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[Grant McLean]

-------- Forwarded Message --------
> From: Marsee Henon
> Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, February 22
> Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:16:39 -0800
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> Recently, Near-Time and O’Reilly Media announced a collaborative
> development experiment for our new title "Software Craftsmanship"
> <http://softwarecraftsmanship.oreilly.com/>. Now you can comment on this
> book as it's being written. Help authors Dave Hoover and Adewale
> Oshineye turn this into a bestseller. Read the blog post "Comment
> often. Watch book grow. Have fun."
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/fyi/blog/2008/02/collaborate_often_watch_it_gro.html> 
> for more information.
> 
> The O'Reilly School of Technology just announced a new PHP/SQL Certificate
> <http://oreillyschool.com/courses/php-sql-programming.php?CMP=BAC-ostug>.
> Don't forget UG members get a 30% discount with the promotion code "ORALL1".
> 
> And we are now offering video tutorials from our Tools of Change conference on
> DVD <http://www.oreilly.com/store/series/toc-dvds.html>. Topics include
> Digitizing Your Backlist, SEO for Book Publishers: Beyond Book Search,
> XML for Publishers, and Making Mobile Work.
> 
> Travel news: Are you going to Mix 08 in Las Vegas? Let me know and I'll
> put you in touch with our editors attending the show. They will be
> showing off our brand new Essential Silverlight Up-To-Date book making
> it's debut at the show. And don't forget I'll be at SD West March 5-6 in
> Santa Clara and then off to Chicago for PyCon March 12-15.
> 
> --Marsee
> 
> ================================================================
> O'Reilly News for User Group Members
> February 22, 2008
> ================================================================
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> New Releases--Books, Short Cuts, and Rough Cuts
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
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> 
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> 
> 
> *** Augmented Reality  (Pragmatic Bookshelf)
> ISBN10:  1934356034
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9781934356036>
> 
> *** C# 3.0 Pocket Reference, Second Edition
> ISBN10:  0596519222
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596519223>
> 
> *** CRAFT: Volume 06
> ISBN10:  0596518196
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596518196>
> 
> *** Enterprise Application Development with Flex
> ISBN10:  0596514409 
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596514402>
> 
> *** Groovy Recipes (Pragmatic Bookshelf)
> ISBN10:  0978739299
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780978739294>
> 
> *** Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, Second Edition (No Starch)
> ISBN10:  1593271441 
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1593271441>
> 
> *** iPhone Open Application Development: Rough Cuts Version
> ISBN10:  0596519516
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596519513>
> 
> *** The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Zoo! (No Starch)
> ISBN10:  1593271700
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9781593271701>
> 
> *** LINQ Pocket Reference
> ISBN10:  0596519249
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596519247>
> 
> *** Rails for PHP Developers (Pragmatic Bookshelf)
> ISBN10:  1934356042
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9781934356043>
> 
> *** ScreenOS Cookbook
> ISBN10:  0596510039 
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596510039>
> 
> *** Sound Mixing Tips and Tricks (PC Publishing)
> ISBN10:  1906005044
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9781906005047>
> 
> *** Subject To Change: Creating Great Products & Services for an Uncertain World
> ISBN10:  0596516835 
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596516833>
> 
> *** Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Leopard Edition
> ISBN10:  0596514123 
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596514129>
> 
> *** Take Control of Your iPhone (TidBITS)
> ISBN10:  1933671343
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9781933671345>
> 
> *** The Ultimate CSS Reference (Hard Cover) (SitePoint)
> ISBN10:  0980285852
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780980285857>
> 
> *** Up and Running with Joomla
> ISBN10:  0596515847 
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596515843>
> 
> *** Wicked Cool PHP (No Starch)
> ISBN10:  1593271735
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9781593271732>
> 
> 
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> ***O'Reilly Sponsors Code4lib Conference 2008, Portland, OR--Feb 25-28
> The Code4lib Conference is an outgrowth of a highly successful Access
> Hackfest, wrapped into a conference format. The attendees are the folks
> who implement, program, administer, and manage the systems and software
> libraries use. Gold sponsorship by TOC Division. 
> <http://code4lib.org/conference>
> 
> 
> ***E.A. Vander Veer on WDEV Radio Live--Feb 26
> E.A. Vander Veer (author of the new Facebook: The Missing Manual) will
> be live on WDEV-AM & FM Radio at 8:05am Central Time on February 26th,
> 2008. She will be speaking for 20 minutes on various topics regarding
> Facebook, security, and applications. Be sure to tune in! 
