[vox] [fwd] Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, November 10
Bill Kendrick
nbs at sonic.net
Sun Nov 12 10:08:50 PST 2006
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Hello,
We have some good news to announce. We've just increased the user group
discount to 35% off all books and PDFs. The discount code stays the
same--DSUG. And don't forget we still offer free shipping for orders in
the US of $29.95 or more.
--Marsee
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November 10, 2006
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-40 Digital Photo Retouching Techniques with Photoshop Elements
-40 Digital Photography Techniques, 3rd Edition
-Automating InDesign with Regular Expressions
-A Grammar of Game Play
-The Book of Python
-Build Your Own Ruby on Rails Web Application
-Configuring Juniper Networks NetScreen & SSG Firewalls
-CRAFT: Volume 01
-CSS: The Definitive Guide, Third Edition
-Essential CVS, Second Edition
-Fast Guide to Propellerhead Reason, Third Edition
-FISMA Certification & Accreditation Handbook
-Google Talking
-How to Build an RSS 2.0 Feed (PDF)
-Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, Third Edition
-Inside the Machine
-iPod: The Missing Manual, Fifth Edition
-Just Right Software Planning & Estimation
-Kismet Hacking
-Learning MySQL
-LINQ: The Future of Data Access in C# 3.0 (PDF)
-Mastering Landscape Photography
-MySQL Cookbook, Second Edition
-Network Monitoring with Nagios (PDF)
-Network Security Assessment
-Network Security Hacks
-O'Reilly Radar Web 2.0 Report
-Rails Deployment
-Rails for Java Developers
-Saving Money and Time with Virtual Server (PDF)
-Scanning Negatives and Slides
-SQL Hacks
-Web Scripting Little Black Book
-Windows Admin Programming with Visual C# 2005 Little Black Book
-MAKE & CRAFT Magazine Subscriptions
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-Julia Wilkinson ("The eBay Price Guide"),29th Annual National Press
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-Visit O'Reilly at OpenCON 2006, Venice, Italy--December 2-3
-Stephen Johnson ("Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography"),
Professional Image Editing Workshop, Pacifica, CA--December 2-5
-O'Reilly Digital Media Authors at Book Passage,
Corte Madera, CA--January 7
-Julieanne Kost ("Window Seat") Project: Photoshop Lightroom
School Tour
-Peter Krogh ("The DAM Book") ASMP/It's Your Business Event Series
-Eddie Tapp ("Photoshop Workflow Setups") Pro Tips Tour
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-Work for O'Reilly
-Getting Started with WSGI
-Open Tools for MySQL Administrators
-Developing High Performance Asynchronous IO Applications
-Inside Aperture--Community for Serious Photographers
-Top Ten Aperture Features
-Winners of the Photoshop Cook-Off Contest announced at PhotoPlus
Expo 2006
-Making a Smooth Move from .Mac to Google
-Text Tricks and More Text Tricks
-Creating Visual Studio Project Templates
-Top 10 Tips for Using Windows PowerShell
-Advanced Java Content Repository API
-Scaling Enterprise Java on 64-bit Multi-Core X86-Based Servers
-Demystifying LDAP Data
-OpenBSD 4.0: Pufferix's Adventures
-Ken Milburn Unplugged
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***40 Digital Photo Retouching Techniques with Photoshop Elements
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This easy to follow, full color guide shows all digital photographers
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***40 Digital Photography Techniques, 3rd Edition
Publisher: Young Jin
ISBN: 8931433697
Digital Photography has truly reached the masses, and with this
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***Automating InDesign with Regular Expressions
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596529376
If you need to make automated changes to InDesign documents beyond what
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bit of scripting to make them work. This Short Cut explains both how to
write regular expressions, so you can find and replace the right things,
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<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/autoindesign/>
***A Grammar of Game Play
Publisher: Paraglyph Press
ISBN: 1933097159
In this sequel to his bestselling and award-winning book, master game
designer Raph Koster now takes on the inner workings of how games are
expertly designed by professionals. Using the latest thinking from game
studies as well as years of experience, games are broken down and
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<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1933097159/>
***The Book of Python
Publisher: No Starch Press
ISBN: 1593271034
"The Book of Python" begins with a discussion of Python's programming
environment, then moves on to more advanced topics, including object
oriented programming, interacting with operating systems, creating GUIs
and database interfaces, network programming, XML, web programming, and
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<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1593271034/>
***Build Your Own Ruby on Rails Web Application
Publisher: SitePoint
ISBN: 0975841955
This practical hands-on guide for first-time Ruby on Rails programmers
will show you exact how you get started, from installing the required
software on your computer to the intriciacies of Ruby syntax.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0975841955/>
***Configuring Juniper Networks NetScreen & SSG Firewalls
Publisher: Syngress
ISBN: 1597491187
Configuring Juniper Networks NetScreen & SSG Firewalls is the only
complete reference to this family of products. It covers all of the
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<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1597491187/>
***CRAFT: Volume 01
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596529287
"Craft" is the first project-based magazine dedicated to the renaissance
that is occurring within the world of crafts. Volume 01, the premier
