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-Ajax Hacks
-Ableton Live 5 Tips and Tricks
-The Art of SQL
-Best of Ruby Quiz
-Don't Get Burned on eBay
-The eBay Price Guide
-Fixing Windows XP Annoyances
-Flash 8: Projects for Learning Animation and Interactivity
-Flash 8: The Missing Manual
-Google: The Missing Manual, Second Edition
-Head Rush Ajax
-How to Cheat at Managing Microsoft Operations Manager 2005
-Intermediate Perl
-iPhoto 6: The Missing Manual
-iPod & iTunes: The Missing Manual
-ISS X-Force: Next Generation Threat Analysis and Prevention
-The JavaScript Anthology
-Mapping and Modding Half-Life 2 Complete
-Mind Performance Hacks
-Music Projects with Propellerhead Reason
-MySQL Stored Procedure Programming
-Photoshop CS2 RAW
-Practical VoIP Security
-Practices of an Agile Developer
-UML 2.0 Pocket Reference
-Visual Basic 2005 Express
-Visual C# 2005 Black Book
-Window Seat
-Write Great Code, Volume 2
-XAML in a Nutshell
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-Sebastian Bergmann("PHPUnit Pocket Guide"), PHP Usergroup Wurzburg,
Wurzburg, Bayern--Mar 30
-Dan Gillmor ("We the Media"), Commonwealth Club, San Jose, CA--Mar 30
-Digital Portfolios with Stephen Johnson ("Stephen Johnson on Digital
Photography"), Pacifica, CA--Apr 1
-Visit O'Reilly at LinuxWorld--Boston, MA--Apr 4-6
-Dan Gillmor ("We the Media"), Institute for Applied and Professional
Ethics, Athens, Ohio--Apr 7
-Julieanne Kost ("Window Seat"), Wedding and Portrait Photographers,
International Convention, Las Vegas, NV--Apr 9
-Robbie Allen ("Windows Server 2003 Security Cookbook"), the 58th Annual
Conference on World Affairs, Boulder, CO--Apr 10
-O'Reilly authors at Exchange Connections 2006, Orlando, FL--Apr 10
-Peter Krogh ("The DAM Book"), ASMP PixelCash Seminar,
Minneapolis, MN--Apr 11
-Maker Faire, San Mateo, CA--Apr 22-23
-Tony Bove ("Just Say No To Microsoft"), Cody's Books,
San Francisco, CA--April 12
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-Tim O'Reilly Quizzes Bill Gates at MIX06
-O'Reilly Authors Get Jolted
-New Rough Cuts Title: Atlas
-Secure Your Linux Server
-Autofilled PHP Forms
-What Corporate Projects Should Learn from Open Source
-Digital Bookmark Mods
-Getting Started with Quartz Composer
-Using the MultiView and Wizard Controls in ASP.NET 2.0
-Directions in Windows Scripting
-Profiting Without Frequently Updated Content
-Google Page Creator: When It Gets Too Hard
-Zero Configuration Networking: Using the Java APIs, Part 1
-What Is Java?
-The Internet of Things
-The Future of Telephony, Going Digital, and Open Formats
-Managing Digital Images: Applying Ratings and Keywords
-Inside Animusic's Astonishing Computer Music Videos
-Screencast: Photoshop Starburst Effect
-Maker Faire, San Mateo Fairgrounds, San Mateo, CA--April 22-23
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***Ajax Hacks
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596101694
Want to build next-generation web applications today? This book can
show you how. A smart collection of 100 insider tips and tricks, "Ajax
Hacks" covers the finer points of Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, or
Ajax as it's known. Learn leading-edge web development tasks like how
to display Weather.com data, scrape stock quotes, fetch postal codes
and much, much more
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ajaxhks/>
***Ableton Live 5 Tips and Tricks
Publisher: PC Publishing
ISBN: 1870775090
This book enables you to create your ideal Live 5 template; get the
most from Live's MIDI features; find audio editing workrounds within
Live; prepare a Live set for performance; use Live with other music
software; and includes interviews with high-profile Live users.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1870775090/>
***The Art of SQL
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596008945
Enterprises throughout the world are confronted with exploding volumes
of data, and many IT departments are looking for quick solutions. This
insightful book demonstrates that since SQL code may run for 5 to 10
years, and run on different hardware, it must be fast and sound from
the start. Expert Stephane Faroult offers SQL best practices and
relational theory that force you to focus on strategy rather than
specifics.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/artofsql/>
***Best of Ruby Quiz
Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
ISBN: 0976694077
Sharpen your Ruby programming skills with twenty-five challenging
problems from Ruby Quiz. Whether you have faithfully followed the
weekly online Ruby Quiz challenges or are just looking for some
practical tests of your Ruby skills, this book delivers. Read the
problems, work out a solution, and compare your solution with others.
