From joerg.westphal at ionix.de Sun May 1 02:55:51 2005 From: joerg.westphal at ionix.de (Joerg Westphal) Date: Sun May 1 02:57:02 2005 Subject: [Dresden-pm] Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, April 28 Message-ID: <200505011155.51637.joerg.westphal@ionix.de> ---------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht ---------- Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, April 28 Date: Donnerstag, 28. April 2005 23:43 From: Marsee Henon To: joerg.westphal@gmx.de ================================================================ O'Reilly News for User Group Members April 28, 2005 ================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------- Book News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Ant: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition -Test Driving Linux: From Windows to Linux in 60 Seconds -Data Crunching -Developing Feeds with RSS and Atom -Degunking Microsoft Office -Photoshop Elements 3 for Windows One-on-One -Spring: A Developer's Notebook -Degunking Your Personal Finances -Network Security Tools -MAKE Subscriptions Available ---------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events ---------------------------------------------------------------- -BSDCan 2005, Ontario, Canada--May 12-14 -David Sklar Classes at Big Nerd Ranch, Atlanta, GA--May 16-20 -Colin Moock's ActionScript Boot Camp, Los Angeles, CA--May 16-17 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Conference News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Where 2.0 Conference Registration Open, San Francisco, CA--June 29-30 -EuroOSCON Call for Papers Now Open, Amsterdam, The Netherlands--October 17-20 ---------------------------------------------------------------- News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -O'Reilly Radar Blog Launched -Mapping Hacks Safari Exclusive -Wired, MAKE, And MacGyver -Revitalizing the Pay-Per-Call System -The State of the Dolphin at the MySQL Users Conference 2005 -PHP 5 on Mac OS X -Trust and Zeal in Open Source Advocacy -Housecleaning Tips for Tiger -Mac Mini Eye for the Linux-Windows Guy -Protect Yourself from WiFi Snoops -XML DataSource Controls in .NET 2.0 -Five Favorite Features from 5.0 -Adding Custom Buttons to Internet Explorer -Make Your Own Music Software with Pure Data -Johnny “Juice” Rosado: Digital Public Enemy -Panoramas Made Easy -The CSS Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks, & Hacks -The Future: HTML or XHTML? ================================================ Book News ================================================ Did you know you can request a free book to review for your group? Ask your group leader for more information. For book review writing tips and suggestions, go to: http://ug.oreilly.com/bookreviews.html Don't forget, you can receive 20% off any O'Reilly, No Starch, Paraglyph, Pragmatic Bookshelf, SitePoint, or Syngress book you purchase directly from O'Reilly. Just use code DSUG when ordering online or by phone 800-998-9938. http://www.oreilly.com/ ***Free ground shipping is available for online orders of at least $29.95 that go to a single U.S. address. This offer applies to U.S. delivery addresses in the 50 states and Puerto Rico. For more details, go to: http://www.oreilly.com/news/freeshipping_0703.html ---------------------------------------------------------------- New Releases ---------------------------------------------------------------- ***Ant: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596006098 A must-have for Java developers, this second edition has been reworked, revised, and expanded upon to reflect Ant's evolution. It documents the new ways that Ant is being applied, as well as the array of optional tasks that Ant supports. In fact, this new edition covers everything about this extraordinary build management tool from downloading and installing, to using Ant to build web applications, to using Ant to test code. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/anttdg2/ Chapter 6, "Getting Source Code from CVS Repositories," is available: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/anttdg2/chapter/index.html ***Test Driving Linux: From Windows to Linux in 60 Seconds Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 059600754X This detailed, step-by-step guide provides both home and business users with a hassle-free way to investigate Linux before purchasing and installing a complete Linux distribution. Quickly learn how to use Linux to perform your most common tasks without changing, installing, or configuring a thing on your computer. This release comes with Move, a CD that allows Windows users to try all the features of Mandrake Linux without the hassle of actually installing Linux. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/tdlinux/ Chapter 7, "Edit Digital Images," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/tdlinux/chapter/index.html ***Data Crunching Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf ISBN: 0974514071 This book describes the most useful data crunching techniques, explains when you should use them, and shows how they will make your life easier. Along the way, it will introduce you to some handy, but under-used, features of Java, Python, and other languages. It will also show you how to test data crunching programs, and how data crunching fits into the larger software development picture. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0974514071/ ***Developing Feeds with RSS and Atom Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596008813 This step-by-step guide offers bloggers, web developers, and programmers an understanding of content syndication and the technologies that make it possible. It highlights all the new features of RSS 2.0, and offers complete coverage of its rival technology, Atom. If you're interested in producing your own content feed, this is the one book you'll want in hand. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/deveoprssatom/ Chapter 4, "RSS 2.0," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/deveoprssatom/chapter/index.html ***Degunking Microsoft Office Publisher: Paraglyph Press ISBN: 1932111956 "Degunking Microsoft Office" covers the basics to help you quickly get your PC back to top performance. The book is organized according to special "cleaning" processes that will improve the performance of your computer. Shortcut and time calculation charts are provided at the beginning of the book to help you determine how much time is required to perform different degunking tasks from small to large. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1932111956/index.html ***Photoshop Elements 3 for Windows One-on-One Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596008449 "Photoshop Elements 3 for Windows One-on-One" is a complete training system on how to use Adobe Photoshop Elements software to edit and optimize images. Written in conversational style and packed with full-color photos, this book contains 12 step-by-step lessons on real-world tasks, along with two hours of video tutorials on CD. You’ll also learn about photography and graphic theory, best practices, and tips for avoiding problems. Both image-editing novices and those already familiar with using Photoshop Elements will benefit from this book. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/photoele3/ ***Spring: A Developer's Notebook Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596009100 This no-nonsense book quickly gets you up to speed on the new Spring open source framework. Favoring examples and practical application over theory, "Spring: A Developer's Notebook" features ten code-intensive labs that will force you to hone your skills by working through multiple instructional examples. In the end, you'll understand how to produce simple, clean, and effective applications. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/springadn/ Chapter 6, "Services and AOP," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/springadn/chapter/index.html ***Degunking Your Personal Finances Publisher: Paraglyph Press ISBN: 1933097027 You don't have to win the lottery to improve your financial status. "Degunking Your Personal Finances" will give you a simple, proven, 12-step plan to help you get out and stay out of debt. This unique book will help you create a workable and enjoyable lifestyle, and get you to organize your finances, save money, and really put your money to work for you. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1933097027/index.html ***Network Security Tools Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596007949 "Network Security Tools" accessibly shows experienced administrators how to modify, customize, and extend popular open source security tools such as Nikto, Ettercap, and Nessus. This concise, high-end guide discusses the common customizations and extensions for these tools, then shows you how to write even more specialized attack and penetration reviews that are suited to your unique network environment. It also explains how tools like port scanners, packet injectors, network sniffers, and web assessment tools function. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/networkst/ ***MAKE Subscriptions Available The annual subscription price for four issues is $34.95. When you subscribe with this link, you'll get a free issue--the first one plus four more for $34.95. So subscribe for yourself or friends with this great offer for charter subscribers: five volumes for the cost of four. Subscribe at: https://www.pubservice.com/MK/Subnew.aspx?PC=MK&PK=M5ZUGLA The MAKE blog is available at: http://www.makezine.com/blog/ ================================================ Upcoming Events ================================================ ***For more events, please see: http://events.oreilly.com/ ***BSDCan 2005, Ontario, Canada--May 12-14 Dru Lavigne ("BSD Hacks"), Greg Lehey ("The Complete FreeBSD, 4th Ed."), and No Starch's Michael W. Lucas ("Cisco Routers for the Desperate") will be among the speakers this year. http://www.bsdcan.org/2005/ ***David Sklar Classes at Big Nerd Ranch, Atlanta, GA--May 16-20 Author David Sklar ("PHP Cookbook") leads PHP5 Bootcamp, an intensive five-day course designed for system administrators, webmasters, and web application developers, for Big Nerd Ranch. http://www.bignerdranch.com/classes/php5.shtml ***Colin Moock's ActionScript Boot Camp, Los Angeles, CA--May 16-17 Join author Colin Moock ("Essential ActionScript 2.0") for this ActionScript Boot Camp, a crash course on the fundamentals of ActionScript programming in Flash MX 2004. Topics covered include a beginner's introduction to Flash programming, an introduction to object-oriented programming, and an introduction to Flash application architecture and design patterns. http://www.fitc.ca/bootcamp/ ================================================ Conference News ================================================ ***Where 2.0 Conference Registration Open, San Francisco, CA--June 29-30 Join us at the first O’Reilly Where 2.0 Conference. Location-based services and mapping are becoming mainstream technologies. Meanwhile, innovative new software makes it possible to apply the wealth of new data to old business problems. Come explore the emerging consumer and enterprise ecosystems around location-aware technologies that increasingly impact the way we work and play. For more information, go to:http://conferences.oreilly.com/where/ User Group members who register before May 31, 2005 get a double discount. Use code "WHEREUG" when you register, and receive 15% off the early registration price. To register for the conference, go to: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/where2005/create/ord_where ***EuroOSCON Call for Papers Now Open, Amsterdam, The Netherlands--October 17-20 EuroOSCON 2005, to be held October 17-20 in Amsterdam, will explore the best and newest open source technologies, with a focus on what's particularly useful to companies, governments, and non-profits. Session and tutorial proposals are due by midnight, May 23rd. We're interested in all aspects of building applications, services, and systems that utilize the new capabilities of the open source platform. http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/eurooscon/create/e_sess Submit your proposal: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/eurooscon/create/e_sess#form ================================================ News From O'Reilly & Beyond ================================================ --------------------- General News --------------------- ***O'Reilly Radar Blog Launched O'Reilly is constantly watching the horizon for emerging technologies and trends sure to affect you and your business. Featuring links, articles, and blog entries posted by Tim O'Reilly, Rael Dornfest, Marc Hedlund, and Nathan Torkington, the group weblog offers a window into the O'Reilly predictive sense, letting you track what O'Reilly tracks. http://radar.oreilly.com/ Be sure to read the About page for an overview: http://radar.oreilly.com/about/ ***"Mapping Hacks" Safari Exclusive "Mapping Hacks," a collection of one hundred simple techniques for digital mapmaking, is scheduled for a June release, but your advance purchase gives you full access to the book's content right now. "Mapping Hacks" is currently available as a Safari Exclusive, meaning only subscribers to Safari's e-library can read it before its release. 