From c.duehl at gmx.de Mon Apr 4 06:40:47 2005 From: c.duehl at gmx.de (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22Christian_D=FChl=22?=) Date: Mon Apr 4 06:41:07 2005 Subject: [Bielefeld-pm] Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 17 Message-ID: <1725.1112622047@www77.gmx.net> --- Weitergeleitete Nachricht / Forwarded Message --- Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:43:37 -0800 From: Marsee Henon To: c.duehl@gmx.de Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 17 ================================================================ O'Reilly UG Program News--Just for User Group Leaders March 17, 2005 ================================================================ -We Need Help! -Promotional Material Available for Your Group -Safari Affiliate Program for User Groups ---------------------------------------------------------------- Book Info ---------------------------------------------------------------- ***Review books are available Copies of our books are available for your members to review-- send me an email and please include the book's ISBN number on your request. 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He turned to SafariU, O’Reilly’s new web-based platform for creating, publishing, and sharing textbooks. Read about his experience in this interview. http://www.oreilly.com/news/safariusandoe.html Visit SafariU for a video demo http://academic.oreilly.com/safariu-more.csp ***No Starch Titles Included in MIT Review Article "Hack License," by Simson Garfinkel ("Database Nation"), includes No Starch's "Hacking: The Art of Exploitation" and "Hacking the XBox." http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/03/issue/review_hack.asp ***O'Reilly Learning Lab: $200 Instant Rebate Learning programming languages and development techniques has never been easier. Using your web browser and Useractive's Learning Sandbox technology, the Learning Lab gives you hands-on, online training in a creative environment. This month, receive a $200 instant rebate (and a Certificate >from the University of Illinois Office of Continuing Education upon course completion) when you enroll in any Certificate Series. http://www.oreilly.com/redirector.csp?link=UACert&type=news --------------------- Open Source --------------------- ***Secure Batch Email with UUCP and SSH Not everyone has reliable, always-on Internet access. For some, reliability has to come through software, not hardware. Fortunately, protocols designed to work around slow and unreliable networks still work. Christophe Prevotaux demonstrates how to set up FreeBSD, Postfix, and SSH to send and receive email via UUCP. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/03/10/uucpmail.html ***Subversion UI Shootout As Subversion continues to take over from CVS, more advanced interfaces have started to appear. How do they compare to each other? How do they compare to the svn CLI tool? Jeremy Jones puts svn, RapidSVN, and TortoiseSVN though their paces and draws out UI principles along the way. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/03/10/svn_uis.html ***Building Connected Embedded Systems Embedded systems aren't all Linux; microcontrollers still dominate the scene. Erstwhile hardware hackers, rejoice! The tools for programming microcontrollers work just fine under Linux. George Belotsky starts a series on embedded development by demonstrating what you have to do to make Hello World run. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/03/10/microcontrollers.html ***Closed Source PHP A look at the many different options PHP Developers have for protecting their source code from prying eyes when creating commercial PHP Applications. http://www.sitepoint.com/blog-post-view.php?id=238739 --------------------- Mac --------------------- ***Getting Things Done with Your Mac Even the most savvy Mac user can have problems staying organized. A number of tips for using a Mac to help organize your life are available from 43 Folders and other sources. This article takes a look at them with the help of Merlin Mann himself. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/03/08/productivity.html ***Exploring the Mac OS X Firewall Like so many tools built in to Mac OS X, the firewall just works. But what's really going on inside it? Peter Hickman explains why the firewall works so well, and then takes you inside and shows you how to fiddle with things. In the end, he returns you safely to the default settings. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/03/15/firewall.html ***Inside StYNCies Stickies is one of the handiest little apps out there. It's been bundled with Apple's operating systems for ages, but Apple hasn't yet taken advantage of the new possibilities for it. This first installment of a two-part series works through building a partial implementation of StYNCies, a neat little utility that synchronizes your Stickies to your iPod and/or iDisk. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/03/11/cocoa.html --------------------- Windows/.NET --------------------- ***Receive Podcasts Using Your PC Receiving podcasts using free software, your PC, and a portable music player is a snap. Jake Ludington shows you how to do it in a few easy steps. http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2005/03/15/podcasting_pc.html ***Enhanced Text Input in Windows Forms 2.0 Visual Studio 2005 provides enhanced controls for managing data input in Whidbey. In this new column by Jesse Liberty, he discusses the advanced WinForms Text Input control. http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2005/03/14/liberty.html ***Go Wireless Here's an excerpt from "Windows XP Annoyances for Geeks, 2nd Edition," that shows you how to set up a simple wireless network, connect that network to the Internet, connect your wireless devices to other people's wireless networks, and prevent others from sneaking onto your network. All without wires, and the most amazing thing is that it actually works. http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/excerpt/winxpannoy2_ch07_05/index.html --------------------- Java --------------------- ***Building Modular Applications with Seppia Isn't object-oriented programming supposed to be about code reuse? The Seppia framework encourages reuse by allowing you to combine functionality collected in multiple .jar files, stitching the behavior together with JavaScript. Lorenzo Puccetti has an introduction to this interesting framework. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2005/03/16/seppia.html ***Reducing Upgrade Risk with Aspect Oriented Programming Upgrading code in the field is usually frowned upon, if not prohibited outright, because of the risk and expense of pushing code changes through a release cycle. But could you just insert the tiny bit of code you need with AOP? Stephen B. Morris looks at how careful design and separation of responsibilities can make this less risky. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2005/03/16/aop-mgmt.html --------------------- Digital Media --------------------- ***High Tech Hybrid: the Casio EX-P505 Digital Camera The Casio EX-P505 is a smart-looking, 5-megapixel camera that fits in the palm of your hand. It captures full-frame, full-motion digital movies with ease, and it's packed with creative features sure to stir the imagination of fun-loving photographers. Derrick Story helps you decide if this is a high-tech toy or a real photographic tool. http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/03/09/casio_p505.html ***Doc Wiley: Master of the 30-Hour Album Pro Tools wiz Doc Wiley combines studio psychology and cutting-edge technology to coax the best performances out of artists ranging from U2 to Whitney Houston. Here are some of his favorite approaches. http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/03/16/doc.html --------------------- Web --------------------- ***Customizing Gmail with Grease Monkey Learn about using Firefox Extensions to customize Gmail, or any other web site you visit, thanks to the power of the Document Object Model and JavaScript. http://www.sitepoint.com/blog-post-view.php?id=239170 ***Why Consistency is Critical Consistency is the cornerstone of a positive user experience. But consistency means more than simply putting your nav at the top left, your search on the right. Gerry explores consistency, explaining what it is, why it's important, and the areas where consistency counts. http://www.sitepoint.com/article/why-consistency-is-critical ================================================ >From Your Peers =============================================== ***Powered by Detroit Flash/ColdFusion Conference, Detroit, MI-- April 9-10 The conference will feature expert speakers on Flash, ColdFusion, Flex, Dreamweaver, and more, with emphasis on development of Rich Internet Applications. Participants will engage in two days of cutting-edge seminars, talks, and discussions on the latest web development tools and techniques, while also enjoying the company of like-minded professionals. The event features Macromedia's Greg Rewis and Ben Forta as keynote speakers, and other top experts, including Kevin Hoyt, Michael Dinowitz, Hal Helms, Simon Horwith, Jeffry Houser, Charlie Arthart, Shlomy Gantz and Alexandru Costin. http://poweredbydetroit.org/ Don't forget to check out the O'Reilly UG wiki to see what user groups across the globe are up to: http://wiki.oreillynet.com/usergroups/index.cgi Until next time-- Marsee From c.duehl at gmx.de Mon Apr 4 06:41:31 2005 From: c.duehl at gmx.de (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22Christian_D=FChl=22?=) Date: Mon Apr 4 06:41:41 2005 Subject: [Bielefeld-pm] Fwd: News from O'Reilly--SafariU Message-ID: <4709.1112622091@www77.gmx.net> --- Weitergeleitete Nachricht / Forwarded Message --- Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 16:34:03 -0800 From: Marsee Henon To: c.duehl@gmx.de Subject: News from O'Reilly--SafariU Hello, I wanted to pass along the following news in case you or anyone you know are educators or trainers: O'Reilly and Safari Books Online announce SafariU, a new service that offers computer technology educators a rich platform for creating both online and print materials tailored precisely to your teaching needs. Safari Books Online is a joint venture of O'Reilly and the Pearson Technology Group. With SafariU (http://safariu.oreilly.com), instructors can compile a custom book from a wealth of information resources, and deliver it to students at a lower cost than a traditional textbook. The custom book is professionally printed and delivered in as little as two weeks. In addition to print books, SafariU offers an online subscription to a syllabus that links to the complete content of up to 10 of the books used in the custom book, plus any supplementary information the instructor chooses, including audio, video, additional reading material, exercises, and links to outside resources. SafariU also provides a peer network where instructors can share learning objects and other teaching