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Leon ----- Forwarded message from Josette Garcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- From: "Josette Garcia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Newsletter issue 02-9 To: "Josette Garcia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 13:50:17 +0100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) O'Reilly UK User Group Programme NEWSLETTER Issue 02-9 May 27th, 2002 ================================================ HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK ================================================ NEWS FROM O’REILLY AND BEYOND -Tapping the Alpha Geek Noosphere with EtherPEG -Building Wireless Web Clients, Part 2 -Why Data Binding Matters -Harnessing XML with Custom Tags or ColdFusion Components -A Batch Job to Add New User IDs -Jaguar Preview is Stunning -iPhoto Tips -Web Services for Bioinformatics CONFERENCE NEWS BOOK NEWS - Books for review - Coming soon YOUR BOOK REVIEWS YOUR NEWS ================================================ NEWS FROM O'REILLY & BEYOND ================================================ Spread the word to your members.... ------------------------------- GENERAL NEWS ------------------------------- TAPPING THE ALPHA GEEK NOOSPHERE WITH ETHERPEG "So there I was at ETech, sitting in the back of the Emergence discussion, listening to Rael Dornfest, Cory Doctorow, Clay Shirky, and other extraordinary blogging minds thought about the blogging world...If only there were some way of getting into the collective stream-of-consciousness of the crowd, to gauge their actual reactions to what was really going on up on stage..." Read the rest of Rob Flickenger's weblog: http://www.oreillynet.com/1414.html --------------------- JAVA --------------------- BUILDING WIRELESS WEB CLIENTS, PART 2 Get Amazon book info from wireless devices by Kim Topley. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2002/05/15/j2me2.html WHY DATA BINDING MATTERS Brett McLaughlin offers five examples of how data binding can save you considerable time and energy. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2002/05/15/databind.html --------------------- COLDFUSION --------------------- HARNESSING XML WITH CUSTOM TAGS OR COLDFUSION COMPONENTS Rob Brooks-Bilson shows how to use ColdFusion MX's Components and its XML parsing capabilities in this article from Macromedia's Application Development Center. Rob is the author of Programming ColdFusion. http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/mx/coldfusion/articles/custom_cf_tag.html --------------------- LINUX --------------------- A BATCH JOB TO ADD NEW USER IDS Arnold Robbins shows a script to automate adding many user IDs at once. http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2002/05/09/uid.html --------------------- MAC --------------------- JAGUAR PREVIEW IS STUNNING By now you may have heard some of the announcements at the 2002 WWDC conference in San Jose, Calif., but here's a detailed overview of just about everything Steve Jobs covered in his keynote address where he introduced Apple developers to Mac OS X 10.2, code named Jaguar. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/05/09/wwdc_overview.html IPHOTO TIPS Pro photographer and Mac enthusiast Derrick Story shows you how to get the most out of iPhoto keeping you up to date with the latest plug-ins available for Apple's breakthrough digital imaging application. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/collections/iphoto.html --------------------- WEB SERVICES --------------------- WEB SERVICES FOR BIOINFORMATICS Ethan Cerami explores two bioinformatic Web Services you can try out today--XEMBL and BQS--and shows code examples of how the interfaces work. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/webservices/2002/05/14/biows.html ================================================ CONFERENCE NEWS ================================================ O'REILLY MAC OS X CONFERENCE The first O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference, September 30-October 3, 2002, in Santa Clara, CA, explores how Apple's completely rebuilt operating system is creating fertile ground for Mac users, *nix programmers, and Java developers alike. Registration opens June 2002. ================================================ BOOK NEWS ================================================ Latest books available for review Review copies are available please email me, with your postal address, for a copy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ant: The Definitive Guide http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/anttdg/ Java and SOAP http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/javasoap/ Learning UNIX for Mac OS X http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lunixmacosx/ Mac OS X Pocket Reference http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/macosxpr/ Coming soon Java and XML Data Binding http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/javaxmldatabind/ The Networking CD Bookshelf 2.0 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/netcd2/ MySQL Reference Manual http://oreilly.com/catalog/mysqlref/ Perl in a Nutshell 2e http://oreilly.com/catalog/perlnut2/ Sed & awk Pocket Reference 2e http://oreilly.com/catalog/sedawkrepr2/ ================================================ YOUR BOOK REVIEWS ================================================ Online reviews only. Birmingham pm reviewed · XSLT - http://birmingham.pm.org/docs/reviews/xslt.html · Running weblogs With Slash http://birmingham.pm.org/docs/reviews/slash.html · GIMP Pocket Reference http://birmingham.pm.org/docs/reviews/gimp.html ================================================ YOUR NEWS ================================================ - UKUUG - LINUX Developers' Conference & Tutorial 4th July (Tutorials) 5th - 7th July (Conference), Bristol, UK http://www.ukuug.org/events/linux2002 November 15-17 - 2nd European BSD Conference Hotel Amsterdam a/d Amstel, The Netherlands http://www.eurobsdcon2002.org/ Anything else you would like me to announce? # # # Josette Garcia PR/Marketing Manager O'Reilly UK Limited 4 Castle Street Farnham GU9 7HS UK Tel: +44 (0)1252 711776 Fax: +44 (0)1252 734211 www.oreilly.co.uk ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Leon Brocard.............................http://www.astray.com/ Nanoware...............................http://www.nanoware.org/ ... 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