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----- Forwarded message from Marsee Henon <marsee@oreilly.com> ----- From: Marsee Henon <marsee@oreilly.com> To: waltman@pobox.com Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, September 16 Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 18:07:53 -0700 ================================================================ O'Reilly News for User Group Members September 16, 2004 ================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------- Book News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -iLife: The Missing Manual -The Mezonic Agenda: Hacking the Presidency -sendmail 8.13 Companion -PayPal Hacks -Camera Phone Obsession -Linux iptables Pocket Reference -ASP.NET Cookbook -Building the Perfect PC -NUnit Pocket Reference -Head First Servlets & JSP -Oracle Initialization Parameters Pocket Reference -Oracle Application Server 10g Essentials ---------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Digital Lifestyle Expo, New York, NY--September 25-26 -Richard Thieme Visiting Bookstores in WI and IL--September 27-October 2 -Northern California Independent Bookseller's Association Fall Trade Show --October 1-3 -O'Reilly Authors at Windows Connections 2004--October 24-27 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Conference News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Early-Bird Deadline Extended -Call for Participation: O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------- News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Study Shows Safari Saves Time -A Conversation Between Dan Gillmor and Jay Rosen -Fiddling with Nero 6 Ultra Edition -O'Reilly Launches Digital Media Web Site -Tasteful Food Photography -Machinima: Filmmaking's Destiny -Linux/Unix SysAdmin Certification Special Offer for September -The Best Tips from the Great Linux Desktop Migration Contest -More Inside News on O'Reilly's Mac OS X Conference -Acrobat to a Paperless Office -Mac OS X for the Traveler -Site Surveys--Windows DevCenter & ONDotnet -Lightweight XML Editing in Word 2003 -Site Navigation in ASP.NET 2.0 -IRC Text to Speech with Java -Developing Your First Enterprise Beans, Part 1 ================================================ 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ***iLife: The Missing Manual Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596006942 "iLife: The Missing Manual" gives you everything you need to unleash your creative genius with iLife '04, Apple's suite of five programs--iTunes 4.6, iPhoto 4, iMovie 4, iDVD 4, and GarageBand--that's revolutionizing the way we work and play. Celebrated author David Pogue makes sure there's nothing standing between you and professional-caliber music, photos, movies, and more. He highlights the newest features and improvements, covers the capabilities and limitations of each program, and delivers countless goodies you won't find anywhere else: undocumented tips, tricks, and secrets for getting the very best performance out of every one of these applications. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ilifetmm/ ***The Mezonic Agenda: Hacking the Presidency Publisher: Syngress ISBN: 1931836833 The Mezonic Agenda: Hacking the Presidency is the first cyber-thriller that allows readers to "hack along" with the heroes and villians of this fictional narrative. It tells the tale of criminal hackers attempting to compromise the results of a U.S. presidential election for their own gain. The book deals with some of the most pressing topics in technology and computer security today--reverse engineering, cryptography, buffer overflows, and steganography--and includes a CD that contains real, working versions of all the applications described and exploited in this thriller. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1931836833/ Hack along at www.mezonicagenda.com ***sendmail 8.13 Companion Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596008457 For a simple dot release, V8.13 sendmail has added more features, options, and fundamental changes than any other single dot release to date. An excellent companion to our popular "sendmail, 3rd Edition," this book documents the improvements in V8.13 in parallel with its release. Highlighting important changes in the new version, the book points out not only what is handy or nice to have, but also what's critical in getting the best behavior from sendmail. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sendmailcomp/ Chapter 3, "Tune sendmail with Compile-Time Macros," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sendmailcomp/chapter/index.html ***PayPal Hacks Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596007515 Learn how to make the most of PayPal to get the most out of your online business or transactions. Presented in a clear and logical format, each hack consists of a task to accomplish or a creative solution to a problem. You'll learn everything from how to protect yourself while buying and selling on eBay, to how to handle online subscriptions, affiliations, and donations. This collection of tips and tricks provides the tools and details necessary to make PayPal more profitable, more flexible, and more convenient. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/payhks/index.html Sample hacks are available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/payhks/chapter/index.html ***Camera Phone Obsession Publisher: Paraglyph Press ISBN: 1932111964 "Camera Phone Obsession" is a unique guide that marries the technology of camera phones with the emerging culture. Author Peter Aitken shows you how to purchase the best camera phones, how to best shoot and print photos, what the best services are for sharing photos, and how to use your camera phones with your PCs. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1932111964/ ***Linux iptables Pocket Reference Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596005695 "Linux iptables Pocket Reference" will help you at those critical moments when you have to open or close a port in a hurry to enable important traffic or block an attack. The book helps you keep the subtle syntax straight and remember all the values you have to enter to be as secure as possible. Listings of all iptables options are organized by suitability for firewalling, accounting, and Network Address Translation (NAT). This unique quick reference format is ideal for Linux administrators who have a firewall in place but need to be prepared for frequent changes in their environment. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lnxiptablespr/ ***ASP.NET Cookbook Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596003781 ASP.NET brings rapid drag-and-drop productivity to web applications and web services. There are many benefits to using ASP.NET, and one major drawback: the time developers must devote to mastering this new web application technology. "ASP.NET Cookbook" provides a wealth of solutions to problems commonly encountered when developing in ASP.NET. Appealing to a wide range of developers, each recipe provides an immediate solution to a pressing problem, followed by discussion so developers can learn to adapt techniques to similar situations. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/aspnetckbk/ Chapter 12, "Dynamic Images," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/aspnetckbk/chapter/index.html ***Building the Perfect PC Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596006632 For many computer users, a ready-made system is about as satisfying as a frozen microwave dinner: sure, it works, but it's not exactly what you need or want. Don't accept the assortment of components bundled for your price point; build your own PC. With straight-forward language, clear end-to-end instructions, and extensive illustrations, this book covers a variety of complete systems and their components. Regardless of your experience, you can take control and create your ideal machine. Chapter 1, "Fundamentals," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/buildpc/chapter/index.html ***NUnit Pocket Reference Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596007396 "NUnit Pocket Reference" is a complete reference to this popular and practical new open source framework. Filling in the blanks left by existing documentation and online discussion, this little book offers developers everything they need to know to install, configure, and use NUnit and the NUnit user interface. It includes a reference to the NUnit framework classes, and offers practical, real-world "NUnit examples." With NUnit Pocket Reference, IT managers will know what to expect when they implement unit testing in their projects. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/nunitpr/ A sample excerpt, "Unit Testing with NUnit," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/nunitpr/chapter/index.html ***Head First Servlets & JSP Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596005407 "Head First Servlets & JSP" will help you truly understand the latest version, J2EE 1.4, of Servlets and JSP. You'll learn how to write servlets and JSPs, what makes the Container tick, how to use the new JSP Expression Language (EL), and even some server-side design patterns. Written by the creators of the Sun Certified Web Component Developer (SCWCD) 1.4 exam, this book will help you pass the exam, talk about Struts at dinner parties, and put Servlets and JSP to work right away. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/headservletsjsp/ ***Oracle Initialization Parameters Pocket Reference Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596007701 "Oracle Initialization Parameters Pocket Reference" provides the information Oracle DBAs need to keep databases operating at peak performance. The book describes each initialization parameter, including what category it's in--from auditing to multi-threaded server MTS--and whether it can be modified dynamically via the ALTER SESSION or ALTER SYSTEM commands. You'll also find performance tips, such as how the various parameters interact and optimal settings for different configurations. No other reference focuses exclusively on these initialization parameters; this book is an absolute must for anyone working with an Oracle database. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/oracleippr/ ***Excel 2003 Programming: A Developer's Notebook Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596007671 Light on theory and heavy on practical application, this guide takes intermediate to advanced Excel VBA programmers directly to Excel 2003's new features. With the help of dozens of practical labs, you'll learn to work with lists and XML data, secure Excel applications, use Visual Studio Tools for Office, consume Web Services, and collect data with Infopath. If you'd like to work with Excel 2003 but don't know where to start, this book is the solution. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/exceladn/ Chapter 2, "Share Workspaces and Lists," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/exceladn/chapter/index.html ***Oracle Application Server 10g Essentials Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596006217 "Oracle Application Server 10g Essentials" is a tightly focused, all-in-one technical overview for Oracle Application Server users of every level. Divided into three concise sections, the book covers server basics, core components, and server functionality. If you're concerned with using and managing web servers, doing Java development and deployment, using or developing for Oracle Portal, or using and administering business intelligence and mobile or integration software, this guide will provide a foundation for understanding and using OracleAS effectively and efficiently. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/appserver/ Chapter 2, "Architecture," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/appserver/chapter/index.html ================================================ Upcoming Events ================================================ ***For more events, please see: http://events.oreilly.com/ ***Digital Lifestyle Expo, New York, NY--September 25-26 Author and Mac guru David Pogue (Missing Manual Series) is a keynote speaker at this event. Marriott Marquis Hotel New York, NY http://www.dlexpo.com/ ***Richard Thieme Visiting Bookstores in WI and IL--September 27- October 2 Richard is author of "Islands in the Clickstream" (Syngress) and is one of the most visible commentators on technology and society, appearing regularly on CNN, TechTV, and various other national media outlets. Schwartz Bookshops--7pm, September 27 4093 North Oakland Avenue, Shorewood, WI 53211 Transitions Bookplace--7pm, September 28 1000 W. North Avenue Chicago, IL 60622 Bookworld--October 1 & 2 Friday, October 1 from 4-7:30 Saturday, October 2 9AM to noon 320 Watson Street Ripon, WI 54971 For more information on Richard Thieme, go to: http://www.thiemeworks.com/ ***Northern California Independent Bookseller's Association Fall Trade Show--October 1-3 If you're going, be sure to stop by our booth, say "hey," and peruse our wares. Oakland Convention Center Oakland, CA http://www.nciba.com/tradeshow2004.html ***O'Reilly Authors at Windows Connections 2004--October 24-27 Authors Robbie Allen ("DNS on Windows Server 2003" & "Active Directory Cookbook"), Mike Danseglio ("Securing Windows Server 2003"), and Roger Grimes ("Malicious Mobile Code") are featured speakers at this event. Hyatt Grand Cypress Orlando, FL http://www.winconnections.com/devconnections/win/defaultfall2004.asp ================================================ Conference News ================================================ ***Early-Bird Deadline Extended The O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference is October 25-28. This conference brings together what you need to know and what you want to experience. You'll learn how to solve the day in-day out problems of connected computing, leverage the power of scripting, improve the performance of your network, and protect your systems from intrusion. You'll also get up to speed on grid computing, home automation, streaming media, how to build your own TV studio, and much more. User Group members who register before September 20, 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/ ***Call for Participation: O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference What alpha geeks do today can radically alter the future of technology for everyone tomorrow. O'Reilly's Emerging Technology Conference (ETech) frames the ideas, projects, and technologies that the alpha geeks are thinking about, hacking on, and inventing right now into a coherent picture that we can build upon. If you've got your eye on nascent technological transformations, send us a proposal (due September 27), and join us in San Diego, California March 14-17 for ETech 2005. http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2005/create/e_sess O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference March 14-17, 2005 Westin Horton Plaza, San Diego, California http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech/ ================================================ News From O'Reilly & Beyond ================================================ --------------------- General News --------------------- ***Study Shows Safari Saves Time A recent study by The Ridge Group of Princeton, New Jersey found that Safari Bookshelf delivers savings of about 24 times its cost. The group found that without the use of an Electronic Reference Library (ERL), the typical technology professional spends an average of 31 hours per month looking for answers, researching issues, and helping colleagues do the same. Safari subscribers, however, report an average of 13.5 hours saved per month--nearly half the amount of time lost by people who don't subscribe. Test it out: oreilly.com/go/safari-ug ***A Conversation Between Dan Gillmor and Jay Rosen Jay Rosen talks to Dan Gillmor about the current state of journalism and the impact technology is having on traditional media. For a full expose on the deep shift in how we make and consume the news, see Dan's recently released "We the Media." http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2004/09/14/gillmor.html ***Fiddling with Nero 6 Ultra Edition Wallace Wang, author of "The Book of Nero" writes a review of the latest version of Nero for Computing Unplugged. http://www.computingunplugged.com/issues/issue200408/00001349001.html --------------------- Digital Media --------------------- ***O'Reilly Launches Digital Media Web Site To inspire digital media users to new heights of creativity and expertise, we've unveiled our new Digital Media Web Site: http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/ For more information check out Derrick Story's blog "Doing Digital Media Right": http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5487 Or the official Digital Media Web Site press release: http://press.oreilly.com/pub/pr/1221 ***Tasteful Food Photography Food photography traditionally has been the realm of a handful of weathered professionals. So for the casual shooter or even the ambitious amateur, getting great food shots