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Canon EOS 40D
webmaster@oreillynet.com (Artur Landt) Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:47:45 -0800
Your new Canon EOS 40D arrives, gets unpacked, batteries are fully loaded, and you are ready to go. For the next few weeks you will be in experimental mode, trying out your camera "and you often end up with a basic and limited set of functions and modes, which you will use for the rest of the camera's life. Why? Because you, like most of us, are lazy, and because the manual that comes with the camera is too dense and confusing. Get the full 40D-Experience with this book. Learn to master this magnificent camera, and learn it the photographer's way; from the basics of exposure and metering to focus modes, live view, bracketing, continuous shooting, and flash photography. Also learn how to set up your camera menus for different shooting situations, and see the outstanding images that can be achieved with these settings. Dr. Artur Landt's book is beautifully illustrated and is so much more than just a camera manual. It is a must for all serious amateur, semiprofessional, or professional photographers who want to get the most out of their Canon EOS 40D, and who strive to produce impressive, polished, digital images.
High Performance Web Sites
webmaster@oreillynet.com (Steve Souders) Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:38:51 -0800
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.
Learning the vi and Vim Editors
webmaster@oreillynet.com (Elbert Hannah, Linda Lamb, Arnold Robbins) Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:18:16 -0800
Text processing at maximum speed and power
Intellectual Property and Open Source
webmaster@oreillynet.com (Van Lindberg) Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:18:16 -0800
This book is a guide to the legal system-without the legalese. From trade secrets to open source, this book offers a clear and understandable approach to intellectual property issues from a developer's point of view. Written by an intellectual property attorney who is also a programmer, Intellectual Property and Open Source delivers an engrossing survey of the legal landscape and practical advice about situations you're likely to encounter when working on open source projects and pursuing new business ideas.
Website Optimization
webmaster@oreillynet.com (Andrew B. King) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:18:35 -0800
Speed, Search Engine & Conversion Rate Secrets
The Productive Programmer
webmaster@oreillynet.com (Neal Ford) Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:47:59 -0800
Anyone who develops software for a living needs a proven way to produce it better, faster, and cheaper. The Productive Programmer offers critical timesaving and productivity tools that you can adopt right away, no matter what platform you use. Master developer Neal Ford details ten valuable practices that will help you elude common traps, improve your code, and become more valuable to your team.
O'Reilly Media, Inc. Upcoming Books
Mac OS X for Unix Geeks
webmaster@oreillynet.com (Brian Jepson, Rich Rosen, Ernest E. Rothman) Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:46:25 -0800
If you've been lured to Mac OS X because of its Unix roots, this invaluable book serves as a bridge between Apple's Darwin OS and the more traditional Unix systems. The new edition offers a complete tour of Mac OS X's Unix shell for Leopard and Tiger, and helps you find the facilities that replace or correspond to standard Unix utilities. Learn how to compile code, link to libraries, and port Unix software to Mac OS X and much more with this concise guide.
Python for Unix and Linux System Administration
webmaster@oreillynet.com (Noah Gift, Jeremy Jones) Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:46:26 -0800
Python is an ideal language for solving problems, especially for Linux and Unix. With this pragmatic book, administrators can review various tasks that often occur in the management of these systems, and learn how Python can provide a more efficient way to handle them. Once you finish this book, you'll be able to develop your own set of command-line utilities with Python to tackle a wide range of problems.
FIRST LEGO League
webmaster@oreillynet.com (Jonathan A. Daudelin, James Floyd Kelly) Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:16:20 -0800
FIRST LEGO League: The Unofficial Guide is the go-to source for coaches, teachers, parents, and students participating in the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) competition. Written for both rookie and experienced teams, the book covers a variety of topics, including team formation and organization, robot building and programming, and more.
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