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> O'Reilly News for User Group Members
> September 24, 2003
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> Book News
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> -Learning XML, 2nd Edition
> -Optimizing Oracle Performance
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> Upcoming Events
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> -Louis Rosenfeld ("Information Architecture for the World
> Wide Web"), SocioMedia, Tokyo, Japan--Oct 2-3
> -David Sklar and Adam Trachtenberg ("PHP Cookbook"),
> (NYSIA) Open Source SIG Author Event, NY, NY--Oct 7
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> Conferences
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> -The Second Annual O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference, Santa Clara, CA
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> News
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> -Google Code Jam 2003
> -O'Reilly Learning Lab Special Deal for UG Members
> -Sendmail Trouble
> -Cleaning and Customizing Your Ports
> -Java for Bioinformatics
> -Create Desktop Applications with Java-Based Web Technologies
> -Cooking with Active Directory
> -Bluetooth File Transfer with Windows XP
> -Secrets of the Jedi Lunchbox
> -Control Your Mac from Afar
> -An evening with Roy Atkinson, Maryland Apple Corps,
> Towson, MD--October 14
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> Book News
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> ***Learning XML, 2nd Edition
> Order Number: 4206
> "Learning XML, 2nd Edition" covers XML concepts and language
> syntax,in addition to important related tools such as the CSS-
> and XSL-styling languages and the XLink and XPointer
> specifications.The second edition includes information about
> three schema languages for validation: W3C Schema, Schematron,
> and RELAX-NG, which are gaining widespread support. Also new
> to this edition is a chapter on XSL-FO. "Learning XML" helps
> designers and programmers wade through the acronym soup of
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> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnxml2/
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>
> ***Optimizing Oracle Performance
> Order Number: 527X
> "Optimizing Oracle Performance" eliminates the time-consuming,
> trial-and-error guesswork inherent in most conventional
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> can be applied to response time statistics to predict the impact
> of upgrades and other system changes. "Optimizing Oracle
> Performance" focuses on optimization techniques that any DBA can
> use quickly and successfully to make noticeable--even dramatic--
> improvements.
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/optoraclep/
>
> Chapter 1, "A Better Way to Optimize," is available online:
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/optoraclep/chapter/index.html
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> Upcoming Events
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> ***For more events, please see:
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>
> ***Louis Rosenfeld ("Information Architecture for the World Wide
> Web"), SocioMedia, Tokyo, Japan--Oct 2-3, 2003
> Author Louis Rosenfeld is a participant in a special event
> sponsored by SocioMedia.
> For more information:
> http://www.sociomedia.com/index.html
>
>
> ***David Sklar and Adam Trachtenberg ("PHP Cookbook"), (NYSIA)
> Open Source SIG Author Event, NY, NY--Oct 7
> David Sklar and Adam Trachtenberg address members of the New
> York Software Industry Association (NYSIA) Open Source SIG on
> the topic of PHP at the group's October meeting, Free to NYSIA
> members, $20 for nonmembers You must pre-register using our
> online form, or by calling.
> For registration information and directions, go to:
> http://www.nysia.org/events/eve200310.cfm#7
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> 6:00pm-8:00pm
> IBM
> 590 Madison @ 57th Street, Room 975
> New York, NY
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> Conference News
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> ***The Second Annual O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference,
> Santa Clara, CA--October 27-30
> Tracks this year include Fearless Programming, Scripting Genius,
> Sys Admin and Networking Mac Style, Media and Publishing, and
> Emerging Topics. User Group members can use code DSUG to
> register and receive 20% off conference pricing.
>
> To register, go to:
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>
> O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference
> October 27-30, 2003
> Westin Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA
> http://conferences.oreilly.com/macosxcon/
>
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> News From O'Reilly & Beyond
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> General News
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> ***Google Code Jam 2003
> When: Registration will begin October 1, 2003
> What: Solve increasingly difficult coding problems within a set
> time period
> Who: Sponsored by Google, powered by TopCoder
> Where: http://www.topcoder.com/googlecodejam
>
> ***O'Reilly Learning Lab Special Deal Alert
> We're offering a 50% discount on the Linux/Unix Certification
> Series from the O'Reilly Learning Lab. With this User
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> Open Source
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> ***Sendmail Trouble
> Noel Davis looks at problems in Sendmail OpenSSH, Pine, saned,
> MySQL, gtkhtml, and Solstice AdminSuite.
> http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2003/09/22/insecurities.html
>
>
> ***Cleaning and Customizing Your Ports
> One of FreeBSD's biggest benefits is its ports collection. It
> seems like magic, but a little maintenance can make it work even
> better for your system. Dru Lavigne explains how to keep your
> ports collection clean and how to customize individual ports.
> http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/09/18/FreeBSD_Basics.html
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> Java
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> ***Java for Bioinformatics
> Bioinformaticians and biological scientists have to sift through
> a lot of data. Visualization helps. While Perl has been a mainstay
> of bioinformatics, several projects and APIs in the Java world
> are making Java a viable development language. Stephen Montgomery
> surveys the scene.
> http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/09/24/java_bioinformatics.html
>
>
> ***Create Desktop Applications with Java-Based Web Technologies
> Will Iverson provides detailed, step-by-step instructions for
> building a simple, point-and-shoot installer for a basic web
> application using Apache Jakarta Tomcat and a combination of
> free tools and various Apache-license projects. Will is the
> author of "Mac OS X Java for Java Geeks."
> http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/09/17/macosxjava.html
>
> Will is the author of "Mac OS X Java for Java Geeks."
> Order Number: 4001
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/macxjvgks/index.html
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> .NET
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> ***Cooking with Active Directory
> Try out these two new recipes--the first on finding the domain
> controllers that are acting as one of the FSMO roles, and the
> second on determining the last time a user logged into a domain
> --from O'Reilly's upcoming "Active Directory Cookbook."
> http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/excerpt/ADcookbook_chap1/index.html
>
> Active Directory Cookbook
> Order Number: 4648
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/activedckbk/index.html
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> Wireless
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> ***Bluetooth File Transfer with Windows XP
> Wei-Meng Lee shows you how to set up an ad hoc, wireless network
> (without the need for a network infrastructure) that lets you
> copy files from one Bluetooth-enabled Windows XP computer to
> another.
> http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2003/09/18/winxpunwired.html
>
> Wei-Meng is the author of "Windows XP Unwired."
> Order Number: 5369
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/winxpunwired/index.html
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> Mac
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> ***Secrets of the Jedi Lunchbox
> Read this interview with Andy Ihnatko, one of the truly unique
> minds in the Mac community, who has been there through all of
> Apple's highs and lows over the years.
> http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/09/18/andy_ihnatko.html
>
> And don't miss Andy's keynote, "The Big Rethink," at this fall's
> Mac OS X Conference.
> http://conferences.oreilly.com/macosxcon/
>
>
> ***Control Your Mac from Afar
> Do you want to control your Mac, or one that you're responsible
> for, from a remote location? If you're running Mac OS X, you can
> take advantage of a variety of built-in Unix and AppleScript tools
> to control your computer from afar. Harold Martin shows you how.
> http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/09/19/remote_control.html
>
> ================================================
> >From your Peers
> ================================================
> ***An evening with Roy Atkinson, Maryland Apple Corps,
> Towson, MD--October 14
> Roy Atkinson, Apple UG Liaison for the East Coast is the guest
> speaker. This meeting includes the monthly members-only door
> prizes & a raffle in which all attendees can participate.
>
> 6:30 pm-8:45 pm
> Tuesday, October 14, 2003
> Towson Library--Lower Level Meeting Room
> 320 York Rd.,
> Towson, MD
> http://mdapple.org/
>
>
>
> Until next time--
>
> Marsee
>
>
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