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>From: Marsee Henon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, April 25
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>O'Reilly User Group Program
>Newsletter
>April 25, 2003
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>Highlights This Week:
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>Book News
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>-Samba Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition
>-JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook
>-Programming .NET Components
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>Upcoming Events
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>-Author Matthew Gast ("802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive
>Guide"), Networld+Interop, Las Vegas, NV--Apr 28-May 1
>-JavaRanch Online Author Forum--May 13-16, 2003
>-Author Ron Hitchens (Java NIO) is on the road May 14 & 15 to
>Dallas, TX and Salt Lake City, UT
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>Conferences
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>-The Perl Conference at OSCON
>-Coming to OSCON on a Budget?
>-O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference Call for Participation--
>Deadline is May 14
>-Put Up an O'Reilly Open Source Convention Banner,
>Get a Free Book
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>Safari
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>-"Go On Safari" winner--Casey Milford, Conway Perl Mongers
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>News
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>-PC World: Tech Books to Enter Public Domain
>-Wired: Where Real Cyber Worlds Collide
>-"Amazon Hacks" Announced
>-Swarms and Mobs at This Year's ETech
>-Twisted Python
>-Secure Programming Techniques
>-How Java Web Servers Work
>-Using PL/SQL Records in SQL Statements
>-Isolated Storage Basics
>-At Microsoft's Mercy
>-Online Magazines with Apache Cocoon
>-NetNewsWire and Spring Earn Top Awards
>-Power Tunes Playback
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>News From Your Peers
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>-Bay Area Web Services User Group Meeting, San Francisco, CA
>--April 29
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>Book News
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>Review books are available--email me for a copy.
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>***Please include the book order number on your requests.
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>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.
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>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/
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>***Group purchases with better discounts are available***
>Please let me know if you are interested.
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>Press releases are available on our press page:
>http://press.oreilly.com/
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>***Samba Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition
>Order Number: 5466
>"Samba Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition" covers Samba 2.x and the most
>important features of 3.0, which was under development as this book
>went to print. New 3.0 options covered in this pocket reference include
>Samba's acting as a primary domain controller and as a domain member
>server, its support for the use of Windows NT/2000/XP authentication
>and filesystem security on the host Unix system, and access to shared
>files and printers from Unix clients. System administrators who are
>familiar with Samba and want a handy reminder of how to administer it
>will find this pocket reference invaluable.
>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sambapr2/
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>
>***JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook
>Order Number: 4672
>This new Cookbook answers the question "How do I. . . ?" with a
>comprehensive collection of problems, solutions, and practical
>examples. The book's more than 150 recipes range from simple tasks,
>such as manipulating strings and validating dates in JavaScript, to
>entire libraries that demonstrate complex tasks, such as cross-browser
>positioning of HTML elements and table sorting. Learn practical and
>sensible applications of scripting, along with how and why it all
>works. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jvdhtmlckbk/
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>Chapter 10, "Page Navigation Techniques," is available online:
>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jvdhtmlckbk/chapter/index.html
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>
>***Programming .NET Components
>Order Number: 3471
>"Programming .NET Components" offers a complete introduction to the new
>Microsoft .NET component model, focusing on the aspects of .NET that
>make it ideal for building reusable, maintainable, and robust
>components. The book covers the intricacies and related system issues
>of .NET application development, along with design guidelines, tips,
>best practices, and known pitfalls.
>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pnetcomp/
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>Chapter 1, "Introducing Component-Oriented Programming," is available
>online:
>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pnetcomp/chapter/index.html
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>Upcoming Events
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>***Author Matthew Gast ("802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive
>Guide") Networld+Interop, Las Vegas, NV--Apr 28-May 1
>Matthew is instructing the iLabs wireless LAN security class at
>Networld+Interop. The class is open to anyone, not just registered
>conference attendees.
>
>For more information:
>http://www.interop.com/
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>
>***JavaRanch Online Author Forum--May 13-16, 2003
>Authors Eric M. Burke and Brian M. Coyner ("Java Extreme Programming
>Cookbook") mosey into 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
>
>***Author Ron Hitchens ("Java NIO") is on the road May 14 & 15 to
>Dallas, TX and Salt Lake City, UT
>Ron will be speaking to Java Metroplex User's Group in Dallas on May 14
>and to the Utah Java User group in Salt Lake City on May 15.
>
>Java Metroplex User's Group
>For current meeting location and to RSVP go to:
>http://www.javamug.org/
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>Utah Java User Group
>For current meeting location go to:
>http://www.ujug.org/index.html
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>For more events, please see:
>http://events.oreilly.com/
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>================================================
>Conference News
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>***The Perl Conference at OSCON
>http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2003/perl/
>
>O'Reilly Open Source Convention
>Portland Marriott Downtown,
>Portland, OR
>July 7-11, 2003
>http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/
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>
>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
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>
>***Coming to OSCON on a Budget?
>Save money on your housing costs by sharing a room while you're in
>Portland. We have a room-share mailing list to facilitate finding a
>suitable roommate. Please visit the room sharing page to submit your
>information. The list will be updated and emailed weekly.
>http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2003/create/rs
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>
>***O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference Call for Participation--Deadline is May 14
>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
>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" Weekly Winner--Casey Milford, Conway Perl Mongers
>"When one cycles to work, it becomes difficult to carry more than a
>couple books...With that said, online documentation has become a staple
>in my daily referencing...I've found the Safari service to be *very*
>useful for day to day work."