resources. "Over the past few years, as we've converted our books to digital formats, we realized that the shift from paper to pixels opened up a host of new possibilities for delivering information," said CJ Rayhill, SafariU General Manager. "Just as iTunes made it possible for music fans to find and build playlists of songs from many albums, SafariU lets trainers and educators remix, add to, and assemble digital chunks of information into a unique package. It's designed to take full advantage of three classic disruptive technologies that are now converging: digital information, print-on-demand, and web services." "Students and faculty want more choice and value in their instructional materials," said Gary June, Chief Marketing Officer of Pearson Education. "SafariU continues blazing the path O'Reilly and Pearson started four years ago and adds even more flexibility to the university environment." SafariU has been available to beta testers since January 2005. Several hundred instructors are currently using and testing the service. Beta tester Kent Sandoe, Professor of Management Information Systems, California State University, Chico, commented, "O'Reilly owns a tremendous quantity of well-written, valuable information. The fact that they're willing to disaggregate it, allowing a professor to go and re-aggregate the content in a way that is meaningful to students, to a particular audience, to a particular course--that's revolutionary." There is no cost to educators for SafariU. A SafariU textbook costs 16 cents per page, including the cover and binding, so the price of an average book of 200 pages is $32, plus the bookstore markup. A course subscription to SafariU's online resources is less than $10 per month per student. Visit SafariU to view a video demo and sign up for access: http://safariu.oreilly.com Please pass this along to anyone who may be interested. And let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for your help, Marsee From c.duehl at gmx.de Mon Apr 4 06:42:15 2005 From: c.duehl at gmx.de (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22Christian_D=FChl=22?=) Date: Mon Apr 4 06:42:58 2005 Subject: [Bielefeld-pm] Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 31 Message-ID: <7747.1112622135@www77.gmx.net> --- Weitergeleitete Nachricht / Forwarded Message --- Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 16:45:25 -0800 From: Marsee Henon To: c.duehl@gmx.de Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 31 ================================================================ O'Reilly UG Program News--Just for User Group Leaders March 31, 2005 ================================================================ -We're Looking for Amazon Reviewers -Promotional Material Available for Your Group -Safari Affiliate Program for User Groups ---------------------------------------------------------------- Book Info ---------------------------------------------------------------- ***Review books are available Copies of our books are available for your members to review-- send me an email and please include the book's ISBN number on your request. 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You can keep the books you review! Please pass this info along to folks who might be interested. And if you don't already, please consider posting copies of your current UG reviews on Amazon, as well as your group's site or email list. Let me know if you need more info! ***Promotional Material Available: The following items are available for your next meeting. Numbers are limited so please don't wait too long. Let me know the type and the amount you would like and I will do my best. -"QuickBooks 2005: The Missing Manual" Flier (This book is geared toward the Windows version only) http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/quickbookstmm/ ***Safari Affiliate Program for User Groups Give your members access to content from Safari's thousands of technology books, right on your site--for free--and raise money for your user group at the same time. 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Explore the emerging consumer and enterprise ecosystems around location-aware technologies--like GPS, RFID, WLAN, cellular networks, and networked sensors--that enable an ever-growing array of capabilities from local search and mapping to enterprise integration and commercial applications. Registration opens in April. http://conferences.oreillynet.com/where/ To receive up-to-date conference news and information, sign up for the conference newsletter on oreilly.com. ***OSCON Is Coming Join us at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention in beautiful Portland from August 1-5. OSCON 2005 will be at the Oregon Convention Center, where we'll have tutorials, sessions, parties, BOFs, and a huge exhibit hall. 