Tapping RSS with Shell Scripts -- Learn how to write a shell script that watches the news from Slashdot.org. After applying the code in this article by Dave Taylor all you'll have to do is launch the Terminal to see the latest Slash headlines. Dave is a coauthor of Learning Unix for Mac OS X Panther.

Safari Gets Bigger and Better -- There are now more than 2,000 books from the industry's leading technical publishers available on Safari Bookshelf. As the library grows, so does its functionality: searches are powerfully precise and as broad or specific as you wish; and now, with a Safari Max subscription, you can download chapters to read offline. Safari will help you save time, reduce errors, keep current, and save more money than ever with up to 35% off print copies of your favorite books. If you haven't yet gone on Safari, try a free trial subscription.

An Introduction to the Twisted Networking Framework -- Network programming is difficult, and not just because bandwidth and latency are hard to manage. Itamar Shtull-Trauring introduces Python's Twisted, an open source framework designed to ease development of networked applications. Itamar will be presenting a session on Twisted February 9th at O'Reilly's Emerging Technology Conference.

Gastronomy for Geeks -- Pizza, Twinkies, and Jolt are geek haute cuisine for a stereotypical few. Many of you know the difference between au jus and baba ghanoush, and that Thai shish kabob isn't called sauté. So, you Geek Gourmets, come share your favorite recipes, and see what your peers are cooking.

PHP Web Services Without SOAP -- Adam Trachtenberg demonstrates how to access Amazon Web Services (AWS) with PHP and REST; no special tools needed. Adam is a coauthor of PHP Cookbook.

Cooking with ActionScript, Part 2 -- Learn how to pause and resume a sound, save a local shared object, and search XML, in these sample recipes from ActionScript Cookbook.

Changing the Content of Multiple Frames at Once -- A single button or hyperlink can change the content of two or more frames in a frameset. Find out how in this recipe from JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook. There are hundreds of power user recipes in this book, all presented in a problem/solution/discussion format. Get a free trial to read it and four other O'Reilly books on Safari.

Cooking with JavaScript & DHTML -- Find out what you need to do to let users of IE for Windows type in their select element choices, in this bonus recipe that you won't find in Danny Goodman's JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook.

OOP in Flash and ActionScript, Part 2 -- Learning to create your own custom classes in ActionScript can really propel your efficiency to another level. In this article, Joey Lott offers the whys and hows of basic OOP with ActionScript. Joey is the author of ActionScript Cookbook.

Introduction to OOP in Flash and ActionScript -- One of the greatest stumbling blocks in learning object-oriented programming is the inherent abstractness. Enter the simplicity of Flash and ActionScript. In this first of two articles, Joey Lott offers an introduction to basic OOP with ActionScript. Joey is the author of ActionScript Cookbook.

Super-Efficient Image Rollovers -- Danny Goodman shows you how to reduce the number of individual image files downloaded to a browser to accomplish three-state image rollovers. Danny is the author of JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook.