isn't a little comercial? jaybrata ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 10:55 AM Subject: [ilug-cal] Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 28 (fwd)
> > > ----------Forwarded message ---------- > From: Marsee Henon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 28 > > > O'Reilly User Group Program > Newsletter > March 28, 2003 > > > Please share this information with your members... > > > Highlights This Week: > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Book News > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -Shared Source CLI Essentials > -VBScript in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition > -LDAP System Administration > -Mac OS X Hacks > -ActionScript for Flash MX Pocket Reference > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Upcoming Events > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -MySQL Users Conference, San Jose, CA--April 10-12 > -Java Freedom Software Symposium, Philadelphia, PA--Apr 11-13 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Conference > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference Call for Participation > -New ETech Keynote: Google, Innovation, and the Web > -Registration is open for the 2003 O'Reilly Open Source Convention > -Put Up A O'Reilly Open Source Convention Banner, > Get A Free Book > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Safari > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -"Go On Safari" winner-- Andrew Shuttleworth, Tokyo PC Users Group > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > News > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -Slideshow of NCMUG's Recent O'Reilly Fieldtrip > -What if [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gets Lucky? > -Setting Up an 802.11b Home Wireless Network > -Into the Future at San Diego Technical Books > -Building an Address Book with OpenLDAP > -Five Tips for .NET Programming in Perl > -Ten Security Checks for PHP, Part 1 > -Space-Based Programming > -.NET Framework 1.1 Expands Support > -Creating Sherlock Channels > -Inside Samba: Windows Sharing for the Mac > > ================================================ > 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/ > > > ***Shared Source CLI Essentials > Order Number: 351X > "Shared Source CLI Essentials" provides a road map for navigating the > Microsoft Shared Source CLI (Rotor) code. After introducing the CLI, > its core concepts, and implementation, the book covers the CLI type > system; component packaging and assemblies; JIT compilation; garbage > collection; and more. Written by members of the team that designed the > .NET Framework, this book is for anyone who wants to know what goes on > under the hood of the .NET runtime and the ECMA CLI. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sscliess/ > > Chapter 1, "Introducing the CLI Component Model," is available online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sscliess/chapter/index.html > > > ***VBScript in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition > Order Number: 4885 > "VBScript in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition" has been completely updated for > VBScript 5.6, WSH 5.6, and ASP 3.0. A comprehensive reference to > VBScript's statements, keywords and objects, the new edition also > includes updated introductory chapters covering the significant changes > since the first edition was published. New chapters introduce the > Windows Script Component for creating binary COM components and the > Script Encoder. This book offers programmers and system administrators > the most complete, up-to-date, and easy-to-use language reference for > developing effective scripts. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/vbscriptian2/ > > Chapter 7, "Windows Script Host 5.6," is available online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/vbscriptian2/chapter/index.html > > > ***LDAP System Administration > Order Number: 4916 > "LDAP System Administration" helps you quickly integrate a directory > server into essential network services such as mail, DNS, HTTP, and > SMB/CIFS, regardless of which LDAP version you use. After introducing > the workings of a directory service and the LDAP protocol, as well as > building and installing OpenLDAP (the open source directory server used > as the premise for examples), the book walks you through configuration > and access control; replication and referral; interoperation with > different LDAP servers; and much more. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ldapsa/ > > Chapter 7, "Email and LDAP," is available online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ldapsa/chapter/index.html > > > *** Mac OS X Hacks > Order Number: 4605 > "Mac OS X Hacks" pulls together the best tips, tricks, and tools from > Mac power users and Unix hackers. From the Unix side comes no-nonsense > solutions to Web, Mail, and FTP serving; security services, SSH, Perl, > and shell scripting; and more. From Mac users come customizations for > System Preferences, and GUI mods and tweaks; AppleScript, AppleTalk, > and equivalents; and general Macintosh-style tomfoolery. This book > offers a unique collection of real-world know-how that you can apply to > the challenges of working with Mac OS X and its Unix underpinnings. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mcosxhks/ > > Sample Hacks are available online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mcosxhks/chapter/index.html > > > ***ActionScript for Flash MX Pocket Reference > Order Number: 5148 > "ActionScript for Flash MX Pocket Reference" summarizes ActionScript's > core objects, classes, properties, and methods. Also covered are > ActionScript's global properties, global functions, operators, > statements, keywords, and directives, as well as an excellent summary > of ActionScript syntax and best practices, covering datatypes, > variables, loops, conditionals, identifiers, event handling, and > object-oriented programming. This compact reference also addresses > common Flash elements and operations, including Movie Clips, graphics, > text, data transfers, and XML parsing. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/actscrptpr/ > > A sample excerpt on Variables is available online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/actscrptpr/chapter/index.html > > =============================================== > Upcoming Events > =============================================== > ***MySQL Users Conference, San Jose, CA--April 10-12 > Ruth Boyer and I will be at the MySQL Conference--be sure to visit our > booth (#113) if you're attending. In addition, check out MySQL and Ruby > presentations by author Paul DuBois ("MySQL Cookbook" and "Software > Portability with imake"). > > MySQL Users Conference & Expo > Doubletree Hotel > San Jose, CA > http://www.mysql.com/events/uc2003/ > > > ***Java Freedom Software Symposium, Philadelphia, PA--Apr 11-13 > Author James Duncan Davidson ("Learning Cocoa with Objective-C") is a > featured speaker. > > Sheraton Suites > Philadelphia Airport > 4101 B Island Avenue > Philadelphia, PA 19153 > http://www.nofluffjuststuff.com/2003-04-philly/index.jsp > > > For more events, please see: > http://events.oreilly.com/ > > ================================================ > Conference News > ================================================ > ***O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference Call for Participation > System administrators, developers, strategists, and technical staff 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 > > > ***New ETech Keynote: Google, Innovation, and the Web > Craig Silverstein, Google's director of technology, will be giving a > keynote at the Emerging Technology Conference on how Google is building > a work culture that fosters the creation of new experiments and > innovations. > http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2003/view/e_sess/4325 > > For more info on the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference: > http://conferences.oreilly.com/etcon/ > > To register, go to: > http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/22/register.html > > > ***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/ > > > ***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/ > > ================================================ > Safari News > ================================================ > ***"Go On Safari" Tip of the Week Winner--Andrew Shuttleworth, > Tokyo PC Users Group > "Ever since Google has been around, I've thought that I no longer > needed reference books. 'A quick search is all I need to get the > answers I want,' I've thought. But having wasted some good time > searching for a crucial Excel formula or a 'how to' in MS Project, I've > realized there is very little freely available reference content on the > Web that comes close to the quality of material published by O'Reilly. > Subscribing to Safari Bookshelf means that I no longer have to rely on > search engines to get what I want from my software, as high quality > material on almost any computer topic I can think of is just a click > away. Thanks O'Reilly." > > > 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/ > > ================================================ > News From O'Reilly & Beyond > ================================================ > --------------------- > General News > --------------------- > ***Slideshow of NCMUG's Recent O'Reilly Fieldtrip > Thanks to Lorene Romero for putting together this great presentation. > The event was successful--Derrick Story had standing-room-only available > for his presentation on iLife. > http://homepage.mac.com/ncmug/iMovieTheater17.html > > And you can read about it here (Thanks Chuck Joiner!): > http://www.mugcenter.com/ > > > ***What if [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gets Lucky? > Brian McConnell looks at the latest developments in [EMAIL PROTECTED] and > describes what will happen if a meaningful signal is found. Brian is > the author of "Beyond Contact." > http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2003/03/19/seti.html > > Beyond Contact > Order Number: 0375 > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/alien/ > > > ***Setting Up an 802.11b Home Wireless Network > There's lots of new WiFi equipment available for home or the small > office environment. Wei Meng Lee shows you how to set up, secure, and > enjoy today's 802.11b hardware for tangle-free networking. > http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2003/03/21/home_wifi.html > > > ***Into the Future at San Diego Technical Books > Imagine a technical bookstore where the bookcases are packed with the > latest computer, biotechnology, and engineering titles; a place where > customers have free Wi-Fi over a T1 line. You can experience it now at > San Diego Technical Books in San Diego, California. Check out this Team > O'Reilly Bookstore profile of one of America's most innovative > technical bookstores. > http://www.oreilly.com/news/sandiegotech.html > > San Diego Technical Books: > http://www.booksmatter.com/ > > --------------------- > Open Source > --------------------- > ***Building an Address Book with OpenLDAP > LDAP's most sensible example is, perhaps, managing contacts throughout > a company. There aren't many good examples of this, however. Dustin > Puryear (coordinator for the Baton Rouge Linux User Group) wants to > change that. In this article, he demonstrates how to build and populate > a company-wide LDAP address book. > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/03/27/ldap_ab.html > > > ***Five Tips for .NET Programming in Perl > Don't get tripped up making your Perl SOAP applications work with .NET > services. Here are some of the most common traps for Perl developers, > enumerated by Randy J. Ray, coauthor of "Programming Web Services with > Perl." > http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2003/03/26/perlanddotnet.html > > Programming Web Services with Perl > Order Number: 2068 > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pwebserperl/ > > > ***Ten Security Checks for PHP, Part 1 > The same global access that makes web apps useful means that you have > to keep on top of security. Though it's easy to create sites in PHP, > it's not immune to sloppy coding. Clancy Malcolm explains how to > recognize and fix five potential security holes with PHP in the first > of two articles. > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/php/2003/03/20/php_security.html > > For more information on PHP see: > http://scripting.oreilly.com/ > > > --------------------- > Java > --------------------- > ***Space-Based Programming > Distributed applications promise better scalability and reliability, > but the standard models of building them on Remote Procedure Calls are > often difficult and slow. Sun and IBM are taking steps to adopt a > different approach: space-based programming. Bernhard Angerer explores > this idea and what it could mean for J2EE. > http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/03/19/java_spaces.html > > --------------------- > .NET > --------------------- > ***.NET Framework 1.1 Expands Support > Chris Sells discusses how the .NET Framework version 1.1 provides > expanded namespace, security, and languages support for your .NET > projects, all in the March edition of MSDN magazine. > http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/03/03/WindowsForms/default.aspx > > Chris is a coauthor of the upcoming "Mastering Visual Studio .NET." > Order Number: 3609 > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mastvsnet/ > > --------------------- > Mac > --------------------- > ***Creating Sherlock Channels > In this first of a two-part series, Harold Martin provides you with a > hands-on overview of Sherlock channel programming. Today's focus is on > setup and interface wiring. In part two you'll learn how to work the > code. > http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/developer/2003/03/25/sherlock_one.html > > **Inside Samba: Windows Sharing for the Mac > Samba is one of the most successful open source projects around, and > has been ported to Linux, various BSDs, and Darwin/Mac OS X. Currently > it provides disk and print shares, acts as a WINS server, and performs > NT4 primary domain controller duties. Jason Deraleau takes you inside > Samba and shows you how to configure it on your Jaguar Macintosh. > http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/03/18/samba.html > > > > Until next time-- > > Marsee > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