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With list brokers now cutting deals with e-commerce sites and internet marketing firms for data that includes home addresses, phone numbers, and corresponding IP addresses, you may be opting in for more than you bargained for when you shop online. Brian is the author of "Spam Kings." http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2005/03/17/optin.html ***SafariU Revolutionizes the Textbook With SafariU, educators and trainers can create and publish their own textbooks, selecting exactly the book chapters, sections, or articles they want from a wealth of information resources. SafariU costs nothing to use and offers students more focused course content at less cost. Visit SafariU to view a video demo and sign up for access: http://safariu.oreilly.com --------------------- Open Source --------------------- ***Automating Windows (DNS) with Perl Perl is a fantastic tool for system administrators--even on Windows. Though the shiny GUI is astonishingly useless (or at least too mouse-friendly) for all but the simplest changes, there's plenty to automate under the shell. Thomas Herchenroeder explains how he wrapped dnscmd with Perl to make changes easily. http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2005/03/24/perl_dns.html ***make for Nonprogrammers If you're a typical FreeBSD user, you may never have compiled C source code on your own. Yet if you've ever issued a make command, it's compiled code for you. How does it do that? What does it do, anyway? And what else can it do? Dru Lavigne answers all of these questions. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/03/24/FreeBSD_Basics.html ***Closed Source PHP A look at the many different options PHP Developers have for protecting their source code from prying eyes when creating commercial PHP Applications. http://www.sitepoint.com/blog-post-view.php?id=238739 --------------------- Mac --------------------- ***Movies Made Easy in iPhoto 5 One of the best features in the current crop of consumer digital still cameras is their ability to capture high-quality video. iPhoto 5 is in step with this evolution and provides a great environment for taking those snippets and creating real movies. Derrick Story shows you how. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/03/22/iphoto_movies.html ***Exploring the Mac OS X Firewall Like so many tools built in to Mac OS X, the firewall just works. But what's really going on inside it? Peter Hickman explains why the firewall works so well, and then takes you inside and shows you how to fiddle with things. In the end, he returns you safely to the default settings. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/03/15/firewall.html ***Owen Linzmeyer ("Apple Confidential 2.0") on MacRadio Listen to No Starch's author Owen on the Mac Night Owl Radio on the March 24 show. http://www.macradio.com/thursday/nightowl/index.php --------------------- Windows/.NET --------------------- ***Five More Annoying PC Annoyances After his first "PC Annoyances" was released, Steve Bass was surprised by the barrage of email he received with yet more annoyances to fix. That led to the just-released second edition of "PC Annoyances," where he added 150 more fixes to irritating PC quirks. And if that's not enough, he offers five more here. http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2005/03/28/pcannoyances.html ***Microsoft, Blogging, and Transparency Author James Avery recently wrote about his experiences publishing his latest book and how Microsoft bloggers helped him immensely. To James, the benefits of increased transparency through the use of blogs cannot be understated. James is the author of "Visual Studio Hacks." http://dotavery.com/blog/archive/2005/03/28/2767.aspx ***Miguel de Icaza Explains How to "Get" Mono It's perhaps the most controversial project in the open source world, but this mostly stems from misunderstanding: Mono, the open source development platform based upon Microsoft's .NET framework. Immediate reactions from many dubious Linux developers have ranged from confusion over its connection with .NET to wondering what the benefits of developing under it are. Throughout the course of its four years of intense development, sponsored by Novell, Mono founder Miguel de Icaza has had to frequently clarify the .NET issue and sell the community on it. In this new interview, Howard Wen asks Miguel to explain himself one more time. http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2005/03/21/interviewmiguel.html --------------------- Java --------------------- ***Flexible Event Delivery with Executors Event-handling is critical to any GUI application, and many developers know the hazards of making a method call to unknown or poorly behaved code >from the event-dispatch thread. J2SE 5.0's concurrency utilities offer more fine-grained control over how code executes. Andrew Thompson applies that to offer better ways to handle events. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2005/03/23/executors.html ***Java Component Development: A Conceptual Framework In general terms, a component is one or more classes with an external API that satisfy some requirement. But how do you build components that are really practical--that handle configuration changes or third-party integration well? Palash Ghosh has some ideas about the concepts behind components. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2005/03/23/components.html --------------------- Digital Media --------------------- ***HDTV on Your Mac Even though the Mac is a little late to the HDTV party, you can roll your own setup for not too much time or money. Erica Sadun shows you how. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/03/29/hdtv.html ***Resurrect Your Old PC for Music--with Linux Dig that clunker out of the closet! This step-by-step guide explains how to upgrade even a 486-based PC to an efficient, Linux-powered music machine. Total cost? About ten cents for a blank CD. http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/03/23/linuxmusic.html --------------------- Web --------------------- ***Ajax: New for 2005 Ajax is a term coined for an approach that utilizes the Document Object Model, JavaScript, and XMLHTTPRequest to allow web developers to create applications that don't require constant page-refreshes to be used. http://www.sitepoint.com/blog-post-view.php?id=238333 ================================================ >From Your Peers =============================================== Don't forget to check out the O'Reilly UG wiki to see what user groups across the globe are up to: http://wiki.oreillynet.com/usergroups/index.cgi Until next time-- Marsee From c.duehl at gmx.de Mon Apr 4 06:43:01 2005 From: c.duehl at gmx.de (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22Christian_D=FChl=22?=) Date: Mon Apr 4 06:43:13 2005 Subject: [Bielefeld-pm] Fwd: Newsletter des O'Reilly UserGroup-Programms, 04/05 Message-ID: <11606.1112622181@www77.gmx.net> --- Weitergeleitete Nachricht / Forwarded Message --- Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 14:57:01 +0200 (CEST) From: ug@oreilly.de (O'Reilly Verlag) To: user_groups@oreilly.de Subject: Newsletter des O'Reilly UserGroup-Programms, 04/05 ____________________________________________________ O'Reilly UserGroup News -- für UserGroup-Vertreter April 2005 ____________________________________________________ Allgemeines ------------ Bitte weisen Sie Ihre Mitglieder auf die Möglichkeit hin, Exemplare unserer Bücher zur Besprechung zu erhalten. 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Apache Security 8. Programming Flash Communication Server 9. Programming C#, 4th Edition ---------------------------------------------------- Deutschsprachige Neuerscheinungen zur Besprechung ---------------------------------------------------- 1. Firefox - Alles zum Kultbrowser 2. Die GPL kommentiert und erklärt 1. Firefox =========== Alles zum Kult-Browser Lars Schulten 1. Auflage März 2005 ISBN 3-89721-510-1 200 Seiten, EUR 9.90 Um eine Webadresse aufzurufen oder auf einen Link zu klicken, braucht heute niemand mehr ein Buch. Aber wenn Sie in Beruf und Freizeit viel Zeit im Web verbringen, von Popup-Werbung genervt sind, Grafiken herunterladen möchten, das Surfen nicht mit Viren und Spyware bezahlen möchten, werden Sie überrascht sein, wie viele Hinweise für komfortableres, effektiveres und sicheres Webbrowsen Sie in diesem Taschenbuch finden. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung finden Sie hier: http://www.oreilly.de/catalog/firefoxprger/desc.html 2. Die GPL kommentiert und erklärt =================================== Institut für Rechtsfragen der Freien und Open Source Software 1. Auflage März 2005 ISBN 3-89721-389-3 198 Seiten, EUR 22.00 Wer Freie Software entwickelt oder für eigene Produkte verwendet, ist oft unsicher, welche rechtlichen Implikationen, d.h., welche Rechte und Pflichten daraus resultieren. Für eine der gebräuchlichsten Open Source-Lizenzen, die GNU General Public License (GPL), gibt es jetzt mit diesem Buch einen verständlichen Wegweiser durch den Dschungel der Bestimmungen. Fünf Mitarbeiter des Instituts für Rechtsfragen der Freien und Open Source Software (ifrOSS) erklären die einzelnen Abschnitte der GPL und beantworten typische Fragen aus der Praxis in Form einer FAQ. Die Autoren richten sich hierbei ausdrücklich nicht an Juristen, sondern an all die unterschiedlichen Software-Profis vom Programmierer über den IT-Manager bis zum Einkaufsleiter für Software-Produkte. Sie erhalten im Fragenkatalog eine erste Orientierung bei wichtigen Fragestellungen wie: "Darf man GPL-Software gegen Entgelt vertreiben?", "Muss ich meinen gemeinsam mit GPL-Software vertriebenen Code unter die GPL stellen?", "Habe ich beim Erwerb von Open Source-Software ein größeres Risiko als bei proprietärer Software?" Naturgemäß gibt es auf diese Fragen nicht immer eine einfache, in allen Situationen gültige Antwort. Die Autoren verweisen dann auf die entsprechenden Abschnitte des kommentierten Lizenztextes, in denen sie die Bestimmungen kompetent und verständlich erläutern. "The GNU GPL is not Mr. Nice Guy", sagt Richard Stallman zu Recht. Man muss aber auch keine Angst vor ihr haben. Weitere Informationen finden Sie hier: http://www.oreilly.de/catalog/gplger/ ---------------------------------------------------- Englischsprachige Neuerscheinungen zur Besprechung ---------------------------------------------------- 1. Firefox Hacks 2. Make 3. Python Cookbook 4. Python pocket reference 5. Jakarta Struts Cookbook 6. IPv6 7. Apache Security 8. Programming Flash Communication Server 9. Programming C#, 4th Edition 1. Firefox Hacks ================= Tips & Tools for Next-Generation Web Browsing Nigel McFarlane 1st Edition April 2005 ISBN 0-596-00928-3 398 Seiten, EUR 24.00 Firefox Hacks is ideal for power users who want to maximize the effectiveness of Firefox, the next-generation web browser that is quickly gaining in popularity. This highly-focused book offers all the valuable tips and tools you need to enjoy a superior and safer browsing experience. Learn how to customize its deployment, appearance, features, and functionality. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung finden Sie hier: http://www.oreilly.de/catalog/firefoxhks/desc.html Probehacks finden Sie hier: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/firefoxhks/chapter/index.html 2. MAKE: Technology on Your Time ================================= von Mark Frauenfelder 1st Edition März 2005 224 Seiten, 14,- EUR ISBN 0-596-00922-4 If you like to tweak, disassemble, re-create, and invent cool new uses for technology from home entertainment systems to in-car computers you'll love MAKE, our new quarterly publication for geeks and do-it-yourselfers. Inspired by our bestselling Hacks books, MAKE is a mook. It combines the unexpectedness and visual appeal of a magazine with the permanence and the in-depth instructiveness of a how-to book. Visit MAKE's web site: http://make.oreilly.com/ 3. Python Cookbook, 2nd Edition ================================ Alex Martelli, Anna Ravenscroft & David Ascher 2nd Edition März 2005 ISBN 0-596-00797-3 844 Seiten, EUR 48.00 Like its predecessor, the new edition offers a collection of solutions to problems that Python programmers face everyday. Updated for Python 2.4, it now includes over 200 recipes that range from simple tasks, such as working with dictionaries and list comprehensions, to complex tasks, such as monitoring a network and building a templating system. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung finden Sie hier: http://www.oreilly.de/catalog/pythoncook2/desc.html 4. Python Pocket Reference, 3rd Edition ======================================== Mark Lutz 3rd Edition März 2005 ISBN 0-596-00940-2 158 Seiten, EUR 9.90 Updated to cover Python 2.4, Python Pocket Reference, 3rd Edition is the perfect on-the-job reference. For experienced Python developers, this book is a compact toolbox that delivers need-to-know information at the flip of a page. This third edition also includes an easy-lookup index to help developers find answers fast! The Python Pocket Reference, 3rd Edition serves as the perfect companion to Learning Python and Programming Python. 5. 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Apache Security =================== Ivan Ristic 1st Edition März 2005 ISBN 0-596-00724-8 420 Seiten, EUR 34.00 This all-purpose guide for locking down Apache arms readers with all the information they need to securely deploy applications. Administrators and programmers alike will benefit from a concise introduction to the theory of securing Apache, plus a wealth of practical advice and real-life examples. Topics covered include installation, server sharing, logging and monitoring, web applications, PHP and SSL/TLS, and more. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung finden Sie hier: http://www.oreilly.de/catalog/apachesc/desc.html Ein Probekapitel finden Sie hier: Chapter 2: Installation and Configuration (PDF Format) http://www.oreilly.de/catalog/apachesc/chapter/ 8. Programming Flash Communication Server ========================================== Brian Lesser, Giacomo Guilizzoni, Robert Reinhardt, Joey Lott & Justin Watkins 1st Edition März 2005 ISBN 0-596-00504-0 854 Seiten, EUR 48.00 Flash Communication Server MX (FCS) provides web developers with the means to add rich, interactive audio and video features to their sites. Programming Flash Communication Server gives developers a leg up on this potentially intimidating technology. It explains how FCS can facilitate video on demand, live webcasts, video chat and messaging, real-time collaboration, and much more. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung finden Sie hier: http://www.oreilly.de/catalog/progflashcs/desc.html Ein Probekapitel finden Sie hier: Chapter 1: Introducing the Flash Communication Server (PDF Format) http://www.oreilly.de/catalog/progflashcs/chapter/ 9. Programming C#, 4th Edition =============================== Building .NET Applications with C# Jesse Liberty 4th Edition März 2005 ISBN 0-596-00699-3 666 Seiten, EUR 43.00 Programming C#, the top selling book on Microsoft's high-performance C# programming language, is now in its fourth edition. Aimed at experienced programmers and web developers, this comprehensive guide focuses on the features and programming patterns that are new to C#, and fundamental to the programming of web services and web applications on Microsoft's .NET platform. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung finden Sie hier: http://www.oreilly.de/catalog/progcsharp4/desc.html ========================================================= Weitere Fragen und Anforderungen von Rezensionsexemplaren (bitte unter Angabe der gewünschten Lieferanschrift) richten Sie bitte an ug@oreilly.de Coverabbildungen unserer Buecher finden Sie nach ISBN sortiert unter: ftp://ftp.oreilly.de/pub/ora/graphics/book_covers/hi-res/ Bitte lassen Sie uns Belegexemplare/Urls Ihrer Rezensionen zukommen. Vielen Dank! Wenn Sie diesen Informationsservice abbestellen moechten, schicken Sie bitte eine Mail mit folgendem Inhalt an majordomo@oreilly.de: unsubscribe user_groups IHRE-E-MAILADRESSE Tragen Sie diesen Text bitte nicht in die Betreffzeile, sondern in das Mitteilungsfeld des Mailprogramms ein. Wenn Sie Schwierigkeiten haben, wenden Sie sich bitte an listmaster@oreilly.de. ========================================================= O'Reilly Verlag GmbH & Co.KG, Balthasarstr. 81 50670 Koeln Tel.: +(49)-221-9731600 Fax.: +(49)-221-9731608 Geschaeftsfuehrer: Timothy O'Reilly, Elke Hansel Amtsgericht Koeln, HRA 13894, UST-IdNr.: DE 163372785 From c.duehl at gmx.de Mon Apr 4 06:44:33 2005 From: c.duehl at gmx.de (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22Christian_D=FChl=22?=) Date: Mon Apr 4 06:44:43 2005 Subject: [Bielefeld-pm] Letztes Treffen Message-ID: <18117.1112622273@www77.gmx.net> Hallo allerseits, ich bin wieder im Lande, Rügen war schön und durchaus mehr als eine Reise wert. Wie ist denn das Treffen in der letzten Woche gelaufen? Gruß Christian. From taulmarill at xgn.de Mon Apr 4 10:29:51 2005 From: taulmarill at xgn.de (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=FCrgen_Peters?