Hi there all, Below is a newsletter we get from time to time detailing new books. If any of these sound like something you'd like us to get (we get a limited amount free) then put it on: http://wlug.org.nz/WantedBooks The only obligation is that if you ask for it you must review it. Ian ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Marsee Henon <marsee(a)oreilly.com> Date: Mar 8, 2007 8:47 AM Subject: [wlug-committee] Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 7 To: wlug-committee(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Hi-- Are you attending the Society for Photographic Education's National Conference in Miami next month? Or Photoshop World in Boston in April? Send me an email to let me know. I'll be in the O'Reilly booth at both shows and would love to say hi and meet you in person. Here's a free expo bass for Photoshop World Boston: <http://oreilly.com/PhotoshopWorld07_expo-free.pdf> Just in case you didn't catch it, here's Mark Frauenfelder, MAKE Magazine Editor, on "The Colbert Report" Tuesday night: <http://makezine.com/go/colbert> More on Mark's appearance can be found on the MAKE blog: <http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/03/welcome_heros.html> --Marsee ================================================================ O'Reilly UG Program News--Just for User Group Leaders March 7, 2007 ================================================================ -Looking for Slashdot and Amazon Reviewers -Put Up a RailsConf, Etech, or Where Banner, Get a free book -Maker Faire Post Cards Availble for CA or TX ---------------------------------------------------------------- Book Info ---------------------------------------------------------------- ***Review Books are Available Copies of our books and PDFs are available for your members to review--just send me an email to request them and and please include the item's ISBN number (click on the "More Details" link to find the ISBN.) 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David will also sing and play the piano to entertain the crowds. NYPC General meetings are Free and Open to All For more information and directions, go to: <http://nypc.org/generalmeeting.php> ***Call For Makers: Maker Faire Bay Area 2007--Deadline Extended to March 18 Maker Faire Bay Area will take place May 19-20, 2007 at the San Mateo Fairgrounds, CA. Here's some new ideas for projects that we're looking for: Halloween projects (props, costumes, interactive displays, music), Recycled things, Ham Radio, Weather stations, Cars (hot rods, custom vans, especially with a tech flavor), Airplanes and Aeronautics (models, etc), History of Science & Engineering, Biology/Biotech, Chemistry, Cool RC Toys & Mods, Video Games (retro, arcade and more), Trains, Looms (historical or unusual), Sewing demonstrations, Kites, Boats, Old Farm or Garden Equipment (Tractors, etc.), Temporary Structures (Tents, Domes, etc.), Unusual Tools or Machines, How to Fix Things or Take them Apart (Vacuums, Clocks, Washing Machines, etc.). 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Register online: <https://oreillylearning.com/enroll/> --------------------- Open Source --------------------- ***How an Accident of Hardware Design Encouraged Open Source In the early 1970s, the designers at DEC made a technical decision about memory addressing that separated their computers from the mainframes of the day. That single decision led to porting woes throughout the 1980s--and, so believes Mark Rosenthal, made free and open source software more possible and appealing. <http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2007/02/22/open-formats-open-source.html> ***How to Optimize Rank Data in MySQL Suppose you need to calculate constantly-changing information based on constantly-updated information in one or more tables. Are you stuck doing everything in multiple expensive queries? By no means. Baron Schwartz demonstrates how careful denormalization and query construction can lower your database load and simplify your code. <http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mysql/2007/03/01/optimize-mysql-rank-data.html> --------------------- Digital Media --------------------- ***Lightroom Getting Started: Organizing the Lightroom Workspace The Lightroom workspace is extremely malleable. You can easily enlarge or shrink the various windows to suit your viewing and working preferences, whether you are on a laptop in the field or your cinema display in the studio. In this downloadable PDF excerpt from Photoshop "Lightroom Aventure--Mastering Adobe's next-generation tool for digital photographers," Mikkel Aaland takes you on a short Lightroom tour of the workspace. <http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2007/02/22/lightroom-workspace.html> ***Joe Schorr on Color Management in Aperture Joe Schorr, Apple Senior Product Manager for Aperture, covers color management in Aperture 1.5.2. Derrick Story interviews Joe in this exclusive O'Reilly Media podcast. <http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2007/02/13/inside_aperture_podcast-9.html> --------------------- Mac --------------------- ***Replacing AppleScript with Ruby Matt Neuberg describes how to use rb-appscript to manage Apple events without Applescript. Learn the basics of rb-appscript usage, with example scripts, including a rewrite of the Ruby-AppleScript example from Matt's book "AppleScript: The Definitive Guide." <http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2007/02/27/replacing-applescript-with-ruby.html> ***Stream Live HDTV from Your Mac Erica Sadun shows how to stream HD EyeTV video from a Mac using VLC in five easy steps, even as it records. Learn how to build this remote video streaming solution by accessing EyeTV's raw MPEG transport streams and using VLC to stream that MPEG and watch the video on another computer. <http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2007/02/20/stream-live-hdtv-from-your-mac.html> --------------------- Microsoft/.NET --------------------- ***Cleaning Up Your Disk Drives in Windows Vista Your PC's hard disk fills up fast with junk, gunk, and extraneous files. In this excerpt from "Windows Vista: The Definitive Guide," William R. Stanek and Paul Marquardt show you how to clean it up fast. <http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2007/03/06/cleaning-up-your-disk-drives-in-windows-vista.html> ***The Three Faces of ASP.NET AJAX Jesse Liberty and Dan Hurwitz show you how to how to make the most out of AJAX, whether you want to work with simple drag-and-drop controls, create custom controls or extenders, or dig deep into its innards and see how it all works. <http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2007/02/27/the-three-faces-of-aspnet-ajax.html> ***Analyzing Assemblies with Reflector In this excerpt from "Windows Developer Power Tools," James Avery and Jim Holmes show you how to use Reflector freeware to explore any .NET assembly and find its dependencies and callers, or dive down and explore an entire assembly. <http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2007/02/20/analyzing-assemblies-with-reflector.html> --------------------- Java --------------------- ***Statement, Branch, and Path Coverage Testing in Java Even with unit tests approaching 100% coverage, critical logic errors could be hiding in your code. It is impossible to test every possible condition, but with a little analysis of the potential paths and a plan to test them, you can be much more confident in the quality of your tests. <http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2007/03/02/statement-branch-and-path-coverage-testing-in-java.html> ***An Introduction to Hibernate 3 Annotations Hibernate is just about the defacto standard for Java database persistence. With Hibernate 3, it has become even easier to specify how your Java objects are stored in a database. In this article, John Smart shows how Java 5 annotations are used by Hibernate to simplify your code and make persisting your data even easier. <http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2007/02/08/an-introduction-to-hibernate-3-annotations.html> --------------------- Web --------------------- ***Learn Ruby on Rails: the Ultimate Beginner's Tutorial In this action-packed adventure, Patrick provides rock-solid foundations in object oriented programming principles, and a detailed explanation of Ruby syntax. After this comprehensive tour, you'll plunge into the mysterious depths of the Rails framework. <http://www.sitepoint.com/article/learn-ruby-on-rails> ***Avoid Evil JavaScript What makes some JavaScript Evil, and can beginners learn to write Good JavaScript code from day one? <http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/02/09/avoiding-evil-javascript/> ***The Hard Facts about Heading Structure Because assistive technologies like screen readers allow users to navigate through a document by its heading structure, its important to ensure your site is up to scratch. 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