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1. MOTHER OF PERL: Perl Daemon Contest Results 2. 3D ANIMATION WORKSHOP: Character Arms and Legs 3. EXPLORING XML: An XML Toolkit for Web Servers 4. HTML WITH STYLE: Fixing Frames with Fixed Positioning 5. DOC JAVASCRIPT: Introduction to HTML+TIME 6. SITE NEWS: Update - Evolution of a Home Page 7. OTHER VOICES: * Contracts 101: What Every Web Designer Must Know * Review: HomeSite 4.5, The Coding Tool * PDF From Perl - Part 1 8. NET NEWS: * Japan Aims to Outshine U.S. With New Net Strategy * More Juice on Tap for Wireless Home and Office Nets * Aimster Nearing 1 Million Users * Another Feather in AOL's Cap * Call for Comments on .US
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. MOTHER OF PERL: Perl Daemon Contest Results
The Perl Daemon Contest results are finally here! The top 3 winners will each receive a copy of Mastering Algorithms with Perl thanks to O'Reilly, plus cash prizes. And the winners are (drum roll).... By Jonathan Eisenzopf and Randal Schwartz.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. 3D ANIMATION WORKSHOP: Character Arms and Legs
Well, the knee bone's connected to the leg bone and the leg bone's connected to the foot bone. Our 3D guru isn't going to medical school, he's teaching us how to perfect attaching skin to a character's arms and legs in 3D Studio MAX. By Robert Polevoi.
http://webreference.com/3d/lesson100/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. EXPLORING XML: An XML Toolkit for Web Servers
Want to automatically deliver your content to palms, cells, and who knows what else? XML-enable your Web server with this free software, for easy XML conversion. By Michael Classen.
http://webreference.com/xml/column18/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. HTML WITH STYLE: Fixing Frames with Fixed Positioning
Fed up with frames? There's got to be a better way. Our own Prince of Positioning shows how to use CSS2 to emulate frames and gracefully degrade. By Stephanos Piperoglou.
http://www.webreference.com/html/tutorial24/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. DOC JAVASCRIPT: Introduction to HTML+TIME
What time is it kids? It's Doc JavaScript time! The Doc clocks in with an intro to HTML+TIME, the Timed Interactive Multimedia Extension to IE 5.5. Learn to add and synchronize images, video, sounds and text elements along a timeline in your HTML pages. By Dr. Yehuda and Tomer Shiran.
http://webreference.com/js/column67/
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***********************************************************adv.*** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. SITE NEWS: Update - Evolution of a Home Page
The saga continues. Peek behind the scenes at the inner workings of Webref's content machine, if you dare. Highlights include our free RSS updater, and why toolbars raise traffic. By Andy King.
http://www.webreference.com/dev/evolution/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. OTHER VOICES: Contracts 101: What Every Web Designer Must Know, Review: HomeSite 4.5, The Coding Tool, PDF From Perl - Part 1
>Contracts 101: What Every Web Designer Must Know
Independent developers know they should be getting their client agreements in writing. But where to start? Attorney Linus Kafka tells us, in no-nonsense terms, exactly what we need to know about Web design and development contracts. http://www.webreview.com/pub/2000/09/01/feature/index02.html Webreview.com, 000901
>Review: HomeSite 4.5, The Coding Tool
If you manually code your websites with server-side script such as ASP, PHP, JSP or CFML, you need a tool which gives you flexibility at the code level. That tool is Allaire's HomeSite 4.5. http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/diary/8_29.html WebDevelopersJournal.com, 000829
>PDF From Perl - Part 1
Most Web-based Perl scripts are built to deliver results in HTML format, aimed at the Web browser. In some cases, though, the option to deliver result data in PDF format may be a real boon to visitors of your site. http://wdvl.com/Authoring/Languages/Perl/PerlfortheWeb/index16.html WDVL.com, 000828
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***********************************************************adv.*** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. NET NEWS: Japan Aims to Outshine U.S. With New Net Strategy, More Juice on Tap for Wireless Home and Office Nets, Aimster Nearing 1 Million Users, Another Feather in AOL's Cap, Call for Comments on .US
>Japan Aims to Outshine U.S. With New Net Strategy
Japan is drawing up a five-year plan to surpass the United States as an Internet powerhouse by investing heavily in high-speed infrastructure and scuttling laws that inhibit e-commerce. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2667988.html News.com, 000901
>More Juice on Tap for Wireless Home and Office Nets
The makers of spread-spectrum wireless transmitters that link PCs, entertainment devices, appliances and telephones have scored a regulatory victory that will improve bandwidth fivefold. http://www.idg.net/ic_237027_1794_9-10000.html IDG.net, 000901
>Aimster Nearing 1 Million Users
Aimster, a new Napster-like program that piggybacks on America Online's Instant Messaging service and could be the biggest nightmare to date for studios trying to stop film and music swapping online, said it has held initial talks with Intel. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000831/tc/aimster_aol_dc_1.html Yahoo.com, 000831
>Another Feather in AOL's Cap
America Online Inc. Thursday acquired privately-held Quack.com, a speech-activated Internet portal. AOL plans to use the same underlying voice-recognition technology for advancing its "AOL Anywhere" strategy. http://www.internetnews.com/fina-news/article/0,,5_450801,00.html InternetNews.com, 000831
>Call for Comments on .US
The US Commerce Department has put out another request for comments (RFC) on how best to manage and administer the .US domain space. The new RFC follows a previous effort two years ago to kindle interest in the US ccTLD. http://www.internetnews.com/wd-news/article/0,,10_450661,00.html InternetNews.com, 000831
That's it for this week, see you next time.
Andrew King Managing Editor, WebReference.com update@webreference.com
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