=) Date: Mon Apr 4 10:29:14 2005 Subject: [Bielefeld-pm] Letztes Treffen In-Reply-To: <18117.1112622273@www77.gmx.net> References: <18117.1112622273@www77.gmx.net> Message-ID: <4251798F.2080100@xgn.de> Christian Dühl wrote: > Hallo allerseits, hiho > ich bin wieder im Lande, Rügen war schön und durchaus mehr als eine Reise > wert. Wie ist denn das Treffen in der letzten Woche gelaufen? ganz gut, das protokoll is im wiki. war nur nen bischen dünn besucht, hoffe das nächste mal kommen wieder ein paar mehr. cu Jürgen From c.duehl at gmx.de Wed Apr 20 01:10:04 2005 From: c.duehl at gmx.de (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22Christian_D=FChl=22?=) Date: Wed Apr 20 01:10:37 2005 Subject: [Bielefeld-pm] Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, April 14 Message-ID: <4521.1113984604@www78.gmx.net> --- Weitergeleitete Nachricht / Forwarded Message --- Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 14:44:07 -0700 From: Marsee Henon To: c.duehl@gmx.de Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, April 14 ================================================================ O'Reilly UG Program News--Just for User Group Leaders April 14, 2005 ================================================================ -Help! 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For presentation schedule and exhibits, go to: See http://www.linuxnorthwest.org Don't forget to check out the O'Reilly UG wiki to see what user groups across the globe are up to: http://wiki.oreillynet.com/usergroups/index.cgi Until next time-- Marsee Henon ================================================================ O'Reilly 1005 Gravenstein Highway North Sebastopol, CA 95472 http://ug.oreilly.com/ http://www.oreilly.com/ http://conferences.oreilly.com/ ================================================================ From judith_dohmann at mac.com Sun Apr 24 22:56:56 2005 From: judith_dohmann at mac.com (Judith Maria Nefertari Dohmann) Date: Sun Apr 24 22:57:09 2005 Subject: [Bielefeld-pm] Treffen morgen Message-ID: <991cf9d6929adf28034ed32aac8ff2db@mac.com> Guten Morgen! Ich wollte schon heute an das nächste Treffen erinnern. Wer kommt alles? Viele Grüße, Judith From taulmarill at xgn.de Mon Apr 25 01:00:36 2005 From: taulmarill at xgn.de (taulmarill) Date: Mon Apr 25 01:00:49 2005 Subject: [Bielefeld-pm] Treffen morgen In-Reply-To: <991cf9d6929adf28034ed32aac8ff2db@mac.com> References: <991cf9d6929adf28034ed32aac8ff2db@mac.com> Message-ID: <20050425075822.M20935@xgn.de> On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 07:56:56 +0200, Judith Maria Nefertari Dohmann wrote > Guten Morgen! > > Ich wollte schon heute an das nächste Treffen erinnern. > Wer kommt alles? Hi, also ich hab mal wieder Zeit. Falls Interesse besteht, könnte ich ein bischen was zu POE (http://poe.perl.org) erzählen, da ich mich im moment damit beschäftige. Gruss, Jürgen From judith_dohmann at mac.com Mon Apr 25 01:07:24 2005 From: judith_dohmann at mac.com (Judith Maria N Dohmann) Date: Mon Apr 25 01:07:37 2005 Subject: [Bielefeld-pm] Treffen morgen In-Reply-To: <20050425075822.M20935@xgn.de> References: <991cf9d6929adf28034ed32aac8ff2db@mac.com> <20050425075822.M20935@xgn.de> Message-ID: <3971602.1114416444487.JavaMail.judith_dohmann@mac.com> On Monday, April 25, 2005, at 10:00AM, taulmarill wrote: >On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 07:56:56 +0200, Judith Maria Nefertari Dohmann wrote >> Guten Morgen! >> >> Ich wollte schon heute an das nächste Treffen erinnern. >> Wer kommt alles? > >Hi, > >also ich hab mal wieder Zeit. > >Falls Interesse besteht, könnte ich ein bischen was zu POE >(http://poe.perl.org) erzählen, da ich mich im moment damit beschäftige. > >Gruss, >Jürgen Das klingt ganz interessant. Ich haette wohl auch noch ein paar Catalystfragen (habe mein Projekt aber noch nicht auf 5 umgestellt), eher zu Design und so. Judith From c.duehl at gmx.de Mon Apr 25 01:24:41 2005 From: c.duehl at gmx.de (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22Christian_D=FChl=22?=) Date: Mon Apr 25 01:24:50 2005 Subject: [Bielefeld-pm] Treffen morgen Message-ID: <19850.1114417481@www84.gmx.net> Ich komme auch, POE klingt interessant... =) From judith_dohmann at mac.com Tue Apr 26 14:48:16 2005 From: judith_dohmann at mac.com (Judith Maria Nefertari Dohmann) Date: Tue Apr 26 14:48:31 2005 Subject: [Bielefeld-pm] Mac: Screensaver im Hintergrund Message-ID: <6012cf08ca7b982717402f51bbaddb60@mac.com> Hallo! Wie ich Juergen heute erzaehlt, und nachher versprochen habe, hier ist der Tipp: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20020824082233907 In kurz: /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background & Es sieht allerdings so aus, als ob Expose dann nicht mehr funktioniert. Und dann noch fuer Juergen: Die Groupware heisst Hula und wurde von Novell freigegeben, /.-Story ist hier: http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/15/ 2228204&tid=223&tid=106 Viele Grüße und Gute Nacht, Judith From c.duehl at gmx.de Fri Apr 29 00:42:35 2005 From: c.duehl at gmx.de (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22Christian_D=FChl=22?