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>From: Marsee Henon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 18
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>O'Reilly User Group Program
>Newsletter
>March 18, 2003
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>Highlights This Week:
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>Book News
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>-Java Extreme Programming Cookbook
>-Learning Red Hat Linux, 3rd Edition
>-Web, Graphics & Perl/Tk: Best of the Perl Journal
>-Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual
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>Upcoming Events
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>-Derrick Story ("iPhoto:The Missing Manual" and "Digital Photo Pocket
>Guide") will present to the North Coast Mac Users Group at O'Reilly,
>Sebastopol, CA--March 22
>-Jesse Liberty ("Programming ASP.NET") at the Web Services Edge 2003
>East Conference, Boston, MA--March 20
>-Software Legends Night at Softpro Books, Burlington, MA--March 26
>-Colin Moock ("ActionScript for Flash MX") at Flash Forward 2003,
>San Francisco, CA--March 26
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>Conference
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>-Registration is open for the 2003 O'Reilly Open Source Convention
>-Mac OS X Innovators Contest Winning Entry to be Announced at the
>O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference
>-New--Put Up A O'Reilly Open Source Convention Banner,
>Get A Free Book
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>Safari
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>-First "Go On Safari" Winner--Michael J. Ross, San Diego Oracle
>Users Group
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>News
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>-The Next Revolution: Smart Mobs
>-What does Linux have to do with Dickens?
>-Interview with Rael Dornfest
>-Official O'Reilly Gear at ThinkGeek
>-Hackers Meet Soldiers
>-Egoboo: The Cute Way to Dungeon Role Play
>-The XML.com Interview: Eric Meyer
>-Making Java Objects Comparable
>-Detecting Duplicate Code with PMD's CPD
>-Configuration Handlers in .NET
>-Build Hyperlinks into Your Client App with the Windows Forms LinkLabel
>Control
>-Hands on X11
>-Apple Releases Java 1.4.1 for Mac OS X
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>Book News
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>***Java Extreme Programming Cookbook
>Order Number: 3870
>Extreme Programming does not mean programming naked while rollerblading
>down the side of the Grand Canyon. It does mean a new approach to
>software development that is both radical and common sense. Brimming
>over with 100 recipes for getting down to business and actually doing
>XP, "Java Extreme Programming Cookbook" succinctly documents the most
>important features of popular open source tools for XP in Java, and
>then digs right in, providing recipes for implementing the tools in
>real-world environments.
>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jextprockbk/
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>Chapter 4, "JUnit," is available online:
>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jextprockbk/chapter/index.html
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>
>***Learning Red Hat Linux, 3rd Edition
>Order Number: 4699
>"Learning Red Hat Linux, 3rd Edition" guides you through the process of
>installing and running Red Hat Linux on your PC. Written in a friendly,
>easy-to-understand style, this book contains all you need to get
>started, including the complete Red Hat 8.0 distribution on CD. With
>new tutorials covering OpenOffice Tools and the desktop, this book is
>excellent for first-time Linux users who want to install the operating
>system on a new PC or convert an existing system to Linux.
>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/redhat3/
>
>Chapter 10, "Connecting to the Internet," is available online:
>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/redhat3/
>
>
>***Web, Graphics & Perl/Tk: Best of the Perl Journal
>Order Number: 3110
>"Web, Graphics & Perl/Tk: Best of the Perl Journal" includes the very
>best (and still relevant) articles published in "The Perl Journal" over
>its five years of publication. Written by 23 of the most prominent and
>prolific members of the closely knit Perl community, including Lincoln
>Stein, Mark-Jason Dominus, Alligator Descartes, and Dan Brian, the 40
>articles included in this volume are simply some of the finest Perl
>articles ever written on the subjects of graphics, the Web, and
>Perl/Tk.
>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/tpj2/
>
>Chapter 4, "Cookies," is available online:
>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/tpj2/chapter/index.html
>
>
>***Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual
>Order Number: 4524
>If you've made the switch to Mac, or you're ready to, this book will
>show you how to: move files, address books, and email collections from
>a PC to the Mac; find familiar controls in the new system; set up a
>network to share files with PCs and Macs; and adapt old printers,
>scanners, and other peripherals. If you've discovered that just buying
>a new Mac isn't all there is to it, this guide by celebrated author and
>columnist David Pogue will have you converting from Windows to Mac
>quickly and easily.
