technologies, the "Ruby Cookbook" has something for every programmer. When
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***Ruby on Rails: Up and Running
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596101325
This compact guide from O'Reilly teaches you the basics of Ruby on
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***Running Mac OS X on Windows (PDF)
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596528434
Despite Apple's move to Intel's CPU architecture, if you want to run the
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***Scripting InDesign with JavaScript (PDF)
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596528175
InDesign provides a powerful set of tools for producing beautiful
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JavaScript knowledge and a willingness to explore InDesign's programming
features.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/scriptingindesign/>


***SQL Hacks: Rough Cuts Version
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596527152
Whether you're running Access, MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, or PostgreSQL,
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***Ubuntu Linux for Non-Geeks
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ISBN: 1593271182
This newbie's guide to Ubuntu lets readers learn by doing. Step-by-step
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iPods. Average desktop users are eased into the world of commands, thus
allowing them to work with script-based applications; converting RPMs to
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***Virtualization with Microsoft Virtual Server 2005
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ISBN: 1597491063
This book provides the essential concepts as well as an advanced
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<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1597491063/>


***Visual Basic 2005 Cookbook
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ISBN: 0596101775
This book will help you solve more than 300 of the most common and
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***Stephen Johnson ("Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography") joins
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***Derrick Story ("Digital Photography Pocket Guide" and "iPhoto 6:
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***ETech 2007 Call for Papers
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the conference is all about magical innovations and will reveal the
sufficiently advanced technology behind them. The next ETech takes place
on March 26-29, 2007 in San Diego, California. Proposals are due no
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***Proposals for the 2007 MySQL Conference & Expo Are Now Being Accepted
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