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Dear Reader,

Brian McConnell has just published a three-part series on our Emerging
Telephony site about using IT to help prepare for a possible pandemic.
Besides plenty of good general advice for businesses, schools, and
organizations on how to think about and prepare for such a crisis, one of
the articles provides some very specific and actionable instructions on
how an organization can very cheaply set up a large-scale teleconferencing
system using open source tools (Asterisk and Gizmo). The ability for
companies to do this on their own is relatively new, and I haven't seen
any other articles detailing it the way Brian does.

I highly recommend you take a look at the follow pieces:

For SARS Press 1, for Bird Flu Press 2...
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/etel/2006/05/02/for-sars-press-one.html>

Building Your Own Teleconference System with Asterisk and Gizmo
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/etel/2006/05/02/building-teleconference-system-with-asterisk-and-gizmo.html>

How to Implement Telecommuting in a Hurry
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/etel/2006/05/02/how-to-implement-telecommuting-in-a-hurry.html>

I hope you have a chance to stop by for a read.

Until next week,

-Derrick

Derrick Story
O'Reilly Network Editorial Director
derrick@oreilly.com

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*** Featured Articles ***

For SARS Press 1, for Bird Flu Press 2...
One of the key things we can do during a pandemic is to move in-person
congregations and meetings online, creating electronic surrogates for
daily social activities such as classes, business meetings, and social
outings. Brian McConnell examines how organizations can use the latest
telecom technology to help keep society functioning and diminish the
spread of disease if this kind of a disaster takes place.

<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/etel/2006/05/02/for-sars-press-one.html>

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Xcode for the Rest of Us, Part II
Apple's Developer Tools are not just for the propeller-head set. There are
applications and utilities within that can make you more productive, solve
tough problems faster, and--dare we say?--put a measure of control into
your workday. Shelley Weiner shows you some very practical Xcode tools,
with a focus on FileMerge.

<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2006/05/02/filemerge.html>

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The Maker Faire
Thousands of makers met up at the San Mateo Fairgrounds on April 22 and 23
for the first-ever Maker Faire. We talk to Make magazine publisher Dale
Dougherty about the Faire and hear from some of the attendees and
exhibitors that made this event so successful. (DTF 05-01-2006: 19 minutes
55 seconds)

<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2006/05/01/distributing-the-future.html>

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Managing Disk Space with LVM
Linux's Logical Volume Manager (LVM) allows you to create virtual disk
partitions out of one or more hard drives. This makes it easy to manage
growth in filesystems. Combined with RAID, it provides a nearly unbeatable
way to keep your files safe and available. Bryce Harrington and Kees Cook
show how to configure LVM, how to combine it with RAID, and how to use it
on desktop machines too.

<http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2006/04/27/managing-disk-space-with-lvm.html>

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Microformats in Context
Uche Ogbuji takes a careful look at microformats and concludes that while,
in practice, they suffer from serious non-trivial problems, the basic idea
offers an interesting basis upon which to build interesting data formats,
particularly in conjunction with complementary technologies.

<http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2006/04/26/microformats-grddl-rdfa-nvdl.html>

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The Mustang Meets the Rhino: Scripting in Java 6
Among Java SE 6's key features is the ability to mix scripting languages
into Java code, thanks to the implementation of the JSR-223 spec. In this
article, John Ferguson Smart takes a look at the spec and what it means
for Java, and shows how to use Java 6's integrated Rhino implementation to
call JavaScript from Java...and vice versa.

<http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2006/04/26/mustang-meets-rhino-java-se-6-scripting.html>

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Ensuring Application Compatibility in Vista
What should you do if your enterprise has mission-critical
line-of-business apps that simply must continue running properly once
you've upgraded your desktops to Vista? Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows
Server Hacks, offers insight and advice.

<http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2006/04/25/application-compatibility-in-vista.html>

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Aperture 1.1--Apple Listens
With Aperture's new features, bug fixes, and universal compatibility with
PowerMacs and Intel Macs, it's now a serious contender for top digital
photo software. Scott Bourne reviews Version 1.1.

<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2006/04/18/aperture.html>

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*** O'Reilly Network Top Five Articles Last Week ***

1. What Is Web 2.0
Defining just what Web 2.0 means (the term was first coined at a
conference brainstorming session between O'Reilly and MediaLive
International, which also spawned the Web 2.0 Conference), still engenders
much disagreement. Some decry it as a meaningless marketing buzzword,
while others have accepted it as the new conventional wisdom. Tim O'Reilly
attempts to clarify just what we meant by Web 2.0, digging into what it
means to view the Web as a platform and which applications fall squarely
under its purview, and which do not.

<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html>

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2. Rolling with Ruby on Rails
The Ruby community is abuzz about Rails, a web application framework that
makes database-backed apps dead simple. What's the fuss? Is it worth the
hype? Curt Hibbs shows off Rails, building a simple application that even
non-Rubyists can follow.

<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/01/20/rails.html>

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3. Java Swing: Menus and Toolbars, Part 4
In the fourth excerpt from Java Swing, learn how to create
context-sensitive menus with the JPopupMenu class.

<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/onjava/excerpt/swing_14/index4.html>

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4. Dynamic Creation of Reports with Apache Formatting Objects
Is your report generation costly, proprietary, or inflexible? Check out
this reporting framework based on XML and the Apache Formatting Objects
Processor.

<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/onjava/2002/12/11/apache_fop.html>

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5. Managing Disk Space with LVM
Linux's Logical Volume Manager (LVM) allows you to create virtual disk
partitions out of one or more hard drives. This makes it easy to manage
growth in filesystems. Combined with RAID, it provides a nearly unbeatable
way to keep your files safe and available. Bryce Harrington and Kees Cook
show how to configure LVM, how to combine it with RAID, and how to use it
on desktop machines too.

<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2006/04/27/managing-disk-space-with-lvm.html>

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