>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/switchmacmm/
>
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>Upcoming Events
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>***Derrick Story ("iPhoto:The Missing Manual" and "Digital Photo Pocket
>Guide") will present to the North Coast Mac Users Group at O'Reilly,
>Sebastopol, CA--March 22
>Join Derrick Story as he shows you how to take advantage of the
>powerful, yet easy to use, features in the latest version of the iLife
>application suite. Create "Ken Burns like" QuickTime movies, add music
>from your iTunes library, and publish it all to a CD, DVD, or the Web.
>Plus, you'll receive a special "behind the scenes" tour of the O'Reilly
>Campus here in Sebastopol. Derrick will be available to answer
>questions and sign books. The O'Reilly bookstore is open for this
>event.
>
>O'Reilly
>Saturday, March 22, 2003
>11am--1pm
>1005 Gravenstein Highway North
>Sebastopol, CA
>Directions:
>http://www.oreilly.com/oreilly/seb_directions.html
>
>For more information on NCMUG go to:
>http://www.ncmug.org/
>
>
>***Jesse Liberty ("Programming ASP.NET") at the Web Services Edge 2003
>East Conference, Boston, MA--March 20
>Author Jesse Liberty ("Programming C#," "Learning C#," "Learning Visual
>Basic .NET," and "Programming ASP.NET") is the keynote speaker at Web
>Services Edge 2003 East Conference.
>
>Web Services Edge 2003 East Conference & Expo
>March 18-20, 2003
>Hynes Convention Center
>Boston, MA
>http://www.sys-con.com/webservicesedge2003east/index.cfm
>
>
>***Software Legends Night at Softpro, Burlington, MA--March 26
>Spend an evening filled with tips, tricks, best practices, and fun with
>author Chris Sells ("Mastering Visual Studio .NET").
>
>Softpro Books
>Wednesday, March 26, 2003
>6:30 to 8:00 pm
>112 Mall Road
>Burlington, MA 01803-5300
>http://www.softpro.com/events.html
>
>
>***Colin Moock ("ActionScript for Flash MX") at Flash Forward 2003,
>San Francisco, CA--March 26
>
>Author Colin Moock leads an ActionScript Workshop and a session on
>"Multiuser Flash with Unity 2."
>
>Flash Forward 2003
>March 26- 29, 2003
>Herbst Theatre
>San Francisco, CA
>http://www.flashforward2003.com/
>
>
>For more events, please see:
>http://events.oreilly.com/
>
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>Conference News
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>***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/
>
>
>***Mac OS X Innovators Contest Winning Entry to be Announced at the
>O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference
>Have you created a Mac OS X application, plug-in, or some other type of
>innovative software that you believe is top in its class? Then enter it
>in the Mac OS X Innovators contest. First prize is an ADC Premier
>membership (includes WWDC pass, hardware credits, and tons of other
>benefits) plus a full pass to the O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference plus a
>one year subscription to the premium online book service, Safari--these
>awards total nearly $5,000 for the first place winner. Deadline for
>entries is March 28.
>Find out how to enter here:
>http://www.macdevcenter.com/mac/developer/
>
>For more info on the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference:
>http://conferences.oreilly.com/etcon/
>
>User Group members get 20% off the conference pricing.
>Use the code DSUG.
>To register, go to:
>http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/22/register.html
>
>
>***New--Put Up an O'Reilly Open Source Convention Banner,
>Get A Free Book
>Ready for the next conference banner promotion? Here it is: 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/
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>Safari News
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>***"Go On Safari" Tip of the Week Winner--Michael J. Ross, San Diego
>Oracle Users Group
>"One advantage that Safari has over newsgroups is the higher quality of
>source code. Developers can better rely upon sample code from technical
>books tested by professional reviewers and countless readers, and
>supplemented with more extensive explanations and errata--as opposed to
>code culled from thrice-borrowed scripts, and usually presented with
>insufficient context."
>
>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 [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/
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>================================================
>News From O'Reilly & Beyond
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>General News
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>***The Next Revolution: Smart Mobs
>What do you get when you mix together millions of cell phones and
>P2P-enabled computers with wireless Internet floating in the air and
>users reviewing products, sellers, and each other? Smart mobs. That's
>what Howard Rheingold, a keynoter at O'Reilly's upcoming Emerging
>Technology Conference, calls these folks. Read what he has to say about
>this third computing revolution.
