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-Learning XML, 2nd Edition
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-Louis Rosenfeld ("Information Architecture for the World 
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-Google Code Jam 2003
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-Sendmail Trouble
-Cleaning and Customizing Your Ports
-Java for Bioinformatics
-Create Desktop Applications with Java-Based Web Technologies
-Cooking with Active Directory
-Bluetooth File Transfer with Windows XP
-Secrets of the Jedi Lunchbox
-Control Your Mac from Afar
-An evening with Roy Atkinson, Maryland Apple Corps,
Towson, MD--October 14

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***David Sklar and Adam Trachtenberg ("PHP Cookbook"), (NYSIA)
Open Source SIG Author Event, NY, NY--Oct 7
David Sklar and Adam Trachtenberg address members of the New
York Software Industry Association (NYSIA) Open Source SIG on
the topic of PHP at the group's October meeting, Free to NYSIA 
members, $20 for nonmembers You must pre-register using our 
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New York, NY

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***The Second Annual O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference, 
Santa Clara, CA--October 27-30
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O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference
October 27-30, 2003
Westin Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA
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News From O'Reilly & Beyond
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***Google Code Jam 2003
When: Registration will begin October 1, 2003
What: Solve increasingly difficult coding problems within a set
time period
Who: Sponsored by Google, powered by TopCoder
Where: http://www.topcoder.com/googlecodejam

***O'Reilly Learning Lab Special Deal Alert
We're offering a 50% discount on the Linux/Unix Certification 
Series from the O'Reilly Learning Lab. With this User 
Group-only discount, you can save nearly $1000 on these 
online courses. And everyone who completes the four-course 
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Certificate. This offer ends November 1, 2003.

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because we felt they'd created the best online learning 
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***Sendmail Trouble 
Noel Davis looks at problems in Sendmail OpenSSH, Pine, saned, 
MySQL, gtkhtml, and Solstice AdminSuite.
http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2003/09/22/insecurities.html


***Cleaning and Customizing Your Ports 
One of FreeBSD's biggest benefits is its ports collection. It 
seems like magic, but a little maintenance can make it work even
better for your system. Dru Lavigne explains how to keep your 
ports collection clean and how to customize individual ports.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/09/18/FreeBSD_Basics.html

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***Java for Bioinformatics 
Bioinformaticians and biological scientists have to sift through
a lot of data. Visualization helps. While Perl has been a mainstay
of bioinformatics, several projects and APIs in the Java world 
are making Java a viable development language. Stephen Montgomery
surveys the scene.
http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/09/24/java_bioinformatics.html


***Create Desktop Applications with Java-Based Web Technologies
Will Iverson provides detailed, step-by-step instructions for 
building a simple, point-and-shoot installer for a basic web 
application using Apache Jakarta Tomcat and a combination of 
free tools and various Apache-license projects. Will is the 
author of "Mac OS X Java for Java Geeks."
http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/09/17/macosxjava.html

Will is the author of "Mac OS X Java for Java Geeks."
Order Number: 4001
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/macxjvgks/index.html

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***Cooking with Active Directory
Try out these two new recipes--the first on finding the domain 
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second on determining the last time a user logged into a domain
--from O'Reilly's upcoming "Active Directory Cookbook."
http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/excerpt/ADcookbook_chap1/index.html

Active Directory Cookbook
Order Number: 4648
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/activedckbk/index.html

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***Bluetooth File Transfer with Windows XP
Wei-Meng Lee shows you how to set up an ad hoc, wireless network
(without the need for a network infrastructure) that lets you 
copy files from one Bluetooth-enabled Windows XP computer to 
another. 
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2003/09/18/winxpunwired.html

Wei-Meng is the author of "Windows XP Unwired."
Order Number: 5369
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/winxpunwired/index.html

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***Secrets of the Jedi Lunchbox
Read this interview with Andy Ihnatko, one of the truly unique 
minds in the Mac community, who has been there through all of 
Apple's highs and lows over the years. 
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/09/18/andy_ihnatko.html

And don't miss Andy's keynote, "The Big Rethink," at this fall's
Mac OS X Conference.
http://conferences.oreilly.com/macosxcon/


***Control Your Mac from Afar
Do you want to control your Mac, or one that you're responsible 
for, from a remote location? If you're running Mac OS X, you can
take advantage of a variety of built-in Unix and AppleScript tools
to control your computer from afar. Harold Martin shows you how.
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/09/19/remote_control.html

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From your Peers
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***An evening with Roy Atkinson, Maryland Apple Corps, 
Towson, MD--October 14
Roy Atkinson, Apple UG Liaison for the East Coast is the guest 
speaker. This meeting includes the monthly members-only door 
prizes & a raffle in which all attendees can participate.

6:30 pm-8:45 pm
Tuesday, October 14, 2003 
Towson Library--Lower Level Meeting Room
320 York Rd., 
Towson, MD
http://mdapple.org/



Until next time--

Marsee