From phillip.tyre at fcul.com Thu Mar 4 11:49:38 2004 From: phillip.tyre at fcul.com (Phillip Tyre) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:38:04 2004 Subject: [Tallahassee-pm] NFANP meeting Tomorrow at noon. Message-ID: <39B5739894E97B40A427C59317BF2CD38796B1@exchange2k.fcul.com> The NFANP is having an open meeting at noon this Friday the 5th at the Ryan's on Mahan. Everyone is welcome to come by, and meet other network users here in Tallahassee. Thanks, Pt -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Tim shares his thoughts in the > latest Ask Tim. > http://www.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/ask_tim/2004/amazon_0204.html > > > ***Mod_python's PSP: Python Server Pages > For simple web sites, inlining code in the pages themselves is shockingly > effective. For more complex sites, it can even work with good MVC design. > Fear not, Pythonistas, mod_python's PSP brings the power and clarity of > Python to web programming. Grisha Trubetskoy explains. > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2004/02/26/python_server_pages.html > > > ***Day in the Life of #Apache > Rich Bowen tackles yet another common Apache dilemma in the latest > installment in this series based on his conversations on the IRC channel, > #apache. 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In this article, David Miller delves into affected areas, > such as aliases and environment variables, to help you make the > transition. > http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/02/24/bash.html > > --------------------- > Windows > --------------------- > ***Inside IIS 6 > With the release of Windows Server 2003, Microsoft has made significant > changes in how IIS works. Mitch Tulloch brings you up to speed on what's > new, and gives you insider tips on how to take advantage of it. > http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/03/02/inside_iis.html > > > ***Protect Yourself Against Kerberos Attacks > The only way to defend yourself is to understand your attacker in-depth. > This excerpt from the recently released "Security Warrior" by Cyrus > Peikari and Anton Chuvakin details Kerberos attacks. Read it and prepare > yourself. > http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/excerpt/swarrior_ch14/index1.html > > --------------------- > Java > --------------------- > ***Configuring JBoss 4.0 JDBC Connectivity > JBoss uses the HypersonicDB by default, but with a few configuration > changes, it can use any JDBC-equipped database. Deepak Vohra shows how to > use Oracle, Sybase, MySQL and other databases with JBoss. > http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/02/25/jbossjdbc.html > > --------------------- > Web > --------------------- > ***The Ideal Digital Photographer's Workflow, Part 3 > You can achieve greater control over the quality of the images produced by > your new digital camera if you shoot them in RAW format. Trouble is, it > can take an inordinate amount of time to convert RAW images into something > your image-editing program can use. In Part 3 of Ken Milburn's series on > creating ideal digital photography workflows, he details several steps you > can take to save hours of RAW-process work after every shoot. Ken is the > author of the upcoming "Digital Photography: Expert Techniques." > http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2004/02/24/digital_photography.html > > --------------------- > .NET > --------------------- > ***O'Reilly Learning Lab's .NET Certificate Series > Learn .NET programming skills and earn a .NET Programming Certificate from > the University of Illinois Office of Continuing Education. The .NET > Certificate Series is comprised of three courses that give you the > foundation you need to do .NET programming well. The courses are: Learn > XML; Learn Object-Oriented Programming Using Java; and Learn C#. Enroll > now in all three courses and save over $500. > http://oreilly.useractive.com/courses/dotnet.php3 > > > ***Developing Web-Service-Driven, Smart Mobile Applications > Working with web services and other network protocols that were designed > with broadband in mind can become a real burden to making applications > really mobile. But there is hope. Michael Yaun walks through the design > and implementation of a complete end-to-end mobile application that solves > these difficult problems. > http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2004/02/23/mobilewebserviceapps.html > > ================================================ > News From Your Peers > ================================================ > ***Check out the new O'Reilly User Group Wiki for the latest news > You can look for a meeting, user group, or post information any time > you want. > http://wiki.oreillynet.com/usergroups/view?HomePage > > Until next time-- > > Marsee > > > > > > > From jptillman at comcast.net Tue Mar 16 07:16:45 2004 From: jptillman at comcast.net (James Tillman) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:38:04 2004 Subject: [Tallahassee-pm] [Fwd: PM Meeting Next week] Message-ID: <1079443005.7453.25.camel@jacob> Don't forget: This Thursday is our next PerlMonger's meeting. See below for details and take note of the new location. jpt -----Forwarded Message----- > From: James Tillman > To: tallahassee-pm@mail.lists.org > Subject: PM Meeting Next week > Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 21:33:39 -0500 > > Just a reminder that our next perlmonger's meeting is next week, > Thursday, 3/18 6:30PM, at Never Too Latte near, the corner of Miccosukee > and Capital Circle. > > I'll be sending another reminder on Tuesday and Wednesday, as well. I > hope to see you all there. > > jpt From jptillman at comcast.net Tue Mar 16 09:10:24 2004 From: jptillman at comcast.net (James Tillman) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:38:04 2004 Subject: [Tallahassee-pm] Anyone coming to the meeting? Message-ID: <1079449824.8912.73.camel@jacob> Can I see a show of hands for who's expecting to come to the meeting this Thursday. A simple reply to this message with a "me, too" would be great. jpt From ScottKeller at fdle.state.fl.us Tue Mar 16 09:08:38 2004 From: ScottKeller at fdle.state.fl.us (Keller, Scott) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:38:04 2004 Subject: [Tallahassee-pm] Anyone coming to the meeting? Message-ID: <2265699E79C5D51197940002B31B4EDB04375A82@exchange.fdle.gov> me, too -----Original Message----- From: James Tillman [mailto:jptillman@comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 10:10 AM To: tallahassee-pm@mail.pm.org Subject: [Tallahassee-pm] Anyone coming to the meeting? Can I see a show of hands for who's expecting to come to the meeting this Thursday. A simple reply to this message with a "me, too" would be great. jpt _______________________________________________ Tallahassee-pm mailing list Tallahassee-pm@mail.pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/tallahassee-pm From holguinh at homesandland.com Tue Mar 16 10:24:32 2004 From: holguinh at homesandland.com (Hector A. Holguin) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:38:04 2004 Subject: [Tallahassee-pm] Anyone coming to the meeting? References: <1079449824.8912.73.camel@jacob> Message-ID: <001e01c40b73$29e0f610$6712afc6@hector> me, too ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Tillman" To: Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 10:10 AM Subject: [Tallahassee-pm] Anyone coming to the meeting? > Can I see a show of hands for who's expecting to come to the meeting > this Thursday. A simple reply to this message with a "me, too" would be > great. > > jpt > > > _______________________________________________ > Tallahassee-pm mailing list > Tallahassee-pm@mail.pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/tallahassee-pm From jptillman at comcast.net Thu Mar 18 06:22:18 2004 From: jptillman at comcast.net (James Tillman) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:38:04 2004 Subject: [Tallahassee-pm] PerlMongers tonight Message-ID: <1079612538.7022.10.camel@jacob> Hello all: Just a reminder that we're going to be having our PerlMonger's meeting tonight at 6:30PM at Never Too Latte, next to Eckerd's at the corner of Miccosukee and Capital Circle. I hope to see you there! jpt From phillip.tyre at fcul.com Wed Mar 31 10:41:04 2004 From: phillip.tyre at fcul.com (Phillip Tyre) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:38:04 2004 Subject: [Tallahassee-pm] NFANP meeting this Friday April 2nd. Message-ID: <120A83F8AC6A464394BD451AE44B7F2B046F57@exchange2k.fcul.com> Just wanted to remind everyone that www.nfanp.org is having its monthly meeting this Friday, Noon - 1 at the Ryan's Family Restaurant on Mahan. Discussions are set to include: Tape backups, backup to disk, SANS/NAS. Offsite tape storage options in the Tallahassee area. An initial look at a product called the Barracuda Spam Firewall. And any other member topics in a roundtable discussion. Thanks, Phillip Tyre -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.pm.org/pipermail/tallahassee-pm/attachments/20040331/80e91402/attachment.htm