2001/12/11/perltk.html http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mastperltk/ Enjoy, SC ============================================================== Sponsored by Macromedia FREE TRIAL: DEVELOP AND DEPLOY J2EE COMPATIBLE APPLICATIONS QUICKLY! Macromedia JRun 3.1 - with speed, ease-of-use, scalability, and high performance - empowers you to build powerful J2EE compatible Java applications with Java Servlets, JSP, and EJBs. TRY JRUN FOR FREE at http://www.oreillynet.com/nlr/11/Macromedia/jrun ============================================================== *** Featured Articles *** A Drag-and-Drop Primer for Perl/Tk This article, by Steve Lidie, coauthor of Mastering Perl/Tk, describes the Perl/Tk drag-and-drop mechanism, often referred to as DND. Steve illustrates DND operations local to a single application, where you can drag items from one Canvas to another. http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2001/12/11/perltk.html *** An Interview with Lincoln Stein We recently spoke to Lincoln Stein about the state of bioinformatics. Lincoln will be a keynote speaker at the upcoming O'Reilly Bioinformatics Technology Conference. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2001/12/07/stein.html *** XML and Modern CGI Applications Kip Hampton explores a modern CGI module, CGI::XMLApplication, which uses XML and XSLT to separate logic and presentation cleanly. http://xml.com/pub/a/12/12/2001/cgi-xml.html *** This Week on Perl 6 (2 - 8 December 2001) Parrot 0.0.3, a FAQ, the execution environment and more... http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2001/12/p6pdigest/20011208.html *** An Introduction to Testing chromatic explains why writing tests is good for your code, and tells you how to go about it. http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2001/12/04/testing.html ========================================================== O'Reilly Bioinformatics Technology Conference January 28-31, 2002, Tucson, AZ Hear from Lincoln D. Stein, Ewan Birney, Gene Myers, Terry Gaasterland, James Ostell, James Tisdall, and many more. http://conferences.oreilly.com/biocon/ ========================================================== ============================================================ *** A Special Book Offer from O'Reilly *** Pre-Publication Offer--Mastering Perl/Tk--25% Off Save 25% when you buy O'Reilly's soon-to-be released "Mastering Perl/Tk" (http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mastperltk/). This book is the "bible" of Perl/Tk. It begins with the basics, then branches out into advanced applications, including extensive program examples. Offer valid only through the oreilly.com shopping cart. Use the following code: OPC25. 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Learn why it's vital to encrypt your business transactions, secure your intranets, and authenticate your Web site with the strongest encryption available-128-bit SSL. To learn more, get VeriSign's FREE Guide, "Securing Your Web Site for Business" now: http://www.verisign.com/cgi-bin/go.cgi?a=n203763060014000 ============================================================ Hello, world! This is Simon Cozens, managing editor of www.perl.com, here to bring you the week's news and developments both in the Perl world and on our own site. We're getting ready for the festive season here, and I shall be heading home soon, to return in the New Year. * Perl at large. Things are winding down for Christmas, but the Perl Development Grant Fund drive has not gone away! In fact, it's doing rather well, with just over $20,000 raised in the past week. Thanks to everyone who contributed. But there's still much to do, so please consider donating if you haven't done so yet! http://www.perl-foundation.org/index.cgi?page=pr#pr-drive http://yetanother.org/damian/ Perl had a birthday yesterday; it's now 14 years old, making it legal to marry in some states. Uhm. http://history.perl.org/PerlTimeline.html#1980s * What's new on perl.com Bryan Warnock has another Perl 6 summary. This week, he talks about all the fun we've been having with make, Jeff Goff's attempt to get 0.0.4 ready to go already, and much more... http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2001/12/p6pdigest/20011215.html Active Directory is the Microsoft directory server for Windows 2000; it can hold all sorts of information about systems on the network or people in your organization. However, it doesn't tend to like talking to things that aren't Windows. What can we do about this? Perl to the rescue! Kelvin Param shows us how to use Perl and XML::RPC to create a web-services bridge to Active Directory. http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2001/12/19/xmlrpc.html Now, all of you and those whom you love, have a great Christmas and a happy New Year, and I'll see you all again in two weeks time. Enjoy, SC ============================================================== Sponsored by Macromedia FREE TRIAL: DEVELOP AND DEPLOY J2EE COMPATIBLE APPLICATIONS QUICKLY! Macromedia JRun 3.1 - with speed, ease-of-use, scalability, and high performance - empowers you to build powerful J2EE compatible Java applications with Java Servlets, JSP, and EJBs. 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Steve illustrates DND operations local to a single application, where you can drag items from one Canvas to another. http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2001/12/11/perltk.html *** XML and Modern CGI Applications Kip Hampton explores a modern CGI module, CGI::XMLApplication, which uses XML and XSLT to separate logic and presentation cleanly. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/12/12/2001/cgi-xml.html *** An Interview with Lincoln Stein We recently spoke to Lincoln Stein about the state of bioinformatics. 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This will be the last newsletter of 2001, as I will be out of the office Dec 21 - Jan 1. I look forward to working with all of you in 2002. HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: BOOK NEWS: - Learning Wireless Java - Python & XML - The Web Design CD Bookshelf NEWS: - oreilly.com Wins Web Business Award - Pulling Stock Quotes into Microsoft Excel - ActionScript for JavaScript Programmers - Learning the Mac OS X Terminal: Part 1 - Bioinformatics Meets Mac OS X - Learning Oracle PL/SQL? Here's What to Expect - Distributed Systems Topologies: Part 1 CONFERENCES: - Call for Papers--O'Reilly Open Source Convention, 2002 ================================================ BOOK NEWS ================================================ REVIEW COPIES AVAILABLE, email me for a copy. OK, I'm a little behind on sending out the review copies--I know. I promise to get caught up after the holiday. LEARNING WIRELESS JAVA Order Number: 2432 "Learning Wireless Java" is for Java developers who want to create applications for the Micro Edition audience using the Connected, Limited Device Configuration and the Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP). These APIs specifically for devices such as mobile phones and pagers, allowing programmers to create MIDlet applications. This book offers a solid introduction to J2ME and MIDP, including the javax.microedition classes, as well as classes surrounding the features of the various platforms that the J2ME supports http://oreilly.com/catalog/wirelessjava/ Sample Chapter 5: MIDP GUI Programming http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wirelessjava/chapter/ch05.html PYTHON & XML Order Number: 1282 Python is an ideal language for manipulating XML, and this new volume gives you a solid foundation for using these two languages together. Complete with practical examples that highlight common application tasks, the book starts with the basics then quickly progresses to complex topics, like transforming XML with XSLT and querying XML with XPath. It also explores more advanced subjects, such as SOAP and distributed web services. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythonxml/ Coauthor Article: Using Python and XML with Microsoft .NET My Services http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2001/12/03/myservices.html THE WEB DESIGN CD BOOKSHELF Order Number: 2718 Six best selling O'Reilly Animal Guides are now available on CD-ROM, easily accessible and searchable with your favorite web browser: --"HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide 4th Edition" --"ActionScript: The Definitive Guide" --"Information Architecture for the World Wide Web" --"Designing Web Audio: RealAudio, MP3, Flash, and Beatnik" --"Web Design In a Nutshell, 2nd Edition" --AND "Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide" As a bonus, you also get the new paperback version of "Web Design in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition" when you purchase the CD Bookshelf. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/webcdbk/ Reminder: Your UG discount is 20% when you buy direct from O'Reilly. 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Creating an online community can be good for business, says CIO.com--if you know what you're doing. http://www.cio.com/archive/120101/people.html PULLING STOCK QUOTES INTO MICROSOFT EXCEL You can keep a spreadsheet up to date by pulling stock quotes from the Web, explains Steve Roman, author of O'Reilly's "Learning Excel Macros" and the upcoming "Access Database Design & Programming, 3rd Edition." http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2001/12/10/excelstocks.html JAVASCRIPT ---------------- ACTIONSCRIPT FOR JAVASCRIPT PROGRAMMERS Take advantage of your JavaScript knowledge within Flash's scripting environment by knowing the two languages' similarities and differences. To learn more, check out O'Reilly's "ActionScript: The Definitive Guide." http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2001/12/07/action.html MAC ---------------- LEARNING THE MAC OS X TERMINAL, PART 1 The Terminal application in Mac OS X provides powerful new benefits to traditional Mac users, and Chris Stone shows you how to get comfortable with the Terminal. To learn more, don't miss David Pogue's "Mac OS X: The Missing Manual." http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2001/12/14/terminal_one.html BIOINFORMATICS MEETS MAC OS X Many of the important bioinformatics applications that previously existed only for Unix platforms are now being ported to the Macintosh, thanks to Mac OS X and its Unix underpinnings. To learn about the latest technologies in bioinformatics, don't miss the upcoming O'Reilly Bioinformatics Technology Conference. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2001/12/14/macbio.html ORACLE ---------------- LEARNING ORACLE PL/SQL? HERE'S WHAT TO EXPECT Here's an inside look at what will surprise, confuse, delight, and amaze you in Oracle PL/SQL, as revealed by Bill Pribyl, coauthor of O'Reilly's "Learning Oracle PL/SQL." http://oracle.oreilly.com/news/plsql_1201.html PEER-TO-PEER ---------------- DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS TOPOLOGIES: PART 1 Nelson Minar describes the essential frameworks for distributed networks used today and tells how Gnutella's network differs from Napster's or SETI@Home's. For more on building distributed, Web-based applications, check out O'Reilly's "Programming Web Services with SOAP." http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2001/12/14/topologies_one.html =============================================== CALL FOR PAPERS =============================================== O'REILLY OPEN SOURCE CONVENTION July 22-26, 2002, at the Sheraton San Diego, San Diego, CA. CALL FOR PAPERS Deadline for submission of proposals: March 1, 2002 This unrivaled convention is offering you the chance to have a say in what topics are offered and discussed--so be sure to send in your proposal for consideration. We're especially seeking presentations that invoke open source's innovative, do-more-with-less origins, and address the challenges of today's economic turbulence. What technologies will thrive and help us to thrive in the future? Creating and reinvesting in community is at the core of open source philosophy--what open source initiatives continue to strengthen these values? Help us discover the answers. http://conferences.oreilly.com/ -- For information on unsubscribing from this list, please visit http://rochester.pm.org