From rdice at pobox.com Tue Jul 1 07:06:02 2008 From: rdice at pobox.com (Richard Dice) Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 10:06:02 -0400 Subject: [Buffalo-pm] A reminder - Damian Conway to speak in Toronto Wednesday July 16th (evening); talk and venue details here Message-ID: <5bef4baf0807010706r2545c00drbb1813bc9ddb3b4e@mail.gmail.com> Hi everyone, We're getting close to the event, so here's a reminder - The evening of Wed 16 July 2008, Damian Conway, Perl expert extraordinaire, Open Source luminary, and long-time friend of the Toronto Perl Mongers, will deliver -- free and to the public -- one of his signature tour-de-force completely insane talks that is 1/3 high-end IT, 1/3 showmanship and 1/3 peyote-fuelled hallucination. Here are the details: Talk: "Temporally Quaquaversal Virtual Nanomachine Programming in Multiple Topologically Connected Quantum-Relativistic Parallel Timespaces... Made Easy" This will be the world premiere of the talk. Date: Wednesday 16 July 2008 Time: 6:30pm - 9pm Location: Bahen Centre for Information Technology, University of Toronto 40 St. George Street (w. side of street, just north of College Ave. Room # BA 1160 http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=+40+St.+George+Street,+Toronto&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=37.052328,95.009766&ie=UTF8&ll=43.659986,-79.396745&spn=0.004137,0.011598&z=17&iwloc=addr As I have done the past 4 times Damian has come to Toronto to give talks I will take up a collection. This is to help defray expenses and to provide Damian with an honorarium for the talk. Donations are completely voluntary. If you feel motivated and/or in the right place financially to make a donation please get in touch with me or visit the Paypal links at http://hew.ca/. The Toronto Perl Mongers and the other groups who have attended Damian's talks have always been incredibly generous in supporting Damian whenever he has visited in the past and both he and I thank everyone for all the support he has received over the years. FWIW, I have Facebook and Upcoming events for this set up now too -- http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=22670172852&ref=mf and http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/818803/ Cheers, - Richard PS For those of you who don't know Damian, here is some background info on him. He's _not_ just a Perl hacker. If you're into IT in any way, shape or form prepare to have your mind blown... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damian_Conway http://damian.conway.org/About_us//Bio_formal.html http://www.googlism.com/index.htm?ism=damian+conway&type=1 -- I like the "... is my personal savior" one http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2008/public/schedule/speaker/4710 -- we are getting his OSCON 2008 keynote delivered here first! http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail880.html -- to hear one of his previous OSCON keynote talks (although this talk, as is the case with all his talks, is really enhanced by the slideshow that goes along with it) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eye at buffalo.edu Mon Jul 14 12:46:26 2008 From: eye at buffalo.edu (Kevin Eye) Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:46:26 -0400 Subject: [Buffalo-pm] Damian Conway in Toronto Message-ID: So, who's (still) interested in seeing Damian Conway in Toronto on Wednesday? The talk is at 6:30, so we would need to leave around 4:00. Maybe 4:30 at the latest. - Kevin -- Kevin Eye Web Applications Developer University Communications University at Buffalo 330 Crofts Hall Buffalo, NY 14260 eye at buffalo.edu phone (716) 645-5000 x1435 From fulko.hew at gmail.com Mon Jul 14 13:05:02 2008 From: fulko.hew at gmail.com (Fulko Hew) Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:05:02 -0400 Subject: [Buffalo-pm] Damian Conway in Toronto In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8204a4fe0807141305s7229de31y192a5adffb2fb66d@mail.gmail.com> On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 3:46 PM, Kevin Eye wrote: > So, who's (still) interested in seeing Damian Conway in Toronto on > Wednesday? The talk is at 6:30, so we would need to leave around 4:00. > Maybe > 4:30 at the latest. Beware of the traffic. Lately its been taking me about 1.75 hrs to get to downtown TO from Burlington (for TPM meetings)! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eye at buffalo.edu Mon Jul 14 13:11:03 2008 From: eye at buffalo.edu (Kevin Eye) Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:11:03 -0400 Subject: [Buffalo-pm] Damian Conway in Toronto In-Reply-To: <8204a4fe0807141305s7229de31y192a5adffb2fb66d@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Thanks for the info. That would make our total trip about 3 hours from Amherst (according to Google - 1.25 hours to Burlington; not sure how much time Google is leaving for the border crossing). Does anybody want to leave Amherst at 3:00? or 3:30? - Kevin On 7/14/08 4:05 PM, "Fulko Hew" wrote: > On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 3:46 PM, Kevin Eye wrote: > >> So, who's (still) interested in seeing Damian Conway in Toronto on >> Wednesday? The talk is at 6:30, so we would need to leave around 4:00. >> Maybe >> 4:30 at the latest. > > > Beware of the traffic. > Lately its been taking me about 1.75 hrs to get to downtown TO > from Burlington (for TPM meetings)! > _______________________________________________ > Buffalo Perl Mongers Homepage > http://buffalo.pm.org > > Buffalo-pm mailing list > Buffalo-pm at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/buffalo-pm -- Kevin Eye Web Applications Developer University Communications University at Buffalo 330 Crofts Hall Buffalo, NY 14260 eye at buffalo.edu phone (716) 645-5000 x1435 From fulko.hew at gmail.com Mon Jul 14 16:39:59 2008 From: fulko.hew at gmail.com (Fulko Hew) Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:39:59 -0400 Subject: [Buffalo-pm] Damian Conway in Toronto In-Reply-To: References: <8204a4fe0807141305s7229de31y192a5adffb2fb66d@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <8204a4fe0807141639n171cbce6kdbd312f43085ebc2@mail.gmail.com> On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Kevin Eye wrote: > Thanks for the info. > > That would make our total trip about 3 hours from Amherst (according to > Google - 1.25 hours to Burlington; not sure how much time Google is leaving > for the border crossing). > OK, lets be honest, at the end of June for the last TPM meeting it took about 1.5 hrs, in May, it took longer, now that people are on vacation, the traffic may be lighter... it may be faster... who knows. Budget anywhere between 1 hr and 1.75 hrs from Burlington. Also be warned about the construction this side of St Catherines, but I can't say what affect that may or may not have on Wed at that time of day. As for the border... I've seen anywhere between 2 cars, and 'all the way across the bridge'. So the bottom line is you need to budget anywhere between 2.5 hrs all the way to 'hmmm. maybe we should leave tonight' :-) YMMV. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rdice at pobox.com Mon Jul 14 18:29:50 2008 From: rdice at pobox.com (Richard Dice) Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:29:50 -0400 Subject: [Buffalo-pm] Damian Conway in Toronto In-Reply-To: <8204a4fe0807141639n171cbce6kdbd312f43085ebc2@mail.gmail.com> References: <8204a4fe0807141305s7229de31y192a5adffb2fb66d@mail.gmail.com> <8204a4fe0807141639n171cbce6kdbd312f43085ebc2@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <5bef4baf0807141829v58d523f0wab746c5708ee8efd@mail.gmail.com> It's always hard to tell. The last time I drove to Buffalo it took me 1h15m to drive from my house in Toronto proper to the Queenstown-Lewistown bridge. It then took me 1h15m to cross the bridge and clear INS. YMMV indeed. On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 7:39 PM, Fulko Hew wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Kevin Eye wrote: > >> Thanks for the info. >> >> That would make our total trip about 3 hours from Amherst (according to >> Google - 1.25 hours to Burlington; not sure how much time Google is >> leaving >> for the border crossing). >> > > OK, lets be honest, at the end of June for the last TPM meeting it took > about 1.5 hrs, in May, it took longer, now that people are on vacation, > the traffic may be lighter... it may be faster... who knows. Budget > anywhere > between 1 hr and 1.75 hrs from Burlington. > > Also be warned about the construction this side of St Catherines, but I > can't > say what affect that may or may not have on Wed at that time of day. > As for the border... I've seen anywhere between 2 cars, and 'all the way > across > the bridge'. > > So the bottom line is you need to budget anywhere between 2.5 hrs all the > way to 'hmmm. maybe we should leave tonight' :-) > > YMMV. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Buffalo Perl Mongers Homepage > http://buffalo.pm.org > > Buffalo-pm mailing list > Buffalo-pm at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/buffalo-pm > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From agianni at buffalo.edu Tue Jul 15 05:28:16 2008 From: agianni at buffalo.edu (Andrew Gianni) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:28:16 -0400 Subject: [Buffalo-pm] Damian Conway in Toronto In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Definitely check the bridge traffic report before you leave: 1-800-715-6722 It is almost always significantly less busy at the peace bridge crossing, although I usually go over on weekends when it is busier in general. It's a little longer drive but when the backup at Q/L is significant it's definitely faster. On 7/14/08 4:11 PM, "Kevin Eye" wrote: > Thanks for the info. > > That would make our total trip about 3 hours from Amherst (according to > Google - 1.25 hours to Burlington; not sure how much time Google is leaving > for the border crossing). > > Does anybody want to leave Amherst at 3:00? or 3:30? > > - Kevin > > > On 7/14/08 4:05 PM, "Fulko Hew" wrote: > >> On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 3:46 PM, Kevin Eye wrote: >> >>> So, who's (still) interested in seeing Damian Conway in Toronto on >>> Wednesday? The talk is at 6:30, so we would need to leave around 4:00. >>> Maybe >>> 4:30 at the latest. >> >> >> Beware of the traffic. >> Lately its been taking me about 1.75 hrs to get to downtown TO >> from Burlington (for TPM meetings)! >> _______________________________________________ >> Buffalo Perl Mongers Homepage >> http://buffalo.pm.org >> >> Buffalo-pm mailing list >> Buffalo-pm at pm.org >> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/buffalo-pm -- Andrew Gianni - Senior Programmer Analyst Administrative Computing Services / Computing and Information Technology University at Buffalo, State University of New York email: agianni at buffalo.edu | phone: 716.645.5332 | fax: 716.645.3588 From dmagnuszewski at yahoo.com Tue Jul 15 14:20:20 2008 From: dmagnuszewski at yahoo.com (Daniel Magnuszewski) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:20:20 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Buffalo-pm] Damian Conway in Toronto Message-ID: <923936.39709.qm@web33301.mail.mud.yahoo.com> I definitely wanted to attend, but things are too busy with work tomorrow to get out early. -Dan ----- Original Message ---- From: Kevin Eye To: buffalo-pm at mail.pm.org Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 3:46:26 PM Subject: [Buffalo-pm] Damian Conway in Toronto So, who's (still) interested in seeing Damian Conway in Toronto on Wednesday? The talk is at 6:30, so we would need to leave around 4:00. Maybe 4:30 at the latest. - Kevin -- Kevin Eye Web Applications Developer University Communications University at Buffalo 330 Crofts Hall Buffalo, NY 14260 eye at buffalo.edu phone (716) 645-5000 x1435 _______________________________________________ Buffalo Perl Mongers Homepage http://buffalo.pm.org Buffalo-pm mailing list Buffalo-pm at pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/buffalo-pm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bennymack at gmail.com Tue Jul 15 17:37:15 2008 From: bennymack at gmail.com (Ben. B.) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:37:15 -0400 Subject: [Buffalo-pm] Damian Conway in Toronto In-Reply-To: <923936.39709.qm@web33301.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <923936.39709.qm@web33301.