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Gobs of content this week, including Photoshop and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) how-tos. One popular P2P application is instant messaging, most notably AOL's Instant Messenger (AIM). This week, Jonathan Eisenzopf shows how to tap into AIM with a little Perl, hooking up our old friend Eliza for a psycho chatter bot. He even shows you how to synthesize speech for incoming messages. Speaking of which...
1. MOTHER OF PERL: Instant Messaging on Steroids 2. PRODUCTION GRAPHICS: Photoshop Selections: Back to Basics 3. HTML WITH STYLE: The Care and Feeding of Hyperlinks - Pt 1 4. EXPLORING XML: Client-side XML Processing 5. 3D ANIMATION WORKSHOP: My Modeling Secret 6. DOC JAVASCRIPT: The Filters Demo Tool 7. SKUTTLEBUTT: P2P Power 8. CONTEST WINNERS: Subscribe & Win! 9. NET NEWS: * Web Sites Inch Toward Accessibility * Survey finds Web firms still burning through cash * You've got miles
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. MOTHER OF PERL: Instant Messaging on Steroids
What do you get when you combine Perl, AIM, Festival, and the Eliza chatterbot? An instant messenger on steroids! Have some fun with this talkative tutorial. By Jonathan Eisenzopf.
http://webreference.com/perl/tutorial/13/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. PRODUCTION GRAPHICS: Photoshop Selections: Back to Basics
Selection mastery is one hallmark of pro designers. Learn how to create, edit, and share selections with this Photoshop primer from Wendy Peck.
http://webreference.com/graphics/column36/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. HTML WITH STYLE: The Care and Feeding of Hyperlinks - Part 1
What's the best way to raise links of the finest pedigree? Stephanos imparts some fatherly advice on the art of linking.
http://www.webreference.com/html/tutorial25/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. EXPLORING XML: Client-side XML Processing
We delve further into transforming RSS with XSL style sheets, using IE5. By Michael Classen.
http://webreference.com/xml/column20/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. 3D ANIMATION WORKSHOP: My Modeling Secret
Make MAX behave when subdividing surfaces with editable patches. By Robert Polevoi.
http://webreference.com/3d/lesson102/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. DOC JAVASCRIPT: The Filters Demo Tool
Try our new Filters Tool to find out how IE5 filters and parameters affect your image. You'll also learn how to script your own cross-browser tool. By Dr. Yehuda Shiran.
http://webreference.com/js/column69/
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. SKUTTLEBUTT: P2P Power
This week's theme is P2P. I know, you must have acronym angst by now with all those three- and four-letter abbrevs out there like B2B (business to business) B2C (biz to consumer) etc. but we're here to clear the confusion. Peer to Peer (P2P) is simply one PC talking to another, bypassing the centralized bottlenecks of the Net. P2P is nothing new, but with Napster's notoriety it's seeing something of a resurgence. P2P puts control back into the hands of users, and can utilize those unused CPU cycles Metcalf keeps talking about (like the SETI project).
See Jonathan's tutorial above for some Perl that makes AOL's Instant Messenger sing. Here are some recent articles on P2P:
>What is P2P?
Check out Dave Winer's wonderful dream about P2P nirvana. http://davenet.userland.com/2000/09/20/whatIsP2p Userland.com, 000920
>Peer-to-Peer Makes the Internet Interesting Again
Highlights from O'Reilly's recent P2P summit. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2000/09/22/p2psummit.html Oreillynet.com, 000922
O'Reilly is following up the summit with a P2P conference: http://conferences.oreilly.com/p2p/ and an upcoming book on P2P in February.
>Peering: Remaking the P2P Meme
It's not just about Napster and piracy. http://www.byte.com/column/BYT20000922S0001 Byte.com, 000925
>P2P Pages
Wired's guide to global file-sharing lists 240 resources designed for P2Pers. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.10/p2p_pages.html Wired.com, 000820
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. CONTEST WINNERS: Subscribe & Win!
Sign up for the Webreference Update newsletter, and you could win a registered copy of HoTMetaL Professional 6.0 Web authoring tool from Softquad Software, Inc plus Ulead's PhotoImpact 6! Each week we'll draw new winners from our new subscribers - you could be next. Already a subscriber? Not a problem - just fill out the form, and you'll be automatically entered to win. Tell your friends!
This week's winners are Christie Smith of Austin, TX and Frank Konig of Markdorf, Germany. Congrats, enjoy the software!
http://www.webreference.com/new/contest.html
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9. NET NEWS: Web Sites Inch Toward Accessibility, Survey finds Web firms still burning through cash, You've got miles
>Web Sites Inch Toward Accessibility
The olympics.com accessibility complaint ($2M ALT Tag) is causing a flurry of attention on Web site accessibility. PCWorld reports that corporations are starting to see the light. http://www.pcworld.com/news/article.asp?aid=18727 PCWorld, 000929
>Survey finds Web firms still burning through cash
A survey of Internet companies found that 273 of the 339 surveyed burned more cash than they took in, spending $1.8 billion in the first three months of 2000, according to a report from this week's Barrons. Our CEO, Alan Meckler, was quoted a few times in this article saying that incubator companies (like CMGI and Internet Capital Group) operate on the assumption of going public, and when the market goes south, serious cash-flow problems can arise. Only 14 of the 339 outfits surveyed were cash-flow positive in the second quarter, including DoubleClick, Prodigy, VeriSign, Xpedior, and internet.com. http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB970282099819009867.htm (sub req) http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-2911248.html News.com, 001001
>You've got miles
America Online and American Airlines are pairing up to launch AOL AAdvantage Rewards, offering millions of consumers convenient opportunities to earn and redeem frequent flier miles. http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article/0,,4_473781,00.html Internetnews.com, 001002
That's it for this week, see you next time.
Andrew King Managing Editor, WebReference.com update@webreference.com
Catherine Levy Assistant Editor, WebReference.com clevy@internet.com
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