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. Here's how to get started. http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/04/27/pd.html ***Johnny “Juice” Rosado: Digital Public Enemy Chuck D’s right-hand man explains the high-tech (and surprisingly low-tech) secrets behind the Public Enemy sound, then shares a track from the group’s upcoming album. http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/04/20/juice.html ***Panoramas Made Easy Alex reviews some groundbreaking new software that any web designer or digital camera enthusiast will find extremely useful in stitching together panoramas. http://www.sitepoint.com/blog-post-view.php?id=254954 --------------------- Web --------------------- ***The CSS Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks, & Hacks "The CSS Anthology" from SitePoint offers a problem/solution format designed to help make your site easier to maintain and faster to load with CSS. If you've been working with images in CSS, you've probably looked for answers to questions like "How do I position my background image?" or "How do I set background images for other elements?" You'll find solutions to these image-related CSS problems in this sample excerpt from the book: Chapter 3, "CSS and Images." http://www.sitepoint.com/article/css-anthology-tips-tricks-3 ***The Future: HTML or XHTML? Lachlan Hunt attempts to answer a crucial question about the future of the Web: does that future lie with HTML or XHTML? http://www.sitepoint.com/article/future-html-xhtml ================================================ From Your Peers =============================================== *** Don't forget to check out the O'Reilly UG wiki to see what user groups around the globe are up to: http://wiki.oreillynet.com/usergroups/index.cgi Until next time-- Marsee Henon ================================================================ O'Reilly Media 1005 Gravenstein Highway North Sebastopol, CA 95472 http://ug.oreilly.com/ http://www.oreilly.com/ http://conferences.oreilly.com/ ================================================================ ------------------------------------------------------- -- Wenn ich Perl will, dann nehme ich es und baue es nicht nach. Wer Perl nachmacht oder verfaelscht oder nachgemachtes oder verfaelschtes Perl sich verschafft, um es in Benutzung zu bringen, wird mit Visual Basic nicht unter 300 KLOC bestraft. (Alexander Schreiber in d.a.s.r.) From joerg.westphal at ionix.de Tue May 3 09:37:38 2005 From: joerg.westphal at ionix.de (Joerg Westphal) Date: Tue May 3 09:36:24 2005 Subject: [Dresden-pm] Fwd: Newsletter des O'Reilly UserGroup-Programms, 05/05 Message-ID: <200505031837.39110.joerg.westphal@ionix.de> ---------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht ---------- Subject: Newsletter des O'Reilly UserGroup-Programms, 05/05 Date: Dienstag, 3. Mai 2005 12:25 From: O'Reilly Verlag To: user_groups@oreilly.de ____________________________________________________ O'Reilly UserGroup News -- fr UserGroup-Mitglieder Mai 2005 ____________________________________________________ Vorankndigung: =============== Die erste europische O'Reilly Open Source Convention (EuroOSCON) findet in Amsterdam von 17.-20. Oktober 2005 statt. Wenn Sie dort aktiv mitwirken wollen, knnen Sie hier Ihr Proposal einreichen: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/eurooscon/create/e_sess Wir halten Sie ber alle Aktivitten auf dem Laufenden! Messeprsenz: ============== "Work less - go home early!" Mit diesem inoffiziellen Slogan verwundert es nicht mehr, dass "Spring" auf Erfolgskurs ist, seit es im Jahr 2003 das Licht der Java-Welt erblickte. Das Open Source-Framework ermglicht dem Programmierer, sich allen berflssigen Codes zu entledigen und eine Anwendung zu zaubern, die klar und einfach ist, ganz im Gegensatz zu manch schwergewichtigen J2EE-Anwendungen. Wie das in der Praxis funktioniert, steht im neuesten Developer's Notebook, ganz ohne Theorieballast. Diese und andere ausgewhlte Neuerscheinungen prsentieren wir auf der kommenden JAX2005 in Frankfurt. Vom 10.-12. Mai sind auch wir mit einem eigenen Stand vor Ort und freuen uns auf Ihren Besuch! Mehr Info unter http://www.jax.de/ Interview mit Klaus Knopper und Verlosung! =========================================== Im Vorfeld zum LinuxTag sprechen wir mit Klaus Knopper ber die neueste Knoppix-Version. Haben auch Sie Fragen und Anregungen zu neuen Features? Oder haben sich schon immer fr ein besonderes Detail interessiert, sind dem aber noch nie auf den Grund gegangen? Dann haben Sie jetzt dazu Gelegenheit. Senden Sie uns Ihre Fragen rund um Knoppix zu und Klaus Knopper wird dazu Stellung nehmen. Einsendeschluss ist der 1. Juni. Das Interview wird auf www.oreilly.de erscheinen. Unter allen Einsendungen verlosen wir 10 Exemplare von "Knoppix Hacks", deutsche Ausgabe. Machen Sie mit! ---------------------------------------------------- Deutschsprachige Neuerscheinungen zur Besprechung ---------------------------------------------------- 1. Knoppix Hacks 2. Praxiswissen TYPO3 3. Excel 2003 Personal Trainer 4. PowerPoint 2003 Personal Trainer 1. Knoppix Hacks ================== Kyle Rankin Deutsche bersetzung von Andreas Bildstein 1. Auflage April 2005 ISBN 3-89721-404-0 396 Seiten, inkl. CD-ROM, EUR 29.00 "Knoppix Hacks" zeigt, wie man die enormen Mglichkeiten der Knoppix-Software effektiv nutzen kann. Von der tglichen Arbeit unter Knoppix ber Troubleshooting und Reparieren bis hin zur Rettung von Windows-Systemen - fr jeden Benutzer sind interessante und ntzliche Hacks dabei. Die praktische und flexible Distribution luft "on the fly", trotzdem ist sie vollwertig einsetzbar und es stehen uneingeschrnkt alle Features zur Verfgung. Aus dem Inhalt: - Linux testen, ohne Linux installieren zu mssen - Knoppix' ausgezeichnete Hardware-Erkennung - Troubleshooting bei Linux- und Windows-Systemen - Thin-Client-Netzwerke mit einer einzigen CD erstellen - Austausch eines Webservers oder einer Firewall in einem Notfall - Sicherheitsberprfungen im gesamten Netzwerk - Windows-Rechner vom sicheren Linux aus nach Viren abscannen - Knoppix fr individuelle Bedrfnisse anpassen - Die beiliegende CD enthlt Knoppix Version 3.7 Mehr Info finden Sie hier: http://www.oreilly.de/catalog/knoppixhksger/index.html 2. Praxiswissen TYPO3 ====================== Robert Meyer 1. Auflage April 2005 ISBN 3-89721-394-X 428 Seiten, EUR 28.00, inkl. CD TYPO3 ist ein regelrechter Senkrechtstarter unter den Content Management-Systemen und hat sich zu einer echten Alternative zu kommerziellen CM-Systemen entwickelt. "Praxiswissen TYPO3" ist eine gut verstndliche Einfhrung in TYPO3, die sich auch an Einsteiger ohne ausgeprgte Programmierkenntnisse wendet. Der Autor erklrt die Zusammenhnge detailliert und praxisorientiert, verwendet Schritt-fr-Schritt-Anleitungen und aussagekrftige Beispiele. Er vermittelt damit das ntige Handwerkszeug, um mit TYPO3 Websites einrichten und ausbauen zu knnen. Eine ausfhrliche Beschreibung finden Sie hier: http://www.oreilly.de/catalog/typo3basger/desc.html Ein Probekapitel finden Sie hier: http://www.oreilly.de/catalog/typo3basger/chapter/ Mens erstellen (PDF-Format) 3. Excel 2003 Personal Trainer =============================== CustomGuide Deutsche bersetzung von G&U Technische Dokumentation 1. Auflage April 2005 ISBN 3-89721-406-7 464 Seiten, inkl. CD-ROM und Referenzkarte, 29.00 EUR Sie sind das Herumprobieren leid und mchten die vielen Funktionen der aktuellen Excel-Version endlich souvern nutzen? Dann besorgen Sie sich Ihren Personal Trainer, trainieren Sie die entscheidenden Muskelgruppen und werden Sie zu einem wahren Excel-Helden! In jeweils eigenstndigen Lektionen stellt dieses Buch grundlegende und fortgeschrittene Themen vor, die Ihnen mit Hilfe von vielen Abbildungen, bersichten und umfangreichem bungsmaterial nher gebracht werden. Sie lernen, wie Sie Tabellen bearbeiten und formatieren, mit Funktionen und Formeln arbeiten oder komplexe Tabellen organisieren. Anwender mit Grundkenntnissen knnen sich gleich dem Einsatz von Macros, der Datenanalyse oder der Arbeit mit Pivot-Tabellen widmen. Das bungsmaterial auf der beiliegenden CD vereinfacht das praktische Nachvollziehen der Beispiele. Eine ausfhrliche Beschreibung finden Sie hier: http://www.oreilly.de/catalog/excelptger/desc.html Ein Probekapitel finden Sie hier: http://www.oreilly.de/catalog/excelptger/chapter/ Kapitel 3: Ein Arbeitsblatt formatieren (PDF-Format) 4. PowerPoint 2003 Personal Trainer ==================================== CustomGuide Deutsche bersetzung von G&U Technische Dokumentation 1. Auflage April 2005 ISBN 3-89721-407-5 324 Seiten, inkl. CD-ROM und Referenzkarte, 29.00 EUR Pfuschen Sie noch oder gestalten Sie schon? Wenn Sie lahme Prsentationen oder das ewige Herumprobieren satt haben, dann besorgen Sie sich einen Personal Trainer, trainieren Sie Ihren Prsentationsbizeps und werden Sie zum Superhelden! Jeweils abgeschlossene Lektionen machen Sie schnell mit den wesentlichen Funktionen und Mglichkeiten des meistgenutzten Prsentationsprogramms vertraut. Je nach Bedarf knnen Sie bei dem Thema einsteigen, das Sie interessiert. Nachvollziehbare Schritt-fr-Schritt-Anleitungen stellen sicher, dass alles gelingt. Sie lernen, wie Sie Prsentationen anlegen und bearbeiten, Grafiken gestalten und einbinden, Multimedia-Effekte einsetzen und Ihre Vorfhrung vorbereiten. Auch die Zusammenarbeit mit anderen Office-Programmen oder webbasierte Prsentationen werden abgedeckt. Eine ausfhrliche Beschreibung finden Sie hier: http://www.oreilly.de/catalog/powerpointptger/desc.html Probekapitel finden Sie hier: http://www.oreilly.de/catalog/powerpointptger/chapter/ Kapitel 2: Eine Prsentation bearbeiten (Ausschnitt) (PDF-Format) Kapitel 8: Multimedia-Effekte (PDF-Format) ---------------------------------------------------- Englischsprachige Neuerscheinungen zur Besprechung ---------------------------------------------------- Neue englischsprachige Titel 1. Linux Desktop Hacks 2. Test Driving Linux 3. Learning the bash Shell, 3rd Edition 4. Spring: A Developer's Notebook 5. Ant: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition 6. Developing Feeds with RSS and Atom 1. Linux Desktop Hacks ======================= Tips & Tools for Customizing and Optimizing your OS Nicolas Petreley & Jono Bacon 1st Edition April 2005 ISBN 0-596-00911-9 342 Seiten, EUR 24.00 With hacks that any user can follow, Linux Desktop Hacks demonstrates how easy it is to modify Linux to suit your desires. The book is packed with tips on customizing and improving the interface, boosting performance, administering your desktop, and generally making the most out of what X, KDE, Gnome, and the console have to offer. Eine ausfhrliche Beschreibung finden Sie hier: http://www.oreilly.de/catalog/linuxdeskhks/desc.html Probehacks finden Sie hier: http://www.oreilly.de/catalog/linuxdeskhks/index.html 2. Test Driving Linux ====================== From Windows to Linux in 60 Seconds David Brickner 1st Edition April 2005 ISBN 0-596-00754-X, inkl. CD mit Move/Mandrake Linux 360 Seiten, EUR 24.00 This detailed step-by-step guide provides both home and business users with a hassle-free way to investigate this operating system before they purchase and install a complete Linux distribution. Quickly learn how to use Linux to perform the tasks you do most: surf the web, send and receive email, instant message with friends, write letters, create spreadsheets, and even how to enhance your digitial photos. Eine ausfhrliche Beschreibung finden Sie hier: http://www.oreilly.de/catalog/tdlinux/desc.html 3. Learning the bash Shell, 3rd Edition ======================================== Cameron Newham 3rd Edition April 2005 ISBN 0-596-00965-8 352 Seiten, EUR 34.00 This refreshed edition serves as the most valuable guide yet to the bash shell. It's full of practical examples of shell commands and programs guaranteed to make everyday use of Linux that much easier. Includes information on key bindings, command line editing and processing, integrated programming features, signal handling, and much more! Eine ausfhrliche Beschreibung finden Sie hier: http://www.oreilly.de/catalog/bash3/desc.html Ein Probekapitel finden Sie hier: http://www.oreilly.de/catalog/bash3/chapter/ Chapter 4: Basic Shell Programming (PDF Format) 4. Spring: A Developer's Notebook ================================== Bruce A. Tate & Justin Gehtland 1st Edition April 2005 ISBN 0-596-00910-0 202 Seiten, EUR 29.00 This no-nonsense book quickly gets you up to speed on the new Spring open source framework. Favoring examples and practical application over theory, Spring: A Developer's Notebook features 10 code-intensive labs that'll reveal the many assets of this revolutionary, lightweight architecture. In the end, you'll understand how to produce simple, clean, and effective applications. Eine ausfhrliche Beschreibung finden Sie hier: http://www.oreilly.de/catalog/springadn/desc.html Ein Probekapitel finden Sie hier: http://www.oreilly.de/catalog/springadn/chapter/ Chapter 6: Services and AOP (PDF Format) 5. Ant: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition ========================================== Steve Holzner 2nd Edition April 2005 ISBN 0-596-00609-8 334 Seiten, EUR 34.00 As the most widely used tool for cross-platform development, Ant has undergone a number of important changes in its functionality and use since its launch. Ant: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition has been reworked to reflect these changes for Java developers everywhere. Topics covered include everything from downloading and installing, to using Ant to build Web applications, to using Ant to test code. Eine ausfhrliche Beschreibung finden Sie hier: http://www.oreilly.de/catalog/anttdg2/desc.html 6. Developing Feeds with RSS and Atom ====================================== Ben Hammersley 1st Edition April 2005 ISBN 0-596-00881-3 270 Seiten, EUR 38.00 This step-by-step guide offers bloggers, web developers, and programmers an understanding of content syndication and the technologies that make it possible. It highlights all the new features of RSS 2.0, and offers complete coverage of its rival technology, Atom. Confidently teaches you how to produce your own data feeds to syndicate news and blogs. 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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 ------------------------------------------------------- -- Wenn ich Perl will, dann nehme ich es und baue es nicht nach. Wer Perl nachmacht oder verfaelscht oder nachgemachtes oder verfaelschtes Perl sich verschafft, um es in Benutzung zu bringen, wird mit Visual Basic nicht unter 300 KLOC bestraft. (Alexander Schreiber in d.a.s.r.) From schwigon at webit.de Tue May 10 06:11:28 2005 From: schwigon at webit.de (Steffen Schwigon) Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 15:11:28 +0200 Subject: [Dresden-pm] Perl Mongers Treffen Mai Message-ID: <200505101311.j4ADBSH7020197@teufelkommraus.webit.de> Hi! Am kommenden Donnerstag treffen sich wieder die Dresden Perl Mongers. Donnerstag, 12. Mai 2005 2o.oo Uhr Medienkulturhaus (wo auch das 'Kino im Dach' ist) Schandauer Str. 64, 01277 Dresden http://www.medienkulturhaus.de Wer etwas ber Perl reden oder lernen mag, ist eingeladen. Themen: * Phalanx * Devel::Coverage * misc. GreetinX Steffen -- Steffen Schwigon Dresden Perl Mongers From schwigon at webit.de Fri May 13 02:07:56 2005 From: schwigon at webit.de (Trauriger Perlmonger) Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 11:07:56 +0200 Subject: [Dresden-pm] Future Of Treffen Message-ID: <87is1nijdf.fsf@teufelkommraus.webit.de> Ich fnd's cool, wenn wieder mehr Leute zu den Treffen kmen. Es gibt so viele geile Sachen, die wir uns angucken knnten. Ihr schmort doch zu Hause auch nur im eigenen Kenn-ich-schon-Saft und tut alleine nix fr eure Perlzukunft, oder? Schon mal Parrot angeguckt? Schon mal mit Pugs, der ersten Perl6-Implementierung, rumgespielt? Na also. Und tausend andere geile Perl5-Sachen sowieso. Wo sonst, wenn nicht bei unseren Treffen? From stepardo at gmail.com Fri May 13 02:17:31 2005 From: stepardo at gmail.com (Steffen Liebergeld) Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 11:17:31 +0200 Subject: [Dresden-pm] Future Of Treffen In-Reply-To: <87is1nijdf.fsf@teufelkommraus.webit.de> References: <87is1nijdf.fsf@teufelkommraus.webit.de> Message-ID: <3e33453905051302174910592d@mail.gmail.com> Uppsalla! Ich wollte gestern eigentlich kommen, habe es aber verschwitzt. Wieviele waren denn gestern da? Wenn da kaum jemand da war knnte man ja nchste Woche ein extra Treffen machen[0]. [0] Das fnde ich so oder so ne geile Idee. -- mit freundlichen Grssen Steffen Liebergeld From afterimage at gmx.net Sat May 14 01:26:32 2005 From: afterimage at gmx.net (Kristian Rink) Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 10:26:32 +0200 Subject: [Dresden-pm] Future Of Treffen In-Reply-To: <87is1nijdf.fsf@teufelkommraus.webit.de> References: <87is1nijdf.fsf@teufelkommraus.webit.de> Message-ID: <4285B638.4000905@gmx.net> Moin; Trauriger Perlmonger schrieb: > Ich fnd's cool, wenn wieder mehr Leute zu den Treffen kmen. Es gibt > so viele geile Sachen, die wir uns angucken knnten. Ihr schmort doch > zu Hause auch nur im eigenen Kenn-ich-schon-Saft und tut alleine nix > fr eure Perlzukunft, oder? Schon mal Parrot angeguckt? Schon mal mit Hmmm; als jemand, der es bislang sowieso nur gerade mal zu - hem, einem(!) Treffen geschafft hat, nehme ich es mir regelmig jeden Monat wieder vor, um ebenso regelmig zu merken, da der Donnerstags-Termin meist durch irgendwelche kurzfristigen Hindernisse berlagert wird und in der Schnittmenge zwischen (BA)-Studium, Job und besserer Hlfte wenig Raum fr weitergehende Aktivitten ist (zumindest solche, die es erforderlich machen, die Wohnung zu verlassen). :/ Interessante