>Envelope-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 17:06:25 -0800 (PST) >From: Marsee Henon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, November 15 > >O'Reilly User Group Program >Newsletter >November 15, 2002 > > >Spread The Word To Your Members... > >Highlights This Week: >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Book News >---------------------------------------------------------------- >-PHP Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition >-Computer Science & Perl Programming >-Dreamweaver MX: The Missing Manual >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Upcoming Events >---------------------------------------------------------------- >-Derrick Story, "iPhoto: The Missing Manual," >Northern California--November 19 >-AEleen Frisch, "Essential System Administration, 3rd Edition," >Burlington, MA--November 20 >-Lorrie Cranor, "Web Privacy with P3P," Washington, DC--November 21 > >--------------------------------------------------------------- >Conference News >---------------------------------------------------------------- >-Call for Participation--O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference >-O'Reilly Bioinformatics Technology Conference Online >Registration Is Open >-Put Up A Conference Banner, Get A Free Book >---------------------------------------------------------------- >News >---------------------------------------------------------------- >-Which XP Book to Buy? >-Running Zebra on a Unix Machine >-Trip Mapping with PHP >-Top Five Open Source Packages for System Administrators >-Implementing Drag and Drop in Windows Forms >-Rotor 1.0 Released with Mac OS X Support >-Substituting and Converting Object Types in a Hierarchy >-O'Reilly HTML Guide Is Accessible and Comprehensive >-Java Essentials: What Is Wireless Java? >-Java Recipe of the Day >-Installing Oracle 9i on Mac OS X, Part 1 >-Incorporating Rendezvous into Your Cocoa Applications, Part 1 > >================================================ >Book News >================================================ >Review books are available--please email me for a copy. >Let me know if you need your books by a certain date. >Please 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. > >Press releases are available on our press page: >http://press.oreilly.com/ > > >***Group purchases with better discounts are available*** >Please let me know if you are interested. > > >***PHP Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition >Order Number: 4028 >Simple, to the point, and compact, the second edition of "PHP Pocket >Reference" has been thoroughly updated to include the specifics of PHP >4, the language's latest version. It is both a handy introduction to >PHP syntax and structure, and a quick reference to the vast array of >functions provided by PHP. The quick reference section organizes all >the core functions of PHP alphabetically so you can find what you need >easily. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/phppr2/ > >The table of contents are available online: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/phppr2/toc.html > > >***Computer Science & Perl Programming >Order Number: 3102 >This is the first of three volumes from the archives of "The Perl >Journal" that O'Reilly has exclusive rights to distribute. The book is >a compilation of the best from TPJ: 71 articles providing a >comprehensive tour of how experts implement computer science concepts >in the real world, with code walk-throughs, case studies, and >explanations of difficult techniques that can't be found in any other >book. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/tpj1/ > >Chapter 20, "Memoization," is available online: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/tpj1/chapter/index.html > > >***Dreamweaver MX: The Missing Manual >Order Number: 3498 >"Dreamweaver MX: The Missing Manual" will help you harness the power of >this popular web editing software. This extraordinary guidebook is full >of unique, live examples that let you see and test real web pages. >There's also a step-by-step tutorial for creating an interactive web >database using Microsoft's ASP programming language, which is new to >Dreamweaver MX. Armed with this book, first-time and experienced web >designers will have little difficulty using Dreamweaver to create >stunning, interactive web sites. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/drmweavmxtmm/ > >=============================================== >Upcoming Events >=============================================== >***Derrick Story, Northern California--November 19 >Author Derrick Story ("iPhoto: The Missing Manual" and "Digital >Photography Pocket Guide") will be presenting at the following >location: > >November 19, 7:00pm >North Coast Mac Users Group >Rohnert Park Senior Center >6800 Hunter Drive, Suite A >Rohnert Park, CA 94928 >http://www.ncmug.org > > >***AEleen Frisch, Burlington, MA--November 20 >Author AEleen Frisch ("Essential System Administration, 3rd Edition," >"Essential Windows NT System Administration," and "Windows 2000 >Commands Pocket Reference") discusses ten of the most useful open >source utilities and packages of interest to all Unix system >administrators at Softpro Books in Massachusetts > >Wednesday, November 20--6:30 pm >112 Mall Road >Burlington, MA 01803-5300 >The Burlington store is wheelchair accessible. >Phone: (781) 273-2919 >http://www.softpro.com/events.html > >Open Invitation to SIGS and User Groups from Softpro: >Softpro is happy to host your group. We have space to accomodate up to >30 people in Burlington, MA and up to 12 in Marlborough, MA. Reserve >a time by writing to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >***Lorrie Cranor, Washington, DC--November 21 >Author Lorrie Cranor ("Web Privacy with P3P") is a featured speaker at >the Workshop on Privacy in the Electronic Society, in association with >9th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security. >Washington, DC, USA-November 21, 2002 For more information go to: >http://seclab.dti.unimi.it/~wpes/program.html > >For more events, please see: >http://events.oreilly.com/ > >================================================ >Conference News >================================================ >***Call for Participation--O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference >O'Reilly & Associates invites technologists, CTOs, CIOs, programmers, >business developers, strategists, and policy makers to lead tutorial >and conference sessions at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference. >The submission deadline for all proposals is December 13, 2002. >http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2003/create/e_sess > > >***Online registration is now open for the >O'Reilly Bioinformatics Technology Conference >This conference takes place at the Westin Horton Plaza in San Diego on >February 3-6, 2003. >http://conferences.oreilly.com/biocon/ > >Early Bird Discount-- >User Group members who register before December 16th, 2002 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/bio2003/create/ord_bio03 > >***Put Up A Conference 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 Bioinformatics Technology Conference banner, I will send >you the O'Reilly book of your choice. > >Conference Banners: >http://ug.oreilly.com/banners/biocon2003/ > >================================================ >News From O'Reilly & Beyond >================================================ >--------------------- >General News >--------------------- >***Which XP Book to Buy? >Author David Karp has written a brief, informative outline for his >latest release as well as an explanation of the differences between >"Windows XP in a Nutshell" and "Windows XP Annoyances." >http://annoyances.org/exec/show/book_xp_about > >Windows XP Annoyances >Order Number: 4168 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/winxpannoy/ > >Windows XP in a Nutshell >Order Number: 2491 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/winxpnut/ > >--------------------- >Open Source >--------------------- >***Running Zebra on a Unix Machine >Iljitsch van Beijnum looks at whether Zebra, the host-based routing >software, can be used as an alternative to a real router. >http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2002/11/07/zebra.html > >Iljitsch is the author of "BGP" >Order Number: 2548 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bgp/ > > >***Trip Mapping with PHP >Do PHP and cartography go together? David Sklar demonstrates how to >plot your trips with PHP and census data. >http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/php/2002/11/07/php_map.html > >David is a coauthor of the upcoming "PHP Cookbook." >Order Number: 6811 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/phpckbk/ > > >***Top Five Open Source Packages for System Administrators >The countdown continues this week with number three--GRUB. This is the >third installment in a five-part series on the most useful and widely >applicable open source administrative tools, by leen Frisch, author of >"Essential System Administration, 3rd Edition." >http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2002/11/07/essentialsysadmin.html > >Essential System Administration, 3rd Edition. >Order Number: 3439 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/esa3/ > >--------------------- >.NET >--------------------- >***Implementing Drag and Drop in Windows Forms >One of the benefits of using a windowing system is the ability to drag >and drop objects from one window to another. In this article I will >discuss how you can use Windows Forms to develop applications that >supports drag and drop operations. >http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2002/11/11/dragdrop.htm > > >***Rotor 1.0 Released with Mac OS X Support >This new release contains bug fixes and new documentation, samples, and >test suites. >http://discuss.develop.com/archives/wa.exe?A2=ind0211a&L=dotnet-rotor&T=0&F=&S=&P=1112 > >For related reading, see "Shared Source CLI Essentials" >Order Number: 351x (Available in March 2003) >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sscliess/ > >and "Mac OS X for Unix Geeks." >Order Number: 3560 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mosxgeeks/ > >--------------------- >Oracle >--------------------- >***Substituting and Converting Object Types in a Hierarchy >Steven Feuerstein examines substitutability and type conversion as he >explores the advantages and flexibility of object-type hierarchies in >Oracle 9i. >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/11/12/feuerstein.html > >Steven is a coauthor of "Oracle PL/SQL Programming, 3rd Edition." >Order Number: 3811 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/oraclep3/ > >--------------------- >Web >--------------------- >***O'Reilly HTML Guide Is Accessible and Comprehensive >In this Builder.com book review, Tony Patton says, "Buy this book if >you want to know HTML." He's talking about O'Reilly's "HTML & XHTML: >The Definitive Guide, 5th Edition." >http://builder.com.com/article.jhtml;jsessionid=YFMBNFKXCOSEPTQQACQCFFI?id=u00220021023ton01.htm&vf=crm&rcode=u001 > >HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide, 5th Edition >Order Number: 382X >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/html5/ > >--------------------- >Java >--------------------- >***Java Essentials: What Is Wireless Java? >The Java Essentials series provides high-level overviews of core Java >technologies. This article covers the APIs, tools, and vendors for >wireless Java. >http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2002/11/06/wireless.html > >For more on information on wireless java check out: >Learning Wireless Java >Order Number: 2432 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wirelessjava/ > > >***Java Recipe of the Day >http://www.onjava.com/onjava/javacook/solution1.csp > >Java Cookbook >Order Number: 1703 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/javacook/ > >--------------------- >Mac >--------------------- >***Installing Oracle 9i on Mac OS X, Part 1 >The Oracle 9i Developer Release for Mac OS X opens up a new world of >corporate database management for both Apple and Oracle. David Simpson >begins this series with a look at the issues for DBAs who are >considering making the move to Oracle on OS X. >http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/11/12/oracle_part1.html > > >***Incorporating Rendezvous into Your Cocoa Applications, Part 1 >ZeroConf networking provides solutions to addressing, naming, and >service discovery that conspire to make IP networking as easy to use as >AppleTalk. In part 1 in this series, Mike Beam explains how Rendezvous >works and shows you its hooks into Cocoa. >http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/11/08/cocoa.html > > >Until next time, > >Marsee
--- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Puryear Information Technology Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting http://www.puryear-it.com