Read about the
interesting issues of each problem. Writing code and reading code are
still the only ways to truly gain skill with a programming language,
and within these pages you can do both quickly and easily.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0976694077/>
***Don't Get Burned on eBay
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596101783
Don't Get Burned on eBay offers relevant lessons based on real-life
stories posted on eBay's Answer Center. With sharp, witty rhetoric,
veteran eBay user Shauna Wright shows eBay veterans and newcomers
alike how to avoid those nasty scenarios, and how to pull themselves
out of the muck if they've already fallen in.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dgbebay/>
***The eBay Price Guide
Publisher: No Starch
ISBN: 1593270550
A one-stop shop for pricing information and tips for successful buying
and selling on eBay. Sellers learn how to price their items
competitively to attract more customers, while buyers learn which
categories tend to be overpriced and where they can find the best
bargains. Fun stories, statistics, lists, and eBay trivia round out
the book. A must-have for the serious eBayer.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1593270550/>
***Fixing Windows XP Annoyances
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596100531
Inspired by author David Karp's "Windows XP Annoyances for Geeks,"
this all-new tome pulls together tips, tricks, insider workarounds,
and fixes for PC novices and pros, in a handy, accessible Q&A format
that lets you find the solutions in a flash. "Fixing Windows XP
Annoyances" will not only increase your productivity, but lower your
blood pressure.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/windowsxpannoy/>
***Flash 8: Projects for Learning Animation and Interactivity
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596102232
This book teaches Flash design rather than simply Flash itself. With a
standalone series of walkthroughs and tutorials for Flash beginners
coming from a graphics field, Flash is covered in the context of
real-world projects. Rather than simply learn a Flash tool,
you learn which areas of Flash are important, and which are less so,
by seeing how typical content is actually created. And rather
than a text-heavy approach, this graphically rich book leads you
through hands-on examples by illustration.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/flashprojects/>
***Flash 8: The Missing Manual
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596101376
Macromedia's Flash 8 is the world's premier program for adding
animation to web sites. But Flash isn't intuitive. And it doesn't come
with a manual. This hands-on guide to today's hottest web design tool
is aimed at non-developers, and it teaches you how to translate your
ideas into great Web content. Whether you want to learn the basics or
unleash the program's true power, "Flash 8: The Missing Manual" is the
ideal
instructor.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/flash8tmm/>
***Google: The Missing Manual, Second Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596100191
Sure, you know how to "Google it" when you're searching for something
on the Web. But did you know how much more you could achieve by
clicking beyond the "Google Search" button? Our fully updated and
expanded
edition to "Google: The Missing Manual" covers everything you need to
know
to become a Google guru--including all the new, cool, and often
overlooked features that make Google the world's best search engine.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/googletmm2/>
***Head Rush Ajax
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596102259
"Head Rush Ajax" takes the reader beyond basic web development with
DHTML and JavaScript and explains how asynchronous data requests and
more powerful event models can be used in the Ajax methodology
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/headra/>
***How to Cheat at Managing Microsoft Operations Manager 2005
Publisher: Syngress
ISBN: 1597492515
Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) is a network monitoring tool that
provides enterprise-class event and performance management for Windows
Server System technologies. MOM's event and performance management
tools discover problems before system administrators would ever find
them, thereby enabling administrators to lower their costs of
operations and simplify management of their Windows Server System
infrastructure. MOM can notify system administrators of overloaded
processors, depleted memory, or failed network connections affecting
their Windows servers long before these problems bother users.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1597492515/>
***Intermediate Perl
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596102062
Perl programmers need a clear roadmap for improving their skills.
