[CLUE-Talk] Fw: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, April 4

Tue Apr 8 18:38:17 MDT 2003

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personal...I just have no use form them.  Thanks f or removing my name
from your list!  Diana                              On Mon, 2003-04-07
at 15:33, dave price wrote:
> 
> > 
> > O'Reilly User Group Program
> > Newsletter
> > April 4, 2003
> > 
> > 
> > Please share this information with your members...
> > 
> > 
> > Highlights This Week:
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > Book News
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > -Outlook Pocket Guide
> > -Mastering Visual Studio .NET
> > -.NET Windows Forms in a Nutshell
> > -Content Syndication with RSS
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > Upcoming Events
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > -Brian McConnell ("Beyond Contact"), SFPCUG, San Francisco, CA
> > --April 15
> > -JavaRanch Online Author Forum--Apr 15-18
> > -PHPCon East 2003, New York, NY--Apr 23-25
> > -Linuxfest Northwest 2003, Bellingham, WA--April 26
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > Conference 
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > -Free Amazon Workshop at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference
> > -Registration is open for the 2003 O'Reilly Open Source Convention
> > -O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference Call for Participation
> > -Put Up an O'Reilly Open Source Convention Banner, 
> > Get a Free Book
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > Safari 
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > -"Go On Safari" winner--Hamster, LinuxChix
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > News
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > -Sift, Stir, Code: O'Reilly Cookbooks
> > -Daddy, Are We There Yet? A Discussion with Alan Kay
> > -Cheap IP Takeover
> > -What's New in Python 2.3?
> > -Top 12 Reasons to Write Unit Tests
> > -Inside the Workings of Rotor
> > -Oracle 9i Release 2 Developments for PL/SQL Collections
> > -iMovie 3 and Other New Books
> > -A Photographer's Review of the Canon EOS 10D Digital SLR
> > -A Developer's Perspective on Apple's 12-inch PowerBook
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > News From Your Peers
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > -MUG ONE Special Event with Dave Marra, Oneonta, NY--May 6
> > -Peninsula Apple Users Group Celebrates 20 years, Redwood City,
> > CA--July 19
> > 
> > ================================================
> > Book News
> > ================================================
> > Review books are available--email me for a copy.
> > 
> > ***Please include the book order number on your requests.
> > 
> > Let me know if you need your books by a certain date.
> > Allow at least four weeks for shipping. 
> > Send or email me copies of your newsletters and book reviews.
> > 
> > Don't forget, your members get 20% off any O'Reilly book they purchase
> > directly from O'Reilly. Just use code DSUG when ordering.
> > http://www.oreilly.com/
> > 
> > ***Group purchases with better discounts are available***
> > Please let me know if you are interested.
> > 
> > Press releases are available on our press page:
> > http://press.oreilly.com/
> > 
> > 
> > ***Outlook Pocket Guide
> > Order Number: 4443
> > This pocket-size reference explains how Outlook works behind the
> > scenes, allowing you to more efficiently manage your schedule,
> > contacts, and deadlines. The book includes an extensive guide section
> > for common tasks and little-known solutions, as well as reference
> > tables for keyboard shortcuts, regular expressions, and common file
> > locations.  
> > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/outlookpg/
> > 
> > 
> > ***Mastering Visual Studio .NET
> > Order Number: 3609
> > Most developers can perform the basics inside Visual Studio .NET, like
> > creating a project, typing some code, compiling, and debugging.
> > "Mastering Visual Studio .NET" covers these topics quickly, and then it
> > gives intermediate and advanced programmers the kind of depth that's
> > really needed: advanced window functionality, macros, advanced
> > debugging, add-ins, and so on.
> > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mastvsnet/
> > 
> > Chapter 7, "Integrating Components with Visual Studio .NET," is
> > available online:
> > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mastvsnet/chapter/index.html
> > 
> > 
> > ***.NET Windows Forms in a Nutshell
> > Order Number: 3382
> > ".NET Windows Forms in a Nutshell" offers an accelerated introduction
> > to this next generation of rich user-interface development. Experienced
> > programmers will find a comprehensive guide to developing Windows
> > applications within the .NET Windows Forms platform, along with a
> > compact yet complete reference to the .NET Framework Class Library
> > (FCL) Windows Forms namespaces and types. The bonus CD-ROM includes an
> > add-in that integrates the book's reference directly into the help
> > files of Visual Studio .NET.
> > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/netwinformian/
> > 
> > Chapter 3, "Forms, Containers, and Applications," is available online:
> > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/netwinformian/chapter/index.html
> > 
> > 
> > ***Content Syndication with RSS
> > Order Number: 3838
> > RSS is an XML-based format that allows web developers to describe and
> > syndicate web site content. Written for webloggers, developers, and
> > programmers who want to offer XML-based feeds of their content, or who
> > want to use content that other people are syndicating, this book
> > explores and explains metadata interpretation, different forms of
> > content syndication, and the increasing use of web services in this
> > field. Produce your own RSS feed with this step-by-step guide to
> > implementation.  
> > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/consynrss/
> > 
> > Chapter 4, "RSS 0.91, 0.92 and 2.0 Really Simple Syndication," is
> > available online:
> > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/consynrss/chapter/index.html
> > 
> > ===============================================
> > Upcoming Events
> > ===============================================
> > ***Brian McConnell ("Beyond Contact") at SFPCUG, San Francisco,
> > CA--April 15 
> > Author Brian McConnell will discuss the current status of SETI programs
> > and his research with the San Francisco PC User's Group.
> > 
> > 7 p.m. meeting; doors open at 6
> > Meetings take place in the auditorium of the
> > Community College District Office, 33 Gough Street,
> > (a half-block south of Market Street) San Francisco, CA.
> > www.sfpcug.org
> > 
> > 
> > ***JavaRanch Online Author Forum--April 15-18 
> > Author Ron Hitchens ("Java NIO") moseys up to the JavaRanch for four
> > days, answering questions and responding to Forum topics. On the last
> > day, four winners will be randomly selected from all Forum participants
> > to win a copy of the book.  
> > http://www.javaranch.com/bookpromo.jsp
> > 
> > 
> > ***PHPCon East 2003, New York, NY-- April 23-25
> > Join O'Reilly author and PHP inventor Rasmus Lerdorf ("PHP Pocket
> > Reference") at PHPCon for his opening keynote and session on "PHP Tips
> > and Tricks." Also, don't miss "PHP Cookbook" authors Adam Trachtenberg
> > and David Sklar for their session, "Taming Large-Scale PHP Projects."
> > 
> > PHPCon East 2003
> > Park Central Hotel 
> > 870 Seventh Avenue at 56th Street 
> > New York City, New York 10019-4038
> > http://php-con.com/
> > 
> > 
> > ***Linuxfest Northwest 2003, Bellingham, WA--April 26
> > Brian Aker ("Running Weblogs with Slash") and Randal Schwartz
> > ("Learning Perl, 3rd Edition") will be speaking at Linuxfest Northwest
> > 2003, a regional exposition for computer users interested in the Linux
> > operating system and other Open Source software. This event is being
> > organized by Linux User Groups from Bellingham, Kitsap Peninsula,
> > Seattle, and Tacoma, and hosted by BTC. Admission to the event is
> > free.
> > 
> > April 26th, 2003,10am to 4pm
> > Bellingham Technical College
> > 3028 Lindbergh Avenue, 
> > Bellingham, WA 98225
> > For more information:
> > http://linuxnorthwest.com
> > 
> > For more events, please see:
> > http://events.oreilly.com/
> > 
> > ================================================
> > Conference News
> > ================================================
> > ***Free Amazon Workshop at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference
> > This full-day workshop, located at ETech, examines the Amazon platform
> > in depth, with a specific focus on web services APIs. Amazon.com
> > employees and third party developers share case studies and
> > demonstrations. Space is limited (and filling up quickly). Register for
> > the workshop by April 14, 2003.  
> > 
> > To register, send an email to Linda Holder at lholder at oreilly.com with
> > your contact information.
> > 
> > For more info, read the Slashdot article "REST vs. SOAP In Amazon Web
> > Services":
> > http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/1942235
> > 
> > For more info on the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference: 
> > http://conferences.oreilly.com/etcon/
> > 
> > 
> > ***Registration is open for the 2003 O'Reilly Open Source Convention
> > --Portland, OR
> > Programmers, developers, strategists, technical staff, and other open
> > source votaries from around the world congregate for five days of
> > tutorials, conference sessions, and networking of the flesh-and-blood
> > variety. Recognizing that open source tools have moved squarely into
> > the mainstream, this year's convention focuses on "embracing and
> > extending proprietary software."
