[vox] [Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, April 28]

Thu Apr 28 15:57:39 PDT 2005

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> The evolution of the geek mag.
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> ***Revitalizing the Pay-Per-Call System
> The 900 number, long associated with porn and psychics, is a technology
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> and profit from voice and data services.
> http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2005/04/18/900numbers.html
>
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> Open Source
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> ***The State of the Dolphin at the MySQL Users Conference 2005
> Daniel Steinberg's report from the 2005 MySQL Users Conference covers
> David Axmark and Michael Widenius' "State of the Dolphin" keynote and
> Michael Tiemann's keynote.
> http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/04/20/dolphinatmySQL.html
>
> For all the announcements, press coverage, blogs, and photos from the
> MySQL Conference, check out our Conference Coverage page:
> http://www.onlamp.com/mysqluc2005/
>
>
> ***PHP 5 on Mac OS X
> Blane Warren discusses writing PHP 5 on Mac OS X systems--the tools, the
> software, and the utilities available to web developers.
> http://www.sitepoint.com/blog-post-view.php?id=257605
>
>
> ***Trust and Zeal in Open Source Advocacy
> Advocacy is critical to the spread of open source and free software. Good
> advocates build trust in their audiences, explaining how, and if, F/OSS
> can help them solve their problems. Jono Bacon explains how to build trust
> and avoid overzealous advocacy.
> http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2005/04/21/advocacy.html
>
> ---------------------
> Mac
> ---------------------
> ***Housecleaning Tips for Tiger
> Is your Mac ready for a smooth transition to Tiger? Maybe you're in need
> of a spring housecleaning anyway. Check out these tidy tips from Derrick
> Story, then roll out the red carpet for Mac OS X 10.4.
> http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/04/26/tiger.html
>
>
> ***Mac Mini Eye for the Linux-Windows Guy
> Todd had no intention of giving up his Linux and Windows boxes to become a
> "Mac switcher." But he had heard good things about OS X, so the Mac mini
> presented the opportunity for him to become a Mac-tryer. He details his
> experiences here.
> http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/04/19/mac_mini.html
>
> ---------------------
> Windows/.NET
> ---------------------
> ***Protect Yourself from WiFi Snoops
> You needn't be at the mercy of WiFi snoops. There's a lot you can do to
> protect your home or business network, without spending a lot of time or
> even any money. Preston Gralla, author of "Windows XP Hacks, 2nd Edition,"
> shows you how with step-by-step guides to hiding your network SSID,
> filtering out MAC addresses, and using encryption.
> http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2005/04/19/WiFiHacks.html
>
>
> ***XML DataSource Controls in .NET 2.0
> With .NET 2.0's XML DataSource control, you can bind to an XML document
> just as easily as you bind to tables in a database. If the XML document
> you load is hierarchical, the data is exposed hierarchically, which makes
> it ideal for mapping an XML document to a TreeView control. Jesse Liberty
> explains how the XML DataSource works in ASP.NET.
> http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2005/04/18/liberty.html
>
> ---------------------
> Java
> ---------------------
> ***Five Favorite Features from 5.0
> David Flanagan reviews five of his favorite new Java 5.0 features: the
> Callable and Future interfaces, new APIs for varargs and autoboxing, new
> ability interfaces, the @Override annotation, and MatchResult. Read to the
> end, where David reveals a bonus sixth feature, a new language syntax
> supported by Java 5.0 but known to very few. David is the author of "Java
> in a Nutshell, 5th Edition."
> http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2005/04/20/javaIAN5.html
>
>
> ***Adding Custom Buttons to Internet Explorer
> Have you ever wanted to extend the Internet Explorer toolbar by adding
> your own buttons? It's not that tough to do. Mitch Tulloch, author of
> "Windows Server Hacks," walks you through it in a few easy steps.
> http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2005/04/26/ie_buttons.html
>
> ---------------------
> Digital Media
> ---------------------
> ***Make Your Own Music Software with Pure Data
> With Pd (Pure Data), the graphical music toolkit for Windows, Linux, and
> Mac, you can wire up custom music programs no commercial software can
> duplicate--for free. Generate and process complex streams of MIDI and
> audio for live performance, build your own software synthesizer and
> effects, and even process video. Here's how to get started.
> http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/04/27/pd.html
>
>
> ***Johnny â€œJuiceâ€ Rosado: Digital Public Enemy
> Chuck Dâ€™s right-hand man explains the high-tech (and surprisingly
> low-tech) secrets behind the Public Enemy sound, then shares a track from
> the groupâ€™s upcoming album.
> http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/04/20/juice.html
>
>
> ***Panoramas Made Easy
> Alex reviews some groundbreaking new software that any web designer or
> digital camera enthusiast will find extremely useful in stitching together
> panoramas.
> http://www.sitepoint.com/blog-post-view.php?id=254954
>
> ---------------------
> Web
> ---------------------
> ***The CSS Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks, & Hacks
> "The CSS Anthology" from SitePoint offers a problem/solution format
> designed to help make your site easier to maintain and faster to load with
> CSS. If you've been working with images in CSS, you've probably looked for
> answers to questions like "How do I position my background image?" or "How
> do I set background images for other elements?" You'll find solutions to
> these image-related CSS problems in this sample excerpt from the book:
> Chapter 3, "CSS and Images."
> http://www.sitepoint.com/article/css-anthology-tips-tricks-3
>
>
> ***The Future: HTML or XHTML?
> Lachlan Hunt attempts to answer a crucial question about the future of the
> Web: does that future lie with HTML or XHTML?
> http://www.sitepoint.com/article/future-html-xhtml
>
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