>http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2003/03/13/howard.html
>
>For more info on the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference:
>http://conferences.oreilly.com/etcon/
>
>
>***What does Linux have to do with Dickens?
>Tim O'Reilly's weblog from Sunday, March 16, 2003.
>http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2911
>
>
>***Interview with Rael Dornfest
>Listen to Minnesota Public Radio's "Future Tense" interview with Rael
>Dornfest and learn about some of Google's lesser-known search
>techniques. Just click on the link beside "Google Hacks." Rael is a
>coauthor of O'Reilly's recently released "Google Hacks."
>http://news.mpr.org/programs/futuretense/
>
>Google Hacks
>Order Number: 4478
>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/googlehks/
>
>
>***Official O'Reilly Gear at ThinkGeek
>For years, our customers have asked us to make and sell various items
>with our animals on them. We are pleased and proud to present our first
>collection of official OReilly animal swag. For a limited time only,
>order any O'Reilly t-shirt, babydoll tee, or child's t-shirt/creeper,
>and get a free O'Reilly 2003 Calendar. For every shirt you buy,
>ThinkGeek will give you a free calendar. www.thinkgeek.com/oreilly.
>
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>Open Source
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>***Hackers Meet Soldiers
>OpenBSD has a well-deserved reputation for fanatical security. Why is
>the U.S. military funding it? What do you get out of it? Cameron Laird
>and George Peter Staplin investigate.
>http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html
>
>
>***Egoboo: The Cute Way to Dungeon Role Play
>Dungeon crawls are as popular among the computer RPG crowd as first
>person shooters are among the action crowd. In the open source world,
>Egoboo is perhaps the cutest and most accessible RPG. Howard Wen
>examines the project, its history, and its future.
>http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2003/03/13/egoboo.html
>
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>XML
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>***The XML.com Interview: Eric Meyer
>Russell Dyer talks to Eric Meyer, invited expert to the W3C's CSS
>Working Group, and author of "Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive
>Guide." http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/03/12/meyer.html
>
>Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide
>Order Number: 6226
>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/css/
>
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>Java
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>***Making Java Objects Comparable
>Sometimes how objects relate to each other is as important as the
>existence of the objects. There's no single way to compare them--a
>person might be sorted by age, name, or position in a queue. In this
>article, Budi Kurniawan demonstrates how to make your objects
>comparable and sortable with java.util.Comparator and
>java.lang.Comparable.
>http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/03/12/java_comp.html
>
>
>***Detecting Duplicate Code with PMD's CPD
>Code reuse has been a grail for years. Why, then, is there still so
>much copying and pasting going on? Tom Copeland introduces CPD, the
>Copy/Paste Detector, which can identify large swaths of duplicate Java
>code.
>http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/03/12/pmd_cpd.html
>
>---------------------
>.NET
>---------------------
>***Configuration Handlers in .NET
>In the shiny new world of .NET-based applications with xcopy deployment
>and smart clients, we can no longer use the registry to hold
>application configuration information. Instead, we're supposed to use
>XML-based configuration files accessed via the CLR's pluggable
>configuration framework. In this article by Ben Lowery, he explains how
>this all works.
>http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2003/01/01/configsections.html
>
>
>***Build Hyperlinks into Your Client App with the Windows Forms
>LinkLabel Control
>Writing for MSDN, Dan Hurwitz discusses the flexibility of the
>LinkLabel control in the .NET Framework, its properties, built-in
>behaviors, and their use in VB.NET and C#.
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/03/02/LinkLabel/default.aspx
>
>Dan is a coauthor of "Programming ASP.NET."
>Order Number: 1711
>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/progaspdotnet/index.html
>
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>Mac
>---------------------
>***Hands on X11
>The imprementation of X11 for Mac OS X includes a window server,
>libraries, and basic utilities such as xterm. In this article, Dan
>Benjamin shows you how to install and use the latest beta offered by
>Apple.
>http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/03/14/install_x11.html
>
>***Apple Releases Java 1.4.1 for Mac OS X
>Apple takes Java to the next level with the latest release of the Java
>2 Platform, Standard Edition, version 1.4.1 for Mac OS X. It includes
>60 percent more features than 1.3.1. Daniel Steinberg brings you up to
>speed. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/03/10/osx_java.html
>
>
>
>Until next time--
>
>Marsee
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Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Puryear Information Technology
Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting
http://www.puryear-it.com