> <http://www.wdevradio.com/index-home.asp>
> 
> 
> ***E.A. Vander Veer on WHAM Rochester New York--Feb 26
> E.A. Vander Veer (author of the new Facebook: The Missing Manual) will
> be live on WHAM Rochester NY for the Chet & Beth morning show at 8:30am
> Central Time on February 26th, 2008. She will be speaking for 10 minutes
> on various topics regarding Facebook, security, and applications. Be
> sure to tune in! 
> <http://www.wham1180.com/main.html>
> 
> 
> ***PHP Conference, London, UK--Feb 29
> The PHP Conference represents a great opportunity for delegates with a
> potential audience that includes web-developers, programmers,
> open-source enthusiasts, and business-people. As well as being able to
> hear about some of the most interesting current topics within PHP from
> people at the forefront of the technology, delegates will also have the
> opportunity to network with the other attendees. O’Reilly will be there,
> so come and browse our latest books and benefit from a 35% discount on
> the day. 
> <http://www.phpconference.co.uk/>
> 
> 
> ***E.A. Vander Veer on the Jan Michkelson Show--Feb 29
> E.A. Vander Veer (author of the new Facebook: The Missing Manual) will
> be live on the Jan Mickelson Show for WHO-AM in Des Moines at 9:05am
> Central Time on February 29th, 2008. She will be speaking for 30 minutes
> on various topics regarding Facebook, security, and applications. Be
> sure to tune in! 
> <http://www.whoradio.com/main.html>
> 
> 
> ***Barcamp, Manchester, UK--Mar 1
> It's been in the works for a while now, but it finally got announced:
> BarCamp is coming to Manchester! And O’Reilly will be there with all
> kinds of goodies. Do come and have a chat.
> <http://barcamp.org/BarCampManchesterUk>
> 
> 
> ***Sean Duggan Presents "Creative Collage with Adobe Photoshop", 
>   Monteray, CA--Mar 1-2, 2008
> This weekend workshop will focus on using Adobe Photoshop CS2 to explore
> the art of the photographic composite. Explorations will range from
> simple collages and blended overlays to combining two exposures of the
> same scene to control contrast, to the creation of surreal,
> photo-realistic flights of fancy. Topics include: masking and knockout
> techniques; layers and layer groups; simple collages based on image
> overlays, blend modes and opacity; advanced blending options; precision
> collage control with layer masks; image transformation tools including
> Free Transform and Warp; Using Smart Objects to preserve flexibility of
> transformed elements; creating a photo-realistic collage from different
> source photos; multi-exposure composites to control contrast; matching
> color and lighting between images. 
> <http://www.montereyadultschool.com/seanduggan.html>
> 
> 
> ***O'Reilly at SD West, Santa Clara, CA--Mar 3-7
> Stop by the O'Reilly booth (# 407) to check out our books and say hello.
> <http://www.sdexpo.com/>
> 
> 
> ***O'Reilly Beautiful Code Authors at SD West 2008, 
>   Santa Clara, CA--Mar 3
> Meet Beautiful Code Authors Elliotte Rusty Harold, Author/Adjunct
> Professor, Polytechnic University; Michael Feathers, Senior
> Trainer/Mentor/Consultant, Object Mentor; Alberto Savoia, CTO, Agitar
> Software; Christopher Seiwald, CEO, Perforce. What makes code beautiful?
> Is it all in the eye of the beholder or is there an aesthetic of code we
> can all agree on? How important is it for code to be beautiful? What
> trade-offs can or should be made in the name of beauty? Come hear
> several authors of the best-selling O'Reilly book Beautiful Code discuss
> these and other questions.
> <http://www.sdexpo.com/>
> 
> 
> ***O'Reilly WCF Authors at SD West 2008, Santa Clara, CA--Mar 3-7
> Meet Learning WCF Author, Michele Bustamante, Chief Architect, IDesign,
> Inc. and Programming WCF Services Author, Juval Lowy, President,
> IDesign, Inc. 
> <https://www.cmpevents.com/SDw8/a.asp?option=Chttps://www.cmpevents.com/SDw8/a.asp?option=C>
> 
> 
> ***E.A. Vander Veer on the Kathryn Zox Show--Mar 3
> E.A. Vander Veer (author of the new Facebook: The Missing Manual) will
> be live on the Kathryn Zox Show with WMET-AM Washington at 11:30am
> Central Time on March 3rd, 2008. She will be speaking for 30 minutes on
> various topics regarding Facebook, security, and applications. Be sure
> to tune in!
> <http://wmet1160.com/>
> 
> 
> ***Emerging Technology Conference (ETech), San Diego, CA--Mar 4-6
> The O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference (ETech) centers on future
> technologies that truly matter. From robotics, health care, and space
> travel to gaming, finance, and art, ETech explores promising
> technologies new to the innovation horizon, and investigates those that
> have been on the horizon too long.
> <http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/content/home>
> 
> 
> ***Jesse Liberty at MIX08, Las Vegas, NV--Mar 5-7
> Author Jesse Liberty (Programming .NET 3.5 and Learning ASP.NET with
> AJAX) will be talking about Microsoft Silverlight.
> <http://visitmix.com/2008/default.aspx>
> 
> 
> ***O'Reilly Authors Host Book Readings at SXSW, Austin, TX--Mar 7-11
> O'Reilly authors Steve Souders (High Performance Web Sites), Todd
> Wilkens (Subject to Change), Michael Yuan (Nokia Smartphone Hacks) and
> Thomas Myer (Lead Generation on the Web) are participating in "Book
> Readings at the South by Bookstore" during SXSW 2008.
> <http://2008.sxsw.com/interactive/programming/readings/>
> 
> 
> ***O'Reilly at SXSW Interactive, Austin, TX--Mar 9-11
> The SXSW Interactive Festival brings together the world's most creative
> web developers, designers, bloggers, wireless innovators, and new media
> entrepreneurs. While you're there, stop by the O'Reilly booth to say hi,
> and pick up some great new books.
> <http://sxsw.com/>
> 
> 
> ***QCon London 2008, London, UK--Mar 10-14
> QCon London 2008 is an Enterprise Software Development Conference,
> providing a venue for learning, networking, and tracking innovation in
> Java, .Net, Ruby, SOA, Languages of tomorrow, Banking Architectures,
> Agile, Scrum and Software Architecture and Design. Come and meet some of
> our authors at our booth. Book now and quote promo code:
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> <http://qcon.infoq.com/london/conference/>
> 
> 
> ***Derrick Story at Windsor Senior Computer User's Group, 
>   Rohnert Park, CA--Mar 10
> Author Derrick Story (The Digital Photography Companion, iPhoto 8: The
> Missing Manual, and Digital Photography Hacks) presents "Digital
> Photography Tips, Tricks, and Stunts."
> <http://www.sonic.net/donna/windsor.html>
> 
> 
> ***O'Reilly at SPE (Society for Photographic Education), 
>   Denver, CO--Mar 14-15
> The Society for Photographic Education is the longest-lived and largest
> association devoted to photography and related media as it applies to
> education, practice, and scholarship. While you're at the 45th National
> Conference, stop by the O'Reilly booth to say hi, and check out our
> great new books. 
> <http://www.spenational.org/conference/conf2008/index.html>
> 
> 
> ***O'Reilly at PyCon, Chicago, IL--Mar 14-15
> Look for O'Reilly authors Noah Gift, Van Lindberg, and Brian
> Fitzpatrick. Stop by the O'Reilly booth to say hi and pick up some great
> new books.
> <http://us.pycon.org/2008/about/>
> 
> 
> ***Sean Duggan Presents a Week-long Seminar: Creative Photoshop
>   Enhancements for Photographers, Delray Beach, FL--Mar 17-21
> Sean Duggan's (The Creative Digital Darkroom) week-long seminar at the
> Palm Beach Photographic Centre combines presentation, artistic
> discovery, making photographs and exploring the creative possibilities
> for image transformation in the digital darkroom. Prerequisites include
> Imaging Overview or equivalent experience. 
> <http://www.workshop.org/pages/sean_duggan_creative_darkroom.html>
> 
> 
> ***E.A. Vander Veer on Computer Outlook Radio--Mar 17
> E.A. Vander Veer (author of the new Facebook: The Missing Manual) will
> be live on Computer Outlook Radio at 7pm Central Time on March 3rd,
> 2008. She will be speaking for an hour on various topics regarding
> Facebook. Be sure to tune in! 
> <http://www.computeroutlook.com/>
> 
> ================================================
> Conference News
> ================================================
> ***Web 2.0 Expo New York, NY--September 16-19
> The Call for Participation is now open. Web 2.0 Expo is for the builders
> of the next generation web: designers, developers, entrepreneurs,
> marketers, business strategists, and venture capitalists. O'Reilly and
> CMP are seeking the best and brightest in the Web 2.0 universe to show
> the world how the next Internet Revolution is being designed and
> delivered.
