================================================================ O'Reilly News for User Group Members January 27, 2006 ================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------- Book News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Podcasting Pocket Guide -Learn to Program -Dreamweaver 8 Design and Construction -C# Cookbook, Second Edition -Baseball Hacks -Essential Microsoft Operations Manager -Learning Windows Server 2003, Second Edition ---------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Digital Photography Fundamentals Workshop with Stephen Johnson, Pacifica, CA--January 28-29, 2006 -II Conferencia Internacional de Software Libre, Malaga, Spain--February 15-17 -Derrick Story at NCMUG, Rohnert Park, CA--February 21 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Conference News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Upcoming 2006 O'Reilly conferences -MySQL Registration is Open -ETech Registration is Open ---------------------------------------------------------------- News ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- -Early Access to Cutting-Edge Technology -What Are Syndication Feeds? -Hacking Online Applications for Location Awareness -PHP Easter Egg -Simplify PHP Development with WASP -Running Commercial Linux Software on FreeBSD -Putting Google Video onto Your iPod -Adding a New Style Preferences Window to Your App, Part 1 -Using the Windows Mobile 5.0 Emulators in Visual Studio 2005 -An Inside Look at IPSec in Vista -What's Your Link Reputation? -Building a Web Community with Bribes -Head First's Cover Model Contest -Using Lucene to Search Java Source Code -Spring: Integrating iBATIS -O'Reilly's New Podcasting Site -Connect the Video iPod to TV -Jack Herrington Interviews Founder of Fake Science -MAKE Contest on Digg
---------------------------------------------------------------- >From Your Peers ---------------------------------------------------------------- ***Photos from Macworld ================================================ Book News ================================================ Did you know you can request a free book to review for your group? Ask your group leader for more information. For book review writing tips and suggestions, go to: <http://ug.oreilly.com/bookreviews.html> Don't forget, you can receive 30% off any O'Reilly, No Starch, Paraglyph, PC Publishing, Pragmatic Bookshelf, SitePoint, or Syngress book you purchase directly from O'Reilly. Just use code DSUG when ordering online or by phone 800-998-9938. <http://www.oreilly.com/> ***Free ground shipping is available for online orders of at least $29.95 that go to a single address. This offer applies to US delivery addresses in the fifty states and Puerto Rico. For more details, go to: <http://www.oreilly.com/news/freeshipping_0703.html> ---------------------------------------------------------------- New Releases ---------------------------------------------------------------- ***Podcasting Pocket Guide Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596102305 Whether you're a listener or an aspiring podcaster, "Podcasting Pocket Guide" is a non-technical guide for the non-geek who wants in on this revolutionary new medium. This handy guide shows you how to tune into unique and interesting podcasts and download them to your favorite portable device and contains an introduction to creating, recording, publishing, and finding an audience for your own, professional-quality podcasts. <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/podcastingpg/index.html> ***Learn to Program Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf ISBN: 0976694042 It's now easier to learn to write your own computer software than it has ever been before. Now everyone can learn to write programs for themselves--no previous experience is necessary. Chris Pine takes a thorough, but light-hearted approach that teaches you how to program with a minimum of fuss or bother. Starting with small, simple one-line programs to calculate your age in seconds, you'll see how to have your web page send you email, to shuffle your music more intelligently, to rename your photos from your digital camera, and more. You'll learn the same technology used to drive modern dynamic websites and large, professional applications. <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0976694042/index.html> ***Dreamweaver 8 Design and Construction Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596101635 Whether you're an absolute beginner or you're switching web design programs, "Dreamweaver 8 Design and Construction" gets you up to speed quickly and efficiently. With speed as its watchword, Marc Campbell's practical hands-on guide focuses on rapid prototyping techniques for constructing both interactive and static web sites. Clear and thorough, it emphasizes learning by doing with short, task-oriented chapters that use screen shots, illustrations, and sample layouts to demonstrate theory through design solutions. <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dreamwvrmx/index.html> ***C# Cookbook, Second Edition Publisher:O'Reilly ISBN: 0596100639 Completely revised for C# 2.0, this updated bestseller offers more than 100 new code solutions to common problems that you're sure to face as a C# programmer. Nearly every solution or "recipe" contains a complete, documented code sample showing you how to solve the specific problem. Covers .NET Framework Class Libraries, interoperability, design patterns, and much more. <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/csharpckbk2/index.html> ***Baseball Hacks Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596009429 Whether you're a fantasy baseball fanatic, casual fan, or just a statistically inclined mathematician, "Baseball Hacks" has something for you. This comprehensive guide walks readers through the sport's core statistical categories, and then demonstrates how to use this data to truly understand baseball. Statistical analysis, data mining, probability, forecasting, and other valuable tools are examined. <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/baseballhks/index.html> ***Essential Microsoft Operations Manager Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596009534 This comprehensive tutorial gives system administrators a solid foundation for planning, implementing, and administering Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005. Learn how to program MOM so it automates burdensome and lengthy diagnostic tasks, making your life as a troubleshooter easier than ever. Features practical, real-world advice from MOM expert Chris Fox. <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/microsoftopmgr/index.html> ***Learning Windows Server 2003, Second Edition Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596101236 This compact guide provides the nuts and bolts for installing, configuring, securing, and managing Windows Server 2003. Topics include patch management, Active Directory replication, network access quarantining, server clustering, and more. Designed for system administrators of all levels, "Learning Windows Server 2003, 2nd Edition" has also been completely updated for Service Pack 1 and release R2. <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lwinsvr20032/> ================================================ Upcoming Events ================================================ ***For more events, please see: http://events.oreilly.com/ ***Digital Photography Fundamentals Workshop with Stephen Johnson, Pacifica, CA--January 28-29 Photographer and author Stephen Johnson ("Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography") presents a two day class designed to provide you with the background and understanding to transition your work into the digital realm. The digital basics are covered here, in real world terms, with care to make sure the concepts are understood and the complications simplified. Those basics are built on to tackle the thorny issues of camera design and choice, data storage, color management and printing. <http://www.sjphoto.com/beg_wksp_frameset.html> ***II Conferencia Internacional de Software Libre, Malaga, Spain--February 15-17 "Innovation and Freedom" is the theme of the Second Open Source World conference organized by both the Andalucia and the Extremadura Regional Governments. Stop by our booth to check out our new titles and get 30% discount on all purchases. <http://www.opensourceworldconference.com/malaga06/es/modules/wiwimod/> ***Derrick Story at NCMUG, Rohnert Park, CA--February 21 Author Derrick Story ("Digital Photography Pocket Guide, 3rd Edition," "iPhoto 5: The Missing Manual," and "Digital Photography Hacks") presents "Dumb DigiPhoto Tricks" to the North Coast Mac Users Group. There are so many serious things to do with you Mac that sometimes we forget to play. Join Derrick as he shows you how to entertain yourself (and friends) with digital photography toys and your Mac. <http://www.ncmug.org/events.html#Feb2006> ================================================ Conference News ================================================ ***Upcoming 2006 O'Reilly conferences -O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference, March 6-9 in San Diego, California -MySQL Users Conference, April 24-27 in Santa Clara, California--early registration discount ends March 6 -Where 2.0, June 13-14 in San Jose, California--registration opens in February -O'Reilly Open Source Convention, July 24-28 in Portland, Oregon-- Call for Participation ends February 13; registration opens in April -O'Reilly European Open Source Convention, September 18-21 in Brussels, Belgium--Call for Participation ends March 6; registration opens in May -Web 2.0, November 7-9 in San Francisco, California For up to date information on each conference, go to: <http://conferences.oreilly.com> ***MySQL Users Conference Registration in Open Join us at the 2006 edition of the MySQL Users Conference, the largest gathering of MySQL developers, users, and DBAs. It is the only event where you will be able to join the core MySQL development team and over 1000 users, open source innovators, and technology partners under one roof. MySQL Users Conference, April 24-27, 2006 Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA <http://www.mysqluc.com/> User Group members who register before March 6, 2006 get a double discount. Use code "mys06dusg" when you register, and receive 15% off the early registration price. To register for the conference, go to: <http://www.mysqluc.com/pub/w/45/register.html> ***Register for O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference We're five years into the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference and the stuff of which it is made shows no sign of abating: bandwidth continues to broaden, storage grows ever larger and cheaper, and content keeps streaming from the firehose. How do we visualize all of this digital data, filter it, remix it, and access it in meaningful ways? The coming technical challenge is not about generating digital content-we have more than enough already. It's time to do something with that data. It's time to build The Attention Economy. O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference, March 