[sf-lug] Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, February 24
jim stockford
jim at well.com
Sun Feb 26 07:39:37 PST 2006
A lot of info in this, a lot of it interesting
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> ***Repairing and Upgrading Your PC
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> ***VB 2005 Little Black Book
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> ***RAW Image Processing in Adobe Photoshop with Stephen Johnson,
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> Author Peter Krogh gives a three-hour comprehensive overview of Digital
> Asset Management techniques for the professional photographer.
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> ***Dru Lavigne at UKUUG Spring Conference, Durham, UK--March 21-23
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> 1000 users, open source innovators, and technology partners under one
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>
> MySQL Users Conference, April 24-27, 2006
> Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA
> <http://www.mysqluc.com/>
>
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> ***A Secret Tip for Taking Great Digital Shots
> Want to impress friends and family with professional-looking photos?
> Professional photographer and best-selling author Derrick Story
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> better skin tone, reduced texture in the face, and adding a twinkle to
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> <http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2006/02/01/secret-tip-for-
> taking-great-digital-shots.html>
>
>
> ***Quicken 2006 Missing Manual: Setting Up Your Quicken Environment
> After you install Quicken, you're only a few steps away from
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> Ajax Design Patterns
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> Java and XML, 3rd Edition
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>
> ---------------------
> Open Source
> ---------------------
> ***Introducing Lua
> Scripting is highly important to extensible applications. Not only is
> it
> easier to write logic in higher-level languages, but it's often safer.
> It can be effective, too--consider that World of Warcraft and
> other games embed the Lua language and use it for scripts, AI,
> configuration, and even user interface management. Why Lua? Keith
> Fieldhouse introduces the language and explains why it's so
> appropriate.
> <http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2006/02/16/introducing-lua.html>
>
>
> ***Building a High-Availability MySQL Cluster
> Serious business services really can't go down, whether due to hardware
> or software failures. If your necessary services rely on MySQL,
> clustering and high availability can prevent failures. Kris Buytaert
> shows how his group recently used MySQL Cluster and Heartbeat to
> provide
> redundant, failure-proof replication and availability of their data.
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/databases/2006/02/16/
> ha_mysql_cluster.html>
>
>
> ***Free Mesh Networking with Metrix Pebble
> Metrix Pebble is a variant of the popular Pebble Linux distribution
> that
> adds a web-based configuration GUI, support for OLSRD and EVDO,
> automatic generation of network flows, wireless users, and radio link
> status graphs using rrdtool, and fits in just under 64MB of flash
> memory. Rob Flickenger describes how to use Metrix Pebble to set up a
> wireless mesh network.
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/etel/2006/02/10/free-mesh-networking-
> with-metrix-pebble.html>
>
> ---------------------
> Mac
> ---------------------
> ***What's New in iWork '06?
> iWork's tandem offering of Pages and Keynote provides a useful
> collection of tools for presentations, word processing, and layout. But
> how much has changed since last year's debut? Giles Turnbull walks you
> through Pages 2 and Keynote 3 to help decide if this upgrade is for
> you.
> <http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2006/02/22/iwork.html>
>
>
> ***Digitizing VHS Tapes with EyeTV
> By digitizing your old VHS tapes, you can move them from taking up
> precious shelf space to more readily available disk space. In this
> article, Joe McMahon shows you a hack that lets you archive
> full-quality
> digital recordings from EyeTV to offline media, but still play them
> back
> easily in EyeTV.
> <http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2006/02/14/eyetv.html>
>
> ---------------------
> Windows/.NET
> ---------------------
> ***Inside Look: Internet Explorer 7, Beta 2
> The long-awaited Beta 2 of IE 7 is finally here. What's new, good, and
> better? Wei-Meng Lee gives you a guided tour and an inside look.
> <http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2006/02/21/inside-look-
> internet-explorer-7-beta-2.html>
>
>
> ***Creating an Application from Scratch, Part 3
> Jesse Liberty is creating an application from scratch in ASP.NET 2.0
> while you watch over his shoulder. In part 3, he builds the engine and
> implements it.
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/windows/2006/02/14/creating-an-
> application-from-scratch-part-3.html>
>
> ---------------------
> Web
> ---------------------
> ***A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned
> Think ecommerce web sites on the cheap are impossible? Find out how to
> get a site off the ground for less than $2000.
> <http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/04/a-penny-saved-is-a-penny-
> earned/>
>
>
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> out why this is a mistake, and a better way to approach it.
> <http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/01/information-architecture-
> why-the-first-page-comes-last/>
>
> ---------------------
> Java
> ---------------------
> ***Asynchronous Messaging Made Easy With Spring JMS
> Java Messaging Service (JMS) requires a lot of work to set up sessions
> and manage messages, work that can distract you from your
> application-specific logic. The Spring framework's SpringJMS offers a
> simpler solution that keeps the JMS administration out of your face.
> Srini Penchikala takes a look.
> <http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2006/02/22/asynchronous-messaging-
> with-spring-jms.html>
>
>
> ***Playing Together Nicely: Getting REST and SOAP to Share Each Other's
> Toys
> Convincing your colleagues and clients to consider a RESTful approach
> to
> SOAP is difficult when the accepted standard is SOAP-style services. In
> this article, Jason R. Briggs introduces a SOAP interface that can be
> used to deliver SOAP messages from REST resources.
>
> <http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2006/02/15/jython-soap-interface-
> to-rest.html>
>
> ---------------------
> Podcasts
> ---------------------
> ***Attention Streams, Taking Pictures, Java in Brazil, and Presenting
> Differently
> Rael Dornfest and Tim O'Reilly continue their preview of next month's
> Emerging Technology conference, Bruno Souza talks to us about Java in
> Brazil, conference photographer James Duncan Davidson discusses his
> art,
> and "Why the Lucky Stiff" shows us that conference presentations can be
> much more creative than they tend to be. (DTF 02-17-2006: 28 minutes 37
> seconds)
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2006/02/17/distributing-the-
> future.html>
>
>
> ***Pioneer Podcasters Share Insider Tips, Part 4: Top-of-the-Line Gear
> and How to Avoid and Fix Errors
> Listen in as Jack Herrington, the author of "Podcasting Hacks," chats
> with pioneer podcasters Doug Kaye and James Polanco. Doug is the
> founder
> of IT Conversations, the influential site that features podcasts
> covering important events, programs, and interviews with industry
> luminaries. James is the founder of "Fake Science," the popular podcast
> radio show covering all things digital music--news, reviews, and
> profiles of digital artists.
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2006/02/09/pioneer-
> podcasters-share-insider-tips-part-4.html>
>
> ---------------------
> Digital Media
> ---------------------
> ***Walking the Talk with Julieanne Kost
> In addition to over 150 full-color images, Julieanne Kost's new book,
> "Window Seat: The Art of Digital Photography and Creative Thinking"
> includes details on such topics as how to make great-looking images of
> clouds, mountains, farmland, and water, while photographing through
> airplane windows. This excerpt from Kost's book explains how to do just
> that. Kost details some of the techniques she used to transform images
> captured from the skies above into the final images that appear in the
> book.
> <http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2006/02/08/talking-with-julieanne-
> kost.html>
>
>
> ***O'Reilly Photography Learning Center
> The O'Reilly Photography Learning Center is an evolving resource of
> tips, tricks, and techniques for photographers, both professional and
> amateur alike. Each month, we highlight a featured author, provide tips
> and techniques, and offer special discounts. Right now, check out Deke
> McClelland's tried and true teaching method for learning Photoshop CS2.
> <http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/learningcenter/>
>
>
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> ---------------------
> MAKE
> ---------------------
> ***Calling All Makers!
>
> On April 22nd and 23rd at the San Mateo Fairgrounds, MAKE magazine, the
> first magazine devoted entirely to DIY technology projects, is hosting
> Maker Faire. This event is the first ever public gathering of tech DIY
> enthusiasts, educators, tinkerers, hobbyists, science clubs, students,
> authors, and exhibitors. Maker Faire will include 6 exposition &
> workshop pavilions, a 5-acre outdoor midway, over 100 exhibiting
> Makers,
> hands-on workshops, demonstrations, DIY competitions, and the latest in
> tools, kits and DIY resources. The Maker Faire will also be featuring
> The Ultimate Garage (automative meets tech DIY), Robotics, Digital
> Entertainment/Gaming, Green Tech & Electronics Recycling, Ultimate
> Workshop, Weird Science, and the MAKE: Remix video film festival.
> More info:
> <http://makezine.com/faire/>
>
> The Call for Proposals is now open. If you have an interesting project
> that you are bursting to share with your fellow Makers, here's your
> chance! You will have the opportunity to explain how the project works
> and to demonstrate it to an inquisitive and appreciative audience.
> Plus,
> you will have the opportunity to roam the Faire and spend some downtime
> with fellow Makers. Each Maker will be assigned to a half-day time slot
> on Saturday or Sunday.
>
> Your proposal should include a short description of your project and a
> brief profile describing yourself. This information will appear in the
> Maker Faire program and on makezine.com. Also, please state any special
> requirements (power, connectivity, ventilation, etc.) you may have.
> Submit a proposal today:
> <http://makezine.com/faire/makers/proposal/>
>
>
> Important Dates:
>
> Maker Proposal Due: Midnight (PST) Feb. 27, 2006
> Speaker Notification: March 15, 2006
> Workshop and Presentations Files Due: April 10, 2006
> Faire: April 22-23, 2006
>
>
> ***Meet Your Fellow Makers
> Find and post events, exhibits, and more with Maker events listings:
> <http://www.makezine.com/events/>
>
>
> ***Try a Sample Project from MAKE:
> <http://makezine.com/samples/>
>
>
> Until next time--
>
> Marsee Henon
>
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