[Dresden-pm] Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, August 23
Joerg Westphal
joerg.westphal at gmx.de
Die Aug 24 12:53:45 CDT 2004
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O'Reilly News for User Group Members
August 23, 2004
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Book News
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-Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing
-PDF Hacks
-iMovie 4 & iDVD: The Missing Manual, 4th Edition
-The Linux Cookbook, 2nd Edition
-CSS Cookbook
-The Official Blender 2.3 Guide
-Mono: A Developer's Notebook
-SpamAssassin
-Managing Security with Snort & IDS Tools
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Upcoming Events
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-Peter Morville ("Information Architecture for the World Wide Web"),
Information Architecture & Findability, Boston, MA--September 17
-O'Reilly at the Macintosh Computer Expo, Santa Rosa, CA--September 18
-David Pogue (Missing Manual series), Digital Lifestyle Expo,
New York, NY--September 25-26
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Conference News
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-Registration Is Open for O'Reilly's Mac OS X Conference,
Santa Clara, CA--October 25-28, 2004
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News
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-Securing Key Chain Flash Drives
-Technology and Tools of Change
-Syngress Authors Scheduled to Appear on "60 Minutes" in September
-Oracle Magazine's Editors' Choice Awards
-Alleviate RSI the Hacker Way
-A Day in the Life of #Apache
-PHP Debugging Basics
-What's on Your Macdar?
-The Inside Scoop on the O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference
-Further Your CS Development with Mac OS X
-Performing Web Queries in Excel 2003
-Personalization in ASP.NET
-Windows Server Hacks: Using Preconfigured User Profiles
-Develop Your Own Plugins for Eclipse, Part 1
-An Introduction to IKVM
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Book News
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***Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596005814
Licensing is a major part of what open source and free software are all
about, and it's one of the most complicated areas of law. This concise
guide focuses on annotated licenses, offering an in-depth explanation of
your licensing options, how they compare and interoperate, and how
license choices affect project possibilities. If you're an open
source/free software developer, this book is an absolute necessity,
bridging the gap between the open source vision and the practical
implications of its legal underpinnings.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/osfreesoft/
Chapter 2, "The MIT, BSD, Apache, and Academic Free Licenses," is
available online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/osfreesoft/chapter/index.html
***PDF Hacks
IISBN: 0596006551
"PDF Hacks" is ideal for anyone who works with PDF on a regular basis.
The hacks presented here cover the full range of PDF functionality,
from generating and manipulating to annotating and consuming PDF
information. Far more than another guide to Adobe Acrobat, the book
covers a variety of readily available tools for generating, deploying,
and editing PDF. You'll be creating documents that are far more
powerful than simple
representations of paper pages.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pdfhks/
Ten sample hacks are available online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pdfhks/chapter/index.html
***iMovie 4 & iDVD: The Missing Manual, 4th Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596006934
Many annoyances have been eliminated and polished touches added to the
new incarnations of iMovie and iDVD. This witty and entertaining guide
from celebrated author David Pogue has been updated to reflect all of
the changes, in detail and with scrupulous objectivity. The book covers
every step of iMovie video production, from choosing and using a
digital camcorder to burning the finished work onto DVDs. The book also
provides a firm grounding in basic film technique. Make your movies
look like Hollywood hits with "iMovie 4 & iDVD: The Missing Manual, 4th
Edition." http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/imoviemm4/
***The Linux Cookbook, 2nd Edition
Publisher: No Starch Press
ISBN: 1593270313
"The Linux Cookbook, 2nd Edition" is your guide to getting the most out
of Linux. Organized by general task (such as working with text,
managing files, and manipulating graphics), each section contains a
series of step-by-step recipes that help you get your work done quickly
and efficiently, most often from the command line. Perfect as an
introduction to Linux and the command line, or as a desktop reference
for the seasoned user. Covers the major Linux distributions.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1593270313/
***CSS Cookbook
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596005768
"CSS Cookbook" offers hundreds of examples and CSS code recipes you can
use immediately to format your web pages. An explanation accompanies
each recipe, enabling you to customize the formatting for your specific
purposes, and showing why the solution works so the techniques can be
adapted to other situations. Reflecting CSS2 and including topics that
range from basic web typography and page layout to techniques for
formatting lists, forms, and tables, "CSS Cookbook" is a must-have
resource for any web author considering CSS.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/cssckbk/
Chapter 2, "Page Elements," is available online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/cssckbk/chapter/index.html
***The Official Blender 2.3 Guide
Publisher: No Starch Press
ISBN: 1593270410
Blender is a powerful, open source, cross-platform, free 3D graphics
creation suite. Written by the developers who created and currently
maintain Blender, "The Official Blender 2.3 Guide" covers methods of
designing models, defining materials, and simulating light; rendering 3D
scenes; creating 3D animations; as well as advanced topics such as using
Blender as a video editor. Includes a 4-color insert and CD-ROM.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1593270410/index.html
***Mono: A Developer's Notebook
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596007922
This no-fluff, lab-style guide jumps right into Mono 1.0 as you work
through nearly 50 mini-projects that introduce you to the most important
and compelling aspects of the 1.0 release. You'll learn how to acquire,
install, and run Mono on Linux, Windows, or Mac OS X. You'll work with
the various Mono components: Gtk#; the CLR; the class libraries (.NET
and Mono); and much more. This book lets you roll up your sleeves and
see what Mono can do.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/monoadn/
Chapter 3, "Core .NET," is available online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/monoadn/chapter/index.html
***SpamAssassin
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596007078
SpamAssassin is the leading open source spam-fighting tool. The
drawback? Until now, it was SpamAssassin's lack of published
documentation. This clear, concise new guide shows system
administrators how to integrate this tool effectively into their
networks. The book clarifies installation, configuration, and use of
SpamAssassin versions 2.63 and 3.0 for Unix sysadmins using Postfix,
sendmail, Exim, or qmail mail servers. SpamAssassin, together with this
essential book, provides the tools you need to take back your
organization's inboxes.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/spamassassin/
Chapter 2, "SpamAssassin Basics," is available free online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/spamassassin/chapter/index.html
***Managing Security with Snort & IDS Tools
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596006616
This practical guide to managing network security covers reliable
methods for detecting network intruders, from using simple packet
sniffers to more sophisticated IDS (Intrusion Detection Systems)
applications and the GUI interfaces for managing them. The book
provides step-by-step instructions on getting up and running with Snort
2.1, and it covers how to shut down and secure workstations, servers,
firewalls, routers, sensors, and other network devices. This is your
comprehensive resource for monitoring illegal entry attempts.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/snortids/
Chapter 6, "Deploying Snort," is available free online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/snortids/chapter/index.html
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***For more events, please see:
http://events.oreilly.com/
***Peter Morville ("Information Architecture for the World Wide Web"),
Information Architecture & Findability, Boston, MA--September 17
Peter leads a new full-day seminar on information architecture from top
to bottom, explaining how search and navigation systems can be designed
to support and shape user behavior.
http://semanticstudios.com/presentations/iaf/
***Come Join O'Reilly at the Macintosh Computer Expo,
Santa Rosa, CA--September 18
MCE is the North Coast Mac Users Group annual fundraising event.
Speakers include O'Reilly authors Tom Negrino and Dori Smith ("Mac OS X
Unwired"), Jason Snell (Macworld Magazine), Mike Descher (Adobe),
author Jim Heid (Peachpit Press and Avondale Media), and Ronnie Roche
(Apple Certified Help Desk Specialist). O'Reilly will be selling books
onsite as one of the vendors.
http://www.ncmug.org/mce.html
MCE Flier:
http://www.ncmug.org/mce/MCE_ad.pdf
MCE Poster:
http://www.ncmug.org/mce/MCE_poster.pdf
Mac Computer Expo
Saturday, September 18
9:30am to 3:30pm
Student Lounge/Cafeteria
Santa Rosa Junior College
1501 Mendocino Ave Santa Rosa, CA 95401
Admission is free to event, but parking fee is $3.00.
***David Pogue (Missing Manual series), Digital Lifestyle Expo,
New York, NY--September 25-26
Author and Mac guru David Pogue is a keynote speaker at this event at
the Marriott Marquis Hotel, New York, NY.
http://www.dlexpo.com/
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***Registration Is Open for O'Reilly's Mac OS X Conference
Join us for the third annual Mac OS X Conference, October 25-28, 2004,
in Santa Clara, California. You'll hear from Stewart Copeland, the
former drummer for The Police who now creates award-winning film and
television scores using Mac OS X technology; "New York Times" columnist
David Pogue; Andy Ihnatko of the "Chicago Sun-Times"; Karelia Sofware's
Dan Wood; Brent Simmons of Ranchero Software; Michael Bartosh of 4AM
Media; Mac authors Dori Smith, Gordon Meyer, and Ted Landau; and many
more.
User Group members who register before September 10, 2004 get a double
discount. Use code DSUG when you register, and receive 20% off the
"Early Bird" price.
To register, go to:
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/macosx2004/create/ord_mac04
O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference
October 25-28, 2004
Westin Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA
http://conferences.oreilly.com/macosxcon/
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News From O'Reilly & Beyond
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General News
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***Securing Key Chain Flash Drives
The current crop of key chain Flash drives have incredible storage
capacity. They are perfect for keeping personal data with you at all
times. But what if you lose your keys? Here are a couple of easy ways to
protect yourself, and your data.
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/08/20/secure_flash.html
***Technology and Tools of Change
Building the next generation of technology won't be easy, and will
require developers, entrepreneurs, and the customers they serve to
learn new skills. O'Reilly has a collection of tools for building the
future, including a new book series, a new conference, and a new
print-on-demand, custom books service.
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/opensource/toolsofchange_080
4.html
***Syngress Authors Scheduled to Appear on "60 Minutes" in September
Dr. Herbert Thompson and Spyros Nomikos, authors of "The Mezonic Agenda:
Hacking the Presidency" (due out in October), will appear on the show on
either September 22 or September 26. Make sure you tune in. For more
information on this upcoming book go to:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1931836833/
***Oracle Magazine's Editors' Choice Awards
O'Reilly authors Cary Millsap and Jeff Holt have been named by Oracle
Magazine's editors as Authors of the Year in recognition of their work
on the "definitive tuning text," Optimizing Oracle Performance.
http://www.hotsos.com/e-library/oop.html
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Open Source
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***Alleviate RSI the Hacker Way
Chances are, if you use a keyboard for several hours a day you'll
eventually experience repetitive strain injury. Thankfully, it's
possible to avoid or alleviate the symptoms with exercises, breaks,
posture, and software. Software? Jono Bacon explores free software to
help save your tender wrists.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/08/19/rsi_prevention.html
***A Day in the Life of #Apache
Rich Bowen is back this month after a brief summer hiatus with his
latest column based on his conversations on the IRC channel #apache.
Want to know how to make your web site faster? Rich has some tips to
enhance your server's performance. Rich is a coauthor of O'Reilly's
"Apache Cookbook."
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/apache/2004/08/19/apacheckbk.html
***PHP Debugging Basics
Whether you're a PHP newbie or a wizard, your programs are going to have
bugs in them. Nobody's perfect. David Sklar, author of "Learning PHP 5,"
provides some basic techniques for finding and fixing the problems in
your programs. In particular, he covers how to set up error reporting
as you like it, how to find parse errors, and how to inspect program
data. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/php/2004/08/12/DebuggingPHP.html
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Mac
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***What's on Your Macdar?
O'Reilly Editor Chuck Toporek asks in his latest weblog "What would you
like to see us publish a book on? Is there something we might have
missed in one of the Panther editions that you'd like to see us work
into an update?"
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5453
***The Inside Scoop on the O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference
Sometimes, looking at a conference program grid is like looking at
Edinburgh Castle. It's impressive, but you really don't know where all
the bodies are buried unless you have a tour guide.
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/08/12/osxcon.html
***Further Your CS Development with Mac OS X
As the new school year approaches, Julie Starr has some ideas about what
type of computer CS students should be considering. We'll give you a
hint: It isn't a Windows box.
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/08/13/dev_osx.html
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Windows
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***Performing Web Queries in Excel 2003
"Excel 2003 Programming: A Developer's Notebook" shows programmers how
to best use Excel 2003's new features, through a series of hands-on
projects. In this sample lab from the book, learn how to perform a web
query to import data from a web page into a worksheet using Excel's
QueryTable object.
http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/excerpt/excel2003prog_chap
1/index.html
***Personalization in ASP.NET
Personalizing your web site can enhance the experiences of users
visiting your site. Personalization allows information about visitors
to be persisted so that the information can be useful to the visitor
when he visits your site again. Wei-Meng Lee shows you how it all works
in ASP.NET 2.0.
http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2004/08/16/whidbey_personalization.
html
***Windows Server Hacks: Using Preconfigured User Profiles
Roaming profiles make life easier for both users and system
administrators. Mitch Tulloch, author of "Windows Server Hacks," shows
you how to preconfigure roaming profiles to make them even more
effective.
http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/08/17/roaming_profil
es.html
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Java
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**Develop Your Own Plugins for Eclipse, Part 1
Part of the appeal of the Eclipse platform is its extensibility--in
Eclipse, almost everything is a plugin, and it's easy to get plugins
from third parties or write your own. Jerome Moliere shows how to get
started with deploying Eclipse plugins.
http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/08/18/eclipseplugins.html
***An Introduction to IKVM
Java and .NET are two different worlds, but they can live within one
process with IKVM. This "JVM for .NET" allows .NET (or Mono) to leverage
Java code, and vice versa. Avik Sengupta provides an introduction to
this important new environment.
http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/08/18/ikvm.html
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/lpt?HomePage
Until next time--
Marsee
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