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In this interview, bunnie discusses flaws with the DMCA, the current states of reverse engineering and Moore's Law, what he's hacking now, and what he'll be speaking about at ETech. http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2003/12/10/bunnie.html The 2004 O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference February 9-12, 2004 Westin Horton Plaza San Diego San Diego, CA 92101 http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech/ ***Gastronomy for Geeks Pizza, Twinkies, and Jolt are geek haute cuisine for a stereotypical few. Many of you know the difference between au jus and baba ghanoush, and that Thai shish kabob isn't called saute. So, you geek gourmets, come share your favorite recipes, and see what your peers are cooking. http://cookbooks.oreilly.com/food/ --------------------- Open Source --------------------- ***San Antonio Linux User Group mentioned December 17 in the "Wall Street Journal." "Linux is slowly spreading beyond its core constituencies of governments, companies and computer geeks. Today, for example, the San Antonio Linux User Group--started by a half-dozen "extreme experts" eight or nine years ago--counts some 600 members, including scores of home users, says Albert Lochli, the group's president. That includes lawyers, artists and dentists, and Mr. Lochli says he's even converted two people from his regular bridge group." ***Myths Open Source Developers Tell Ourselves Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but is it effective or useful? Open source developers have the opportunity to learn from the successes and failures of other projects. Are we learning the right lessons, though? http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/12/11/myths.html ***A Day in the Life of #Apache Rich Bowen, coauthor of "Apache Cookbook," spends a lot of time on IRC fielding Apache questions. In this inaugural article to launch a new series based on his conversations on #apache, the IRC channel that runs on the irc.freenode.net network, Rich chronicles a user's troubles getting his .htaccess file working, and he shows what you can do to solve the problem. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/apache/2003/12/04/apacheckbk.html Apache Cookbook Order Number: 1916 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/apacheckbk/index.html --------------------- Java --------------------- ***Understanding JAXB: Java Binding Customization JAXB, Java Architecture for XML Binding, is a specification (or standard) that automates the mapping between XML documents and Java objects and vice versa. One of the primary components of JAXB is the schema compiler. The schema compiler is the tool used to generate Java bindings from an XML schema document. If used in its default mode (for non-trivial applications), the compiler usually generates bindings that are awkward to work with. This article looks at various methods you can use to customize the generated bindings. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/12/10/jaxb.html --------------------- Wireless --------------------- ***Sony Ericsson T610 Camera Phone Review Sony Ericsson calls the T610 camera phone an "image and entertainment" phone instead of a smartphone. It is based on the proprietary Sony Ericsson OS, and it can run applications written in Java. Todd Ogasawara shows you the ins and outs of this compact phone that includes camera and Bluetooth capabilities. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2003/12/11/sony_t610.html --------------------- .NET --------------------- ***Master and Content Pages in Whidbey Most web sites have a consistent look and feel, containing a company logo and perhaps a navigational menu. In ASP.NET 1.0, there was no a good way to handle this; luckily, Microsoft now has a solution. Wei-Meng Lee shows you the Master and Content Pages feature in ASP.NET 2.0. http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2003/12/15/masterpages.html --------------------- Mac --------------------- ***Elementary Computer Graphics: Drawing with Pixels If you have a promising young developer in the family, you might want to take advantage of the extra time together during the holidays to teach a little programming. Michael Norton wrote this tutorial for his fourth grade son, and offers it to Mac DevCenter readers and their children. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/12/16/begin_programming.html ***Panther Delights Here's a look at Panther from another point of view: not so much its high-flying features, but rather the subtle refinements that we've come to expect from Apple products. Here are ten things that won't make you buy Panther, but you'll appreciate them once you have it. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/12/09/panther_surprises.html Until next time-- Marsee -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org tcwug-list at tcwug.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list