6-9, 2006 Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, CA <http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech/> User Group members who register with code "et06dsug" receive 20% off the conference pricing. To register for the conference, go to: <http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/43/register.html> ================================================ News From O'Reilly & Beyond ================================================ --------------------- General News --------------------- ***Early Access to Cutting-Edge Technology O'Reilly's Safari Books Online has just announced a new service called Rough Cuts that gives you early access to content on cutting-edge technologies months before it's published. Rough Cuts allows you to purchase work-in-progress manuscripts of selected titles. You'll even have the chance to shape the final product by sending feedback to the author and editors. The beta version just debuted with four works-in-progress covering Ajax, Ruby, and Flickr. For more information, go to: <http://www.oreilly.com/roughcuts/> Titles now available: Ajax Hacks: Rough Cuts Version <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ajaxhks/> Flickr Hacks: Rough Cuts Version <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/flickrhks/> Ruby Cookbook: Rough Cuts Version <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/rubyckbk/> Ruby on Rails: Up and Running: Rough Cuts Version <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/rubyrails/> Rough Cuts FAQ <http://www.oreilly.com/roughcuts/faq.csp> ***What Are Syndication Feeds? O'Reilly recently commissioned Shelley Powers, a specialist in technology architecture and software development, to create a comprehensive PDF document that would help webmasters manage their incoming and outgoing feeds. Shelley produced nothing short of a must-have reference for online publishers, titled "What Are Syndication Feeds?" You can download it today from the O'Reilly shopping cart. <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/syndicationfeeds/?CMP=ILC-7VG584093978> ***Hacking Online Applications for Location Awareness Based on his work developing a stable wireless mesh platform that allows true peer-to-peer multi-hop network connectivity, Chris Ngan discusses some proof-of-concept applications that demonstrate the power of this network infrastructure and the ease with which text/chat, voice, and video applications can be made location-aware. <http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/etel/2006/01/20/hacking-online-applications-for-location-awareness.html> --------------------- Open Source --------------------- ***PHP Easter Egg The Easter Bunny has come early. Kevin Yank uncovers a little-known PHP Easter Egg. http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/01/08/phps-doggie-easter-egg/ ***Simplify PHP Development with WASP Where are the all-in-one PHP frameworks that make building well-factored and maintainable applications as easy as building simple sites? Brian Fioca shows how to make a simple database-backed site with WASP in just a few lines of code. <http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/php/2006/01/19/wasp_intro.html> ***Running Commercial Linux Software on FreeBSD One intriguing feature of the BSDs is their ability to run binaries for Linux distributions. This can be very useful for running commercial software. Michael W. Lucas demonstrates how to configure and use the Linux compatibility layer on FreeBSD. <http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2006/01/12/Big_Scary_Daemons.html> --------------------- Mac --------------------- ***Putting Google Video onto Your iPod There's some pretty interesting stuff on Google Video. In this article, Erica Sadun shows you how to download videos, convert them to an iPod-friendly format, and load them onto your new 5G video iPod. <http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2006/01/24/google-video.html> ***Adding a New Style Preferences Window to Your App, Part 1 In this first of two articles, Martin Redington shows you how to add a new style preferences window to your application that behaves in all respects exactly like the Apple preferences windows. <http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2006/01/20/preferences.html> --------------------- Windows/.NET --------------------- ***Using the Windows Mobile 5.0 Emulators in Visual Studio 2005 Emulators are a must-have for anyone developing mobile applications. To get you started, Wei-Meng Lee shows you how to use the emulator tools that shipped with Windows Mobile 5.0 and Visual Studio 2005. <http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2006/01/24/windows-mobile5-emulators-in-visual-studio-2005.html> ***An Inside Look at IPSec in Vista IPSec management tools are not particularly intuitive in XP. But things are going to be better in Vista. Mitch Tulloch, author of "Windows Server Hacks," takes a look at IPSec support in Vista, and clues you in on what you can expect. <http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2006/01/17/an-inside-look-at-ipsec-in-vista.html> --------------------- Web --------------------- ***What's Your Link Reputation? Forget Pagerank: as Gord explains, this measure no longer allows us to accurately or consistently predict how a page will perform in the search results. Here, he unravels the concept of link reputation, explaining why it's important and what it means for your site's ranking. <http://www.sitepoint.com/article/whats-your-link-reputation> ***Building a Web Community with Bribes Building a community on the Web is one of the hardest things to do. Chris explains some shortcuts that you can take to drastically speed up the process. <http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/01/09/building-a-forum-with-bribes/> --------------------- Java --------------------- ***Help Choose a Cover Model for the Next Head First book JavaRanch is hosting a contest to choose a cover model for the next Head First book ("Head First Objects"), due out this Spring. Examine seven wannabe photos, decide which would work best, then craft an essay or poem describing why. Try your luck at winning one of five fabulous prizes, including the chance to have your name appear in the new book. Deadline for entries is January 29th. <http://saloon.javaranch.