"Intermediate Perl" teaches a working knowledge of Perl's objects,
references, and modules--all of which make the language so versatile
and effective. Written by the authors of the bestselling Llama book,
"Learning Perl," this guide offers a gentle but thorough introduction
to intermediate programming in Perl. Topics include packages and
namespaces, references and scoping, manipulating complex data
structures, writing and using modules, package implementation, and
using CPAN.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/intermediateperl/>
***iPhoto 6: The Missing Manual
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 059652725X
Along with its host of new features, iPhoto 6 can handle as many as
250,000 images. It's incredible, and Apple makes it sound so easy. But
you can still get lost, especially if you're new to iPhoto. Not to
worry. The latest edition of this popular book gives you plenty of
undocumented tips & tricks for taking advantage of the new version and
every feature packed into it.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/iphotomm/>
***iPod & iTunes: The Missing Manual
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 059652675X
An iPod is many things to many people, but it can be much more than
most people realize. That's where this new edition comes in. Like the
iPod itself, this book is a long-running bestseller with a wealth of
useful information for any iPod user. This edition features the new
Video iPod, iTunes 6, ways to use an iPod as an external drive or
personal
organizer, and much more.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ipodtmm4/>
***ISS X-Force: Next Generation Threat Analysis and Prevention
Publisher: Syngress
ISBN: 1597490563
Over the last seven years, Internet Security Systems (ISS) elite
X-Force has discovered more high-risk vulnerabilities than all other
research groups and vendors combined, including the vulnerability that
led to the recent, widespread Zotob worm. For the first time ever,
follow the X-Force team as they analyze potential vulnerabilities and
security solutions for cutting edge technologies and emerging attack
methodologies.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1597490563/>
***The JavaScript Anthology
Publisher:SitePoint
ISBN: 0975240269
The "JavaScript Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks, and Hacks" is a
compilation of customizable solutions to the most common JavaScript
questions and problems, including solutions using AJAX. All the code
in the book is thoroughly tested, best practice, and
standards-compliant to ensure that will work across different browsers
and platforms.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0975240269/>
***Mapping and Modding Half-Life 2 Complete
Publisher: Paraglyph
ISBN: 1933097132
Modding is the new craze that has taken the gaming world by storm. And
Half-Life 2 provides the premier game engine that modders all around
the world are using to enhance the highly popular Half-Life game and
create exciting new custom game features. As many modders like to say,
"The possibilities are endless." This unique book shows all Half-Life
2 fans everything they need to know to work with the powerful game
engine and customize their own games using clever mapping, modding,
and modeling techniques. With "Mapping and Modding Half-Life 2
Complete," game fans will get a chance to progressively expand their
skills at mapping and modding. This is a one-of-a-kind book,
jam-packed with insider tips and techniques by a leading Half-Life 2
modding expert.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1933097132/>
***Mind Performance Hacks
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596101538
"Mind Performance Hacks" provides real-life tips and tools for
overclocking your brain and becoming a better thinker. In the
increasingly frenetic pace of today's information economy, managing
your life requires hacking your brain. With this book, you'll cut
through the clutter and tune up your brain intentionally, safely, and
productively. <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mindperfhks/>
***Music Projects with Propellerhead Reason
Publisher: PC Publishing
ISBN: 1870775147
Ideal for everyone from beginners to experienced users, the book
covers essentials like choosing a computer, setting it up for audio
work and optimizing Reason for maximum performance. It contains
detailed
workshops on eight major musical genres--Hip Hop, Drum & Bass, Dub,
House, Techno, Trip Hop, Trance, and Club.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1870775147/>
***MySQL Stored Procedure Programming
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596100892
MySQL Stored Procedure Programming covers a lot of ground. The book
starts with a thorough introduction to stored procedures programming
and functions, covering the fundamentals of data types, operators, and
using SQL in stored procedures. You'll learn how to build and maintain
stored programs--covering transactions, stored functions, and
triggers--and how to call and use MySQL-based stored procedures in a
variety of
languages, including PHP, Perl, Python, .NET, and Java. This book,
destined to be the bible of stored procedure development, is a
resource that no real MySQL programmer can afford to do without.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mysqlspp/>
***Photoshop CS2 RAW
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596008511
The RAW file format is the uncompressed data file captured by a
digital camera's electronic sensor. Because RAW files remain virtually
untouched by in-camera processing, working with them brings greater
flexibility and control to the editing process-if you know how to use
them. Adobe Photoshop CS2 has emerged as the best way to edit RAW
images, and
Photoshop CS2 RAW is dedicated to working with RAW in Photoshop. This
comprehensive guide explores the entire RAW process, focusing
extensively on Photoshop editing techniques targeted to professionals
and photo hobbyists alike.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/photoshopraw/>
***Practical VoIP Security
Publisher: Syngress
ISBN: 1597490601
After struggling for years, you finally think you've got your network
secured from malicious hackers and obnoxious spammers. Just when you
think it's safe to go back into the water, VoIP finally catches on.
Now your newly converged network is vulnerable to DoS attacks, hacked
gateways leading to unauthorized free calls, call eavesdropping,
malicious call redirection, and spam over Internet Telephony (SPIT).
This book details both VoIP attacks and defense techniques and tools.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1597490601/>
***Practices of an Agile Developer
Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
ISBN: 097451408X
These are the proven, effective agile practices that will make you a
better developer. You'll learn pragmatic ways of approaching the
development process and your personal coding techniques. You'll learn
about your own attitudes, issues with working on a team, and how to
best manage your learning, all in an iterative, incremental, agile
style. You'll see how to apply each practice, and what benefits you
can expect. Bottom line: this book will make you a better developer.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/097451408X/>
***UML 2.0 Pocket Reference
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596102089
Globe-trotting travelers have long resorted to handy, pocket-size
dictionaries as an aid to communicating across the language barrier.
Dan Pilone's "UML 2.0 Pocket Reference" is just such an aid for
on-the-go developers who need to converse in the Unified Modeling
Language (UML). Use this book to decipher the many UML diagrams you'll
encounter on the path to delivering a modern software system.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/uml2pr/>
***Visual Basic 2005 Express
Publisher: No Starch
ISBN: 1593270593
A true guide for beginners, "Visual Basic 2005 Express" starts off
with a short primer on how programming works, regardless of the
programming language used. Once readers understand the general
principles behind computer programming, the book then teaches readers
how to use the Visual Basic Express program itself and how to write
programs using the Visual Basic language.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/15932700593/>
***Visual C# 2005 Black Book
Publisher: Paraglyph
ISBN: 1933097167
"Visual C# 2005 Black Book" is one of the first books that presents in
detail the new specifications of the language at length. The book
takes the reader through the key changes to Visual Studio and the
critical new programming features of Visual C# 2005. Black Books
provide a two-tiered approach--the In-Depth sections provide full
explanation of all aspects of the technology and the Immediate
Solutions section feature hands-on information and troubleshooting
techniques.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1933097167/>
***Window Seat
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596100833
"Window Seat: The Art of Digital Photography and Creative Thinking" is
a complete view of a creative project from the artist's perspective.
Julieanne Kost, a Photoshop and creative thinking guru, has taken her
own experience shooting images out of airplane windows to create a
unique seminar in three parts: a manifesto of ways to stay creatively
alive; a portfolio of stunning photographs, with commentaries
describing her experiences and thought process; and a technical
appendix that includes the details of the images were shot,
manipulated, and prepared for printing.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/windowseat/>
***Write Great Code, Volume 2
Publisher: No Starch
ISBN: 1593270658
The second volume in the "Write Great Code" series supplies critical
information that today's computer science students don't often get in
class: How to carefully choose their high-level language statements to
produce efficient code. The book teaches software engineers how
compilers translate high-level language statements and data structures
into machine code, so they can make informed choices and produce
better code without giving up any productivity and portability
benefits.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1593270658/>
***XAML in a Nutshell
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596526733
The Windows Vista operating system will support applications that
employ clear, stunning and active graphics now used by computer games.
The cornerstone for building these user interfaces is XAML, the
XML-based markup language that works with Windows Presentation
Foundation, Vista's new graphics subsystem. This book teaches you
everything necessary to design the new generation of user interfaces
and .NET applications, with plenty of examples to get you started.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/xamlian/>
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***Sebastian Bergmann ("PHPUnit Pocket Guide"), PHP Usergroup Wurzburg,
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Author Sebastian Bergmann gives a presentation on PHPUnit.
<http://upcoming.org/event/61904/>
***Dan Gillmor ("We the Media"), Commonwealth Club, San Jose, CA--Mar
30 Author Dan Gillmor discusses "Who Needs Ink?" at the Commonwealth
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***Digital Portfolios with Stephen Johnson ("Stephen Johnson on Digital
Photography"), Pacifica, CA--Apr 1
Photographer and author Stephen Johnson presents this one-day seminar.
<http://www.sjphoto.com/one-day-seminars-SP06.html>
***Visit O'Reilly at LinuxWorld--Boston, MA--Apr 4-6
Be sure to visit our booth (#412) to peruse our new and classic Linux
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***Dan Gillmor ("We the Media"), Institute for Applied and Professional
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***Julieanne Kost ("Window Seat"), Wedding and Portrait Photographers,
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***Robbie Allen ("Windows Server 2003 Security Cookbook"), the 58th
Annual Conference on World Affairs, Boulder, CO--Apr 10
Author Robbie Allen is one of the speakers at this conference.
