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-Practical Development Environments
-Twisted Network Programming Essentials
-FileMaker Pro 8: The Missing Manual
-Beyond Java
-My Job Went to India
-Open Sources 2.0
-Palm and Treo Hacks
-Programming Windows Presentation Foundation
-Asterisk: The Future of Telephony
-iWork '05: The Missing Manual
-Build Your Own Standards Compliant Website Using Dreamweaver 8
-Yahoo! Hacks
-BlackBerry Hacks
-JBoss at Work: A Practical Guide
-Essential PHP Security
-PHP in a Nutshell
-Internet Forensics
-Producing Open Source Software
-Retro Gaming Hacks
-Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual
-Essential SNMP, 2nd Edition
-PHPUnit Pocket Guide
-Visual Basic 2005 Jumpstart
-Linux Desktop Pocket Guide
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-Tom Limoncelli ("Time Management for System Administrators"),
New York City BSD User Group, New York, NY--November 2
-Jack Herrington ("Podcasting Hacks"), NCMUG, Rohnert Park, CA--
November 15
-Tom Limoncelli ("Time Management for System Administrators") at the
Boston Linux & Unix User Group, Boston, MA--November 16
-Sinan Si Alhir ("UML in a Nutshell") at the MilwaukeeSPIN Group,
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-The Real Problem with Textbooks: A SafariU Editorial
-O'Reilly Authors on the Air
-Encrypting Voice: An Interview with Phil Zimmermann
-Dreamweaver 8 Does Standards
-My Top 10 CSS Tricks
-User Group Members receive a special 50% discount on Learning
Lab Courses
-EuroOSCON--Doctorow on Europe's Coming Broadcast Flag
-What Is Ruby on Rails?
-An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
-TextEdit's Default Format: RTF... Why?
-Security Myths: The Perimeter Is Everything
-C#: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: An Interview with
Anders Hejlsberg, Part 1
-Moving Past Java: An Interview with Bruce Tate
Diagnostic Tests with Ant
-Canon 5D: First Impressions
-Hacking Your Car: How to Get Clean Audio and Video Signals into
Your Car
-iPod Boxes into Art
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***Practical Development Environments
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596007965
Everyone wants a good technical environment for developing their
software, and "Practical Development Environments" contains helpful
guidelines for how to create and maintain a great development
environment. It discusses some of the current tools that are
available, covering different areas such as version control, build
tools, testing tools, bug tracking systems, documentation
environments, release tools, and maintenance.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/practicalde/
Chapter 2, "Project Basics," is available online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/practicalde/chapter/index.html
***Twisted Network Programming Essentials
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596100329
This title is a task-oriented look at Twisted, a Python-based network
application framework. Twisted is fast becoming indispensable to
Python network programmers. It supports common networking protocols
such as TCP/IP, SSH, and SMTP. Using Python and Twisted, you can
develop web services applications, email clients and servers, and just
about any other type of networking application that you can conceive.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/twistedadn/
***FileMaker Pro 8: The Missing Manual
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596005792
Used by millions worldwide, FileMaker Pro is an award-winning database
program for managing people, projects, images, assets, and other
information. But it doesn't come with a manual--"FileMaker Pro: The
Missing Manual" is the book that should have been in the box. With
practical information, countless expert tips, and invaluable guidance,
it's your guide to designing and building useful databases with the
powerful and pliable FileMaker Pro.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/fmakerprotmm/
***Beyond Java
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596100949
In "Beyond Java," Bruce Tate, author of the Jolt Award-winning
"Better, Faster, Lighter Java," chronicles the rise of the most
successful
language of all time, and then lays out in painstaking detail, the
compromises the founders had to make to establish success. If you are
agree with the book's premise--that Java's reign is coming to an
end--then this book will help you start to build your skills
accordingly. Beyond Java will teach you what a new language needs to
succeed, so when things do change, you'll be more prepared. And even
if you think Java is here to stay, you can use the best techniques
from frameworks introduced in this book to improve what you're doing
in Java today.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/beyondjava/
***My Job Went to India
Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
ISBN: 0976694018
The American IT job market is slowly coming apart at the seams, and
it's all our fault. Most of us have been stumbling around letting our
careers take us where they may, and now we're surprised when companies
are shipping jobs overseas for a fraction of the price. It's time to
take control of our careers, and in the process, learn to stay both
relevant and employed. This book will show you how to take action to
avoid
becoming yet another casualty of offshoring.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0976694018/
***Open Sources 2.0
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596008023
"Open Sources 2.0" is a collection of insightful and thought-provoking
essays from today's technology leaders that explore open source's
impact on the software industry and reveal how open source concepts are
infiltrating other areas of commerce and society.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensources2/
Beta Excerpt, "Introduction," is available online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensources2/chapter/index.html
***Palm and Treo Hacks
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 059610054X