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=75&t=000265> ***Using Lucene to Search Java Source Code Most uses of the Java-based Lucene search engine are for searching typical text documents. But what if you want to search Java code itself? Renuka Sindhgatta argues that this would be a boon for finding reusable code, and shows how to adapt Lucene to parse Java code for maximum searchability. <http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2006/01/18/using-lucene-to-search-java-source.html> ***Spring: Integrating iBATIS iBATIS is one of the object-relational (OR) frameworks embraced by the Spring framework, and it's an ideal choice for those seeking a middle ground between full-blown OR and hand-written JDBC. In this excerpt from "Spring: A Developer's Notebook," Bruce Tate and Justin Gehtland show how to integrate iBATIS with Spring. <http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/excerpt/springadn_ch05/index.html> --------------------- Podcasts --------------------- ***O'Reilly's New Podcasting Site Check out our latest podcasting shows and selections: "Distributing the Future" hosted by Daniel Steinberg O'Reilly Media's weekly podcast show features the technology and the people behind what you're using now--and what you'll use next. This half hour program includes interviews and commentary on science, technology, related social issues, and is good fun, to boot. <http://www.oreillynet.com/future/> "MAKE Audio and Video" hosted by Phil Torrone Each week MAKE magazine delivers audio and video of amazing Makers, inventions, do-it-yourself projects, and lab tours. Phil also showcases how all kinds of things are made, from wireless microphones to cigar-box guitars. <http://makezine.com/blog/archive/make_podcast/index.html> "FOO Casts"--Podcasts from Friends of O'Reilly FOO Casts feature great audio interviews from O'Reilly's editors, authors, conference presenters, and other friends. Get a whole new perspective by hearing an author explain a concept in a new way, or speak on new tech topics, gadgets, and tips and techniques. "In Our Ears & Pick of the Week Selections"--Highlights what O'Reilly editors, authors, and readers recommend. http://www.oreillynet.com/podcasts/ --------------------- Digital Media --------------------- ***Connect the Video iPod to TV Did you know you can use your Video iPod with your TV? Best-selling author Derrick Story details how you can connect the Video iPod using standard cables and share your content on a TV any time you visit with friends and family. <http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2006/01/16/connect-the-video-ipod-to-tv.html> ***Jack Herrington Interviews Founder of Fake Science James Polanco, founder of Fake Science, chats with Jack about his popular radio show and how he started podcasting to cover digital music news, reviews, and to showcase favorite artists. James reveals his gear setup for recording and editing the show. <http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2006/01/09/jack-herrington-interviews-james-polanco.html> --------------------- MAKE --------------------- ***MAKE Contest on Digg MAKE and Digg.com are testing the delivary of the latest news and top stories from Digg using MAKEbot. On AIM/iChat, just add MAKEbot to your buddy list and then type "subscribe digg 1" or "subscribe diggall 1" to get the latest/top stories from Digg every hour. ("1" is the number of hours, but you can change that. You can also just type digg or diggall at any time). MAKE will randomly pick a user of the MAKEbot and give away a high-speed flash photography kit, T-shirts, a year of MAKE, and our new book, "Makers." So add the MAKEbot and start Digging to win! If you need help with the MAKEbot, just type "help"during your chat. ***Meet Your Fellow Makers Find and post events, exhibits, and more with Maker events listings: <http://www.makezine.com/events/> ***Try a Sample Project from MAKE: <http://makezine.com/samples/> ================================================ >From Your Peers ================================================ ***Photos from Macworld Check out photos from User Group University and Macworld. Thanks to Maria O. Arguello, Main Line Macintosh Users Group, for sharing these with us: <http://homepage.mac.com/marguello2/PhotoAlbum22.html> (See if you can find the photos of Tim O'Reilly saving the day by bringing more copies of "Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Tiger Ed" to David Pogue's talk at the O'Reilly Booth!) ***Don't forget to check out the O'Reilly UG wiki to see what user groups around the globe are up to: <http://wiki.oreillynet.com/usergroups/index.cgi> -- Neil Schneider pacneil_at_linuxgeek_dot_net http://www.paccomp.com Key fingerprint = 67F0 E493 FCC0 0A8C 769B 8209 32D7 1DB1 8460 C47D "He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice." 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