>
>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]
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>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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>***PC World: Tech Books to Enter Public Domain
>Computer book publisher O'Reilly & Associates is taking a dramatic
>stand against automatic extensions of U.S. copyrights by voluntarily
>limiting its own copyright protection on hundreds of technical
>titles--and promising they'll enter the public domain after that.
>http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,110419,00.asp
>
>
>***Wired: Where Real Cyber Worlds Collide
>Although the speakers and attendees are gathered here in Silicon
>Valley, much of the real action at this week's O'Reilly Emerging
>Technology Conference is happening in cyberspace.
>http://wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,58622,00.html
>
>
>***"Amazon Hacks" Announced
>The newest book in O'Reilly's Hacks series, "Amazon Hacks" (due to
>release in August), is a collection of real-world tips, tricks, and
>full-scale solutions to practical uses of Amazon.com and the Amazon Web
>Services API.
>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/amazonhks/
>
>If you have an Amazon hack you'd like to contribute, visit:
>http://hacks.oreilly.com/
>
>
>***Swarms and Mobs at This Year's ETech
>Individually, Eric Bonabeau's keynote on Biological Computing and
>Howard Rheingold's address on Smart Mobs would have been interesting.
>Taken together you can see the application of emergent behavior
>described by Bonabeau to the technological challenges issued by
>Rheingold. And that's what makes conferences like ETech so powerful.
>Here's a look at what exceeds the sum of its parts with these two
>keynotes. http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2003/04/25/swarms_mobs.html
>
>Find more up-to-the-minute news, photos, and weblogs in our Emerging
>Technology Conference Coverage:
>http://www.oreillynet.com/et2003/
>
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>Open Source
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>***Twisted Python
>The Twisted application framework provides rocket-powered tools for
>your next network application.
>http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2003/4/24/pythonnews.html
>
>
>***Secure Programming Techniques
>O'Reilly authors Simson Garfinkel, Gene Spafford, and Alan Schwartz
>bring you tips and general design principles to code by to help you
>avoid security-related bugs, in this excerpt from "Practical Unix &
>Internet Security, 3rd Edition."
>http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/excerpt/PUIS3_chap16/index1.html
>
>Practical Unix & Internet Security, 3rd Edition
>Order Number: 3234
>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/puis3/
>
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>Java
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>***How Java Web Servers Work
>At the heart, web servers are really very simple. If you can set up a
>socket connection and parse some headers, you're well on the way to
>writing your own mini web server. Though Apache and Tomcat are already
>stable, mature, and featureful, you may find yourself curious as to how
>they work--or interested in something a little smaller and easier to
>embed. In this article, Budi Kurniawan demonstrates a basic Java web
>server.
>http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/04/23/java_webserver.html
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>Oracle
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>***Using PL/SQL Records in SQL Statements
>The PL/SQL RECORD datatype has been available for years; however, its
>usefulness was limited because it wasn't possible to use records inside
>SQL statements. Oracle 9i Release 2 corrects this deficiency. In this
>final installment in their series on new Oracle 9i features, Steven
>Feuerstein, coauthor of "Oracle PL/SQL Programming, 3rd Edition," and
>Bryn Llewellyn demonstrate how you can now employ records in UPDATE,
>INSERT, DELETE, and SELECT statements.
>http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2003/04/22/feuerstein.html
>
>Oracle PL/SQL Programming, 3rd Edition
>Order Number: 3811
>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/oraclep3/index.html
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>.NET
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>***Isolated Storage Basics
>It's not unusual for an application to need to store some data for
>later use; maybe your application allows the user to set persistent
>options or save work in progress. But even the simple act of saving
>data can be fraught with dangers in today's world. In this article,
>Mike Gunderloy shows you how to use isolated storage to save your
>data.
>http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2003/04/21/isolatedstorage.html
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>XML
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>***At Microsoft's Mercy
>The future of XML editing is pretty much in Microsoft's hands, writes
>Kendall Grant Clark, reporting on community reaction to the news that
>Microsoft Office 2003's much-hyped XML features will be restricted to
>the higher-end versions of the suite.
>http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/04/23/deviant.html
>
>
>***Online Magazines with Apache Cocoon
>Apache Cocoon makes publishing magazines easy. Steven Punte brings
>together HTML and RSS documents to show how Cocoon's XML-directed
>architecture lends itself to elegant publishing solutions.
>http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/04/23/cocoon-magazine.html
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>Mac
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>***NetNewsWire and Spring Earn Top Awards
>Brent Simmons and Robb Beal were the winning entrants in the inaugural
>Mac OS X Innovators Contest, run by O'Reilly & Associates and sponsored
>by Apple Developer Connection.
>http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/developer/2003/04/24/innovators.html
>
>
>
>***Power Tunes Playback
>Digital technology's impact on photography and video has changed the
>way we use these media. And thanks to MP3 and Ogg Vorbis encoding,
>we're seeing a similar revolution in the world of music. Through my
>work as a wedding photographer, I've noticed another evolution
>underway. The bulky DJ's music cart brimming with hundreds of CDs (and
>requiring a van to lug around) seems to be shrinking in size--possibly
>as small as a 1" thick PowerBook. Here's what I've noticed and how it
>works.
>http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/04/18/tibook_dj.html
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>News From Your Peers
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>***Bay Area Web Services User Group Meeting, San Francisco, CA
>--April 29
>Ivan Lumala from Microsoft will be talking about Programming XML Web
>Services with .NET. This is a free event from 1:00PM-2:30PM. Please
>RSVP by sending an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit:
>http://www.bawsug.org/events.shtml for more details.
>
>
>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