Written for beginning to experienced Palm users, "Palm and Treo Hacks"
is full of practical, ingenious tips and tricks you can apply
immediately. Whether you're looking to master the built-in
applications or you want to trick out your Palm to the fullest, this
book will
show you how to do it.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/palmtreohks/
Sample hacks are available online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/palmtreohks/chapter/index.html
***Programming Windows Presentation Foundation
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596101139
Get up to speed on Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). By page two,
you'll have written your first WPF application, and by the end of
Chapter 1, "Hello WPF," you'll have completed a rapid tour of the
framework and its major elements including the XAML markup language,
the mapping of XAML to WinFX code; the WPF content model; layout;
controls, styles, and templates; graphics, and more.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/avalon/
Chapter 5, "Styles and Control Templates," is available online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/avalon/chapter/index.html
***Asterisk: The Future of Telephony
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596009623
This new cost-cutting guide offers a complete roadmap for installing,
configuring, and integrating Asterisk with existing phone systems,
opening the door to open source telephony. The authors walk you
through a basic dial plan step by step, and give you enough working
knowledge to set up a simple but complete system.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/asterisk/index.html
Chapter 5, "Dialplan Basics," is available online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/asterisk/chapter/index.html
***iWork '05: The Missing Manual
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 059610037X
While iWork '05 helps you create stunning documents and presentations,
it doesn't come with any in-depth documentation of its own.
Refreshingly entertaining and scrupulously detailed, our Missing
Manual gives you all the essentials of iWork '05, including countless
undocumented tips, tricks, and secrets that you won't find anywhere
else. Best yet, you get an objective look at iWork's capabilities, its
advantages over similar programs, and its limitations.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/iwork5tmm/index.html
Chapter 6, "Sharing Pages Documents," is available online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/iwork5tmm/chapter/index.html
***Build Your Own Standards Compliant Website Using Dreamweaver 8
Publisher: SitePoint
ISBN: 0975240234
This book was written for any user of Dreamweaver MX who wants to
create standards compliant and fully accessible websites. Web
standards are the set of recommendations created by the W3C, which
guide web developers in making their websites fully accessible as well
as making them easier to maintain and develop. This book shows
developers how to overcome
Dreamweaver's limitations and use it to create fully functional and
standards compliant websites.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0975240234/
***Yahoo! Hacks
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596009453
Whether you want to become a power searcher, news monger, super
shopper, or innovative web developer, "Yahoo! Hacks" provides the
tools to take you further than you ever thought possible.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/yahoohks/
***BlackBerry Hacks
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596101155
The versatile and flexible BlackBerry handheld computing device allows
you to stay in touch and in-the-know--no matter where you are or where
you go. For both corporate and consumer users, "BlackBerry Hacks"
delivers tips, tools, and innovative ways to most effectively use the
all-in-one phone, inbox, organizer, and browser for phone calls,
instant messaging, email, organizing, web browsing, receiving RSS
feeds, and much more.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/blackberryhks/
***JBoss at Work: A Practical Guide
ISBN: 0596007345
Publisher: O'Reilly
Written for Java programmers who want to use JBoss on their projects,
this convenient guide from O'Reilly takes an in-depth look at JBoss,
the fastest growing open source tool on the market. Learn how to
integrate JBoss with other open source Java products such as Tomcat
and Hibernate, and much more.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jboss/
Chapter 3, "Building and Deploying an EAR," are avaiable online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jboss/chapter/index.html
***Essential PHP Security
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 059600656X
The PHP scripting language works beautifully with other open source
tools, such as the MySQL database and Apache web server software, to
build interactive web applications. But given the frequency of attacks
on web sites, security is still an issue that developers need to
address. "Essential PHP Security" explains the types of attacks that
hackers use on web sites and how to correctly configure Apache and PHP
to guard against them. The author of "Essential PHP Security," Chris
Shiflett, is an internationally recognized expert in the field of PHP
security and his book shows developers how to guard against attacks by
writing secure PHP code.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/phpsec/
Chapter 4, "Sessions and Cookies," can be found online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/phpsec/chapter/index.html
***PHP in a Nutshell
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596100671
"PHP in a Nutshell" is a complete reference to the core of the
language as well as the most popular PHP extensions. The topic
grouping, tips, and examples in this book make it an essential
reference for every PHP programmer. It covers the functions commonly
used by a majority of developers so you can look up the information