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: I definitely wanted to go as well but my g/f and I are busy introducing a new perlmonger to the world! On 7/15/08, Daniel Magnuszewski wrote: > I definitely wanted to attend, but things are too busy with work tomorrow to > get out early. > > -Dan > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Kevin Eye > To: buffalo-pm at mail.pm.org > Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 3:46:26 PM > Subject: [Buffalo-pm] Damian Conway in Toronto > > So, who's (still) interested in seeing Damian Conway in Toronto on > Wednesday? The talk is at 6:30, so we would need to leave around 4:00. Maybe > 4:30 at the latest. > > - Kevin > > > -- > Kevin Eye > Web Applications Developer > University Communications > University at Buffalo > 330 Crofts Hall > Buffalo, NY 14260 > eye at buffalo.edu > phone (716) 645-5000 x1435 > > _______________________________________________ > Buffalo Perl Mongers Homepage > http://buffalo.pm.org > > Buffalo-pm mailing list > Buffalo-pm at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/buffalo-pm > From pwroblewski at cogeco.ca Tue Jul 15 19:40:59 2008 From: pwroblewski at cogeco.ca (Peter Wroblewski) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:40:59 -0400 Subject: [Buffalo-pm] Buffalo-pm Digest, Vol 57, Issue 2 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <487D5FBB.5050505@cogeco.ca> As a daily commuter across the border I'd suggest stopping by this URL before leaving home to decide which bridge to use: http://maps.nittec.org/mappage.aspx select check box for cameras, then click on camera icons for popups with live video feed snapshots (update ~60sec). This is the closest thing to "live" information on border crossings. With backups on the Queenston Lewiston crossing adding an extra hour to the trip, it's worth sometimes to take the Peace Bridge -- there have been virtually no lines there on the Canadian side for the past several months. The QEW is undergoing major road work through St. Catharines, beware of congestion. Traffic tends to be bad towards the early evening hours (7-8pm) and things are usually backed up from the 405 junction (where 405 from Queenston meets the QEW) through the Garden City Skyway. There's no easy way around that, unless one takes the Rainbow Bridge to the QEW, then takes the Thorold Stone Road (Hwy 58) exit to the 406 north and back to the QEW. That puts you on the far side of St. Catharines and the far side of the construction zone. For traffic info on the Canadian side, from Ft. Erie to T.O. tune into AM 610 for traffic reports every 15 minutes (or www.610cktb.com for a live stream). HTH, Pwrob From rdice at pobox.com Tue Jul 15 20:12:33 2008 From: rdice at pobox.com (Richard Dice) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:12:33 -0400 Subject: [Buffalo-pm] Damian Conway in Toronto tomorrow (Wednesday) to present one of his high-end IT showsmanship talks! Message-ID: <5bef4baf0807152012m2b200ad5pdd22d3d3b2b31b69@mail.gmail.com> Hi everyone, This email is a condensation of emails I have sent to these lists previously, so please forgive the curtness. One last reminder -- this Wednesday, July 16th, 6:30pm, Damian Conway will be presenting his talk: *Temporally Quaquaversal Virtual Nanomachine Programming in Multiple Topologically Connected Quantum-Relativistic Parallel Timespaces... Made Easy* Location: Bahen Centre for Information Technology, University of Toronto 40 St. George Street (w. side of street, just north of College Ave.) [map] Room # BA 1160 Donations are welcome! These will help provide Damian with an honorarium and to help offset costs of his trip to Toronto. How to donate? Easy! Paypal and credit card (via Paypal) - go to http://hew.ca/ Cheque and cash - bring it to the event tomorrow. I will be there to collect and I can write receipts for those who are interested. If you'd like to email me ahead of time to help me know what the pledge level might aggregate to I'd appreciate it. Facebook event for this talk - http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=22670172852 Cheers, - Richard -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dmagnuszewski at yahoo.com Tue Jul 15 20:31:21 2008 From: dmagnuszewski at yahoo.com (Daniel Magnuszewski) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:31:21 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Buffalo-pm] Damian Conway in Toronto Message-ID: <160377.58633.qm@web33306.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Nice. Congrats/Good Luck! ----- Original Message ---- From: Ben. B. To: Daniel Magnuszewski Cc: Kevin Eye ; buffalo-pm at mail.pm.org Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 8:37:15 PM Subject: Re: [Buffalo-pm] Damian Conway in Toronto I definitely wanted to go as well but my g/f and I are busy introducing a new perlmonger to the world! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: