From grant at mclean.net.nz  Fri Jan 25 14:11:56 2008
From: grant at mclean.net.nz (Grant McLean)
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:11:56 +1300
Subject: [Wellington-pm] [Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program,
	January 25]
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> From: Marsee Henon <marsee at oreilly.com>
> To: perlmongers at catalyst.net.nz
> Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, January 25
> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:41:31 -0800
> 
> Hi there,
> 
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> and sponsored by Adobe Systems Incorporated. Our goal is to create an
> invaluable resource for information on the ever-changing state of design
> and development of rich Internet applications (RIAs).
> 
> Live from Macworld, Lorene Romero of the North Coast Mac Users Group
> wants cutting and pasting on an iPhone in this "Missing Features" video
> post:
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/missingfeature/blog/2008/01/cutting_and_pasting_on_an_ipho.html>
> 
> Here are more "Missing Features" videos including David Pogue and Derrick Story:
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> 
> Headed to SDWest? Make sure you stop by the O'Reilly booth and say hi.
> Free Expo passes are available for the upcoming Southwest Developer
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> Are you attending PyCon in Chicago in March? I'm going to be at the O'Reilly
> booth in the expo hall. Let me know if you're going to be around. Registration 
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> 
> 
> Marsee
> 
> P.S. If you haven't already, check out the O'Reilly bookstore on Amazon
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> O'Reilly News for User Group Members
> January 25, 2008
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> Articles
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> ***How to Tell Your Perl Story (at OSCON)
> Have you done something stunningly cool or staggeringly useful with Perl
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> Nearly every developer fosters a secret desire to create cool video
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> 
> 
> ***Administering MySQL Using Flex
> Adobe's Flex offers a rich client-side user experience, but how do you
> use it to create practical applications. In this article, you'll see how
> to hook Flex up to a PHP backend to do some simple MySQL administration.
> <http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2008/01/15/administering-mysql-using-flex.html>
> 
> 
> ***Joe Schorr on Leopard & Apeture
> Derrick Story interviews Senior Product Manager Joe Schorr, on some of
> the most enticing and useful features for Aperture photographers.
> <http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2008/01/08/joe-schorr-on-leopard-and-aperture.html>
> 
> 
> ***Less is More: Steve Jobs' Macworld 2008 Keynote Address
> Steve Jobs opened the Macworld surprise envelope at the 2008 keynote
> address and out slid a sleek notebook computer: the Macbook Air. Daniel
> Steinberg was on hand for the unveiling and files this report about all
> the new hardware, iPhone updates, and more.
> <http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2008/01/17/macworld-2008.html>
> 
> 
> ***LILO and GRUB: Boot Loaders Made Simple
> LILO and Grub are the most popular Linux bootloaders. Usually, your
> Linux distribution chooses and configures one or the other for you, but
> this article provides a handy comparison of the two, and offers some
> troubleshooting and configuration tips if you ever want to do it by
> hand.
> <http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2008/01/22/lilo-and-grub-boot-loaders-made-simple.html>
> 
> ***The Art & Science of JavaScript
> In this tutorial, we'll look at a technique for using CSS and JavaScript
> to build a first-person-perspective maze, in homage to old-school
> adventure games like Dungeon Master and Doom.
> <http://www.sitepoint.com/article/art-science-javascript>
> 
> For more articles, go to:
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> 
> ---------------------
> Blogs
> -------------------
> ***A Year in O'Reilly Books (2007) from Tim O'Reilly
> <http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/01/a_year_in_oreilly_books.html>
> 
> ***HF JavaScript: Learn Outside the Book
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/headfirst/blog/2008/01/hf_javascript_learn_outside_th.html#more>
> 
> ***Scott Kelby--Katrin's New Book is a Winner, and I Know Eight People
>    I'm Sending a Copy to This Week.
> <http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/939>
> 
> ***Freaking Multitudes of .htaccess great balls of fire
> <http://blogs.oreilly.com/digitalmedia/2007/12/freaking-multitudes-of-htacces.html>
> 
> ***Windows Mobile Weekly Roundup
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/windows/blog/2008/01/windows_mobile_weekly_roundup_71.html>
> 
> ***TMTOWTDI -> The Right Way to Do It
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2008/01/tmtowtdi_the_right_way_to_do_i.html>
> 
> ***PhoneValet & iPhone: Instant Landline Voice Mail
> <http://blogs.oreilly.com/digitalmedia/2008/01/phonevalet-iphone-instant-land.html>
> 
> ***Thoughts on Firefox 3.0
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/xml/blog/2008/01/thoughts_on_firefox_30.html>
> 
> ***What Do You Want to Read from Head First Authors?
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/headfirst/blog/2008/01/what_do_you_want_to_hear_from.html#more>
> 
> ***Presents for Under Your Tree (for next year)
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/headfirst/blog/2007/12/presents_for_under_your_tree_f.html>
> 
> For more blogs, go to:
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/blogs/>
> 
> Until next time--
> 
> Marsee Henon
> 
> 
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