> <http://www.web2expo.com/ny>
> 
> To submit a proposal to speak at Web 2.0 Expo, go to:
> <http://en.oreilly.com/webexny2008/public/cfp/18>
> 
> 
> ***O'Reilly GSP West Conference--San Diego, CA--March 3-4
> This two-day conference presents a behind-the-scenes look at the
> business and technology of social networking platforms. With MySpace,
> Facebook, and Flickr attracting millions of visitors each day, the
> implications for business, marketing, and software developers are
> enormous.
> <http://conferences.oreilly.com/gspwest/>
> 
> Use code "gspw08usrg" when you register, and receive 15% off
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> 
> ***Registration for ETech Open, San Diego, CA--March 3-6
> Body hacking. DIY spectrum. Crowd visualization. Sensor games. ETech
> 2008 will explore the tech that's influencing how we're seen as
> individuals and what affects our perception of the world around us.
> <http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech/>
> 
> Use code "et08usrg" when you register and receive 15% off
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> 
> ***2008 MySQL Conference & Expo Registration is Open, 
>    Santa Clara, CA--April 14-17
> The largest gathering of MySQL developers, users, and DBAs worldwide,
> the event reflects MySQL's wide-ranging appeal and capabilities. The
> open atmosphere of the MySQL Conference & Expo helps IT professionals
> and community members to create the best database applications, tools,
> and software through expert instruction, hands-on tutorials, readily
> available MySQL developers, and guru business advice.
> 
> Use code "mys08usrg" when you register, and receive 15% off
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> 
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> 
> 
> ****Web Expo SF Registration is Open, San Francisco, CA--Apr 22-25
> A companion event to the Web 2.0 Summit, Web 2.0 Expo is an expanded,
> inclusive gathering for the technology and business communities through
> a combined conference and tradeshow.
> 
> Use code "websf08ug" when you register and receive $100 off any
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> 
> ***Where 2.0 2008 is Open, Burlingame, CA--May 12-14, 2008
> At the O'Reilly Where 2.0 Conference, we expose the tools pushing the
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> models and services, and spend time examining new sources of data and
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> 
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> 
> 
> ****Registration for RailsConf 2008 is Open, Portland, OR--
> May 29-June 1, 2008
> Co-produced by Ruby Central and O'Reilly Media, RailsConf is "the" event
> for the growing Rails Community--the largest official gathering
> dedicatedto everything Rails. If you're passionate about Rails and what
> it helps you achieve--or if you're curious about how Rails can help you
> create web applications better and faster--this conference is the place
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> News From O'Reilly & Beyond
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> UG News
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> ***Toronto Asterisk Users' Group at IT360.ca
> The Toronto Asterisk Users' Group has been working closely with
> IT360.ca conference organizers in Toronto and have put together an
> excellent Asterisk track. Speakers this year include "Asterisk: The
> Future of Telephony" authors Jim Van Meggelen, Leif Madsen, and Jared
> Smith.
> <http://www.it360.ca/>
> 
> 
> ***New York Times Spotlights Myths of Innovation
> "Epiphany has little to do with either creativity or innovation.
> Instead, innovation is a slow process of accretion, building small
> insight upon interesting fact upon tried-and-true process" writes Janet
> Rae-Dupree in her Sunday New York Times column featuring Scott Berkun's
> "The Myths of Innovation."
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/business/03unbox.html?_r=1&ex=1202706000&en=70b7758cdbdbd746&ei=5070&emc=eta1&oref=slogin>
> 
> 
> ***How to Prevent Windows Vista's 'Green Ribbon of Death'
> Here's an excerpt from "Windows Vista Annoyances" at Computerworld.
> <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyId=89&articleId=9063060&intsrc=hm_topic>
> 
> 
> ***Installfest for Schools, Four Locations in the SF Bay Area, March 1
> Signup and join an installfest in San Francisco, Berkeley, San Mateo, or
> Novato, CA and help the local schools at this open source community event..
