[vox] [fwd] Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, December 11
Bill Kendrick
nbs at sonic.net
Mon Dec 17 12:07:39 PST 2007
Another newsletter from O'Reilly.
I took the liberty of removing distant events and the less-interesting-to-
Linux-users content. Enjoy,
-bill!
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O'Reilly News for User Group Members
December 11, 2007
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Conference News
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***Registration for ETech is now open, San Diego, CA--March 3-6
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News From O'Reilly & Beyond
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UG News
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***O'Reilly Editor Andy Oram is running a survey about how people search
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***Top Ten Tips for Linux Network Admins
Carla Schroder, author of the newly released Linux Networking Cookbook
offers her top ten tips for being a superior Linux network administrator
--great advice regardless of your level of experience.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/fyi/blog/2007/11/carla_schroders_top_ten_tips_f.html>
***Programming is Hard, Let's Go Scripting...
Larry Wall's annual State of the Onion describes the state of Perl, the
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present, and future of scripting languages, including the several
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***Building Mashup-Friendly Sites in Rails
Mashups have been the hot web technology lately. Rather than try to do
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<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/ruby/2007/12/04/building-mashups-in-rails.html>
***An Interview with Toby Segaran
Toby Segaran is the author of "Programming Collective Intelligence." We
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learning techniques are so important in the Web 2.0 era.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2007/11/14/an-interview-with-toby-segaran.html>
***Introducing Raven: An Elegant Build for Java
Build processes in Java haven't evolved much since the introduction of
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for Java that uses JRuby.
<http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2007/12/05/introducing-raven-an-elegant-build-for-java.html>
***Advanced JavaScript III
JavaScript guru Howard Feldman completes his voyage through the world of
JavaScript hacking with this article. This time around, he tackles
dynamic tables, switching out form elements, and putting prompting text
in text boxes.
<http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2007/11/20/advanced-javascript-iii.html>
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Blogs
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Shopping for the geek in your life? Here's help.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/fyi/blog/2007/12/shopping_for_the_geek_in_your_1.html>
Bad Math Among eBook Enthusiasts
<http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/12/bad_math_ebooks_kindle.html>
Hidden Influences on Software Design
<http://beautifulcode.oreillynet.com/2007/11/hidden_influences_on_software.php>
Groovy StAX builder
<http://www.oreillynet.com/onjava/blog/2007/11/groovy_stax_builder.html>
ETech = Energy + Food Hacking + Arduino + Processing + Worldwide Tech
<http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/12/etech_energy_fo.html>
Open Source Hardware Gift Guide
<http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2007/12/open_source_hardware_gift.html>
Books for Makers - A gift guide of lost arts and new tech
<http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2007/12/books_for_makers_a_gift_g.html>
Some geeks just wanna live forever (well, say, 1,000 years or so)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/fyi/blog/2007/11/some_geeks_just_wanna_live_for.html>
Naked Light
<http://www.oreillynet.com/digitalmedia/blog/2007/12/naked_light.html>
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Until next time--
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