all- attached is the latest iteration of the o'reilly and assoc. users group newsletter. perusse and feel free to contact me should you be interested in something pursuant to this newsletter. to that end, with a healthy dose of apologies, i seem to recall someone querying me about a book for a review and i can't seem to find my response to the matter in my archives, or any follow up. if i screwed up with this, please drop me a line so i can make amends in the matter. thanks. :) -- steve ulrich sulrich at botwerks.org PGP: 8D0B 0EE9 E700 A6CF ABA7 AE5F 4FD4 07C9 133B FAFC -------------- next part -------------- ================================================================ O'Reilly UG Program News--Just for User Group Leaders November 14, 2003 ================================================================ -Spread the word about the O'Reilly User Group program -Copies of Mac Developer Journal issue number one for your members -Do You Have a Tip, Suggestion, or Question to Share? -Put Up an Emerging Technology Conference Banner, Get a Free Book ---------------------------------------------------------------- Book Info ---------------------------------------------------------------- ***Review books are available Copies of our books are available for your members to review-- send me an email and please include the book order number on your request. 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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 20% off any O'Reilly 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 U.S. address. This offer applies to U.S. delivery addresses in the 50 states and Puerto Rico. For more details, go to: http://www.oreilly.com/news/freeshipping_0703.html ***Digital Photography Pocket Guide, 2nd Edition Order Number: 6276 "Digital Photography Pocket Guide, 2nd Edition" expands on the basic photography techniques introduced in the bestselling first edition to help you take the kind of pictures you've always dreamed of--and now in full color! This book explains each of the camera's components, shows you what they do, and then helps you choose the right settings. When you ask, "How can I get that picture?", simply pull this small guide out of your camera bag, backpack, or back pocket and find the answer quickly. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/digphotopg2/ ***Head First EJB Order Number: 5717 Learn not just what Enterprise JavaBeans technology is; learn why it is, and what it is and isn't good for. This book gives you tricks and tips for EJB development, and for passing the latest, very challenging Sun Certified Business Component Developer (SCBCD) exam. You'll learn how to think like a server. You'll learn how to think like a bean. And because this is a Head First book, you'll learn how to think about thinking. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/hfjejb/ The table of contents are available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/hfjejb/toc.pdf ================================================ Upcoming Events ================================================ ***For more events, please see: http://events.oreilly.com/ ***Steve Bass ("PC Annoyances"), APCUG User Group Reception, Las Vegas, NV--November 16 The Association of Personal Computer User Groups is hosting a UG exhibition and reception from 3:00-5:30 p.m. Drop by the O'Reilly table and say "hi" to me (Marsee Henon) and author Steve Bass, who will be signing copies of his new book, "PC Annoyances." (O'Reilly is giving away a free copy of "PC Annoyances" to APCUG Attendees--check your welcome goodie bag!) Stardust Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, NV. http://www.apcug.org/events/comdex/fall2003/index.shtm ***O'Reilly at COMDEX, Las Vegas, NV--November 16-20, 2003 Tim O'Reilly will be moderating the Power Panel "Open Source: The Open Source Paradigm Shift" Thursday November 20, 9am. Panelists include Brian Behlendorf, Apache Co-founder, CTO of Collab.Net Marten Mickos (CEO MySQL), Allan Vermuelen (CTO Amazon.com) Jason Matusow (Shared Source Program Manager, Microsoft), and Stormy Peters (Open Source Program Manager, Hewlett-Packard). Room N109 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, NV http://www.comdex.com/lasvegas2003//spec_evts/index.php?s=power_panels The Open Source and Linux Innovation Center Theater will include presentations from Rob Flickenger (Linux Server Hacks & "Wireless Hacks"), Steve Mallet (O'Reilly Network), and Dan J. Woods ("Enterprise Services Architecture" & "Packaged Composite Applications"). For more information and schedule of these events, go to: http://www.comdex.com/lasvegas2003/exhib/index.php?s=ic_open_source ***ApacheCon, Las Vegas, NV--November 16-19, 2003 Come by our booth on November 17 and visit me or look for our authors Brian Aker ("Running Weblogs with Slash"), Stas Bekman ("Practical mod_perl"), Rich Bowen and Ken Coar ("Apache Cookbook"), Will Iverson ("Mac OS X for Java Geeks"), Rasmus Lerdorf ("Programming PHP" and "PHP Pocket Reference"), Doug Tidwell ("XSLT" and "Programming Web Services with SOAP"), and Adam Trachtenberg ("PHP Cookbook") who are all speaking at this gathering. Alexis Park Resort, Las Vegas, NV. http://www.apachecon.com/2003/US/index.html ***David McFarland ("Dreamweaver MX: The Missing Manual"), 2003 Macromedia MAX, Salt Lake City, UT--Nov 18-21 Please stop by our booth (#216) and pick up a free excerpt booklet from Colin Moock's upcoming book, "ActionScript 2.0 Essentials." Be sure to catch sessions with author David McFarland. Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT. http://macromedia.com/macromedia/conference/ ================================================ Conference News ================================================ ***Registration Is Open for ETech 2004--San Diego, CA Gather with lead users, forward thinkers, and technology activists at O'Reilly's third annual Emerging Technology Conference to vet the projects and ideas that will radically alter not just the future of computing, but the way we live and work. ETech is slated for February 9-12, 2004 in San Diego, California. Take advantage of our Early Bird discount when you register before January 9, 2004. http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech/ User Group members who register before January 9, 2004 get a double discount. Use code DSUG when you register, and receive 20% off the "Early Bird" price. To register for the conference, go to: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/28/register.html ================================================ News From O'Reilly & Beyond ================================================ --------------------- General News --------------------- ***Are "How To" Books Archaic? A reader asked us about O'Reilly's vision for future books given the rate of change in technology and the growth of the Internet as an information source. Tim says "how to" books will only become more important as the paradigm shift that's taking place in computing leads us into uncharted territory. Read more and share your thoughts on November's Ask Tim. http://www.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/ask_tim/2003/rateofchange_1103.html --------------------- Open Source --------------------- ***Open Source at COMDEX Contest Winners We nominated 21 projects as potential participants in the Open Source Innovation Area at COMDEX, and you voted for the six that will attend. Find out which open source projects will go where only commercial software vendors have gone before. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/3957 ***GBA Programming with DevKit Advance Emulation has opened up game programming to hobbyists. While it's possible to build amazing games on all sorts of obsolete platforms, it's also possible to build them on modern ones, including the GameBoy Advance. Howard Wen explores DevKit Advance and interviews its lead developers. http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2003/11/06/devkit_advance.html ***Certification in Linux/Unix System Administration Learn system administration skills online and receive credit from the University of Illinois. Courses include: The Unix File System, Networking and DNS, Unix Services, and Scripting for Administrators with sed, awk, and Perl. Enroll today at the O'Reilly Learning Lab and save $149 per course. http://oreilly.useractive.com/courses/sysadmin.php3 --------------------- Java --------------------- ***"Head First EJB" Author Interview Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates have just completed the second title in O'Reilly's Head First series, the recently released "Head First EJB," a certification book as unique as the series itself. In this interview, the authors discuss why the Head First series now includes a certification book, why the book is essential even if you're not planning to take the exam, how they've used their unique teaching style to help Java candidates pass the EJB exam, and much more. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/11/05/HeadFirst_EJB.html ***Inside Class Loaders Class loading is a topic that separates the Java Jedi from his or her apprentice. Until you start working with multiple -- and potentially incompatible -- class loaders, you don't realize the trickiness of keeping classes straight. Andreas Schaefer's introduction will help expose how class loading works. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/11/12/classloader.html --------------------- Windows --------------------- ***Windows Server 2003: Still Room for Improvement Windows Server 2003 is indeed an improvement over the earlier Windows 2000 platform, but with just a wee bit more work, Microsoft could have made it much easier to use. Mitch Tulloch has a few suggestions that he hopes Microsoft will take to heart. Mitch is the author of "Windows Server 2003 in a Nutshell." http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2003/11/11/winserver2003.html Windows Server 2003 in a Nutshell Order Number: 4044 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/winsvrian/ ***Shooting the Windows Messenger Service On November 6, the Federal Trade Commission took the unusual step of convincing a U.S. District Court to issue a temporary restraining order shutting down a spamming company for using the Windows Messenger Service to deliver unwanted pop-ups. In this article, Preston Gralla shows you how you can permanently solve this pop-up problem in XP by disabling the Windows Messenger Service, a hack he also covers in his book, "Windows XP Hacks." http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2003/11/11/winxp_hacks.html Windows XP Hacks Order Number: 5113 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/winxphks/index.html --------------------- .NET --------------------- ***Using the eBay SDK Unless you've been living in a cave, you probably already know that eBay enables people and businesses to buy and sell items online. But you might not have known that you can write software applications that integrate with eBay through a handy set of .NET components. Jeffrey McManus gives you an overview of how to write apps using the eBay SDK for .NET. http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2003/11/10/ebay.html --------------------- Mac --------------------- ***Panther Internet Sharing A quick look at sharing an Internet connection in Panther with IP over FireWire, which is now built into Mac OS X 10.3, and AirPort, including the pros and cons of each method. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/11/11/panther_internet.html ***Rendezvous Picture Transfer with Panther You can show others on a Rendezvous network pictures directly from your camera using the new Image Capture app in Panther. But that's only part of the good news. Derrick Story shows you the ins and outs of this handy new Mac OS X 10.3 trick. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/11/10/rendezvous_images.html Until next time-- Marsee -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org tcwug-list at tcwug.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list