<http://www.colorado.edu/cwa/>
***O'Reilly authors at Exchange Connections 2006, Orlando, FL--Apr 10
Meet authors Devin Ganger, Missy Koslosky, and Paul Robichaux
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***Peter Krogh ("The DAM Book"), ASMP PixelCash Seminar,
Minneapolis,MN--Apr 11
Author Peter Krogh ("The DAM Book") gives a three-hour comprehensive
overview of Digital Asset Management techniques for the professional
photographer.
<http://www.peterkrogh.com/Pages/digital/digital_asset_management_seminar.html#anchorpixelcash>
***Tony Bove ("Just Say No To Microsoft"), Cody's Books,
San Francisco, CA--April 12
Join No Starch Author Tony Bove to discuss his latest book.
<http://www.codysbooks.com/calendar/calendar2.jsp>
***Maker Faire, San Mateo, CA--Apr 22-23
Join us for MAKE magazine's first ever Maker Faireâa hands-on event
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projects and demonstrations, and see the Ultimate Workshop. This event
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Join the developers, innovators, and business people behind the new
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Where 2.0 Conference, June 13-14, 2006
Fairmont Hotel, San Jose, CA
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***Tim O'Reilly Quizzes Bill Gates at MIX06
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***O'Reilly Authors Get Jolted
O'Reilly authors won three of four Jolt Product Excellence Awards. The
winners are:
*"Prefactoring," by Ken Pugh
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/prefactoring/>
*"The Art of Project Management," by Scott Berkun
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/artprojectmgmt/>
*"Producing Open Source Software," by Karl Fogel
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/producingoss/index.html>
***Latest Title Available on Rough Cuts: "Atlas"
"Atlas Rough Cuts" provides experienced web developers with an
exciting hands-on tour of Atlas--the new development environment that
uses both Ajax and ASP.NET. Beginning with an introduction to the
technologies behind it all, including JavaScript, XMLHttpRequest,
DHTML and related topics, author Christian Wenz shows readers how to
create Ajax-style applications with the Atlas framework, including
data binding and XML Web Services. The book imparts important
fundamental knowledge in a concise reference-like way, making the
concepts of this new framework accessible to developers of various
technical levels.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/atlas/>
For more information, go to:
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***Secure Your Linux Server
Linux is a powerful and popular operating system kernel. That
popularity means you might be running it even if you're not a
dedicated Unix
administrator or high-powered programmer. That doesn't mean that
rock-solid security is out of your reach, though. Aaron Brazell shows
how to make Red Hat 9 (and other Linux distributions) much more secure
in a few easy steps.
<http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2006/03/23/secure-your-server.html>
***Autofilled PHP Forms
PHP makes handling interactive web pages easy--but when you have large
forms to fill out, errors to handle, and lots of data to pass back and
forth, you can make your life easier by making PHP fill in all the
form values for you. Gavin Andresen shows how to make forms
autopopulate from PHP arrays.
<http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/php/2006/03/16/autofill-forms.html>
***What Corporate Projects Should Learn from Open Source
Many corporate projects fail to produce quality software, yet many
large-scale open source projects succeed, and under much more
difficult conditions: no budget, a geographically distributed team,
and a
volunteer workforce, to name a few. So how do open source project
teams ensure success? Andrew Stellman and Jennifer Greene introduce
five basic principles in their new book, "Applied Software Project
Management," that will help any project succeed, open source or
proprietary. The authors detail these principles in this article.
<http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2006/02/27/what-corp-projects-learn-from-open-source.html>
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***Digital Bookmark Mods
Matthew Russell shows you how to add better bookmarks to your audio
books, add slideshows to your music files, create enhanced podcasts,
and share your favorite mods with others--even if they're on protected
audio.
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2006/03/15/digital-bookmarks-mod.html>
***Getting Started with Quartz Composer
Apple's free developer tool collection contains many overlooked gems.
These aren't limited to programming-specific utilities. Take Quartz
Composer, for example. It's a free utility that can bring new life and
interest to your iMovie projects. In this article, you'll learn how to
use your own pictures to create simple, but flashy animation.
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2006/03/23/quartz-composer.html>
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***Using the MultiView and Wizard Controls in ASP.NET 2.0
Need to collect data from Web pages? ASP.NET 2.0 makes it easy, with
the use of MultiView and Wizard controls. Wei-Meng Lee, author of
"ASP.NET 2.0: A Developer's Notebook" shows you how to take advantage
of them.