you need quickly. Whether you're just getting started or have years of
experience in PHP
development, "PHP in a Nutshell" is a valuable addition to your desk
library.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/phpnut/
Chapter 16, "Manipulating Images," can be found online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/phpnut/chapter/index.html
***Internet Forensics
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 059610006X
This practical guide to Internet fraud gives you the skills you need
to fight back against the spammers, con artists, and identity thieves
that plague the Internet. The book shows you how to nab the bad guys
by extracting the information that lies hidden in every email message,
web page, and web server on the Internet. Real-world examples
illustrate all the major techniques discussed.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/internetforensics/
Chapter 4, "Obfuscation," is available online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/internetforensics/chapter/index.html
***Producing Open Source Software
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596007590
This comprehensive guide offers several tried and true steps to help
you successfully manage the complex process of developing free
software. Topics include project management, developer motivation,
technical infrastructure to support collaboration, and project
promotion.
Producing Open Source Software is ideal for developers starting their
own free software projects, or people who simply want to participate
in the process.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/producingoss/
Chapter 4, "Social and Political Infrastructure," is available online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/producingoss/chapter/index.html
***Retro Gaming Hacks
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596009178
Video game journalist Chris Kohler serves up hard-nosed hacks for
reviving classic games. Want to game on an original system? Kohler
shows you how to hack ancient hardware, and includes a primer for
home-brewing classic software. Rather adapt today's equipment to run
retro games? Kohler provides emulation techniques, complete with
instructions for hacking a classic joystick that's compatible with a
contemporary
computer.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/retrogaminghks/
***Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596006608
Becoming a Mac convert is easy--so long as you've got our new Missing
Manual. This incomparable guide delivers what Apple doesn't:
everything you need to know to smoothly and seamlessly move to a Mac.
Bestselling author David Pogue teams up with Adam Goldstein to cover
every aspect of the switch in a refreshingly funny and down-to-earth
style.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/switchmacmm2/
***Essential SNMP, 2nd Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596008406
Written for network and system administrators, this practical book
introduces the basics of SNMP and offers the technical background to
use it effectively. This updated edition covers version 3 and offers
valuable information on SNMP scripting and programming. Five new
chapters and a host of real examples have been added. Administrators
will attain a solid foundation for managing their networks, creating
managed objects, and extending the operation of SNMP agents.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/esnmp2/index.html
The complete set of examples is available at:
http://examples.oreilly.com/esnmp2/
***PHPUnit Pocket Guide
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596101031
This handy guide answers all your PHPUnit questions, and then some.
Written by the tool's creator, "PHPUnit Pocket Guide" delivers insight
and sage advice not found anywhere else. It brings together
hard-to-remember information, syntax, and rules for working with this
popular code-testing tool. Perfect for developers of any level.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/phpunitpg/
***Visual Basic 2005 Jumpstart
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 059610071X
Okay VB6 developers--time's up. Microsoft no longer supports this
version of Visual Basic, but VB 2005 offers several attractive reasons
to upgrade. Our jumpstart guide lets you test-drive the beta version
of VB 2005 with three hands-on projects that let you learn the new
syntax quickly. It's the painless way to migrate, and the perfect
training manual for moving to the world of .NET.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/vbjumpstart/
Chapter 4, "Developing a Windows Application, is available online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/vbjumpstart/chapter/index.html
***Linux Desktop Pocket Guide
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 059610104X
Using Linux doesn't have to be hard. This book introduces you to the
five most popular desktop distributions and covers essential topics
such as configuring video card's screen resolution, sound, and
wireless networking. Laptop issues are covered too. Explore desktop apps,
including browsers, IM, and email clients with the same functionality
as those used on Windows.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxdesktoppr/
Chapter 1, "Distributions," is available online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxdesktoppr/chapter/index.html
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***Tom Limoncelli ("Time Management for System Administrators"), New
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Author Tom Limoncelli discusses techniques he's developed over the
last fifteen years including how to find time to get projects done,
the best way to manage interruptions from users, open source tools for
tracking requests, and how to turn chaos into free time.
http://nycbug.org/index.php?NAV=Home&SUBM=126
***Jack Herrington ("Podcasting Hacks"), NCMUG, Rohnert Park,
CA--November 15
Jack will walk us through the basics of podcasting, starting with
audio recording using a variety of equipment that he will bring along.
He also covers multi-track editing and mixdown with Audacity,
conversion to MP3, and uploading to a podcasting enabled blog that
integrates into iTunes. http://www.ncmug.org/events.html#nov
***Tom Limoncelli ("Time Management for System Administrators") at the
Boston Linux & Unix User Group, Boston, MA--November 16
Tom discusses techniques he's developed over the last fifteen years
including how to find time to get projects done, the best way to
manage interruptions from users, open source tools for tracking
requests, and how to turn chaos into free time.
http://blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2005-nov
***Sinan Si Alhir ("UML in a Nutshell") at the MilwaukeeSPIN Group,
Milwaukee, WI--November 17
Author Sinan Si Alhir presents "The Art of Agility: Project Management
and Software Development" at a meeting of the Milwaukee Software
Process Improvement Network (SPIN) Group.
http://www.milwaukeespin.com/pn/html/index.php
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http://conferences.oreilly.com/etel/
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March 6-9, 2006
San Diego, California
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***The Real Problem with Textbooks: A SafariU Editorial
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports that textbook
prices rose 186 percent from 1986 to 2004--twice the rate of
inflation. This populist revolt is getting lots of press, but the
problem with textbooks is deeper and more fundamental than high
prices: expensive textbooks are relics of the pre-internet world.
O'Reilly CIO CJ Rayhill explicates and highlights O'Reilly's web-based
co-publishing tool: SafariU.
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2005/10/21/problem-with-textbooks-safariu-editorial.html
***O'Reilly Authors on the Air:
11/5 10:00am PT--David Pogue talks about the Missing Manual series on
the "Digital Village" radio show. Archives of the shows are available
online.
http://www.digitalvillage.org/
11/22 5:00PM PT David Pogue and Adam Goldstein interviewed on the
"Computer Outlook" radio show on "Switching to the Mac: The Missing
Manual, Tiger Ed." Podcast of the show online.
http://www.computeroutlook.com/
11/23 5:00pm PT--Jack Herrington on the "Computer Outlook" radio show
with host John Iasiulo on "Podcasting Hacks." Podcast of the show
online.
http://www.computeroutlook.com/
***Encrypting Voice: An Interview with Phil Zimmermann
VoIP Magazine recently interviewed Phil Zimmermann, creator of PGP,
the most widely used email encryption software. Phil discusses the
urgency of creating powerful encryption for VoIP, among other issues.
Phil will be speaking at O'Reilly's upcoming Emerging Telephony
Conference,
January 24-26 in San Francisco.
http://www.voip-magazine.com/content/view/520/
***Dreamweaver 8 Does Standards
The latest incarnation of Dreamweaver--version 8--supports web
standards and the WCAG with more fervour than ever before. Rachel
Andrew explains the product's evolution, and shows how to set up
Dreamweaver 8 for standards-compliant development.
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/dreamweaver-8-standards
***My Top 10 CSS Tricks
For years, designers have manipulated CSS to meet their needs. Now
Trenton has compiled his favourite tips to help you get more out of
your designs. From page-width, the text-transform command, and
IE-specific tricks, to hints on creating CSS documents for hand-held
devices, these powerful tips will save you time and hassle.
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/top-ten-css-tricks
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***EuroOSCON--Doctorow on Europe's Coming Broadcast Flag
In Cory Doctorow's closing keynote at O'Reilly's first-ever European
Open Source Convention, he stated, "Right now we find ourselves in the
midst of a global attack on free software. A global attack that is
supposed to uphold copyright, but that has no nexus with what
copyright actually does." At the heart of this attack, asserts Cory,
is the DRM and certain American entertainment companies' push for a
Broadcast Flag in Europe. Daniel Steinberg reports on Cory's keynote.
