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***Create a T-shirt Slogan That Any Geek Would Love Enter your slogan on our site. We'll sort through the entries and, using our in-house panel of geek writers, editors, programmers, and sys admins, we'll choose a winner, based on our own biased criteria for cleverness, creativity, and general geek appeal. The winner will receive a $50 shopping spree at ThinkGeek--and a T-shirt with the winning slogan. The deadline for submissions is March 10, 2003. http://www.oreilly.com/contest/tshirt_0203.html ***LinuxFest Northwest--Bellingham, WA This regional exposition for computer users interested in the Linux operating system and other Open Source software, will be held on April 26 at Bellingham Technical College (BTC) in Bellingham, Washington. 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. John "Maddog" Hall will be featured as the keynote speaker. Events will include introductory to advanced lectures and tutorials presented by Open Source experts. For more info go to: http://www.linuxnorthwest.com. -------------------- Open Source --------------------- ***Christoph Reichenbach and Lars Skovlund on FreeSCI The FreeSCI project seeks to bring life back to Sierra On-Line's adventure games. What kind of pitfalls have the developers faced in reverse engineering the engine? http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2003/02/20/freesci.html --------------------- ***Practical Unix & Internet Security, 3rd Edition Order Number: 3234 "Practical Unix & Internet Security, 3rd Edition" is the most up-to-date reference on today's security and networking issues. In addition to covering the four most popular Unix variants: Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD, and Mac OS X, the latest edition includes new sections on embedded systems, biometrics, additional Internet protocols, anti-theft technologies, and new authentication systems such as LDAP and PAM. Packed with helpful scripts, tips, and warnings, this book remains the definitive work for Unix administrators and anyone concerned about system and network security. Beta Chapter 11, "TCP/IP Networks," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/puis3/chapter/index.html ================================================ Safari News ================================================ ***User Group Members can "Go On Safari" If you're not yet familiar with the O'Reilly Network Safari Bookshelf, it's worth a look. With Safari, you can access over 1,000 technical books from the top technical book publishers--O'Reilly (of course), Pearson, and Microsoft Press. There is an extremely cool search capability that allows you to search through all 1,000+ books for the answer you need--or even code samples--in minutes. We have an 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ -- Regards, Mahlah Hansen