> <http://untangle.com/installfest>
> 
> 
> ***Leo Leporte's Interview with O'Reilly author Mikkel Aaland
> <http://techguylabs.com/radio/ShowNotes/Show430#toc3>
> 
> 
> ***Exploring Online Technical Information
> Editor Andy Oram posted several blogs exploring online technical
> information and its relation to professional computer books:
> 
> -Educating computer users: the need for community/author collaboration
> <http://praxagora.com/andyo/professional/community_author_collaboration.html>
> 
> -Two tools we need to improve online information
> <http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/01/two_tools_we_ne.html>
> 
> -Developing an improved online environment for educating computer users
> <http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/02/developing_an_i.html>
> 
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> Articles
> ---------------------
> ***A Look Back at 10 Years of OSI
> It's been 10 years since the Open Source Initiative was launched, and
> what a 10 years it has been. Open Source has gone from an obscure and
> radical concept to a vibrant sector of the software landscape. For the
> 10th Anniversary, our faithful newshound Federico Biancuzzi talked to
> some of the early pioneers of the OSI (such as Bruce Perens and Eric
> Raymond) about where it came from and how it is relevant today.
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/onlamp/2008/02/12/a-look-back-at-10-years-of-osi.html>
> 
> 
> ***Aperture 2.0 with Joe Schorr
> Aperture 2.0 is faster, easier to use, and produces better images, says
> Joe Schorr, Apple Senior Product Manager. In this interview with Derrick
> Story, Joe explains how Aperture 2.0 meets those lofty claims. This chat
> covers a lot of new ground.
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/digitalmedia/2008/02/12/aperture-2-with-joe-schorr.html>
> 
> 
> ***Using Xenn for High Availability Clusters
> Virtualization is one approach that you can take to implementing
> clusters. But you still have to arrange to handle failures in a
> high-availability environment. Here's one solution, using Xen.
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/onlamp/2008/02/05/using-xen-for-high-availabilty-clusters.html>
> 
> 
> ***Developing RESTful Web Services in Perl
> REST has become a widely used alternative to protocols such as SOAP,
> providing a simpler way to tell your server what you want to do without
> all that messy WSDL stuff. In this article, you'll see how to create a
> RESTful web service, using Perl.
> <http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2008/02/19/developing-restful-web-services-in-perl.html>
> 
> 
> ***Music Technology at NAMM 2008
> Part 1: America's biggest musical instrument show debuted more high-tech
> wonders than ever this year. O'Reilly Digital Media prowled NAMM's five
> massive, noisy halls to bring back these high-tech hits.
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/digitalmedia/2008/01/24/2008-namm-report.html>
> 
> Part 2: We're back from NAMM 2008 with even more intriguing new gadgets
> and gear. Once again, the throbbing halls of America's biggest musical
> instrument trade show introduced a torrent of high-tech goodness. From a
> $99 Steinway to a truly killer guitar, from audible notation to singing
> keys, here's what you'll be playing this year.
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/digitalmedia/2008/01/31/2008-namm-report-part-2.html>
> 
> 
> ***Katrin Eismann's Digital Darkroom Magic
> Katrin Eismann, coauthor of The Creative Digital Darkroom, sat down with
> Derrick Story at PhotoPlus Expo in New York for a chat about how the
> darkroom has evolved from chemical-based to digital, and how that
> evolution has influenced her approach to image making. Katrin touches on
> many interesting topics, including her explanation on 3-step sharpening.
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/digitalmedia/2008/01/29/katrin-eismanns-digital-darkroom-magic.html>
> 
> 
> For more articles, go to:
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/>
> 
> ---------------------
> Blogs
> -------------------
> ***Community Pricing for Books
> <http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/02/community_pricing_for_books.html>
> 
> ***Ruby Turns 15 and Other Important Stuff
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/fyi/blog/2008/02/ruby_turns_15_and_other_import.html>
> 
> ***10 Things Every Parent Should Know About Facebook
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/fyi/blog/2008/02/10_things_every_parent_should.html>
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> ***Mac FFOSS (Freeware/Free & Open Source Software)
> <http://blogs.oreilly.com/digitalmedia/2008/02/mac-ffoss-freewarefree-open-so-3.html>
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> ***Where Did the Courier & Helvetica Fonts Go?
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2008/02/where_did_the_courier_and_helv_1.html>
> 
> ***O'Reilly Books and the Cuban Internet
> <http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/01/folks_are_often.html>
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> ***Learning Flex From Scratch: Meet the Authors, Meet Flex
> <http://www.insideria.com/2008/02/lffs1-meet-the-authors-meet-fl.html>
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> ***Sonar for your Home
> <http://blogs.oreilly.com/digitalmedia/2008/02/sonar-for-your-home.html>
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> Until next time--
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> Marsee Henon
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