can seem like an intimidating and daunting task at best. But it doesn't have to be that way. http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2004/09/15/food_photos.html ***Machinima: Filmmaking's Destiny Machinima is filmmaking redefined--a merging of three creative mediums: filmmaking, animation, and 3D game technology. Think animated filmmaking within a real-time 3D virtual environment. Here's a guided tour from Paul Marion, author of Paraglyph's recently released "3D Game-Based Filmmaking: The Art of Machinima." http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2004/09/08/machinima.html --------------------- Open Source --------------------- ***Linux/Unix SysAdmin Certification Special Offer for September Learn how to administer Linux/Unix systems and gain real experience with a root access account. This four-course series from the O'Reilly Learning Lab covers the Unix file system, networking, Unix services, and scripting. Upon completion of the series, you'll get a Certificate for Professional Development from the University of Illinois. And this month, when you enroll in three of the online courses, you get the fourth free. http://oreilly.useractive.com/courses/sysadmin.php3 Find out more about the O'Reilly Learning Lab go to: http://learninglab.oreilly.com ***The Best Tips from the Great Linux Desktop Migration Contest What's the best way to move an organization to a Linux desktop? Here's a collection of the best tips we received from our Great Linux Desktop Migration contest. http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/09/10/migrationtips.html --------------------- Mac --------------------- ***More Inside News on O'Reilly's Mac OS X Conference We've added top-level Apple-employed speakers to the conference faculty. And yes, some have been approved to talk about Tiger. Here's the latest inside scoop on the upcoming Mac OS X event. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/09/16/osx_conf.html ***Acrobat to a Paperless Office Adobe Acrobat is an excellent program for document distribution. Most users are familiar with the freely available Acrobat Reader, allowing anyone to view PDF documents. The full-blown version of Acrobat offers a range of tools to manage document distribution beyond just converting other formats to PDF. Julie Starr shows you how to use these tools to design the paperless office. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/09/14/pdf.html ***Mac OS X for the Traveler In this ongoing series about traveling safely with your PowerBook or iBook, you'll learn that preparation is one of the keys to peace of mind. F.J. helps you get your equipment in order. Part One: http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/08/31/traveller.html Part Two: http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/09/03/traveller.html Part Three: http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/09/10/traveller.html --------------------- Windows --------------------- ***Site Surveys--Windows DevCenter & ONDotnet We're asking our readers to participate in a couple of online surveys: the Windows DevCenter Survey and the ONDotnet Survey. This is your opportunity to help shape our online editorial direction and influence which book titles we pursue. You'll also have a chance to win some of our most popular Windows or .NET books. Windows DevCenter Survey: http://www.zoomerang.com/recipient/survey-intro.zgi?p=WEB2HMXUEFSE ONDotnet Survey: http://www.zoomerang.com/recipient/survey-intro.zgi?p=WEB2PYHVA5GV ***Lightweight XML Editing in Word 2003 Strictly speaking, you can edit custom XML in Word, but there are limitations that make the process needlessly complex. This article presents a lightweight approach to XML editing in Word that works in all editions of Word 2003. All you need besides Word is an XSLT processor. Evan Lenz, coauthor of Office 2003 XML, shows you how. http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/09/07/XMLnword2003.html ***Site Navigation in ASP.NET 2.0 As your web site grows in complexity, it is imperative that you make the effort to make your site much more navigable. A common technique employed by web sites today uses a site map to display a breadcrumb navigational path on the page. ASP.NET 2.0 comes with the SiteMapPath control to help you in site navigation. Wei-Meng Lee shows you how it all works. http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2004/09/13/site_nav_aspnet20.html --------------------- Java --------------------- ***IRC Text to Speech with Java Paul Mutton creates a multi-platform IRC bot that uses the FreeTTS Java speech synthesizer library to convert IRC messages into audible speech. Why would you want to use an IRC text-to-speech system? By reading out messages as they arrive, you can keep working, diverting your attention to IRC only when necessary. Paul is the author of "IRC Hacks." http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/09/08/IRCinJava.html ***Developing Your First Enterprise Beans, Part 1 In this first installment of a two-part series of excerpts from Chapter 4 of Enterprise JavaBeans, 4th Edition, you'll learn how to develop your first entity bean. This segment covers how to define the remote interface, how to create a deployment descriptor, how to deploy, and more. Code examples step you through everything you need to do to create and use your first entity bean. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/excerpt/ejb4_chap4/index.html ================================================ O'Reilly User Group Wiki ================================================ 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 ----- End forwarded message ----- Attachment:
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