Build Your Own Car PC or Cubase SX 3

Build Your Own Car PC

Author: Gavin D J Harper

Everything you need to expertly install car PCs

This is a heavily-illustrated, step-by-step guide to installing and controlling a car PC -- using commonly-available, off-the-shelf components. Numerous how-to photos and product shots allow you to easily navigate each step even if you have little "do it yourself" experience.

• Includes parts and required tool lists, troubleshooting tips, and a list of manufacturers where you can purchase the parts best suited for your customized system
• Companion website offers free software and demo versions of products to use with your car PC

Gavin Harper is a member of a number of car clubs and online automobile hobbyist/enthusiast groups. He writes regularly for VIAarena.com, and started their Car PC Forum. Author of 50 Awesome Auto Projects for the Evil Genius (also from McGraw-Hill), as well as other forthcoming titles in the Evil Genius series, he has been building car computers and other automotive projects for years. He lives in Essex, United Kingdom.

Table of Contents:

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Why would I want to build a Car PC?

Chapter 2: Buying your components

Chapter 3: Building Your Car PC base unit

Chapter 4: Installing the operating system, motherboard drivers and front end

Chapter 5: Connecting your Car PC to the "Real World"

Chapter 6: On-board diagnostics

Chapter 7: In-car speech recognition

Chapter 8: Killer software applications for your Car PC

Chapter 9: Getting more out of your Car PC

Chapter 10: In-Car GPS

Epilogue

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Appendix D

Index

About the Author

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Cubase SX 3 (Ignite! Series)

Author: Eric Grebler

Get ready to understand, use, and explore the world of music sequencing with this one-stop guide to Cubase SX 3. This introductory book provides you with a solid foundation of Steinberg's powerful digital music production software. With "Cubase SX 3 Ignite!", you'll examine the many different tools Cubase has to offer. Screenshots and step-by-step instructions guide you through the various new features in SX 3. Hands-on exercises help you take your skills to the next level. From setting up SX on your computer to learning about VST connections and MIDI maps, you'll be up and running within Cubase in no time!

Pro MSMQ or Microsoft Expression Web

Pro MSMQ: Microsoft Message Queue Programming

Author: Arohi Redkar

This book explores MSMQ so that you can initiate robust, asynchronous communication between applications. MSMQ provides three APIs to incorporate message queuing into different applications. These APIs include "C" from unmanaged C/C++ code; a COM component from VB or C++ code; and the System.Messaging namespace, which integrates MSMQ with managed C# or VB .NET applications.

This is the only book on the market to cover all three APIs. Plus, this book discusses the newest features of MSMQ 3.0 (released with Windows Server 2003), and explains sending and receiving MSMQ messages on a PocketPC device.

Author Info:
Arohi Redkar is a software designer. She has a master's degree in software engineering from National University. She has worked extensively in the .NET environment and has a passion for studying human aspects of user interface design.

et al. - Other authors also contributed to writing this book.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	Introducing message queuing	1
Ch. 2	System.Messaging	55
Ch. 3	Administration	137
Ch. 4	Transactional messaging	211
Ch. 5	MSMQ triggers	235
Ch. 6	MSMQ COM and win32 API	269
Ch. 7	Msmq 3.0	303
Ch. 8	MSMQ on pocket PC	361

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Microsoft Expression Web: Learn Expression Web the Quick and Easy Way! (Visual QuickStart Guide Series)

Author: Nolan Hester

Get a jump start on using this brand-new Web creation tool from Microsoft. Built from the ground up using current Web standards, Expression Web make it easy to create pages that look good in all browsers. Mirroring the program’s focus on standards, the book shows you how to use Cascading Style Sheets to build consistent, easy to navigate  designs. CSS newcomers will welcome the plain-spoken approach to a sometimes intimidating topic. Old hands at CSS will find plenty of tips on using Expression Web’s many style tools, which are some of the best available in any Web creation program. 

Packed with more than 600 screenshots, the book goes beyond crafting good-looking single pages. Instead, it shows you how to use templates to generate whole sites with uniform, yet creative, layouts that can be reconfigured with the click of a button. You’ll also learn how to give sites extra polish with interactive behaviors and forms.  Microsoft Expression Web: Visual Quickstart Guide contains exactly what you need to get started building standards-compliant Web sites using this powerful tool.

Power Tools for Synthesizer Programming or Print Like a Pro

Power Tools for Synthesizer Programming: The Ultiumate Reference for Sound Design

Author: Jim Aikin

From hit records to home studios, synthesizers are used in almost every genre of music. This book fills the know-how gap left by skimpy or garbled owner's manuals. It maps out the components of contemporary synths in clear, concise detail, and discusses how they can be harnessed to achieve specific musical effects. Each chapter presents hands-on projects that help musicians hone their skills. The companion CDROM contains audio examples that teach programming techniques.

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Print Like a Pro: A Digital Photographer's Guide

Author: Jon Canfield

Are you struggling to get good prints from your images? Are your digital photos hogging your hard drive instead of hanging out in snappy albums and archives? Looking for ways to improve your prints beyond simple snapshots?

The popularity and convenience of digital photography has led to more pictures being taken, but fewer being turned into beautiful prints, framed, put in photo albums, and shared with others. The majority of users do nothing with their images for two reasons: the results are disappointing and the process of improving and preparing images for print is daunting. Written by popular photographer, columnist, and digital imaging expert Jon Canfield, this book shows you how to easily enhance and prepare your digital images for printing. Step-by-step instructions and tutorials coupled with full-color images and screenshots explain how to use Photoshop CS2 or Elements for color management and correction; editing images for printing, including properly sizing, sharpening, and converting to monochrome; to fix lighting; and more. You'll also learn how to take your printing to the next level by: using different print technologies, papers, and inks; selecting Raster Image Processors; framing and mounting their prints; self-publishing; and effectively working with print services for the best output possible.

Table of Contents:

1	Understanding digital reproduction	1
2	Setting up a print studio	19
3	Keeping an eye on color	47
4	Using printer settings	75
5	Editing your photos	115
6	Resizing and sharpening your images	155
7	Printing your files	203
8	Creating special print projects	233
9	Working with service providers	275
10	Presenting your work	285