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Explore and experiment, discover clever shortcuts, show off just a little, and have fun in the process, with this invaluable book. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/xmlhks/ A slew of sample hacks are available free online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/xmlhks/chapter/index.html ***CSS Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596007779 "CSS Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition" is an indispensable reference for web designers and developers. This handy book condenses all the details in its companion volume, "Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide," into one easy-to-use cheat-sheet, covering the essential information you need to effectively implement CSS. There's an introduction to CSS, an alphabetical reference to the CSS2 and CSS 2.1 properties, and detailed information about CSS support in browsers. When you're stuck and need an answer quickly, you'll want this completely updated pocket reference at your fingertips. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/csspr2/ A sample excerpt on "Basic Visual Layout" is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/csspr2/chapter/index.html ***IRC Hacks Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 059600687X IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is more than an accessible, multi-platform chat environment; it's a network of intercommunicating servers that allows thousands of clients to connect from anywhere in the world. "IRC Hacks" shows you how IRC works, and how to best use some of the features that have made IRC the most successful, most scalable, and most mature chat system on the planet. Featuring contributions from renowned IRC hackers, many of whom collaborated on IRC, this collection of tips and tools covers just about everything needed to become a true IRC master. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/irchks/ Sample hacks are available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/irchks/chapter/index.html ***Cyber Adversary Characterization Publisher: Syngress ISBN: 1931836116 The ever-increasing emphasis and reliance on the use of computers and the Internet has come hand in hand with the increased threat of cyber-crime. Many systems and infrastructures are exceedingly vulnerable to attacks, as the complexity of computer networks is growing faster than the ability to understand and protect them. Heightened vigilance is not enough, but needs to be coupled with active defensive measures to guarantee the best protection. This book provides the reader with understanding of and an ability to anticipate that "cyber adversary" silently waiting in the wings to attack. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1931836116/ ***OpenOffice.org Writer Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596008260 This handy reference to using Writer, the word processor that comes with OpenOffice.org, is the open source alternative to Microsoft Word. You???ll learn how to write, edit, and review documents; use templates and styles effectively; control page layout; insert, edit, and create graphics; and much more--even how to make a smooth transition from Word. With the complete office suite included on a CD, this book makes using Writer an easy decision. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/openoffice/ Chapter 2, "Writing, Editing, and Reviewing Documents," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/openoffice/chapter/index.html ***AI for Game Developers Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596005555 Written for the novice AI programmer, this book introduces techniques such as finite state machines, fuzzy logic, neural networks, and many others, in straightforward, easy-to-understand language, supported with code samples written in C/C++. The book explains basic techniques such as chasing and evading, pattern movement, and flocking to genetic algorithms, then presents a mix of deterministic (traditional) and non-deterministic (newer) AI techniques, all designed to provide usable techniques you can apply to your games right now. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ai/ ***IT Ethics Handbook Publisher: Syngress ISBN: 1931836140 Ethical judgments are no different in the area of computing from those in any other area. Computers raise problems of privacy, ownership, theft, and power, to name but a few. This book covers subjects ranging from defensive architecture, offensive issues, privacy, the use of information, and the human element of employer and employee ethics. The book is written by IT professionals for IT professionals, and always brings any discussion back to a practical example and application. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1931836140/ ***Upgrading to PHP 5 Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596006365 If you're using PHP 4, chances are good that an upgrade to PHP 5 is in your future. This book offers a concise appraisal of the differences between versions 4 and 5, a detailed look at what's new in PHP 5, and explanations of how these changes affect you. The book also covers more advanced features and each new feature is shown in code, helping you to know when to use it and how it's better than PHP 4. Chapter 4, "SQLite," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/upgradephp5/chapter/index.html ***SpamAssassin Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596007078 SpamAssassin is the leading open source spam-fighting tool. The drawback? Until now, it was SpamAssassin's lack of published documentation. This clear, concise new guide shows system administrators how to integrate this tool effectively into their networks. The book clarifies installation, configuration, and use of SpamAssassin versions 2.63 and 3.0 for Unix sysadmins using Postfix, sendmail, Exim, or qmail mail servers. SpamAssassin, together with this essential book, provides the tools you need to take back your organization's inboxes. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/spamassassin/ Chapter 2, "SpamAssassin Basics," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/spamassassin/chapter/index.html ***We the Media Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596007337 Not content to accept the news as reported, grassroots journalists are dismantling Big Media's news monopoly, and publishing in real time to a worldwide audience via the Internet. The impact of their work is just beginning to be felt by professional journalists and the newsmakers they cover. In "We the Media," nationally known business and technology columnist Dan Gillmor tells the story of this emerging phenomenon, and sheds light on this deep shift in how we make and consume the news. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wemedia/ The book's Introduction is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wemedia/chapter/index.html ***Zero-Day Exploit Publisher: Syngress ISBN: 19318360 A group of highly sophisticated cyber-terrorists have developed a Zero-Day Exploit targeting critical, pertrochemical infrastructure systems in the United States. Once launched, the exploit will cripple the country's ability to respond or defend itself. The only defense against disaster rests with an elite cyber-security expert with the skill and savvy to thwart the plot. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1931836094/ ***Mono: A Developer's Notebook Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596007922 This no-fluff, lab-style guide jumps right into Mono 1.0 as you work through nearly 50 mini-projects that introduce you to the most important and compelling aspects of the 1.0 release. You'll learn how to acquire, install, and run Mono on Linux, Windows, or Mac OS X. You'll work with the various Mono components: Gtk#; the CLR; the class libraries (.NET and Mono); and much more. This book lets you roll up your sleeves and see what Mono can do. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/monoadn/ Chapter 3, "Core .NET," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/monoadn/chapter/index.html ================================================ Upcoming Events ================================================ ***For more events, please see: http://events.oreilly.com/ ***Deke McClellend ("Adobe Photoshop CS One-on-One") 2004 Australian InDesign Conference, Melbourne, Australia--August 12-14 Deke is a featured speaker at the annual national conference dedicated to supporting this fast-growing application user community. http://www.theindesignconference.com/australia/indexa.html ***Wil Wheaton ("Just a Geek" and "Dancing Barefoot"), Hollywood Borders--August 15 Wil stops by the Hollywood Borders to sign copies of "Just a Geek" at 2:00pm. 1501 Vine Street, Hollywood, CA http://www.bordersstores.com/stores/store_pg.jsp?storeID=354 ***Wil Wheaton ("Just a Geek" and "Dancing Barefoot") at Mysterious Galaxy Books, San Diego, CA--August 21 WIl also stops by Mysterious Galaxy starting at 1:30 p.m. 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., San Diego, CA http://www.mystgalaxy.com/ ***O'Reilly at PhotoShopWorld, Orlando, Florida--August 31 & September 2 Deke McClelland will be teaching Adobe Illustrator Techniques in a pre-conference session on August 31. Make sure you come by and say hi at our booth (#334) in the expo hall on September 2. Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL http://www.photoshopworld.com/ ================================================ Conference News ================================================ ***Registration Is Open for O'Reilly's Mac OS X Conference Join us for the third annual Mac OS X Conference, October 25-28, 2004, in Santa Clara, California. You'll hear from Stewart Copeland, the former drummer for the Police who now creates award-winning film and television scores using Mac OS X technology; "New York Times" columnist David Pogue; Andy Ihnatko of the "Chicago Sun-Times"; Karelia Sofware's Dan Wood; Brent Simmons of Ranchero Software; Michael Bartosh of 4AM Media; Mac authors Dori Smith, Gordon Meyer, and Ted Landau; and many more. User Group members who register before September 10, 2004 get a double discount. Use code DSUG when you register, and receive 20% off the "Early Bird" price. To register, go to: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/macosx2004/create/ord_mac04 O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference October 25-28, 2004 Westin Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA http://conferences.oreilly.com/macosxcon/ ================================================ News From O'Reilly & Beyond ================================================ --------------------- General News --------------------- ***"We the Media" Blog Nationally recognized technology columnist Dan Gillmor has launched a new blog that covers the shifts we're seeing as journalism becomes less of a lecture and more of a conversation. Check it out if you're interested in the future of journalism, and don't miss his latest book on the topic, "We the Media." http://wethemedia.oreilly.com/ ***Techies Reshape 9/11 History Within hours of the release of The 9/11 Commission Report, multiple formats of the report were posted online by people interested in increasing its accessibility and usability. One of those people was PDF expert Sid Steward, who reduced the file size of the commission's original PDF, added bookmarks, and created a front-page HTML portal. Learn how easy and flexible PDF can be in Sid's upcoming "PDF Hacks." http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64346,00.html ***O'Reilly Radar: OSCON 2004 Daniel Steinberg reports on Tim O'Reilly's OSCON 2004 keynote. Tim's remarks focused on what is currently on his radar. He discussed Internet applications and social software, and ended with the announcement that O'Reilly will be producing the third annual MySQL Conference next year in Santa Clara, CA http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/07/29/radar.html ***Top 10 Online Investing Tips Plucked from the pages of "Online Investing Hacks," author Bonnie Biafore offers ten of the most important things you can do to improve your financial situation, and the tools that will simplify these tasks. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2004/07/23/onlineinvestinghacks.html --------------------- Open Source --------------------- ***The Great Linux Desktop Migration Contest--Enter by August 9 If you're considering, or you have already embarked upon, a Linux desktop migration, here's your chance to help guide and inspire others and be eligible to win an all-expense-paid trip to Barcelona, Spain. Novell and O'Reilly Media have joined forces to present this contest and are looking for entries that describe the benefits realized from a desktop migration, a phased migration plan, or the most practical tips for migrating to Linux. http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/linux/contest/ ***O'Reilly and MySQL AB Present the MySQL Users Conference According to Tim O'Reilly, "MySQL is at the heart of revolutionary changes in the computer industry." Join us in Santa Clara, CA in April 2005 to meet the MySQL development team, peruse the latest products and services, get detailed insight into new features in MySQL 5.0, and much more. http://www.mysqluc.com/ ***Questioning Promises at LinuxWorld O'Reilly editor Andy Oram reports this week from LinuxWorld 2004 in San Francisco. He'll be exploring the promises of Linux and trying to determine how realistic they are, because, as Andy writes, "In many areas, the important foundations have been laid--but a lot remains to be done." http://oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5357 ***Open Source and NASA's Mars Rover NASA's recent Mars Rover mission uses a host of open source tools. Three members of the team presented how they promoted open source software at NASA, use it in the project, and hope to release more code in the future. Ann Barcomb reports. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/08/02/oss_mars_rover.html --------------------- Mac --------------------- ***21.5 Things You Can Do with Office 2004 By now you've probably read about all the new features in Microsoft Office 2004. Good. Because we're not going to cover them here again. Instead, Giles Turnbull shows you 21 and a half things you can do in Office that you might not have previously realized. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/08/03/ms_office.html ***Creating DVD/VCD Photo Slide Shows for Your Mac Let's face it: you still have friends and family who've yet to enter the computer age. And yet you'd like to send them copies of your vacation photos (or your newborn, or your cat) taken with your digital camera. What to do? Wei-Meng Lee offers an alternative to using iPhoto for creating slide-show CDs--Ulead's DVD PictureShow for Mac. He walks us through how to burn digital photos onto disc so anyone with a DVD/VCD player can view them. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/07/27/DVDslideshowonMac.html ***OS 9, Mine, All Mine What serious Mac fan in his or her right mind would consider booting anything other than OS X? Well, lots of them. Giles Turnbull interviews a handful of dedicated OS 9 users to find out why. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/07/23/os9.html --------------------- Windows --------------------- ***Windows Server Hacks: Creating a Password Reset Disk Losing a password for an account can be anything from a pain to a disaster. Mitch Tulloch, author of "Windows Server Hacks," shows you how to solve the problem by creating a password recovery disk. http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/08/03/password_reset.html ***Power Up the Windows Clipboard The Windows Clipboard is about as useless a utility as you can imagine. Throw it away and replace it with one of these clipboard power tools. http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/08/03/clipboard.html ***Rapid Application Development with VB.NET 2.0 Jesse Liberty has supported the idea that it really doesn't matter if you program in C# or in VB.NET, since both are just syntactic sugar layered on top of the Microsoft Intermediate Language--the true language of .NET. But that appears to be changing with Whidbey. Get a look at the new My Object in VB.NET 2.0 in this article by Jesse, author of "Programming Visual Basic .NET, 2nd Edition." http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2004/08/02/libertywhidbey.html --------------------- Java --------------------- **XML-Java Data Binding Using XMLBeans XMLBeans, currently in the Apache incubation process, is a promising framework for providing XML/Java data binding unmarshalling well-formed XML into Java objects, and marshalling Java objects into XML files. Hetel Shah provides an introduction to its features. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/07/28/XMLBeans.html ***Keeping Up with the Java Joneses Ian Darwin covers a variety of new Java 1.5 features, including J2SE 1.5 threading, the return of printf, and the IDEs NetBeans and Eclipse. Ian wraps up this article with resources to help you keep up with the rest of the Java Joneses. Ian is the author of the recently released "Java Cookbook, 2nd Edition." http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/07/28/javackbk2.html --------------------- Security --------------------- ***What Countermeasures Really Mean As the number and range of attacks on computer systems have grown exponentially and conventional firewalls and intrusion detection systems have proven inadequate for the task, security researchers have started to talk about employing "countermeasures" to preserve security. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/security/2004/08/03/symbiot.html ================================================ News From Your Peers ================================================ ***Report from OSCON 2004 Steve Riggins of the Portland Mac Users Group and the statewide Oregon MacPioneers User Group gives us his scoop on the 2004 O'Reilly Open Source Convention in Portland, OR. Thanks Steve! And thanks to OMUG leader Steve Welsh for passing this along. http://homepage.mac.com/ydkm/News/oscon04report.htm Don't forget to check out the O'Reilly UG wiki to see what user groups across the globe are up to: http://wiki.oreillynet.com/usergroups/lpt?HomePage 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