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O'Reilly News for User Group Members
April 13, 2007
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New Releases
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-40 Digital Photo Retouching Techniques with Photoshop Elements
-A Grammar of Game Play
-Ajax: The Definitive Guide: Rough Cuts Version
-Beyond Schemas: Planning Your XML Model (PDF Shortcut)
-C# 3.0 in a Nutshell: Rough Cuts Edition
-Checking Java Programs (PDF Shortcut)
-Closeup Shooting
-Designing BSD Rootkits
-Devices of the Soul
-DIY Coffee--Make: Projects
-Essential SharePoint 2007: Rough Cuts Edition
-Facelets (PDF Short Cut)
-Ferret (PDF Short Cut)
-GarageBand Tips and Tricks
-High Performance Web Sites: Rough Cuts Version
-Low Budget Shooting
-Managing RPM-Based Systems with Kickstart and Yum (PDF Short Cut)
-No Fluff, Just Stuff Anthology
-Office 2007: The Missing Manual
-QuickBase: The Missing Manual
-Release It!
-Schematron (PDF Short Cut)
-Securing the Vista Environment (PDF Short Cut)
-SQL Injection Defenses (PDF Short Cut)
-SQL Server Integration Services (PDF Short Cut)
-Test Driven Ajax (on Rails) (PDF Short Cut)
-Understanding MySQL Internals
-Web Scripting Little Black Book
-Windows PowerShell: The Definitive Guide: Rough Cuts Version
-XQuery

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***40 Digital Photo Retouching Techniques with Photoshop Elements
Publisher: Young Jin
ISBN 10: 8931433700
With digital camera usage now established, the demand for easy,
affordable photo editing tools has increased. Adobe's Photoshop Elements
leads the way as an affordable image editing tool. This easy-to-follow,
full-color guide shows all digital photographers how to make their
photos look their best with dozens of well-organized, hands-on
techniques. Readers learn how to change or replace a color, enhance
faces, fix burred images, correct poor exposures, create a slide show,
and more.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/8931433700/

***A Grammar of Game Play
Publisher: Paraglyph Press
ISBN 10: 1933097159
In this sequel to his bestselling and award-winning book, master game
designer Raph Koster now takes on the inner workings of how games are
expertly designed by professionals. Using the latest thinking from game
studies as well as years of experience, games are broken down and
revealed as models of reality. Readers will learn how games tick, how
they teach, and what sorts of things they can communicate. In this
highly unique book, Koster takes the reader on a thought-provoking
journey with the goal being to develop a unique grammar and approach for
designing games.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1933097159/

***Ajax: The Definitive Guide: Rough Cuts Version
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 059651381X
Ajax builds on older technologies and techniques but reaches a tipping
point where the results are new. This book gives you a boost to this
next stage of web application development, revealing ways to apply Ajax
solutions to classically difficult web interface and structure issues.
Learn to build browser-based applications that function like desktop
programs, using sophisticated server-aware approaches that give users
information when they need it.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596513818/

***Beyond Schemas: Planning Your XML Model (PDF Shortcut)
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596527705
Have you ever wondered how to get started writing your own schema? As
you prepare to create your schema, you must consider a number of
factors. This guide explains each of those factors in detail and
recommends an approach for documenting your schema development plan in
an information model.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527709/


***C# 3.0 in a Nutshell: Rough Cuts Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596513895
Get a jump on C# 3.0 with this all-new edition of O'Reilly's classic "C#
3.0 In a Nutshell." Completely rewritten to encompass changes to the C#
language planned for the "Orcas" release of Visual Studio, this is the
one reference experienced programmers will want to have at hand as they
put its new features to work.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527570/

***Checking Java Programs (PDF Shortcut)
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596510233
This Short Cut tells you about tools that will improve the quality of
your Java code, using checking above and beyond what the standard tools
do, including: Using javac, options, JUnit and assertions, Making your
IDE work harder, Checking your source code with PMD, Checking your
compiled code (.class files) with FindBugs, and Checking your program's
run-time behavior with Java PathFinder.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596510237/

***Closeup Shooting
Publisher: Rocky Nook
ISBN 10: 1933952091
Cyrill Harnischmacher explains all aspects of close-up shooting for both
inside the studio, as well as outdoors. This book is filled with
beautifully illustrated examples and detailed instructions on how to set
up a system and workflow for successful close-up photography.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1933952091/

***Designing BSD Rootkits
Publisher: No Starch Press
ISBN 10: 1593271425
"Designing BSD Rootkits" introduces the fundamentals of programming and
developing rootkits under the FreeBSD operating system. In addition to
explaining rootkits and rootkit writing, the book aims to inspire
readers to explore the FreeBSD kernel and gain a better understanding of
the kernel and the FreeBSD operating system itself. Written in a
friendly, accessible style and sprinkled with geek humor and pop culture
references, the author favors a "learn by example" approach that assumes
no prior kernel hacking experience.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1593271425/

***Devices of the Soul
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596526806
In this deeply thoughtful work, the author reviews our technological
dreams of improvement and destruction, finding both possibilities where
others see only one or the other. His tour of the technical landscape
leads from Odysseus' wonderful technological deceits to the world of the
blind and mentally handicapped; from the technical marvels of the
Amazonian blow-gun to the wholesale re-engineering of organisms through
genetic engineering; from computers as substitutes for teachers,
students, and schools, to the paradoxical role of technology in
distancing us from the natural world--so that, if we are willing, we
can learn to love this world and master the technology that increasingly
dominates it.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596526801/

***DIY Coffee--Make: Projects
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596514395
Got a jones for caffeine and technology? Mod your espresso machine to
dial in the perfect shot, with precise temperature control and a filter
hack that kicks out maximum tasty crema. Roast your own with a
hand-built custom coffee roaster. Hack a toaster timer to perfect-brew
your tea every time. And fire up your coffee pot from the internet using
X10 automation. Using home-grown techniques and off-the-shelf parts,
caffeine junkies will find everything they need to overclock the fix
from their favorite shade-grown beverage.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596514396/

***Essential SharePoint 2007: Rough Cuts Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596514344
If you're considering the vastly improved 2007 version of SharePoint,
this concise, practical and friendly guide will teach you how to get the
most from Microsoft's latest information-sharing and collaboration
platform. Essential SharePoint 2007 demonstrates how your business can
use SharePoint to control documents, structure workflow, and share
information over the Web using standard tools business users already
know--Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596514075/

***Facelets (PDF Short Cut)
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596529244
This Short Cut begins with an explanation of what Facelets is, how it
works, and what it will do for you. Then, it shows you how to install
Facelets, and teaches you how to build Facelets templates, how to create
UI components without writing a single line of Java code, how to create
custom Facelets tags, how to integrate AJAX into a Facelets application,
and more.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596529246/

***Ferret (PDF Short Cut)
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596527853
This Short Cut will show you how to quickly get up and running with
Ferret. You'll learn how to index different document types such as PDF,
Microsoft Word, and HTML, as well as how to deal with foreign languages
and different character encodings. This document describes the Ferret
Query Language in detail along with the object-oriented approach to
building queries.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527853/

***GarageBand Tips and Tricks
Publisher: PC Publishing
ISBN 10: 1870775198
Some dismiss GarageBand as a toy. But that's just plain silly. Yes it
does lack the high-end features of some of the more expensive recording
software programs. But rest assured, there are plenty of useful
work-arounds and tips and tricks to be had. For those in the know,
GarageBand provides all the power tools needed to produce stunning,
CD-quality audio projects. Read this book and all will be revealed.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9781870775199/

***High Performance Web Sites: Rough Cuts Version
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596514212
Want to speed up your web site? This book presents 14 specific rules
that will cut 20% to 25% off response time when users request a page.
Author Steve Souders, in his job as Chief Performance Yahoo!, collected
these best practices while optimizing some of the most-visited pages on
the Web. Even sites that had already been highly optimized were able to
benefit from these surprisingly simple performance guidelines.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596514211/

***Low Budget Shooting
Publisher: Rocky Nook
ISBN 10: 1933952105
Filled with full-color images and easy-to-follow text, this book shows
how to build essential lighting and studio equipment; how to make the
perfect light-table for shooting small objects; and how to build
reflectors, soft-boxes, and light-tents that really work. It also tells
where to get some of the little helpers that make a photographer's life
so much easier. This clever little book is a creative and valuable
resource for most any photographer.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1933952105/

***Managing RPM-Based Systems with Kickstart and Yum (Short Cut PDF)
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596513828
Managing multiple Red Hat-based systems can be easy--with the right
tools. The yum package manager and the Kickstart installation utility
are full of power and potential for automatic installation,
customization, and updates. Here's what you need to know to take control
of your systems.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596513825/