=) Date: Fri Apr 29 00:43:06 2005 Subject: [Bielefeld-pm] Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, April 28 Message-ID: <27630.1114760555@www78.gmx.net> --- Weitergeleitete Nachricht / Forwarded Message --- Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 14:43:44 -0700 From: Marsee Henon To: c.duehl@gmx.de Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, April 28 ================================================================ O'Reilly UG Program News--Just for User Group Leaders April 28, 2005 ================================================================ -Thank you! -Promotional Material Available for Your Group -Safari Affiliate Program for User Groups ---------------------------------------------------------------- Book Info ---------------------------------------------------------------- ***Review books are available Copies of our books are available for your members to review-- send me an email and please include the book's ISBN number on your request. 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Purchase now and receive 45 days of free access to the book with no subscription necessary. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mappinghks/ ***Wired, MAKE, And MacGyver The evolution of the geek mag. http://www.mediabistro.com/articles/cache/a4255.asp ***Revitalizing the Pay-Per-Call System The 900 number, long associated with porn and psychics, is a technology that was ahead of its time. Despite its reputation, pay-per-call service is a proven and practical way to collect micropayments and create a competitive marketplace for information services. Brian McConnell suggests that third-party wireless providers use pay-per-call as a means to build and profit from voice and data services. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2005/04/18/900numbers.html --------------------- Open Source --------------------- ***The State of the Dolphin at the MySQL Users Conference 2005 Daniel Steinberg's report from the 2005 MySQL Users Conference covers David Axmark and Michael Widenius' "State of the Dolphin" keynote and Michael Tiemann's keynote. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/04/20/dolphinatmySQL.html For all the announcements, press coverage, blogs, and photos from the MySQL Conference, check out our Conference Coverage page: http://www.onlamp.com/mysqluc2005/ ***PHP 5 on Mac OS X Blane Warren discusses writing PHP 5 on Mac OS X systems--the tools, the software, and the utilities available to web developers. http://www.sitepoint.com/blog-post-view.php?id=257605 ***Trust and Zeal in Open Source Advocacy Advocacy is critical to the spread of open source and free software. Good advocates build trust in their audiences, explaining how, and if, F/OSS can help them solve their problems. Jono Bacon explains how to build trust and avoid overzealous advocacy. http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2005/04/21/advocacy.html --------------------- Mac --------------------- ***Housecleaning Tips for Tiger Is your Mac ready for a smooth transition to Tiger? Maybe you're in need of a spring housecleaning anyway. Check out these tidy tips from Derrick Story, then roll out the red carpet for Mac OS X 10.4. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/04/26/tiger.html ***Mac Mini Eye for the Linux-Windows Guy Todd had no intention of giving up his Linux and Windows boxes to become a "Mac switcher." But he had heard good things about OS X, so the Mac mini presented the opportunity for him to become a Mac-tryer. He details his experiences here. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/04/19/mac_mini.html --------------------- Windows/.NET --------------------- ***Protect Yourself from WiFi Snoops You needn't be at the mercy of WiFi snoops. There's a lot you can do to protect your home or business network, without spending a lot of time or even any money. Preston Gralla, author of "Windows XP Hacks, 2nd Edition," shows you how with step-by-step guides to hiding your network SSID, filtering out MAC addresses, and using encryption. http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2005/04/19/WiFiHacks.html ***XML DataSource Controls in .NET 2.0 With .NET 2.0's XML DataSource control, you can bind to an XML document just as easily as you bind to tables in a database. If the XML document you load is hierarchical, the data is exposed hierarchically, which makes it ideal for mapping an XML document to a TreeView control. Jesse Liberty explains how the XML DataSource works in ASP.NET. http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2005/04/18/liberty.html --------------------- Java --------------------- ***Five Favorite Features from 5.0 David Flanagan reviews five of his favorite new Java 5.0 features: the Callable and Future interfaces, new APIs for varargs and autoboxing, new ability interfaces, the @Override annotation, and MatchResult. Read to the end, where David reveals a bonus sixth feature, a new language syntax supported by Java 5.0 but known to very few. David is the author of "Java in a Nutshell, 5th Edition." http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2005/04/20/javaIAN5.html ***Adding Custom Buttons to Internet Explorer Have you ever wanted to extend the Internet Explorer toolbar by adding your own buttons? It's not that tough to do. Mitch Tulloch, author of "Windows Server Hacks," walks you through it in a few easy steps. http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2005/04/26/ie_buttons.html --------------------- Digital Media --------------------- ***Make Your Own Music Software with Pure Data With Pd (Pure Data), the graphical music toolkit for Windows, Linux, and Mac, you can wire up custom music programs no commercial software can duplicate--for free. Generate and process complex streams of MIDI and audio for live performance, build your own software synthesizer and effects, and even process video. 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