Dinge gibt's sicher genug, gar keine Frage; leider hat der Tag nur 24 Stunden... Cheers und schne Pfingsten, Kris From steffen.winkler at gmx.net Sat May 14 01:49:41 2005 From: steffen.winkler at gmx.net (Steffen Winkler) Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 10:49:41 +0200 Subject: [Dresden-pm] Future Of Treffen Message-ID: <003f01c55862$07bd1a40$6501a8c0@pc1> Normalerweise ... ... gehe ich immer Donnerstags in die Sauna, aber ... ... weil mich die Windpocken in meinem "hohen Alter" noch heimgesucht hatten (war schlimm), sollte ich mit der Sauna noch so lange warten, bis die Haut unter den nun grtenteils abgefallenen Grindern wieder normal nachgewachsen ist. Das heit also, der Donnerstag Abend ist frei. Also wre das eine Mglichkeit, wieder einmal zu einem Treffen zu kommen. Sicher werde ich auch nicht jeden dieser nun freien Donnerstage dabei sein. Ihr wit ja, der Weg ist recht weit. Viele Gre von Steffen und schne Pfingsten From gjasny at web.de Sun May 15 11:41:50 2005 From: gjasny at web.de (Gregor Jasny) Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 20:41:50 +0200 Subject: [Dresden-pm] Future Of Treffen In-Reply-To: <87is1nijdf.fsf@teufelkommraus.webit.de> References: <87is1nijdf.fsf@teufelkommraus.webit.de> Message-ID: <428797EE.6080909@web.de> Trauriger Perlmonger wrote: > Ich fnd's cool, wenn wieder mehr Leute zu den Treffen kmen. Entschuldigung #4: Ich habe meine sozialen Kontakte beim "Dixie auf dem Campus" gepflegt. Nchstes Mal bin ich wieder dabei. Ein unerfahrener Perlmonger From joerg.westphal at ionix.de Tue May 17 12:52:49 2005 From: joerg.westphal at ionix.de (Joerg Westphal) Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 21:52:49 +0200 Subject: [Dresden-pm] Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, May 13 Message-ID: <200505172152.50154.joerg.westphal@ionix.de> ================================================================ O'Reilly News for User Group Members May 13, 2005 ================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------- Book News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -GDB Pocket Reference -Deploying Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0 -Digital Audio Essentials -802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition -Don't Click on the Blue E! -Visual Basic 2005: A Developer's Notebook -The Art of Project Management -Visual C# 2005: A Developer's Notebook -iMovie HD and iDVD 5: The Missing Manual -Access Hacks -MAKE Subscriptions Available ---------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Cary Millsap at the NoCOUG Spring Conference, Sunnyvale, CA--May 19 -Mike Clark ("Pragmatic Project Automation") at Agile Denver, Boulder, CO--May 23 -O'Reilly Sponsors the Coalition Summit for IPv6, Reston, VA--May 23-26 -Dan Gillmor ("We the Media"), WTC's Technology Breakfast Series, Mountain View, CA--May 26 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Conference News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Registration is Open for the O'Reilly Open Source Convention, Portland, OR--August 1-5 -Where 2.0 Conference Registration Open, San Francisco, CA--June 29-30 -EuroOSCON Call for Papers Now Open, Amsterdam, The Netherlands--October 17-20 ---------------------------------------------------------------- News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -How to Build a Nonprofit for Your Community -Addison-Wesley Professional on SafariU -The Geospatial Web: A Call to Action -Learning Lab: Certificate Series $200 Instant Rebate -Tales of Rescuing Old Hardware -(No Starch) Author describes keys to business-ready Linux clusters -CVS Trouble -The Soul of WWDC 2005 -Build a Dashboard Widget -Magnificent Seven: What's New for Users in QuickTime 7 -O'Reilly books Recommended on AARP's article "Windows: Better Safe (Mode) Than Sorry" -Putting A Browser Into Your Windows Application -Five Things I Love About Spring -Configuring Database Access in Eclipse 3.0 with SQLExplorer -Ed Carreon: Making the Connection -Hands On: Create Insane Reason Grooves -On the Go with the Motorola MPx220 Camera Phone -Build an eCommerce Application with eZPublish -Radical Interface Approaches -Validate User Input in PHP 5 -MAKE: Audio -Call MAKE -MAKE: Weather ================================================ Book News ================================================ Did you know you can request a free book to review for your group? 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