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turn dud shoes into great knitted boots, felt an iPod cocoon, embroider
a skateboard, and much more.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/craft06v1/>
***CSS: The Definitive Guide, Third Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596527330
Updated to cover Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft's vastly improved
browser, this new edition includes content on positioning, lists and
generated content, table layout, user interface, paged media, and more.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/csstdg3/>
***Essential CVS, Second Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596527039
This easy-to-follow reference shows a variety of professionals how to
use the Concurrent Versions System (CVS), the open source tool that lets
you manage versions of anything stored in files.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/essentialcvs2/>
***Fast Guide to Propellerhead Reason, Third Edition
Publisher: PC Publishing
ISBN: 1870775279
This in-depth guide, now in it's third edition, takes you through every
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the amazing Malstrom Graintrable synth, the two easy-to-use sample
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computer, the versatile Combinator, powerful MClass effects and the
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<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1870775279/>
***FISMA Certification & Accreditation Handbook
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that instructs IT Managers to adhere to federally mandated certification
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<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1597491160/>
***Google Talking
Publisher: Syngress
ISBN: 1597490555
Are you tired of running a dozen programs to stay in touch with the
people you care about? Are you looking for a way to call back home,
without spending an arm and a leg? Then you need to read Google Talking!
Discover the "Google way" to instant message your friends, with the
power of voice and text! Make calls from your computer to any phone in
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<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1597490555/>
***How to Build an RSS 2.0 Feed (PDF)
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596529384
This Short Cut will give you the hands-on knowledge you need to build an
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<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/buildrss2feeds/>
***Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, Third Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596527349
This edition of the classic primer on web site design and navigation is
updated with recent examples, new scenarios, and new information on best
practices.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/infoarch3/>
***Inside the Machine
Publisher: No Starch Press
ISBN: 1593271042
Written by the co-founder of the highly respected Ars Technica site,
this book begins with the fundamentals of computing, defining what a
computer is and using analogies, numerous 4-color diagrams, and clear
explanations to communicate the concepts that form the basis of modern
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<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1593271042/>
***iPod: The Missing Manual, Fifth Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596529783
This new edition thoroughly covers the redesigned iPod Nanos, the video
iPod, the tiny Shuffle and the overhauled iTunes 7. Each page sports
easy-to-follow color graphics, crystal-clear explanations, and guidance
on the most useful things your iPod can do.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ipodtmm5/>
***Just Right Software Planning & Estimation
Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
ISBN: 0977616622
This book won't bore you with theoretical parametric models or tedious,
tree-killing paperwork-heavy processes. Instead, you get practical,
no-nonsense guidance for estimating and planning your software projects,
mining techniques that work from both "sides" of the methodological
boundaries.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0977616622/>
***Kismet Hacking
Publisher: Syngress
ISBN: 1597491179
"Kismet Hacking" focuses specifically on the use of the Kismet wireless
tool for Linux users. This book covers everything a reader would need to
know about Kismet, from the basic installation for the new user to
advanced topics such as creating Wireless Intrusion Detection Systems.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1597491179/>
***Learning MySQL
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596008643
"Learning MySQL" provides all the tools you need to set up and design an
effective database. This richly detailed tutorial will help you design
scalable and flexible databases, create powerful queries using SQL, and
configure MySQL for improved security.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnmysql/>
***LINQ: The Future of Data Access in C# 3.0 (PDF)
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596528418
Language Integrated Query (LINQ) is Microsoft's new technology for
powerful, general purpose data access. In this Short Cut you'll learn
about LINQ and the proposed C# 3.0 extensions that support it.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/language1/>
***Mastering Landscape Photography
Publisher: Rocky Nook
ISBN: 1933952067
Thirteen essays on landscape photography by master photographer Alain
Briot. Topics include practical, technical, and aesthetic aspects of
photography to help photographers build and refine their skills.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1933952067/>
***MySQL Cookbook, Second Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 059652708X
You'll find dozens of short, focused pieces of code and hundreds of
worked-out examples that are perfect for programmers of all levels who
don't have the time (or expertise) to solve MySQL problems from scratch.
The new edition covers MySQL 5.0 and the older but still widespread
MySQL 4.1.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mysqlckbk2/>
***Network Monitoring with Nagios (PDF)
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596528191
With this Short Cut guide, we'll go over how Nagios fits in the overall
network monitoring puzzle. We'll also cover installation and basic
usage. Finally, we'll show you how to extend Nagios with other tools to
extend functionality.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/networknagios/>
***Network Security Assessment
Publisher: Syngress
ISBN: 1597491012
This book is unique in that it details both the management and technical
skill and tools required to develop an effective vulnerability
management system. Business case studies and real world vulnerabilities
are used through the book.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1597491012/>
***Network Security Hacks
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596527632
This second edition of "Network Security Hacks" offers 125 concise and
practical hacks, including more information for Windows administrators,
hacks for wireless networking, and techniques to ensure privacy and
anonymity, including ways to evade network traffic analysis, encrypt
email and files, and protect against phishing attacks.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/netsechacks2/index.html>
***O'Reilly Radar Web 2.0 Report
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ISBN 0596527691
"O'Reilly Radar's Web 2.0 Principles and Best Practices" lays out the
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<http://www.oreilly.com/radar/web2report.csp>
***Rails Deployment
Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
ISBN: 0978739205
This book will help you sleep better at night, knowing that your
application can handle anything that gets thrown at it. Come away with
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concurrency.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0978739205/>
***Rails for Java Developers
Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
ISBN: 097761669X
If you are a Java programmer, you shouldn't have to start at the very
beginning. You already have deep experience with the design issues that
inspired Rails, and can use this background to quickly learn Ruby and
Rails. This book will be your guide to this new, but not strange, territory.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/097761669X/>
***Saving Money and Time with Virtual Server (PDF)
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596528019
This guide is aimed at network administrators who are interested in ways
that Virtual Server 2005 can be implemented in their organizations in
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information on setting up a virtual network, virtual consolidation,
virtual security, virtual honeypots, and more.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/saving/>
***Scanning Negatives and Slides
Publisher: Rocky Nook
ISBN: 1933952016
The most common software tools for scanning (SilverFast, VueScan,
NikonScan) are not only covered extensively in the book, but are also
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***SQL Hacks
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596527993
"SQL Hacks" offers 100 hacks--unique tips and tools--that bring you the
knowledge of experts who apply what they know in the real world to help
you take full advantage of the expressive power of SQL. You'll find
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<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sqlhks/>
***Web Scripting Little Black Book
Publisher: Paraglyph Press
ISBN: 1933097191
The Web Scripting Little Black Book will help administrators take full
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covering topics such as automating Web pages and managing content,
database setups and automation, essential e-commerce scripts, user
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<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1933097191/>
***Windows Admin Programming with Visual C# 2005 Little Black Book
Publisher: Paraglyph Press
ISBN: 1933097205
The book covers a wide range of important Windows admin tasks from file
management to network management to backup and security. The hands-on
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<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1933097205/>
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<http://www.sjphoto.com/newsletter_nov_2006.html#anchor%2312>
***O'Reilly Digital Media Authors at Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA--January 7
Ask the experts. Leading digital photographers and authors, Mikkel
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<http://www.bookpassage.com/index.php>
***Julieanne Kost ("Window Seat") Project: Photoshop Lightroom School Tour
Author Julieanne Kost will provide students with an in-depth seminar on
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***Peter Krogh ("The DAM Book"), ASMP/It's Your Business Event Series
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cities and dates, go to:
<http://www.asmp.org/commerce/education>
***Eddie Tapp ("Photoshop Workflow Setups") Pro Tips Tour
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***Getting Started with WSGI
Python 2.5 added support for the WSGI standard. This is a specification
for web programming that allows interoperability between frameworks and
components. It's also terribly easy to use. Jason Briggs introduces WSGI
and gives the background you need to use it productively.
<http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2006/11/09/getting-started-with-wsgi.html>
***Open Tools for MySQL Administrators
The MySQL distribution provides several tools for database developers
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***Developing High Performance Asynchronous IO Applications
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<http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2006/10/12/asynchronous_events.html>
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Digital Media
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***Inside Aperture--Community for Serious Photographers
Our Inside Aperture site draws upon community expertise to
provide you with tips and real-life experiences from professional
shooters who use Apple's premier photo management application to
organize, edit, and output their images. This site features weblogs,
articles, podcasts, and tutorials—-all focused to help you improve your
digital photography workflow.
<http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/aperture/>
***Top Ten Aperture Features
Apple's ground-breaking, workflow tool for professional photographers
has caused quite a stir in the imaging community. After working with
Aperture for a year, I've decided that although it's not perfect, it has
some incredible and exciting features that photographers can really use.
<http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2006/11/01/top-ten-aperture-features.html>
***Winners of the Photoshop Cook-Off Contest announced at PhotoPlus Expo 2006
Grand Prize Winner Suzanne Pitts and ten additional winners in five
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The five category winners were awarded packages worth more than $3,000
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Sponsors included Adobe, iStockPhoto, Lowepro, and Epson. Learn more
about all the winners here,
<http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/contest/winners/>
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***Making a Smooth Move from .Mac to Google
Matthew Russell presents a practical approach for a smooth move from
.Mac to a Google-centric web experience. Getting your email, address
book, calendar, online storage, online photos, and blog squared away are
all covered in this detailed transition plan.
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2006/11/01/making-a-smooth-move-from-mac-to-google.html>
***Text Tricks and More Text Tricks
We've covered text editors here before. We know, from various posts at
the Mac DevCenter blog, that our readers are often as fanatical about
using plain text as we are. Tips on using your editor of choice are easy
to find, but we thought it would be fun to gather a whole bunch of them
together for the first time; not only to spread the word, but to invite
our readers to add their own tips and time-savers. We've also asked a
handful of Mac users to contribute their own favorite text tricks.
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2006/10/10/text-tricks.html>
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Windows/.NET
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***Creating Visual Studio Project Templates
Visual Studio 2005 offers a great tool for those who create largely
identical projects--custom project and item templates--that automates
project creation and eliminates the need to add the same references,
project items, or even largely identical code to new projects. Ron
Petrusha shows you how.
<http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2006/10/17/creating-visual-studio-project-templates.html>
***Top 10 Tips for Using Windows PowerShell
PowerShell is Microsoft's newest replacement for the command line, and
it's far more powerful than any command-line prompt Microsoft has given
us before. Starting to learn it, unfortunately, can be a bit
overwhelming. Jeff Cogswell offers his top 10 tips for getting the most
out of it.
<http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2006/11/07/top-10-tips-for-using-windows-powershell.html>
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Java
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***Advanced Java Content Repository API
First presented in "What Is Java Content Repository," JSR-170 offers a
standard means for content management systems to present their
persistent data stores to Java applications. In this article, Sunil
Patil explores some of JCR's optional features--namely, the very useful
concepts of versioning and observability.
<http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2006/11/08/advanced-java-content-repository.html>
***Scaling Enterprise Java on 64-bit Multi-Core X86-Based Servers
Today's enterprise server--indeed, the environment--isn't what it was
when Java was born. Slow networked machines have been replaced by fast,
64-bit multi-core servers that can house all your tiers in one box or
even virtualize servers within the server. This has a significant effect
on the design and deployment of your Java enterprise application, and
Michael Yuan and Dave Jaffe show you how to get the most out of your
hardware.
<http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2006/11/01/scaling-enterprise-java-on-64-bit-multi-core.html>
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Sys Admin/Web
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***Demystifying LDAP Data
Is LDAP a database or a protocol? Is it understandable and deployable
without reading a thousand pages of explanation and documentation? Brian
Jones explains LDAP schemas and the layout of data to help you
understand what you can store and how you can retrieve it.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/sysadmin/2006/11/09/demystifying-ldap-data.html>
***OpenBSD 4.0: Pufferix's Adventures
On October 18th, OpenBSD celebrated its 11th birthday. Now it's time for
the release of OpenBSD 4.0. To celebrate both milestones, Federico
Biancuzzi interviewed over 20 developers to discuss the new features of
this release and the continual work to get hardware specifications from
vendors.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/sysadmin/2006/10/26/openbsd-40.html>
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Podcasts
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***Ken Milburn Unplugged
Take a listen. The author of Digital Photography Expert Techniques,
Second Edition knew Dan Rather in college, started his career taking
publicity photos of Hollywood starlets, and shot album covers for
Capitol Records. Ken talks to O'Reilly staffer Sara Peyton about his
career, tips and tricks, and creating the wow factor. (16 minutes 25
seconds)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2006/11/01/ken-milburn-unplugged.html>
******Deke McClelland on Software
O'Reilly author Deke McClelland talks to Mac Edition Radio's Harris
Fogel about his series of bestselling One-on-One books and Photoshop
Elements.
<http://maceditionradio.com/index.php?module=Pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=3&pid=65>
***MAKE Podcast: Colin Berry
Colin Berry reads "Spinout," the touching story he wrote for MAKE, Volume
07, about his brother's efforts to build and race a car in the soap box
derby in Longmont, Colo. Unfortunately, he was up against more than just
his own bad luck.
<http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/10/the_maker_file_2.html>
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Web
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***Django Jumpstart: Build a To-Do List in 30 Minutes
Django started life at a newspaper whose staff needed to develop
full-featured web applications to meet newsroom deadlines. The result?
One speedy framework! In this hands-on tutorial, James helps us build a
handy to-do list manager in just 30 minutes--perfect for your next
deadline.
<http://www.sitepoint.com/article/build-to-do-list-30-minutes>
***Bullet Proof HTML: 37 Steps to Perfect Markup
So, you want to code your own HTML? Perhaps you just want to polish your
skills, or have a few nagging questions answered. In this comprehensive
FAQ, Tommy gives you all the information you'll need to understand the
science--and practice the art--of HTML.
<http://www.sitepoint.com/article/html-37-steps-perfect-markup>
Until next time--
Marsee Henon
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