> > 
> > 
> > Early Bird Discount--
> > User Group members who register before May 23, 2003, get a double
> > discount. Use code DSUG when you register, and you'll get 20% off the
> > "Early Bird" price.
> > 
> > To register, go to:
> > http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2003/create/ord_os03
> > 
> > O'Reilly Open Source Convention
> > Portland Marriott Downtown,
> > Portland, OR
> > July 7-11, 2003
> > http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/
> > 
> > 
> > ***O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference Call for Participation
> > System administrators, developers, strategists, technical staff, and
> > power users are invited to submit proposals to lead tutorial and
> > conference sessions at the second annual O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference.
> > Suggested topics include: Scripting Genius, Amazing Applications,
> > Ingenious Hacks, and SysAdmin Mac Style, to name a few.
> > http://conferences.oreilly.com/macosxcon/
> > 
> > The submission deadline for proposals is May 14, 2003:
> > http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/macosx2003/create/e_sess
> > 
> > 
> > ***Put Up an O'Reilly Open Source Convention Banner, Get A Free Book
> > We are looking for user groups to display our conference banners on
> > their web sites. If you send me the link to your user group site with
> > our O'Reilly Open Source Convention banner, I will send
> > you the O'Reilly book of your choice.
> > 
> > OSCON Conference Banners:
> > http://ug.oreilly.com/banners/oscon2003/
> > 
> > ================================================
> > Safari News
> > ================================================
> > ***"Go On Safari" Tip of the Week Winner--Hamster, LinuxChix
> > 
> > "Make Safari your first port of call when searching the Web for
> > technical information. Search engines return an awful lot of junk, but
> > a search on Safari has a 100% signal to noise ratio!!"
> > 
> > 
> > Your group can also participate in this introductory program just for
> > user group members. To "Go on Safari," any of your members who sign up
> > for our Safari 14-day free trial send comments on their experiences, or
> > tips and tricks for how they used Safari  (it only needs to be 2
> > sentences long, but it may be longer) to safari_talk at oreilly.com.
> > 
> > Every week someone will be chosen from the tips or comments submitted
> > to receive fun stuff from O'Reilly (T-shirts, book bags, or other
> > surprises). If a member of your user group is selected, your group
> > receives free gifts, too. Whatever the individual member receives, your
> > UG will get one, too, to give away at your next meeting, or use however
> > you see fit. Recipients--and their comments--will be announced in the
> > User Group Newsletter.
> > 
> > 
> > **Please use this special UG URL to sign up for the 14-day trial**
> > http://www.oreilly.com/safari/ug
> > 
> > 
> > For more information on Safari:
> > http://safari.oreilly.com/
> > 
> > ================================================
> > News From O'Reilly & Beyond
> > ================================================
> > ---------------------
> > General News
> > ---------------------
> > ***Sift, Stir, Code: O'Reilly Cookbooks 
> > Looking for the right ingredients to solve a programming problem? Look
> > no further than O'Reilly Cookbooks. Each cookbook contains hundreds of
> > programming recipes presented in a special Problem/Solution/Discussion
> > format, and includes hundreds of scripts, programs, and command
> > sequences you can use to solve specific dilemmas.
> > http://cookbooks.oreilly.com/
> > 
> > 
> > ***Daddy, Are We There Yet? A Discussion with Alan Kay
> > Daniel Steinberg chats with Alan Kay, the creator of Smalltalk, about
> > where computing is today and where it's headed. Alan will deliver a
> > keynote at O'Reilly's upcoming Emerging Technology Conference.
> > http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2003/04/03/alan_kay.html
> > 
> > For more info on the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference: 
> > http://conferences.oreilly.com/etcon/
> > 
> > ---------------------
> > Open Source
> > ---------------------
> > ***Cheap IP Takeover
> > Rob Flickenger offers a scheme for monitoring the health of your server
> > using ping, bash, and a simple network utility. This is an example of
> > the 100 hacks you'll find in Rob's "Linux Server Hacks."
> > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/03/linuxhacks.html
> > 
> > Linux Server Hacks
> > Order Number: 4613
> > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxsvrhack/
> > 
> > 
> > ***What's New in Python 2.3?
> > Will the forthcoming Python 2.3 invalidate what you learn from
> > O'Reilly's recently released "Python in a Nutshell?" Is it worth
> > upgrading to 2.3, or should you stick to 2.2 as long as possible? This
> > article, by Alex Martelli, the author of "Python in a Nutshell,"
> > answers these questions with a look at the changes and improvements in
> > the new version, including reviews of the new modules 2.3 has to
> > offer.  
> > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2003/03/27/pythonian.html
> > 
> > Python in a Nutshell
> > Order Number: 1886
> > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythonian/index.html
> > 
> > ---------------------
> > Java
> > ---------------------
> > ***Top 12 Reasons to Write Unit Tests
> > Most programmers don't write tests, which is unfortunate since testing
> > improves software quality and design, reduces bugs, and provides
> > material for accurate documentation. If those reasons don't convince
> > you, here are 12 more, brought to you by Eric M. Burke and Brian M.
> > Coyner, coauthors of "Java Extreme Programming Cookbook."
> > http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/04/02/javaxpckbk.html
> > 
> > Java Extreme Programming Cookbook
> > Order Number: 3870
> > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jextprockbk/
> > 
> > ---------------------
> > .NET
> > ---------------------
> > ***Inside the Workings of Rotor
> > Get under the Shared Source CLI hood in this OET interview with David
> > Stutz, a former member of Microsoft's .NET Framework core design team
> > and a coauthor of the first book on the inside operations of Rotor,
> > O'Reilly's "Shared Source CLI Essentials."
> > http://www.oetrends.com/cgi-bin/page_display.cgi?194
> > 
> > Shared Source CLI Essentials
> > Order Number: 351X
> > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sscliess/
> > 
> > ---------------------
> > Oracle
> > ---------------------
> > ***Oracle 9i Release 2 Developments for PL/SQL Collections
> > Steven Feuerstein and Bryn Llewellyn explore the extended flexibility
> > of the collection syntax, storage, and access in Oracle 9i Release 2,
> > which makes it possible to write simpler, more efficient code. Steven
> > is a coauthor of "Oracle PL/SQL Programming, 3rd Edition."
> > http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2003/04/01/feuerstein.html
> > 
> > Oracle PL/SQL Programming, 3rd Edition
> > Order Number: 3811
> > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/oraclep3/index.html
> > 
> > ---------------------
> > Mac
> > ---------------------
> > ***iMovie 3 and Other New Books
> > Author David Pogue talks about a number of upcoming releases that will
> > cover everything you need to know about the Apple iLife suite, in the
> > latest From David's Desk.  http://missingmanuals.com/david/
> > 
> > ***A Photographer's Review of the Canon EOS 10D Digital SLR 
> > The concept of digital photography is exciting. But in reality,
> > shooting with a typical digicam elicits a raft of frustrations, from
> > shutter lag to those miserable optical viewfinders. The Canon EOS 10D
> > digital SLR changes all of that. It's a photographic tool that
> > distinguishes itself as a capable camera first, then amazes you that it
> > uses CompactFlash media instead of film. Here's a photographer's look
> > at what might be your next digital camera.
> > http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/all_mac_articles
> > 
> > 
> > ***A Developer's Perspective on Apple's 12-inch PowerBook
> > Many of our developers have been eyeing Apple's new 12-inch PowerBook
> > as a possible upgrade for their iBooks. Yes, the PowerBook does have a
> > G4 processor, but does it pass muster in other areas? Wei Meng Lee made
> > the leap and reports on how he landed.
> > http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/03/28/powerbook.html
> > 
> > ================================================
> > News From Your Peers
> > ================================================
> > 
> > ***MUG ONE Special Event with Dave Marra, Oneonta, NY--May 6
> > Dave Marra, Apple Senior Systems Engineer, will be presenting to The
> > Macintosh User Group of Oneonta, NY on May 6, 2003 at 7:30 PM in Hogdon
> > IRC Classroom 4 on the State University at Oneonta campus for an
> > exciting evening exploring the amazing new Macintosh hardware and
> > software recently released from Apple.  
> > http://www.mugone.com/
> > 
> > 
> > ***Peninsula Apple Users Group Celebrates 20 years, Redwood City,
> > CA--July 19
> > All Macintosh enthusiasts are invited to join Saturday, July 19, 2003
> > from 11am-3pm at the Red Morton Community Park in Redwood City,
> > California.  
> > http://homepage.mac.com/ipaug/20-yrs.html
> > 
> > Please RSVP by July 11 to Audrey Hargis at audreyrwc at aol.com.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Until next time--
> > 
> > Marsee
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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