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2005/10/21/doctorow-on-europe-broadcast-flag.html
***What Is Ruby on Rails?
Ruby on Rails is an impressive web development framework that will
soon reach version 1.0. While there's a lot of buzz, it can sometimes
be difficult to discern the steak beneath the sizzle. Curt Hibbs walks
through the features and pieces of Ruby on Rails to show how it fits
together and where its big benefits come from.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/10/13/what_is_rails.html
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***An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Have you ever thought about using an iSight to take and classify
images, such as those of a user sitting at the iMac? We have. And
while we're working on that tutorial, we thought it might be a good
idea to first publish a background piece on artificial intelligence.
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/10/21/artificial-intelligence.html
***TextEdit's Default Format: RTF...Why?
Rich Text Format (.rtf) is the default choice for Mac OS X's TextEdit.
Have you ever wondered why? Giles Turnbull takes a look at the RTF
spec and discusses its strengths and shortcomings...and possibly
uncovers why Apple chose it as the default for text processing.
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/10/18/rtf.html
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***Security Myths: The Perimeter Is Everything
Is the perimeter the be-all and end-all of network defense? Mitch
Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, takes a look at whether it's
time to kill the myth that perimeter defense is everything.
http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2005/10/18/security-myths-the-perimeter-is-everything.html
***C#: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: An Interview with Anders
Hejlsberg, Part 1
Anders Hejlsberg, in charge of the ongoing development of the C#
programming language for Microsoft, talks about the past, present, and
future of C#. Among other topics, he covers the implementation of C#
generics (compared to Java), nullable types, and how language
integrated query is implemented.
http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2005/10/17/interview-with-anders-hejlsberg.html
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***Moving Past Java: An Interview with Bruce Tate
WebServicesSummit.com recently interviewed Bruce Tate about the future
of Java and web development. Bruce discusses scalable enterprise
applications, database-enabled applications, AJAX, and lightweight
solutions for web development, while questioning whether Java is still
a technology for the masses. Bruce is the author of the newly released
"Beyond Java."
http://www.webservicessummit.com/Articles/MovingPastJava.htm
***Diagnostic Tests with Ant
Determining what's gone wrong with your software--source or binary--in
a remote location is no simple task. Before taking a call and walking
the user through error-prone troubleshooting, why not collect
information about the user's system and the application files? Koen
Vervloesem shows how you can do this with Ant.
http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2005/10/12/diagnostic-tests-with-ant.html
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***Canon 5D: First Impressions
The first thing that's noticeable about the EOS 5D is that it is a
full-frame camera. I took a shot out of my hotel window with an EF
24-70 L zoom lens at 24mm. My reaction was, "So that's where my
wide-angle has been hiding all these years." James Duncan Davidson
reports on the Canon 5D after his first assignment with it.
http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/10/13/canon-5d.html
***Hacking Your Car: How to Get Clean Audio and Video Signals into
Your Car
In the living room, red, white, and yellow RCA jacks are the universal
standard for input. Wouldn't it be nice if car manufacturers did the
same and put these jacks in your car? Damien Stolarz thinks so, and
shows you how to hack your ride to get a clean audio and video signal
into your car. Damien is the author of "Car PC Hacks."
http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/10/05/audio-video-hack-for-your-car.html
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***iPod Boxes into Art
There are millions and millions of iPods out there, but what happens
to all the empty boxes? The packaging is pretty nice, and at this
point, as iconic as the iPod itself. So in Maker spirit, here is a
photo diary of HOW TO turn an empty iPod into a little robot-looking
guy. Made with just the packaging materials, hot glue, and paint, it
could be a fun project for kids.
http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/10/how_to_make_a_robot_statue_fro.html
***Kid-Tested Haunted House Tricks
Eric Wilhelm's Halloween Haunted House Controller project in Make 03
explained how to build a multi-relay controller board that
synchronizes lights, sounds, and other effects with soundtracks
playing through Winamp on a laptop. This article describes some of the
scare scenarios that Eric has staged using this controller, plus some
other kid-tested tricks from haunted houses he's built.
http://www.makezine.com/extras/27.html
Sample Projects from MAKE:
http://makezine.com/samples/
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Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the
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- Jeremy Bentham, jurist and philosopher (1748-1832)
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Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the
system of a regular government.
- Jeremy Bentham, jurist and philosopher (1748-1832)
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