<http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2006/03/21/multiview-and-wizard-controls-in-aspnet-20.html>
***Directions in Windows Scripting
Administering Windows platforms using scripts can be a big
productivity booster or a headache. Mitch Tulloch, author of "Windows
Server Hacks," sits down with Don Jones, a Microsoft MVP and the
creator of
ScriptingAnswers.com, for a no-holds barred interview about the future
of scripting.
<http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2006/03/14/directions-in-windows-scripting.html>
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Web
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***Profiting Without Frequently Updated Content
Do you think you need to constantly update content to have a
successful Website that generates AdSense revenue month after month?
Think again.
<http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/24/profiting-without-frequently-updated-content/>
***Google Page Creator: When It Gets Too Hard
Tired of building quick-and-dirty sites for your family and friends
just so they won't produce their own FrontPage monstrosity? Tell them
to try Google Page Creator instead.
<http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/23/google-pages-when-its-all-just-too-hard/>
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Java
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***Zero Configuration Networking: Using the Java APIs, Part 1
Zeroconf, also known as Bonjour and previously known as Rendezvous,
offers a robust system for self-networking that has been adopted by
many applications. With a provided Java API, now it's easy to make
"Zeroconf applications hop platforms. In this excerpt from Zero
Configuration Networking: The Definitive Guide," Stuart Cheshire and
Daniel H.
Steinberg show how to register a service with Zeroconf.
<http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/excerpt/bonjour_ch08/index.html>
***What Is Java
Everyone knows what Java is, right? Interpreted code, applets,
proprietary, and slow. Wrong, wrong, wrong, and wrong. In its second
decade, it's time to re-evaluate Java: the language and the virtual
machine are going their own ways, its open source sub-community is
vibrant and independent, and developers are taking the best ideas from
other languages and frameworks and bringing them to Java. In this
article, ONJava editor Chris Adamson tries to reset old assumptions
about Java to fit modern realities.
<http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2006/03/08/what-is-java.html>
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Podcasts
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***The Internet of Things
This week, Bruce Sterling's Emerging Technology keynote on "The
Internet of Things" is the sole segment in our program. (DTF
03-20-2006: 30 minutes 13 seconds)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2006/03/20/distributing-the-future.html>
***The Future of Telephony, Going Digital, and Open Formats
Peter Cochrane looks at the future of telephony and handheld devices,
James Duncan Davidson talks about his switch from film to digital
photography, and Simon Phipps explains the importance of open formats
backed up by open source software. (DTF 03-13-2006: 26 minutes 30
seconds)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2006/03/13/distributing-the-future.html>
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Digital Media
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***Managing Digital Images: Applying Ratings and Keywords
The explosion of digital imaging has left professional and serious
amateur photographers drowning in photographs, with little guidance on
how to store, sort and organize them. In this excerpt from "The DAM
Book,"
Peter Krogh shows you expert techniques for applying ratings and
keywords so you can begin to take control of your digital photo
library.
<http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2006/02/24/keywords-and-metadata.html>
***Inside Animusic's Astonishing Computer Music Videos
Composer Wayne Lytle's custom software transforms musical notes into
jaw-dropping 3D animations. The resulting DVDs have sold tens of
thousands of copies. Watch excerpts here and learn how Lytle turned
his digital pipe dream into a thriving business.
<http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2006/03/22/animusic-computer-music-videos.html>
***Screencast: Photoshop Starburst Effect
SitePoint's first-ever video tutorial shows you step-by-step how to
create starburst effects in Photoshop.
<http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/24/screencast-photoshop-starburst-effect/>
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MAKE
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***Maker Faire, San Mateo Fairgrounds, San Mateo, CA--April 22-23
Join the creators of MAKE magazine, the MythBusters, and thousands of
tech DIY enthusiasts, crafters, educators, tinkerers, hobbyists,
science clubs, students, and authors at MAKE's first ever Maker Faire!
Meet all kinds of people who make amazing things in garages,
basements, and backyards for inspiration, know-how, and spirited
mischief-making. An incredible learning experience for the entire
family, students of all ages and their teachers are welcome.
<http://www.makerfaire.com/>
***Try a Sample Project from MAKE:
<http://makezine.com/samples/>
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well trained." - Edward R. Murrow
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and that TV has merely demonstrated that not all the performers are
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