***No Fluff, Just Stuff Anthology
Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
ISBN 10: 0978739280
The No Fluff, Just Stuff Symposium Series is a traveling conference
series for software developers visiting 27 cities a year. No Fluff has
put on over 75 symposia throughout the US. and Canada, with more than
12,000 attendees so far. Its success has been a result of focusing on
high quality technical presentations, great speakers, and no marketing
hype. Now this world-class material is available to you in print for the
first time.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780978739287/

***Office 2007: The Missing Manual
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596514220
Quickly learn the most useful features of Microsoft Office 2007 with our
easy to read four-in-one guide. This fast-paced book gives you the
basics of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access so you can start using the
new versions of these major Office applications right away. It's a great
way to master all 4 programs without having to stock up on a shelf-load
of different books.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596514228/

***QuickBase: The Missing Manual
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596529600
Ready to put Intuit's QuickBase to work? Our new Missing Manual shows
you how to capture, modify, share, and manage data and documents with
this web-based data-sharing program quickly and easily. You'll learn how
to choose among QuickBase's dozens of ready-made applications and
customize one to fit your needs so you can filter, sort, and group data,
display it several ways, create reports, and assign people to different
roles.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596529604/

***Release It!
Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
Everything changes after Release 1.0. The consultants leave; key
developers get reassigned to new projects, and the wild and free
environment of development gets replaced by change review boards and
defect reports. And the public starts beating on the system. Your
application needs to be ready to live in that environment--without you.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0978739213/

***Schematron (PDF Short Cut)
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596527713
Schematron is a rule-based XML schema language, offering flexibility and
power that W3C XML schema, RELAX NG, and DTDs simply can't match. You
need Schematron and can't settle for other languages if you have to
check rules that go beyond checking the document structures (i.e.,
checking that an element bar is included in element foo) and their
datatypes. Schematron is the right tool for checking conditions such as
"startDate is earlier than or equal to endDate."
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527716/

***Securing the Vista Environment (PDF Short Cut)
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596514301
"Securing the Vista Environment" takes you on a quick tour of the most
significant security features in Vista, Microsoft's first revision of
Windows in almost six years. You'll get background on threats and
vulnerabilities that will make you think differently about security.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596514303/

***SQL Injection Defenses (PDF Short Cut)
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596529643
This Short Cut introduces you to how SQL injection vulnerabilities work,
what makes applications vulnerable, and how to protect them. It helps
you find your vulnerabilities with analysis and testing tools and
describes simple approaches for fixing them in the most popular
web-programming languages.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596529642/

***SQL Server Integration Services (PDF Short Cut)
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596513755
This Short Cut begins with an overview of key SSIS concepts,
capabilities, standard workflow and ETL elements, the development
environment, execution, deployment, and migration from Data
Transformation Services (DTS).
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596513757/

***Test Driven Ajax (on Rails)
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596510659
This Short Cut seeks fixes for the hardest situation in web development;
proactive test cases for Ajax code. We survey existing techniques, and
invent new ones. Our goal is heads-down programming, without repeatedly
clicking on a web browser.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596510657/

***Understanding MySQL Internals
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596009577
Although MySQL's source code is open in the sense of being publicly
available, it's essentially closed to you if you don't understand it.
This book provides a comprehensive tour of MySQL 5 that shows you how to
figure out the inner-workings of this powerful database. You'll learn
how data structures and convenience functions operate, how to add new
storage engines and configuration options, and much more.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596009571/

***Web Scripting Little Black Book
Publisher: Paraglyph Press
ISBN 10: 1933097191
The Web Scripting Little Black Book will help administrators take full
advantage of the most popular scripting languages and extensions,
covering topics such as automating Web pages and managing content,
database setups and automation, essential e-commerce scripts, user
support topics, securing scripts, FTP access and much more.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1933097191/

***Windows PowerShell: The Definitive Guide: Rough Cuts Version
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596514328
Written by Microsoft PowerShell team developer and blogger Lee Holmes,
this book is a complete Windows PowerShell language learning resource as
well as a tool for day-to-day administration. Not only will you learn
the essentials of the PowerShell scripting language and environment,
you'll find nearly 250 tested scripts that you can use to automate an
impressive variety of tasks. Ideal for those who administer Exchange
2007 and MOM v3.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596528492/

***XQuery
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596006349
XQuery delivers a carefully paced tutorial that goes into the final 1.0
standard in detail. The book delves into critical advanced issues such
as data typing and designing efficient query logic. Whether you're
coming from SQL, XSLT, or starting from scratch, you'll learn about
XQuery's support for filtering, sorting, and grouping data, as well as
how to use FLWR expressions, XPath, and XQuery tools for extracting and
combining information.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596006341/

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