--=-Pj1UbV0QjNoEvb5EqrLE Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=-0+zs7s8qv14gZNPhCHRL" --=-0+zs7s8qv14gZNPhCHRL Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable FYI --=20 Jim Freedom is all we really want --=-0+zs7s8qv14gZNPhCHRL Content-Disposition: inline Content-Description: Forwarded message - Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, Feb 21 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Return-path: Envelope-to: farli@deru.com Delivery-date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 19:36:41 -0700 Received: from rock.oreilly.com ([209.204.146.34] helo=smtp.oreilly.com) by kuu.deru.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18mPWr-0004My-00 for farli@deru.com; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 19:36:41 -0700 Received: (from marsee@localhost) by smtp.oreilly.com (8.11.2/8.11.2) id h1M2aHC18215 for farli@deru.com.; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 18:36:17 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 18:36:17 -0800 (PST) From: Marsee Henon Message-Id: <200302220236.h1M2aHC18215@smtp.oreilly.com> To: farli@deru.com Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, Feb 21 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable O'Reilly User Group Program Newsletter February 21, 2003 Please share this information with your members... Highlights This Week: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Book News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Oracle PL/SQL Language Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition -What books does O'Reilly have coming up? ---------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Feb. 25, Adam Trachtenberg & David Sklar ("PHP Cookbook") at NYPHP -Visit O'Reilly's booths at the XML Web Services One Conference=20 (Mar 3-6) and South by Southwest (Mar 7-11) --------------------------------------------------------------- Conference News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Registration is open for the 2003 O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference -Put Up A Conference Banner, Get A Free Book-O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference ----------------------------------------------------------------=20 News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Create a T-shirt Slogan That Any Geek Would Love=20 -Don't Forget to Vote for Your Favorite O'Reilly Java Book=20 -Oracle Cross Tab Views: A Case for Code=20 -Christoph Reichenbach and Lars Skovlund on FreeSCI -ONJava.com Survey-Got a Minute? =20 -Parsing and Writing QuickTime Files in Java=20 -Plumbing the Depths of the ThreadAbortException Using Rotor -Five Quick Tips for Using XSLT=20 -FreeBSD Basics=20 -Securing Your TiBook (or Any Other Mac OS X Machine)=20 -Introduction to FileMaker Pro=20 -Six Great Tips for Homemade Dot Mac Servers ---------------------------------------------------------------- Announcements From Your Peers ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Attention Java and Sun ONE users=20 -Biotechnology discussion group looking for members=20 -LinuxFest Northwest--Bellingham, WA--April 26 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Book News =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Review books are available--email me for a copy. ***Please include the book order number on your requests. Let me know if you need your books by a certain date. Allow at least four weeks for shipping.=20 Send or email me copies of your newsletters and book reviews. Don't forget, your members get 20% off any O'Reilly book they purchase directly from O'Reilly. Just use code DSUG when ordering. http://www.oreilly.com/ ***Group purchases with better discounts are available*** Please let me know if you are interested. Press releases are available on our press page: http://press.oreilly.com/ ***Oracle PL/SQL Language Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition Order Number: 4729 This new edition boils down the most vital information from "Oracle PL/SQL Programming," the bestseller that many consider "the Bible" for PL/SQL development. =20 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/orplpr2/ A Sample Excerpt, "Bulk Binds," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/orplpr2/chapter/index.html ***What books do we have coming up? Visit our New & Upcoming books: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/new.html Let me know if you would like to see any of these. I can preorder them for you. For a complete list of all O'Reilly books, go to: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/prdindex.html =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Upcoming Events =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D ***Adam Trachtenberg and David Sklar ("PHP Cookbook") will be at the New York PHP User Group meeting February 25. =20 They will discuss two important PHP programming topics: "Implementing Web Services" and "Web Application Security Vulnerabilities."=20 Please RSVP at http://nyphp.org/rsvp Tuesday, February 25th, 6:30pm Digital Pulp, Inc. =20 220 East 23rd Street, Suite 900 (9th floor) New York, NY http://nyphp.org/ ***Visit O'Reilly's booth at the following events: XML Web Services One Conference Mar 3-6, 2003, Santa Clara Marriott Santa Clara, CA http://www.xmlconference.com/ South by Southwest Mar 7-11, 2003 Austin Convention Center Austin, TX http://www.sxsw.com/ For more events, please see: http://events.oreilly.com/ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Conference News =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D ***Registration is open for the 2003 O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference Join the leaders from the many worlds of pervasive computing to explore and invent the new internet infrastructure and culture. Speakers include: Howard Rheingold, Alan Kay, Clay Shirky, Eric Bonabeau, Tim O'Reilly, David S. Isenberg, and many others. http://conferences.oreilly.com/etcon/ Early Bird Discount-- User Group members who register before March 14th, 2003, get a double discount. Use code DSUG when you register, and you'll get 20% off the "Early Bird" price. To register, go to: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/22/register.html ***Put Up A Conference Banner, Get A Free Book*** Ready for the next conference banner promotion? Here it is: We are looking for user groups to display our conference banners on their web sites. If you send me the link to your user group site with our O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference banner, I will send you the O'Reilly book of your choice. Conference Banners: http://ug.oreilly.com/banners/etech2003/ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D News From O'Reilly & Beyond =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --------------------- General News --------------------- ***Create a T-shirt Slogan That Any Geek Would Love Enter your slogan on our site. We'll sort through the entries and, using our in-house panel of geek writers, editors, programmers, and sys admins, we'll choose a winner, based on our own biased criteria for cleverness, creativity, and general geek appeal. The winner will receive a $50 shopping spree at ThinkGeek--and a T-shirt with the winning slogan. The deadline for submissions is March 10, 2003. http://www.oreilly.com/contest/tshirt_0203.html ***Don't Forget to Vote for Your Favorite O'Reilly Java Book The 2003 "Java Developer's Journal" Readers' Choice Awards http://www.sys-con.com/java/readerschoice2003/ --------------------- Oracle --------------------- ***Oracle Cross Tab Views: A Case for Code Tom Birch makes a case for coding when he explores both the power and the limits of Oracle's Cross Tab query for turning data in a report from vertical to horizontal. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2003/02/19/tombirch.html For coverage on the full range of Oracle SQL features, check out O'Reilly's "Mastering Oracle SQL."=20 Order Number: 1290 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mastorasql/ --------------------- Open Source --------------------- ***Christoph Reichenbach and Lars Skovlund on FreeSCI The FreeSCI project seeks to bring life back to Sierra On-Line's adventure games. What kind of pitfalls have the developers faced in reverse engineering the engine? http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2003/02/20/freesci.html --------------------- Java --------------------- ***ONJava.com Survey-Got a Minute? We could use your help. We'd like to hear what topics you like, what you'd like more of, and what you're working on. Give us a hand on our survey and you'll be eligible to win in our survey drawing. The winners get to choose three O'Reilly books and get a T-shirt to boot. http://www.zoomerang.com/recipient/survey-intro.zgi?ID=3DB2424QF5BX35&PIN= =3DTAXE2M15FP5P ***Parsing and Writing QuickTime Files in Java QuickTime files in Java is easy, if you understand the file format. Chris Adamson argues that it makes a lot of sense. This article explains how the file format works, demonstrating how to read and write to QT files. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/02/19/qt_file_format.html --------------------- .NET --------------------- ***Plumbing the Depths of the ThreadAbortException Using Rotor Chris Sells was asked the other day how calling Thread.Abort could raise an exception in a completely different thread. Finding the answer led him on a merry chase. http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2003/02/18/threadabort.html Chris is coauthor of the upcoming "Mastering Visual Studio .NET" Order Number: 3609 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mastvsnet/ ***Five Quick Tips for Using XSLT Like so many acronyms before it, XSLT (eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformations) comes across as YAOT--Yet Another Obfuscated Technology. But it doesn't have to be that way. XSLT promises many advantages when applied to the right problems. All you need is a quick guide on using the XSLT basics. http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2003/02/10/xslttips.html --------------------- BSD --------------------- ***FreeBSD Basics Dru Lavigne provides practical advice for completing common tasks under FreeBSD. =20 http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/ct/15 --------------------- Mac --------------------- ***Securing Your TiBook (or Any Other Mac OS X Machine) Here's how to make your Mac OS X laptop just a bit more secure by enabling a BIOS password, and by plugging some of the local and network openings. Ian Darwin takes you deep into your Mac's firmware and shows you how. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/02/18/secure_tibook.html ***Introduction to FileMaker Pro In this first installment in our new FileMaker Pro series, we introduce you to this polished, powerful relational database. Alan Graham sets the table for things to come. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/02/14/filemaker.html ***Six Great Tips for Homemade Dot Mac Servers Now that you have your own Dot Mac server up and running, here are six new things you can do with it -- including "iTunes Central," "iPhoto online," and the "Safari Rendezvous mod." http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/02/04/homemade_dot_mac.html Alan Graham is a contributor to the upcoming "Mac OS X Hacks" Order Number: 4605 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mcosxhks/ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Announcements From Your Peers =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D ***Attention Java and Sun ONE users Sun Microsystems, Inc. offers a free bulletin board for Java User Groups. Post information about your group and upcoming meetings, or search for a group to join. You can also look up information about upcoming Sun sponsored JUG events, the JUG Ambassador program, and other JUG resources. Just visit the JUGs web site at http://java.sun.com/jugs Did you know that Sun Microsystems, Inc. sponsors regional User Groups for several Sun ONE products? Visit the Sun Software User Groups web site for membership details: http://sunonedev.sun.com/community/usergroups ***Biotechnology discussion group looking for members-- St. Louis, MO The St. Louis Section of the American Chemical Society (http://www.umsl.edu/~acs/) is forming a biotechnology discussion group, to meet occasionally and discuss computational biology, analysis of genomic and proteomic data, and biomedical information and related topics. Anyone interested in participating should contact Lisa Balbes at lisa@balbes.com for more details. ***LinuxFest Northwest--Bellingham, WA This regional exposition for computer users interested in the Linux operating system and other Open Source software, will be held on April 26 at Bellingham Technical College (BTC) in Bellingham, Washington. This event is being organized by Linux User Groups from Bellingham, Kitsap Peninsula, Seattle, and Tacoma, and hosted by BTC. Admission to the event is free. John "Maddog" Hall will be featured as the keynote speaker. Events will include introductory to advanced lectures and tutorials presented by Open Source experts. For more info go to: http://www.linuxnorthwest.com. 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