From jptillman at comcast.net Sun Mar 9 19:15:53 2003 From: jptillman at comcast.net (James Tillman) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:37:57 2004 Subject: [Tallahassee-pm] [Fwd: User Groups can win a pass to an O'Reilly Conference] Message-ID: <1047258954.7127.23.camel@jacob.home> I've entered us for the contest mentioned below. Take note of the discount available to PerlMongers members. jpt -----Forwarded Message----- From: Marsee Henon To: jtillman@bigfoot.com Subject: User Groups can win a pass to an O'Reilly Conference Date: 07 Mar 2003 14:14:56 -0800 Enter your group to win one pass to: The O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference The Westin Santa Clara April 22-25, 2003--Santa Clara, CA http://conferences.oreilly.com/etcon/ The lucky winning group will be given a "conference sessions only" pass to attend the conference, valued at $1175.00. O'Reilly assumes that if your group is the lucky winner, as the user group representative, you will distribute the winning pass to a group member, using a method appropriate for your group (drawing, raffle, etc.) The winning pass* includes: -Access to all conference sessions April 23, 24, 25 including keynotes* -Admission to Exhibit Hall -Admission to all on-site evening events -All conference handouts (excluding tutorial materials) *Pass does not include tutorial fees, lodging, food, and transportation. Please email your entry to Marsee Henon at marsee@oreilly.com. Deadline for entries is March 13, 2003. In the subject line of your email, please say "Raffle Entry." The winning group leader will be contacted on March 14, 2003 by email--unless a phone call is requested (phone number must be provided). Only one attendee per pass will be allowed. Two people cannot share the same pass to attend the conference on separate days. 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Now for the Rules and Regulations--I apologize for the length, they're really quite simple: ***These rules constitute the official rules of this raffle. By participating in the raffle, entrants agree to be bound by the official rules and the decision of the judges, which are final and binding in all respects.*** 1. Entry: No purchase is necessary to enter the raffle. To enter the raffle, Please email Marsee Henon at marsee@oreilly.com and tell her to enter your group for the raffle. Entries must be received at O'Reilly & Associates by March 13, 2003. Limit one entry per group, per email address. O'Reilly & Associates and its agents are not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, incomplete, illegible or damaged email that results from any source. By entering, entrant agrees to abide by and be bound by the Official Rules. O'Reilly & Associates reserves the right to cancel the raffle if it becomes technically corrupted. 2. 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All decisions by O'Reilly & Associates are final. c) By participating in this raffle, entrants agree to release and hold O'Reilly & Associates (and their employees, agents, representatives, or affiliated companies) harmless from any and all losses, damages, rights, claims, and actions of any kind in connection with the prize, including, without limitation, personal injuries, death or property damage, and claims based on publicity rights, defamation, or invasion of privacy. d) Entrant also agrees that in no event shall O'Reilly & Associates or its agents be liable to entrant or any other person for any damage, injuries or losses arising out of the introduction of any virus, bug or software malfunction resulting from participation in this raffle, or for any damage, injuries or losses arising in connection with the prize. e) O'Reilly & Associates reserves the right to modify the rules of the raffle in any way or at any time, as long as reasonable notice is given. f) To receive the name of the winner, or a copy of the Official Rules, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference UG Raffle, c/o O'Reilly & Associates, 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472, Attn: Marsee Henon, Post-marked prior to the close of the raffle (March 13, 2003). From jptillman at comcast.net Tue Mar 11 15:48:40 2003 From: jptillman at comcast.net (James Tillman) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:37:57 2004 Subject: [Tallahassee-pm] Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 11 Message-ID: <205c68204dbb.204dbb205c68@icomcast.net> See attached for the latest O'Reilly User Group Newsletter -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: Marsee Henon Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 11 Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 13:35:23 -0800 (PST) Size: 14115 Url: http://mail.pm.org/pipermail/tallahassee-pm/attachments/20030311/bde4ce39/attachment.eml From jtillman at bigfoot.com Wed Mar 19 18:14:05 2003 From: jtillman at bigfoot.com (James Tillman) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:37:57 2004 Subject: [Tallahassee-pm] [Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 18] Message-ID: <1048119246.2640.3.camel@jacob.home> Here's the latest newsletter from O'Reilly. Anyone have any news to share? I wrote my first Win32 service in Perl today using Win32::Daemon from www.roth.net. It watches a folder for changes and kicks off an rsync process to publish the directory to a production web server when changes are made. jpt -----Forwarded Message----- From: Marsee Henon To: jtillman@bigfoot.com Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 18 Date: 18 Mar 2003 19:33:53 -0800 O'Reilly User Group Program Newsletter March 18, 2003 Please share this information with your members... Highlights This Week: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Book News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Java Extreme Programming Cookbook -Learning Red Hat Linux, 3rd Edition -Web, Graphics & Perl/Tk: Best of the Perl Journal -Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Derrick Story ("iPhoto:The Missing Manual" and "Digital Photo Pocket Guide") will present to the North Coast Mac Users Group at O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA--March 22 -Jesse Liberty ("Programming ASP.NET") at the Web Services Edge 2003 East Conference, Boston, MA--March 20 -Software Legends Night at Softpro Books, Burlington, MA--March 26 -Colin Moock ("ActionScript for Flash MX") at Flash Forward 2003, San Francisco, CA--March 26 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Registration is open for the 2003 O'Reilly Open Source Convention -Mac OS X Innovators Contest Winning Entry to be Announced at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference -New--Put Up A O'Reilly Open Source Convention Banner, Get A Free Book --------------------------------------------------------------- Safari ---------------------------------------------------------------- -First "Go On Safari" Winner--Michael J. Ross, San Diego Oracle Users Group ---------------------------------------------------------------- News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -The Next Revolution: Smart Mobs -What does Linux have to do with Dickens? -Interview with Rael Dornfest -Official O'Reilly Gear at ThinkGeek -Hackers Meet Soldiers -Egoboo: The Cute Way to Dungeon Role Play -The XML.com Interview: Eric Meyer -Making Java Objects Comparable -Detecting Duplicate Code with PMD's CPD -Configuration Handlers in .NET -Build Hyperlinks into Your Client App with the Windows Forms LinkLabel Control -Hands on X11 -Apple Releases Java 1.4.1 for Mac OS X ================================================ Book News ================================================ Review books are available--email me for a copy. ***Please include the book order number on your requests. Let me know if you need your books by a certain date. Allow at least four weeks for shipping. Send or email me copies of your newsletters and book reviews. Don't forget, your members get 20% off any O'Reilly book they purchase directly from O'Reilly. Just use code DSUG when ordering. http://www.oreilly.com/ ***Group purchases with better discounts are available*** Please let me know if you are interested. Press releases are available on our press page: http://press.oreilly.com/ ***Java Extreme Programming Cookbook Order Number: 3870 Extreme Programming does not mean programming naked while rollerblading down the side of the Grand Canyon. It does mean a new approach to software development that is both radical and common sense. Brimming over with 100 recipes for getting down to business and actually doing XP, "Java Extreme Programming Cookbook" succinctly documents the most important features of popular open source tools for XP in Java, and then digs right in, providing recipes for implementing the tools in real-world environments. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jextprockbk/ Chapter 4, "JUnit," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jextprockbk/chapter/index.html ***Learning Red Hat Linux, 3rd Edition Order Number: 4699 "Learning Red Hat Linux, 3rd Edition" guides you through the process of installing and running Red Hat Linux on your PC. Written in a friendly, easy-to-understand style, this book contains all you need to get started, including the complete Red Hat 8.0 distribution on CD. With new tutorials covering OpenOffice Tools and the desktop, this book is excellent for first-time Linux users who want to install the operating system on a new PC or convert an existing system to Linux. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/redhat3/ Chapter 10, "Connecting to the Internet," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/redhat3/ ***Web, Graphics & Perl/Tk: Best of the Perl Journal Order Number: 3110 "Web, Graphics & Perl/Tk: Best of the Perl Journal" includes the very best (and still relevant) articles published in "The Perl Journal" over its five years of publication. Written by 23 of the most prominent and prolific members of the closely knit Perl community, including Lincoln Stein, Mark-Jason Dominus, Alligator Descartes, and Dan Brian, the 40 articles included in this volume are simply some of the finest Perl articles ever written on the subjects of graphics, the Web, and Perl/Tk. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/tpj2/ Chapter 4, "Cookies," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/tpj2/chapter/index.html ***Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual Order Number: 4524 If you've made the switch to Mac, or you're ready to, this book will show you how to: move files, address books, and email collections from a PC to the Mac; find familiar controls in the new system; set up a network to share files with PCs and Macs; and adapt old printers, scanners, and other peripherals. If you've discovered that just buying a new Mac isn't all there is to it, this guide by celebrated author and columnist David Pogue will have you converting from Windows to Mac quickly and easily. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/switchmacmm/ =============================================== Upcoming Events =============================================== ***Derrick Story ("iPhoto:The Missing Manual" and "Digital Photo Pocket Guide") will present to the North Coast Mac Users Group at O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA--March 22 Join Derrick Story as he shows you how to take advantage of the powerful, yet easy to use, features in the latest version of the iLife application suite. Create "Ken Burns like" QuickTime movies, add music from your iTunes library, and publish it all to a CD, DVD, or the Web. Plus, you'll receive a special "behind the scenes" tour of the O'Reilly Campus here in Sebastopol. Derrick will be available to answer questions and sign books. The O'Reilly bookstore is open for this event. O'Reilly Saturday, March 22, 2003 11am--1pm 1005 Gravenstein Highway North Sebastopol, CA Directions: http://www.oreilly.com/oreilly/seb_directions.html For more information on NCMUG go to: http://www.ncmug.org/ ***Jesse Liberty ("Programming ASP.NET") at the Web Services Edge 2003 East Conference, Boston, MA--March 20 Author Jesse Liberty ("Programming C#," "Learning C#," "Learning Visual Basic .NET," and "Programming ASP.NET") is the keynote speaker at Web Services Edge 2003 East Conference. Web Services Edge 2003 East Conference & Expo March 18-20, 2003 Hynes Convention Center Boston, MA http://www.sys-con.com/webservicesedge2003east/index.cfm ***Software Legends Night at Softpro, Burlington, MA--March 26 Spend an evening filled with tips, tricks, best practices, and fun with author Chris Sells ("Mastering Visual Studio .NET"). Softpro Books Wednesday, March 26, 2003 6:30 to 8:00 pm 112 Mall Road Burlington, MA 01803-5300 http://www.softpro.com/events.html ***Colin Moock ("ActionScript for Flash MX") at Flash Forward 2003, San Francisco, CA--March 26 Author Colin Moock leads an ActionScript Workshop and a session on "Multiuser Flash with Unity 2." Flash Forward 2003 March 26- 29, 2003 Herbst Theatre San Francisco, CA http://www.flashforward2003.com/ For more events, please see: http://events.oreilly.com/ ================================================ Conference News ================================================ ***Registration is open for the 2003 O'Reilly Open Source Convention--Portland, OR Programmers, developers, strategists, technical staff, and other open source votaries from around the world congregate for five days of tutorials, conference sessions, and networking of the flesh-and-blood variety. Recognizing that open source tools have moved squarely into the mainstream, this year's convention focuses on "embracing and extending proprietary software." Early Bird Discount-- User Group members who register before May 23, 2003, 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/os2003/create/ord_os03 O'Reilly Open Source Convention Portland Marriott Downtown, Portland, OR July 7-11, 2003 http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/ ***Mac OS X Innovators Contest Winning Entry to be Announced at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference Have you created a Mac OS X application, plug-in, or some other type of innovative software that you believe is top in its class? Then enter it in the Mac OS X Innovators contest. First prize is an ADC Premier membership (includes WWDC pass, hardware credits, and tons of other benefits) plus a full pass to the O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference plus a one year subscription to the premium online book service, Safari--these awards total nearly $5,000 for the first place winner. Deadline for entries is March 28. Find out how to enter here: http://www.macdevcenter.com/mac/developer/ For more info on the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference: http://conferences.oreilly.com/etcon/ User Group members get 20% off the conference pricing. Use the code DSUG. To register, go to: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/22/register.html ***New--Put Up an O'Reilly Open Source Convention Banner, Get A Free Book Ready for the next conference banner promotion? Here it is: We are looking for user groups to display our conference banners on their web sites. If you send me the link to your user group site with our O'Reilly Open Source Convention banner, I will send you the O'Reilly book of your choice. OSCON Conference Banners: http://ug.oreilly.com/banners/oscon2003/ ================================================ Safari News ================================================ ***"Go On Safari" Tip of the Week Winner--Michael J. Ross, San Diego Oracle Users Group "One advantage that Safari has over newsgroups is the higher quality of source code. Developers can better rely upon sample code from technical books tested by professional reviewers and countless readers, and supplemented with more extensive explanations and errata--as opposed to code culled from thrice-borrowed scripts, and usually presented with insufficient context." Your group can also participate in this introductory program just for user group members. To "Go on Safari," any of your members who sign up for our Safari 14-day free trial send comments on their experiences, or tips and tricks for how they used Safari (it only needs to be 2 sentences long, but it may be longer) to safari_talk@oreilly.com. Every week someone will be chosen from the tips or comments submitted to receive fun stuff from O'Reilly (T-shirts, book bags, or other surprises). If a member of your user group is selected, your group receives free gifts, too. Whatever the individual member receives, your UG will get one, too, to give away at your next meeting, or use however you see fit. Recipients--and their comments--will be announced in the User Group Newsletter. **Please use this special UG URL to sign up for the 14-day trial** http://www.oreilly.com/safari/ug For more information on Safari: http://safari.oreilly.com/ ================================================ News From O'Reilly & Beyond ================================================ --------------------- General News --------------------- ***The Next Revolution: Smart Mobs What do you get when you mix together millions of cell phones and P2P-enabled computers with wireless Internet floating in the air and users reviewing products, sellers, and each other? Smart mobs. That's what Howard Rheingold, a keynoter at O'Reilly's upcoming Emerging Technology Conference, calls these folks. Read what he has to say about this third computing revolution. http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2003/03/13/howard.html For more info on the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference: http://conferences.oreilly.com/etcon/ ***What does Linux have to do with Dickens? Tim O'Reilly's weblog from Sunday, March 16, 2003. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2911 ***Interview with Rael Dornfest Listen to Minnesota Public Radio's "Future Tense" interview with Rael Dornfest and learn about some of Google's lesser-known search techniques. Just click on the link beside "Google Hacks." Rael is a coauthor of O'Reilly's recently released "Google Hacks." http://news.mpr.org/programs/futuretense/ Google Hacks Order Number: 4478 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/googlehks/ ***Official O'Reilly Gear at ThinkGeek For years, our customers have asked us to make and sell various items with our animals on them. We are pleased and proud to present our first collection of official OReilly animal swag. For a limited time only, order any O'Reilly t-shirt, babydoll tee, or child's t-shirt/creeper, and get a free O'Reilly 2003 Calendar. For every shirt you buy, ThinkGeek will give you a free calendar. www.thinkgeek.com/oreilly. --------------------- Open Source --------------------- ***Hackers Meet Soldiers OpenBSD has a well-deserved reputation for fanatical security. Why is the U.S. military funding it? What do you get out of it? Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin investigate. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html ***Egoboo: The Cute Way to Dungeon Role Play Dungeon crawls are as popular among the computer RPG crowd as first person shooters are among the action crowd. In the open source world, Egoboo is perhaps the cutest and most accessible RPG. Howard Wen examines the project, its history, and its future. http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2003/03/13/egoboo.html --------------------- XML --------------------- ***The XML.com Interview: Eric Meyer Russell Dyer talks to Eric Meyer, invited expert to the W3C's CSS Working Group, and author of "Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide." http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/03/12/meyer.html Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide Order Number: 6226 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/css/ --------------------- Java --------------------- ***Making Java Objects Comparable Sometimes how objects relate to each other is as important as the existence of the objects. There's no single way to compare them--a person might be sorted by age, name, or position in a queue. In this article, Budi Kurniawan demonstrates how to make your objects comparable and sortable with java.util.Comparator and java.lang.Comparable. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/03/12/java_comp.html ***Detecting Duplicate Code with PMD's CPD Code reuse has been a grail for years. Why, then, is there still so much copying and pasting going on? Tom Copeland introduces CPD, the Copy/Paste Detector, which can identify large swaths of duplicate Java code. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/03/12/pmd_cpd.html --------------------- .NET --------------------- ***Configuration Handlers in .NET In the shiny new world of .NET-based applications with xcopy deployment and smart clients, we can no longer use the registry to hold application configuration information. Instead, we're supposed to use XML-based configuration files accessed via the CLR's pluggable configuration framework. In this article by Ben Lowery, he explains how this all works. http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2003/01/01/configsections.html ***Build Hyperlinks into Your Client App with the Windows Forms LinkLabel Control Writing for MSDN, Dan Hurwitz discusses the flexibility of the LinkLabel control in the .NET Framework, its properties, built-in behaviors, and their use in VB.NET and C#. http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/03/02/LinkLabel/default.aspx Dan is a coauthor of "Programming ASP.NET." Order Number: 1711 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/progaspdotnet/index.html --------------------- Mac --------------------- ***Hands on X11 The imprementation of X11 for Mac OS X includes a window server, libraries, and basic utilities such as xterm. In this article, Dan Benjamin shows you how to install and use the latest beta offered by Apple. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/03/14/install_x11.html ***Apple Releases Java 1.4.1 for Mac OS X Apple takes Java to the next level with the latest release of the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition, version 1.4.1 for Mac OS X. It includes 60 percent more features than 1.3.1. Daniel Steinberg brings you up to speed. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/03/10/osx_java.html Until next time-- Marsee From mexnix at craonline.org Fri Mar 28 20:48:17 2003 From: mexnix at craonline.org (Ryan Carmelo Briones) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:37:57 2004 Subject: Fw: [Tallahassee-pm] [Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 18] Message-ID: <000801c2f59d$a7a78740$65078241@mexnix> whoops...this was supposed to go to the list. guess i better hit "Reply All" next time....yikes. Btw, are there any plans of a meeting in March or April? ------------------------------- ryan carmelo briones e: mexnix@craonline.org w: http://www.mexnix.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan Carmelo Briones" To: "James Tillman" Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 6:46 PM Subject: Re: [Tallahassee-pm] [Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 18] > wow, that sounds pretty interesting. any chance i could get the source? i'm > always into new code, new things. speaking of which, i need to go puke up > some php, xml, and actionscript.... > > ------------------------------- > ryan carmelo briones > e: mexnix@craonline.org > w: http://www.mexnix.org > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Tillman" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 7:14 PM > Subject: [Tallahassee-pm] [Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March > 18] > > > > Here's the latest newsletter from O'Reilly. Anyone have any news to > > share? > > > > I wrote my first Win32 service in Perl today using Win32::Daemon from > > www.roth.net. It watches a folder for changes and kicks off an rsync > > process to publish the directory to a production web server when changes > > are made. > > > > jpt > From jptillman at comcast.net Sat Mar 29 12:50:35 2003 From: jptillman at comcast.net (James Tillman) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:37:57 2004 Subject: Fw: [Tallahassee-pm] [Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 18] Message-ID: <762396760d55.760d55762396@icomcast.net> ----- Original Message ----- From: Ryan Carmelo Briones Date: Friday, March 28, 2003 9:48 pm Subject: Fw: [Tallahassee-pm] [Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 18] > whoops...this was supposed to go to the list. guess i better hit > "Reply All" > next time....yikes. Btw, are there any plans of a meeting in March > or April? Yes. I messed up and let the last Thursday of March slip past us (I thought we had one more). What do you all think of having an early or mid-April meeting instead of the last Thursday of the month? jpt From mexnix at craonline.org Sat Mar 29 14:08:35 2003 From: mexnix at craonline.org (Ryan Carmelo Briones) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:37:57 2004 Subject: Fw: [Tallahassee-pm] [Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 18] References: <762396760d55.760d55762396@icomcast.net> Message-ID: <000401c2f62e$fba5c9b0$cf078241@mexnix> yeah, that sounds cool. i'll definitely be at this one, since i'll be moving back to tampa for the summer at the beginning of march! ------------------------------- ryan carmelo briones e: mexnix@craonline.org w: http://www.mexnix.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Tillman" To: "Ryan Carmelo Briones" Cc: Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 1:50 PM Subject: Re: Fw: [Tallahassee-pm] [Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 18] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ryan Carmelo Briones > Date: Friday, March 28, 2003 9:48 pm > Subject: Fw: [Tallahassee-pm] [Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG > Program, March 18] > > > whoops...this was supposed to go to the list. guess i better hit > > "Reply All" > > next time....yikes. Btw, are there any plans of a meeting in March > > or April? > > Yes. I messed up and let the last Thursday of March slip past us (I > thought we had one more). What do you all think of having an early or > mid-April meeting instead of the last Thursday of the month? > > jpt > > From jptillman at comcast.net Sat Mar 29 19:24:18 2003 From: jptillman at comcast.net (James Tillman) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:37:57 2004 Subject: [Tallahassee-pm] [Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 28] Message-ID: <1048987458.7041.5.camel@jacob.home> I'm not going to let this one sit in my inbox as long as the last one did. Here's the very latest newsletter from O'Reilly (see below). Also, I added a library section to our Wiki on the web site. Now we can know what books we've got and which of us has them. Check it out: http://tallahassee.pm.org/twiki/bin/view.cgi/Library/WebHome/ Remember: The wiki is ours, so you can add new stuff to it, including reviews of books and code you've written (would you like a separate section for that?), anything you like. jpt -----Forwarded Message----- From: Marsee Henon To: jtillman@bigfoot.com Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 28 Date: 28 Mar 2003 19:12:39 -0800 O'Reilly User Group Program Newsletter March 28, 2003 Please share this information with your members... Highlights This Week: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Book News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Shared Source CLI Essentials -VBScript in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition -LDAP System Administration -Mac OS X Hacks -ActionScript for Flash MX Pocket Reference ---------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events ---------------------------------------------------------------- -MySQL Users Conference, San Jose, CA--April 10-12 -Java Freedom Software Symposium, Philadelphia, PA--Apr 11-13 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------- -O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference Call for Participation -New ETech Keynote: Google, Innovation, and the Web -Registration is open for the 2003 O'Reilly Open Source Convention -Put Up A O'Reilly Open Source Convention Banner, Get A Free Book --------------------------------------------------------------- Safari ---------------------------------------------------------------- -"Go On Safari" winner-- Andrew Shuttleworth, Tokyo PC Users Group ---------------------------------------------------------------- News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Slideshow of NCMUG's Recent O'Reilly Fieldtrip -What if SETI@home Gets Lucky? -Setting Up an 802.11b Home Wireless Network -Into the Future at San Diego Technical Books -Building an Address Book with OpenLDAP -Five Tips for .NET Programming in Perl -Ten Security Checks for PHP, Part 1 -Space-Based Programming -.NET Framework 1.1 Expands Support -Creating Sherlock Channels -Inside Samba: Windows Sharing for the Mac ================================================ Book News ================================================ Review books are available--email me for a copy. ***Please include the book order number on your requests. Let me know if you need your books by a certain date. Allow at least four weeks for shipping. Send or email me copies of your newsletters and book reviews. Don't forget, your members get 20% off any O'Reilly book they purchase directly from O'Reilly. Just use code DSUG when ordering. http://www.oreilly.com/ ***Group purchases with better discounts are available*** Please let me know if you are interested. Press releases are available on our press page: http://press.oreilly.com/ ***Shared Source CLI Essentials Order Number: 351X "Shared Source CLI Essentials" provides a road map for navigating the Microsoft Shared Source CLI (Rotor) code. After introducing the CLI, its core concepts, and implementation, the book covers the CLI type system; component packaging and assemblies; JIT compilation; garbage collection; and more. Written by members of the team that designed the .NET Framework, this book is for anyone who wants to know what goes on under the hood of the .NET runtime and the ECMA CLI. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sscliess/ Chapter 1, "Introducing the CLI Component Model," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sscliess/chapter/index.html ***VBScript in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition Order Number: 4885 "VBScript in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition" has been completely updated for VBScript 5.6, WSH 5.6, and ASP 3.0. A comprehensive reference to VBScript's statements, keywords and objects, the new edition also includes updated introductory chapters covering the significant changes since the first edition was published. New chapters introduce the Windows Script Component for creating binary COM components and the Script Encoder. This book offers programmers and system administrators the most complete, up-to-date, and easy-to-use language reference for developing effective scripts. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/vbscriptian2/ Chapter 7, "Windows Script Host 5.6," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/vbscriptian2/chapter/index.html ***LDAP System Administration Order Number: 4916 "LDAP System Administration" helps you quickly integrate a directory server into essential network services such as mail, DNS, HTTP, and SMB/CIFS, regardless of which LDAP version you use. After introducing the workings of a directory service and the LDAP protocol, as well as building and installing OpenLDAP (the open source directory server used as the premise for examples), the book walks you through configuration and access control; replication and referral; interoperation with different LDAP servers; and much more. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ldapsa/ Chapter 7, "Email and LDAP," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ldapsa/chapter/index.html *** Mac OS X Hacks Order Number: 4605 "Mac OS X Hacks" pulls together the best tips, tricks, and tools from Mac power users and Unix hackers. From the Unix side comes no-nonsense solutions to Web, Mail, and FTP serving; security services, SSH, Perl, and shell scripting; and more. From Mac users come customizations for System Preferences, and GUI mods and tweaks; AppleScript, AppleTalk, and equivalents; and general Macintosh-style tomfoolery. This book offers a unique collection of real-world know-how that you can apply to the challenges of working with Mac OS X and its Unix underpinnings. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mcosxhks/ Sample Hacks are available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mcosxhks/chapter/index.html ***ActionScript for Flash MX Pocket Reference Order Number: 5148 "ActionScript for Flash MX Pocket Reference" summarizes ActionScript's core objects, classes, properties, and methods. Also covered are ActionScript's global properties, global functions, operators, statements, keywords, and directives, as well as an excellent summary of ActionScript syntax and best practices, covering datatypes, variables, loops, conditionals, identifiers, event handling, and object-oriented programming. This compact reference also addresses common Flash elements and operations, including Movie Clips, graphics, text, data transfers, and XML parsing. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/actscrptpr/ A sample excerpt on Variables is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/actscrptpr/chapter/index.html =============================================== Upcoming Events =============================================== ***MySQL Users Conference, San Jose, CA--April 10-12 Ruth Boyer and I will be at the MySQL Conference--be sure to visit our booth (#113) if you're attending. In addition, check out MySQL and Ruby presentations by author Paul DuBois ("MySQL Cookbook" and "Software Portability with imake"). MySQL Users Conference & Expo Doubletree Hotel San Jose, CA http://www.mysql.com/events/uc2003/ ***Java Freedom Software Symposium, Philadelphia, PA--Apr 11-13 Author James Duncan Davidson ("Learning Cocoa with Objective-C") is a featured speaker. Sheraton Suites Philadelphia Airport 4101 B Island Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19153 http://www.nofluffjuststuff.com/2003-04-philly/index.jsp For more events, please see: http://events.oreilly.com/ ================================================ Conference News ================================================ ***O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference Call for Participation System administrators, developers, strategists, and technical staff are invited to submit proposals to lead tutorial and conference sessions at the second annual O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference. Suggested topics include: Scripting Genius, Amazing Applications, Ingenious Hacks, and SysAdmin Mac Style, to name a few. http://conferences.oreilly.com/macosxcon/ The submission deadline for proposals is May 14, 2003 http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/macosx2003/create/e_sess ***New ETech Keynote: Google, Innovation, and the Web Craig Silverstein, Google's director of technology, will be giving a keynote at the Emerging Technology Conference on how Google is building a work culture that fosters the creation of new experiments and innovations. http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2003/view/e_sess/4325 For more info on the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference: http://conferences.oreilly.com/etcon/ To register, go to: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/22/register.html ***Registration is open for the 2003 O'Reilly Open Source Convention --Portland, OR Programmers, developers, strategists, technical staff, and other open source votaries from around the world congregate for five days of tutorials, conference sessions, and networking of the flesh-and-blood variety. Recognizing that open source tools have moved squarely into the mainstream, this year's convention focuses on "embracing and extending proprietary software." Early Bird Discount-- User Group members who register before May 23, 2003, 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/os2003/create/ord_os03 O'Reilly Open Source Convention Portland Marriott Downtown, Portland, OR July 7-11, 2003 http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/ ***Put Up an O'Reilly Open Source Convention Banner, Get A Free Book Ready for the next conference banner promotion? Here it is: We are looking for user groups to display our conference banners on their web sites. If you send me the link to your user group site with our O'Reilly Open Source Convention banner, I will send you the O'Reilly book of your choice. OSCON Conference Banners: http://ug.oreilly.com/banners/oscon2003/ ================================================ Safari News ================================================ ***"Go On Safari" Tip of the Week Winner--Andrew Shuttleworth, Tokyo PC Users Group "Ever since Google has been around, I've thought that I no longer needed reference books. 'A quick search is all I need to get the answers I want,' I've thought. But having wasted some good time searching for a crucial Excel formula or a 'how to' in MS Project, I've realized there is very little freely available reference content on the Web that comes close to the quality of material published by O'Reilly. Subscribing to Safari Bookshelf means that I no longer have to rely on search engines to get what I want from my software, as high quality material on almost any computer topic I can think of is just a click away. Thanks O'Reilly." Your group can also participate in this introductory program just for user group members. To "Go on Safari," any of your members who sign up for our Safari 14-day free trial send comments on their experiences, or tips and tricks for how they used Safari (it only needs to be 2 sentences long, but it may be longer) to safari_talk@oreilly.com. Every week someone will be chosen from the tips or comments submitted to receive fun stuff from O'Reilly (T-shirts, book bags, or other surprises). If a member of your user group is selected, your group receives free gifts, too. Whatever the individual member receives, your UG will get one, too, to give away at your next meeting, or use however you see fit. Recipients--and their comments--will be announced in the User Group Newsletter. **Please use this special UG URL to sign up for the 14-day trial** http://www.oreilly.com/safari/ug For more information on Safari: http://safari.oreilly.com/ ================================================ News From O'Reilly & Beyond ================================================ --------------------- General News --------------------- ***Slideshow of NCMUG's Recent O'Reilly Fieldtrip Thanks to Lorene Romero for putting together this great presentation. The event was successful--Derrick Story had standing-room-only available for his presentation on iLife. http://homepage.mac.com/ncmug/iMovieTheater17.html And you can read about it here (Thanks Chuck Joiner!): http://www.mugcenter.com/ ***What if SETI@home Gets Lucky? Brian McConnell looks at the latest developments in SETI@home and describes what will happen if a meaningful signal is found. Brian is the author of "Beyond Contact." http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2003/03/19/seti.html Beyond Contact Order Number: 0375 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/alien/ ***Setting Up an 802.11b Home Wireless Network There's lots of new WiFi equipment available for home or the small office environment. Wei Meng Lee shows you how to set up, secure, and enjoy today's 802.11b hardware for tangle-free networking. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2003/03/21/home_wifi.html ***Into the Future at San Diego Technical Books Imagine a technical bookstore where the bookcases are packed with the latest computer, biotechnology, and engineering titles; a place where customers have free Wi-Fi over a T1 line. You can experience it now at San Diego Technical Books in San Diego, California. Check out this Team O'Reilly Bookstore profile of one of America's most innovative technical bookstores. http://www.oreilly.com/news/sandiegotech.html San Diego Technical Books: http://www.booksmatter.com/ --------------------- Open Source --------------------- ***Building an Address Book with OpenLDAP LDAP's most sensible example is, perhaps, managing contacts throughout a company. There aren't many good examples of this, however. Dustin Puryear (coordinator for the Baton Rouge Linux User Group) wants to change that. In this article, he demonstrates how to build and populate a company-wide LDAP address book. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/03/27/ldap_ab.html ***Five Tips for .NET Programming in Perl Don't get tripped up making your Perl SOAP applications work with .NET services. Here are some of the most common traps for Perl developers, enumerated by Randy J. Ray, coauthor of "Programming Web Services with Perl." http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2003/03/26/perlanddotnet.html Programming Web Services with Perl Order Number: 2068 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pwebserperl/ ***Ten Security Checks for PHP, Part 1 The same global access that makes web apps useful means that you have to keep on top of security. Though it's easy to create sites in PHP, it's not immune to sloppy coding. Clancy Malcolm explains how to recognize and fix five potential security holes with PHP in the first of two articles. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/php/2003/03/20/php_security.html For more information on PHP see: http://scripting.oreilly.com/ --------------------- Java --------------------- ***Space-Based Programming Distributed applications promise better scalability and reliability, but the standard models of building them on Remote Procedure Calls are often difficult and slow. Sun and IBM are taking steps to adopt a different approach: space-based programming. Bernhard Angerer explores this idea and what it could mean for J2EE. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/03/19/java_spaces.html --------------------- .NET --------------------- ***.NET Framework 1.1 Expands Support Chris Sells discusses how the .NET Framework version 1.1 provides expanded namespace, security, and languages support for your .NET projects, all in the March edition of MSDN magazine. http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/03/03/WindowsForms/default.aspx Chris is a coauthor of the upcoming "Mastering Visual Studio .NET." Order Number: 3609 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mastvsnet/ --------------------- Mac --------------------- ***Creating Sherlock Channels In this first of a two-part series, Harold Martin provides you with a hands-on overview of Sherlock channel programming. Today's focus is on setup and interface wiring. In part two you'll learn how to work the code. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/developer/2003/03/25/sherlock_one.html **Inside Samba: Windows Sharing for the Mac Samba is one of the most successful open source projects around, and has been ported to Linux, various BSDs, and Darwin/Mac OS X. Currently it provides disk and print shares, acts as a WINS server, and performs NT4 primary domain controller duties. Jason Deraleau takes you inside Samba and shows you how to configure it on your Jaguar Macintosh. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/03/18/samba.html Until next time-- Marsee From ToddCushard at fdle.state.fl.us Mon Mar 31 05:19:13 2003 From: ToddCushard at fdle.state.fl.us (ToddCushard@fdle.state.fl.us) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:37:57 2004 Subject: [Tallahassee-pm] [Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, M arch 18] Message-ID: <2265699E79C5D51197940002B31B4EDB4C5346@exchange.fdle.gov> I've been reviewing Safari. I've started my written review. What a wealth of resources! I could get used to this. -----Original Message----- From: James Tillman [mailto:jtillman@bigfoot.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 7:14 PM To: tallahassee-pm@mail.pm.org Subject: [Tallahassee-pm] [Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 18] Here's the latest newsletter from O'Reilly. Anyone have any news to share? I wrote my first Win32 service in Perl today using Win32::Daemon from www.roth.net. It watches a folder for changes and kicks off an rsync process to publish the directory to a production web server when changes are made. jpt -----Forwarded Message----- From: Marsee Henon To: jtillman@bigfoot.com Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 18 Date: 18 Mar 2003 19:33:53 -0800 O'Reilly User Group Program Newsletter March 18, 2003 Please share this information with your members... Highlights This Week: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Book News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Java Extreme Programming Cookbook -Learning Red Hat Linux, 3rd Edition -Web, Graphics & Perl/Tk: Best of the Perl Journal -Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Derrick Story ("iPhoto:The Missing Manual" and "Digital Photo Pocket Guide") will present to the North Coast Mac Users Group at O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA--March 22 -Jesse Liberty ("Programming ASP.NET") at the Web Services Edge 2003 East Conference, Boston, MA--March 20 -Software Legends Night at Softpro Books, Burlington, MA--March 26 -Colin Moock ("ActionScript for Flash MX") at Flash Forward 2003, San Francisco, CA--March 26 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Registration is open for the 2003 O'Reilly Open Source Convention -Mac OS X Innovators Contest Winning Entry to be Announced at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference -New--Put Up A O'Reilly Open Source Convention Banner, Get A Free Book --------------------------------------------------------------- Safari ---------------------------------------------------------------- -First "Go On Safari" Winner--Michael J. Ross, San Diego Oracle Users Group ---------------------------------------------------------------- News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -The Next Revolution: Smart Mobs -What does Linux have to do with Dickens? -Interview with Rael Dornfest -Official O'Reilly Gear at ThinkGeek -Hackers Meet Soldiers -Egoboo: The Cute Way to Dungeon Role Play -The XML.com Interview: Eric Meyer -Making Java Objects Comparable -Detecting Duplicate Code with PMD's CPD -Configuration Handlers in .NET -Build Hyperlinks into Your Client App with the Windows Forms LinkLabel Control -Hands on X11 -Apple Releases Java 1.4.1 for Mac OS X ================================================ Book News ================================================ Review books are available--email me for a copy. ***Please include the book order number on your requests. Let me know if you need your books by a certain date. Allow at least four weeks for shipping. Send or email me copies of your newsletters and book reviews. Don't forget, your members get 20% off any O'Reilly book they purchase directly from O'Reilly. Just use code DSUG when ordering. http://www.oreilly.com/ ***Group purchases with better discounts are available*** Please let me know if you are interested. Press releases are available on our press page: http://press.oreilly.com/ ***Java Extreme Programming Cookbook Order Number: 3870 Extreme Programming does not mean programming naked while rollerblading down the side of the Grand Canyon. It does mean a new approach to software development that is both radical and common sense. Brimming over with 100 recipes for getting down to business and actually doing XP, "Java Extreme Programming Cookbook" succinctly documents the most important features of popular open source tools for XP in Java, and then digs right in, providing recipes for implementing the tools in real-world environments. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jextprockbk/ Chapter 4, "JUnit," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jextprockbk/chapter/index.html ***Learning Red Hat Linux, 3rd Edition Order Number: 4699 "Learning Red Hat Linux, 3rd Edition" guides you through the process of installing and running Red Hat Linux on your PC. Written in a friendly, easy-to-understand style, this book contains all you need to get started, including the complete Red Hat 8.0 distribution on CD. With new tutorials covering OpenOffice Tools and the desktop, this book is excellent for first-time Linux users who want to install the operating system on a new PC or convert an existing system to Linux. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/redhat3/ Chapter 10, "Connecting to the Internet," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/redhat3/ ***Web, Graphics & Perl/Tk: Best of the Perl Journal Order Number: 3110 "Web, Graphics & Perl/Tk: Best of the Perl Journal" includes the very best (and still relevant) articles published in "The Perl Journal" over its five years of publication. Written by 23 of the most prominent and prolific members of the closely knit Perl community, including Lincoln Stein, Mark-Jason Dominus, Alligator Descartes, and Dan Brian, the 40 articles included in this volume are simply some of the finest Perl articles ever written on the subjects of graphics, the Web, and Perl/Tk. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/tpj2/ Chapter 4, "Cookies," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/tpj2/chapter/index.html ***Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual Order Number: 4524 If you've made the switch to Mac, or you're ready to, this book will show you how to: move files, address books, and email collections from a PC to the Mac; find familiar controls in the new system; set up a network to share files with PCs and Macs; and adapt old printers, scanners, and other peripherals. If you've discovered that just buying a new Mac isn't all there is to it, this guide by celebrated author and columnist David Pogue will have you converting from Windows to Mac quickly and easily. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/switchmacmm/ =============================================== Upcoming Events =============================================== ***Derrick Story ("iPhoto:The Missing Manual" and "Digital Photo Pocket Guide") will present to the North Coast Mac Users Group at O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA--March 22 Join Derrick Story as he shows you how to take advantage of the powerful, yet easy to use, features in the latest version of the iLife application suite. Create "Ken Burns like" QuickTime movies, add music from your iTunes library, and publish it all to a CD, DVD, or the Web. Plus, you'll receive a special "behind the scenes" tour of the O'Reilly Campus here in Sebastopol. Derrick will be available to answer questions and sign books. The O'Reilly bookstore is open for this event. O'Reilly Saturday, March 22, 2003 11am--1pm 1005 Gravenstein Highway North Sebastopol, CA Directions: http://www.oreilly.com/oreilly/seb_directions.html For more information on NCMUG go to: http://www.ncmug.org/ ***Jesse Liberty ("Programming ASP.NET") at the Web Services Edge 2003 East Conference, Boston, MA--March 20 Author Jesse Liberty ("Programming C#," "Learning C#," "Learning Visual Basic .NET," and "Programming ASP.NET") is the keynote speaker at Web Services Edge 2003 East Conference. Web Services Edge 2003 East Conference & Expo March 18-20, 2003 Hynes Convention Center Boston, MA http://www.sys-con.com/webservicesedge2003east/index.cfm ***Software Legends Night at Softpro, Burlington, MA--March 26 Spend an evening filled with tips, tricks, best practices, and fun with author Chris Sells ("Mastering Visual Studio .NET"). Softpro Books Wednesday, March 26, 2003 6:30 to 8:00 pm 112 Mall Road Burlington, MA 01803-5300 http://www.softpro.com/events.html ***Colin Moock ("ActionScript for Flash MX") at Flash Forward 2003, San Francisco, CA--March 26 Author Colin Moock leads an ActionScript Workshop and a session on "Multiuser Flash with Unity 2." Flash Forward 2003 March 26- 29, 2003 Herbst Theatre San Francisco, CA http://www.flashforward2003.com/ For more events, please see: http://events.oreilly.com/ ================================================ Conference News ================================================ ***Registration is open for the 2003 O'Reilly Open Source Convention--Portland, OR Programmers, developers, strategists, technical staff, and other open source votaries from around the world congregate for five days of tutorials, conference sessions, and networking of the flesh-and-blood variety. Recognizing that open source tools have moved squarely into the mainstream, this year's convention focuses on "embracing and extending proprietary software." Early Bird Discount-- User Group members who register before May 23, 2003, 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/os2003/create/ord_os03 O'Reilly Open Source Convention Portland Marriott Downtown, Portland, OR July 7-11, 2003 http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/ ***Mac OS X Innovators Contest Winning Entry to be Announced at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference Have you created a Mac OS X application, plug-in, or some other type of innovative software that you believe is top in its class? Then enter it in the Mac OS X Innovators contest. First prize is an ADC Premier membership (includes WWDC pass, hardware credits, and tons of other benefits) plus a full pass to the O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference plus a one year subscription to the premium online book service, Safari--these awards total nearly $5,000 for the first place winner. Deadline for entries is March 28. Find out how to enter here: http://www.macdevcenter.com/mac/developer/ For more info on the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference: http://conferences.oreilly.com/etcon/ User Group members get 20% off the conference pricing. Use the code DSUG. To register, go to: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/22/register.html ***New--Put Up an O'Reilly Open Source Convention Banner, Get A Free Book Ready for the next conference banner promotion? Here it is: We are looking for user groups to display our conference banners on their web sites. If you send me the link to your user group site with our O'Reilly Open Source Convention banner, I will send you the O'Reilly book of your choice. OSCON Conference Banners: http://ug.oreilly.com/banners/oscon2003/ ================================================ Safari News ================================================ ***"Go On Safari" Tip of the Week Winner--Michael J. Ross, San Diego Oracle Users Group "One advantage that Safari has over newsgroups is the higher quality of source code. Developers can better rely upon sample code from technical books tested by professional reviewers and countless readers, and supplemented with more extensive explanations and errata--as opposed to code culled from thrice-borrowed scripts, and usually presented with insufficient context." Your group can also participate in this introductory program just for user group members. To "Go on Safari," any of your members who sign up for our Safari 14-day free trial send comments on their experiences, or tips and tricks for how they used Safari (it only needs to be 2 sentences long, but it may be longer) to safari_talk@oreilly.com. Every week someone will be chosen from the tips or comments submitted to receive fun stuff from O'Reilly (T-shirts, book bags, or other surprises). If a member of your user group is selected, your group receives free gifts, too. Whatever the individual member receives, your UG will get one, too, to give away at your next meeting, or use however you see fit. Recipients--and their comments--will be announced in the User Group Newsletter. **Please use this special UG URL to sign up for the 14-day trial** http://www.oreilly.com/safari/ug For more information on Safari: http://safari.oreilly.com/ ================================================ News From O'Reilly & Beyond ================================================ --------------------- General News --------------------- ***The Next Revolution: Smart Mobs What do you get when you mix together millions of cell phones and P2P-enabled computers with wireless Internet floating in the air and users reviewing products, sellers, and each other? Smart mobs. That's what Howard Rheingold, a keynoter at O'Reilly's upcoming Emerging Technology Conference, calls these folks. Read what he has to say about this third computing revolution. http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2003/03/13/howard.html For more info on the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference: http://conferences.oreilly.com/etcon/ ***What does Linux have to do with Dickens? Tim O'Reilly's weblog from Sunday, March 16, 2003. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2911 ***Interview with Rael Dornfest Listen to Minnesota Public Radio's "Future Tense" interview with Rael Dornfest and learn about some of Google's lesser-known search techniques. Just click on the link beside "Google Hacks." Rael is a coauthor of O'Reilly's recently released "Google Hacks." http://news.mpr.org/programs/futuretense/ Google Hacks Order Number: 4478 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/googlehks/ ***Official O'Reilly Gear at ThinkGeek For years, our customers have asked us to make and sell various items with our animals on them. We are pleased and proud to present our first collection of official OReilly animal swag. For a limited time only, order any O'Reilly t-shirt, babydoll tee, or child's t-shirt/creeper, and get a free O'Reilly 2003 Calendar. For every shirt you buy, ThinkGeek will give you a free calendar. www.thinkgeek.com/oreilly. --------------------- Open Source --------------------- ***Hackers Meet Soldiers OpenBSD has a well-deserved reputation for fanatical security. Why is the U.S. military funding it? What do you get out of it? Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin investigate. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html ***Egoboo: The Cute Way to Dungeon Role Play Dungeon crawls are as popular among the computer RPG crowd as first person shooters are among the action crowd. In the open source world, Egoboo is perhaps the cutest and most accessible RPG. Howard Wen examines the project, its history, and its future. http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2003/03/13/egoboo.html --------------------- XML --------------------- ***The XML.com Interview: Eric Meyer Russell Dyer talks to Eric Meyer, invited expert to the W3C's CSS Working Group, and author of "Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide." http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/03/12/meyer.html Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide Order Number: 6226 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/css/ --------------------- Java --------------------- ***Making Java Objects Comparable Sometimes how objects relate to each other is as important as the existence of the objects. There's no single way to compare them--a person might be sorted by age, name, or position in a queue. In this article, Budi Kurniawan demonstrates how to make your objects comparable and sortable with java.util.Comparator and java.lang.Comparable. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/03/12/java_comp.html ***Detecting Duplicate Code with PMD's CPD Code reuse has been a grail for years. Why, then, is there still so much copying and pasting going on? Tom Copeland introduces CPD, the Copy/Paste Detector, which can identify large swaths of duplicate Java code. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/03/12/pmd_cpd.html --------------------- .NET --------------------- ***Configuration Handlers in .NET In the shiny new world of .NET-based applications with xcopy deployment and smart clients, we can no longer use the registry to hold application configuration information. Instead, we're supposed to use XML-based configuration files accessed via the CLR's pluggable configuration framework. In this article by Ben Lowery, he explains how this all works. http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2003/01/01/configsections.html ***Build Hyperlinks into Your Client App with the Windows Forms LinkLabel Control Writing for MSDN, Dan Hurwitz discusses the flexibility of the LinkLabel control in the .NET Framework, its properties, built-in behaviors, and their use in VB.NET and C#. http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/03/02/LinkLabel/default.aspx Dan is a coauthor of "Programming ASP.NET." Order Number: 1711 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/progaspdotnet/index.html --------------------- Mac --------------------- ***Hands on X11 The imprementation of X11 for Mac OS X includes a window server, libraries, and basic utilities such as xterm. In this article, Dan Benjamin shows you how to install and use the latest beta offered by Apple. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/03/14/install_x11.html ***Apple Releases Java 1.4.1 for Mac OS X Apple takes Java to the next level with the latest release of the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition, version 1.4.1 for Mac OS X. It includes 60 percent more features than 1.3.1. Daniel Steinberg brings you up to speed. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/03/10/osx_java.html Until next time-- Marsee _______________________________________________ Tallahassee-pm mailing list Tallahassee-pm@mail.pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/tallahassee-pm From jptillman at comcast.net Mon Mar 31 17:05:55 2003 From: jptillman at comcast.net (James Tillman) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:37:57 2004 Subject: [Tallahassee-pm] [Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, M arch 28] Message-ID: <51f974e9db.4e9db51f97@icomcast.net> Oops. My mistake. Remove the trailing slash from the URL and it will work. ----- Original Message ----- From: ScottKeller@fdle.state.fl.us Date: Monday, March 31, 2003 7:40 am Subject: RE: [Tallahassee-pm] [Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, M arch 28] > Jamie, > > The library link is giving me a "Library/WebHome does not exist" > error,fwiw. > > Scott > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Tillman [jptillman@comcast.net] > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 8:24 PM > To: tallahassee-pm@mail.pm.org > Subject: [Tallahassee-pm] [Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, > March 28] > > > I'm not going to let this one sit in my inbox as long as the last one > did. Here's the very latest newsletter from O'Reilly (see below). > Also, I added a library section to our Wiki on the web site. Now > we can > know what books we've got and which of us has them. Check it out: > > http://tallahassee.pm.org/twiki/bin/view.cgi/Library/WebHome/ > > Remember: The wiki is ours, so you can add new stuff to it, including > reviews of books and code you've written (would you like a separate > section for that?), anything you like. > > jpt > > -----Forwarded Message----- > > From: Marsee Henon > To: jtillman@bigfoot.com > Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 28 > Date: 28 Mar 2003 19:12:39 -0800 > > > O'Reilly User Group Program > Newsletter > March 28, 2003 > > > Please share this information with your members... > > > Highlights This Week: > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Book News > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -Shared Source CLI Essentials > -VBScript in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition > -LDAP System Administration > -Mac OS X Hacks > -ActionScript for Flash MX Pocket Reference > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Upcoming Events > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -MySQL Users Conference, San Jose, CA--April 10-12 > -Java Freedom Software Symposium, Philadelphia, PA--Apr 11-13 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Conference > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference Call for Participation > -New ETech Keynote: Google, Innovation, and the Web > -Registration is open for the 2003 O'Reilly Open Source Convention > -Put Up A O'Reilly Open Source Convention Banner, > Get A Free Book > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Safari > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -"Go On Safari" winner-- Andrew Shuttleworth, Tokyo PC Users Group > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > News > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -Slideshow of NCMUG's Recent O'Reilly Fieldtrip > -What if SETI@home Gets Lucky? > -Setting Up an 802.11b Home Wireless Network > -Into the Future at San Diego Technical Books > -Building an Address Book with OpenLDAP > -Five Tips for .NET Programming in Perl > -Ten Security Checks for PHP, Part 1 > -Space-Based Programming > -.NET Framework 1.1 Expands Support > -Creating Sherlock Channels > -Inside Samba: Windows Sharing for the Mac > > ================================================ > Book News > ================================================ > Review books are available--email me for a copy. > > ***Please include the book order number on your requests. > > Let me know if you need your books by a certain date. > Allow at least four weeks for shipping. > Send or email me copies of your newsletters and book reviews. > > Don't forget, your members get 20% off any O'Reilly book they purchase > directly from O'Reilly. Just use code DSUG when ordering. > http://www.oreilly.com/ > > ***Group purchases with better discounts are available*** > Please let me know if you are interested. > > Press releases are available on our press page: > http://press.oreilly.com/ > > > ***Shared Source CLI Essentials > Order Number: 351X > "Shared Source CLI Essentials" provides a road map for navigating the > Microsoft Shared Source CLI (Rotor) code. After introducing the CLI, > its core concepts, and implementation, the book covers the CLI type > system; component packaging and assemblies; JIT compilation; garbage > collection; and more. Written by members of the team that designed the > .NET Framework, this book is for anyone who wants to know what > goes on > under the hood of the .NET runtime and the ECMA CLI. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sscliess/ > > Chapter 1, "Introducing the CLI Component Model," is available online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sscliess/chapter/index.html > > > ***VBScript in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition > Order Number: 4885 > "VBScript in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition" has been completely updated for > VBScript 5.6, WSH 5.6, and ASP 3.0. A comprehensive reference to > VBScript's statements, keywords and objects, the new edition also > includes updated introductory chapters covering the significant > changessince the first edition was published. New chapters > introduce the > Windows Script Component for creating binary COM components and the > Script Encoder. This book offers programmers and system administrators > the most complete, up-to-date, and easy-to-use language reference for > developing effective scripts. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/vbscriptian2/ > > Chapter 7, "Windows Script Host 5.6," is available online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/vbscriptian2/chapter/index.html > > > ***LDAP System Administration > Order Number: 4916 > "LDAP System Administration" helps you quickly integrate a directory > server into essential network services such as mail, DNS, HTTP, and > SMB/CIFS, regardless of which LDAP version you use. After introducing > the workings of a directory service and the LDAP protocol, as well as > building and installing OpenLDAP (the open source directory server > usedas the premise for examples), the book walks you through > configurationand access control; replication and referral; > interoperation with > different LDAP servers; and much more. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ldapsa/ > > Chapter 7, "Email and LDAP," is available online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ldapsa/chapter/index.html > > > *** Mac OS X Hacks > Order Number: 4605 > "Mac OS X Hacks" pulls together the best tips, tricks, and tools from > Mac power users and Unix hackers. From the Unix side comes no-nonsense > solutions to Web, Mail, and FTP serving; security services, SSH, Perl, > and shell scripting; and more. From Mac users come customizations for > System Preferences, and GUI mods and tweaks; AppleScript, AppleTalk, > and equivalents; and general Macintosh-style tomfoolery. This book > offers a unique collection of real-world know-how that you can > apply to > the challenges of working with Mac OS X and its Unix underpinnings. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mcosxhks/ > > Sample Hacks are available online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mcosxhks/chapter/index.html > > > ***ActionScript for Flash MX Pocket Reference > Order Number: 5148 > "ActionScript for Flash MX Pocket Reference" summarizes ActionScript's > core objects, classes, properties, and methods. Also covered are > ActionScript's global properties, global functions, operators, > statements, keywords, and directives, as well as an excellent summary > of ActionScript syntax and best practices, covering datatypes, > variables, loops, conditionals, identifiers, event handling, and > object-oriented programming. This compact reference also addresses > common Flash elements and operations, including Movie Clips, graphics, > text, data transfers, and XML parsing. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/actscrptpr/ > > A sample excerpt on Variables is available online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/actscrptpr/chapter/index.html > > =============================================== > Upcoming Events > =============================================== > ***MySQL Users Conference, San Jose, CA--April 10-12 > Ruth Boyer and I will be at the MySQL Conference--be sure to visit our > booth (#113) if you're attending. In addition, check out MySQL and > Rubypresentations by author Paul DuBois ("MySQL Cookbook" and > "SoftwarePortability with imake"). > > MySQL Users Conference & Expo > Doubletree Hotel > San Jose, CA > http://www.mysql.com/events/uc2003/ > > > ***Java Freedom Software Symposium, Philadelphia, PA--Apr 11-13 > Author James Duncan Davidson ("Learning Cocoa with Objective-C") > is a > featured speaker. > > Sheraton Suites > Philadelphia Airport > 4101 B Island Avenue > Philadelphia, PA 19153 > http://www.nofluffjuststuff.com/2003-04-philly/index.jsp > > > For more events, please see: > http://events.oreilly.com/ > > ================================================ > Conference News > ================================================ > ***O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference Call for Participation > System administrators, developers, strategists, and technical > staff are > invited to submit proposals to lead tutorial and conference > sessions at > the second annual O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference. Suggested topics > include: Scripting Genius, Amazing Applications, Ingenious Hacks, and > SysAdmin Mac Style, to name a few. > http://conferences.oreilly.com/macosxcon/ > > The submission deadline for proposals is May 14, 2003 > http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/macosx2003/create/e_sess > > > ***New ETech Keynote: Google, Innovation, and the Web > Craig Silverstein, Google's director of technology, will be giving a > keynote at the Emerging Technology Conference on how Google is > buildinga work culture that fosters the creation of new > experiments and > innovations. > http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2003/view/e_sess/4325 > > For more info on the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference: > http://conferences.oreilly.com/etcon/ > > To register, go to: > http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/22/register.html > > > ***Registration is open for the 2003 O'Reilly Open Source Convention > --Portland, OR > Programmers, developers, strategists, technical staff, and other open > source votaries from around the world congregate for five days of > tutorials, conference sessions, and networking of the flesh-and-blood > variety. Recognizing that open source tools have moved squarely into > the mainstream, this year's convention focuses on "embracing and > extending proprietary software." > > Early Bird Discount-- > User Group members who register before May 23, 2003, 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/os2003/create/ord_os03 > > O'Reilly Open Source Convention > Portland Marriott Downtown, Portland, OR > July 7-11, 2003 > http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/ > > > ***Put Up an O'Reilly Open Source Convention Banner, Get A Free Book > Ready for the next conference banner promotion? Here it is: > We are looking for user groups to display our conference banners on > their web sites. If you send me the link to your user group site with > our O'Reilly Open Source Convention banner, I will send > you the O'Reilly book of your choice. > > OSCON Conference Banners: > http://ug.oreilly.com/banners/oscon2003/ > > ================================================ > Safari News > ================================================ > ***"Go On Safari" Tip of the Week Winner--Andrew Shuttleworth, > Tokyo PC Users Group > "Ever since Google has been around, I've thought that I no longer > needed reference books. 'A quick search is all I need to get the > answers I want,' I've thought. But having wasted some good time > searching for a crucial Excel formula or a 'how to' in MS Project, > I'verealized there is very little freely available reference > content on the > Web that comes close to the quality of material published by O'Reilly. > Subscribing to Safari Bookshelf means that I no longer have to > rely on > search engines to get what I want from my software, as high quality > material on almost any computer topic I can think of is just a click > away. Thanks O'Reilly." > > > Your group can also participate in this introductory program just for > user group members. To "Go on Safari," any of your members who > sign up > for our Safari 14-day free trial send comments on their > experiences, or > tips and tricks for how they used Safari (it only needs to be 2 > sentences long, but it may be longer) to safari_talk@oreilly.com. > > Every week someone will be chosen from the tips or comments submitted > to receive fun stuff from O'Reilly (T-shirts, book bags, or other > surprises). If a member of your user group is selected, your group > receives free gifts, too. Whatever the individual member receives, > yourUG will get one, too, to give away at your next meeting, or > use however > you see fit. Recipients--and their comments--will be announced in the > User Group Newsletter. > > > **Please use this special UG URL to sign up for the 14-day trial** > http://www.oreilly.com/safari/ug > > > For more information on Safari: > http://safari.oreilly.com/ > > ================================================ > News From O'Reilly & Beyond > ================================================ > --------------------- > General News > --------------------- > ***Slideshow of NCMUG's Recent O'Reilly Fieldtrip > Thanks to Lorene Romero for putting together this great presentation. > The event was successful--Derrick Story had standing-room-only > availablefor his presentation on iLife. > http://homepage.mac.com/ncmug/iMovieTheater17.html > > And you can read about it here (Thanks Chuck Joiner!): > http://www.mugcenter.com/ > > > ***What if SETI@home Gets Lucky? > Brian McConnell looks at the latest developments in SETI@home and > describes what will happen if a meaningful signal is found. Brian is > the author of "Beyond Contact." > http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2003/03/19/seti.html > > Beyond Contact > Order Number: 0375 > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/alien/ > > > ***Setting Up an 802.11b Home Wireless Network > There's lots of new WiFi equipment available for home or the small > office environment. Wei Meng Lee shows you how to set up, secure, and > enjoy today's 802.11b hardware for tangle-free networking. > http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2003/03/21/home_wifi.html > > > ***Into the Future at San Diego Technical Books > Imagine a technical bookstore where the bookcases are packed with the > latest computer, biotechnology, and engineering titles; a place where > customers have free Wi-Fi over a T1 line. You can experience it > now at > San Diego Technical Books in San Diego, California. Check out this > TeamO'Reilly Bookstore profile of one of America's most innovative > technical bookstores. > http://www.oreilly.com/news/sandiegotech.html > > San Diego Technical Books: > http://www.booksmatter.com/ > > --------------------- > Open Source > --------------------- > ***Building an Address Book with OpenLDAP > LDAP's most sensible example is, perhaps, managing contacts throughout > a company. There aren't many good examples of this, however. Dustin > Puryear (coordinator for the Baton Rouge Linux User Group) wants to > change that. In this article, he demonstrates how to build and > populatea company-wide LDAP address book. > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/03/27/ldap_ab.html > > > ***Five Tips for .NET Programming in Perl > Don't get tripped up making your Perl SOAP applications work with .NET > services. Here are some of the most common traps for Perl developers, > enumerated by Randy J. Ray, coauthor of "Programming Web Services with > Perl." > http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2003/03/26/perlanddotnet.html > > Programming Web Services with Perl > Order Number: 2068 > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pwebserperl/ > > > ***Ten Security Checks for PHP, Part 1 > The same global access that makes web apps useful means that you have > to keep on top of security. Though it's easy to create sites in PHP, > it's not immune to sloppy coding. Clancy Malcolm explains how to > recognize and fix five potential security holes with PHP in the first > of two articles. > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/php/2003/03/20/php_security.html > > For more information on PHP see: > http://scripting.oreilly.com/ > > > --------------------- > Java > --------------------- > ***Space-Based Programming > Distributed applications promise better scalability and reliability, > but the standard models of building them on Remote Procedure Calls are > often difficult and slow. Sun and IBM are taking steps to adopt a > different approach: space-based programming. Bernhard Angerer explores > this idea and what it could mean for J2EE. > http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/03/19/java_spaces.html > > --------------------- > .NET > --------------------- > ***.NET Framework 1.1 Expands Support > Chris Sells discusses how the .NET Framework version 1.1 provides > expanded namespace, security, and languages support for your .NET > projects, all in the March edition of MSDN magazine. > http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/03/03/WindowsForms/default.aspx > > Chris is a coauthor of the upcoming "Mastering Visual Studio .NET." > Order Number: 3609 > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mastvsnet/ > > --------------------- > Mac > --------------------- > ***Creating Sherlock Channels > In this first of a two-part series, Harold Martin provides you > with a > hands-on overview of Sherlock channel programming. Today's focus > is on > setup and interface wiring. In part two you'll learn how to work the > code. > http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/developer/2003/03/25/sherlock_one. html > > **Inside Samba: Windows Sharing for the Mac > Samba is one of the most successful open source projects around, and > has been ported to Linux, various BSDs, and Darwin/Mac OS X. Currently > it provides disk and print shares, acts as a WINS server, and performs > NT4 primary domain controller duties. Jason Deraleau takes you inside > Samba and shows you how to configure it on your Jaguar Macintosh. > http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/03/18/samba.html > > > > Until next time-- > > Marsee > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tallahassee-pm mailing list > Tallahassee-pm@mail.pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/tallahassee-pm >