From william at knowmad.com  Mon Mar 12 12:51:31 2007
From: william at knowmad.com (William McKee)
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:51:31 -0400
Subject: [Charlotte.PM] Let's have a meeting! (March Perl Mongers Meeting)
Message-ID: <20070312195130.GM20068@knowmad.com>

Hello Charlotte Perl Mongers,

It's been a long time since our last meeting. With Spring in the air, I
think it's a perfect time to revive the Charlotte Perl Mongers. Let's
get ourselves back on track with monthly meetings starting this week.

Our standard meeting day has been the 3rd Thursday of the month. That's
this week! I think the first order of business is checking in with
everyone (we have over 50 members who I'm sure have been doing some cool
stuff in the interim) and then coming up with a schedule for the next
several months.

We'll meet at the office of Knowmad Technologies on Central Ave near
uptown. See the Charlotte PM website[1] for directions. If you know that
you'll be attending, send an email to <a
href="mailto:william at knowmad.com?subject=CharPM
RSVP">william at knowmad.com</a>. If you can't join us this month, put us
on your calendar for April 19th.


        See you at the meeting,
        William McKee

[1] http://charlotte.pm.org

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From jim1138 at gmail.com  Thu Mar 15 11:54:11 2007
From: jim1138 at gmail.com (Jim Herring)
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:54:11 -0400
Subject: [Charlotte.PM] Let's have a meeting! (March Perl Mongers
	Meeting)
In-Reply-To: <20070312195130.GM20068@knowmad.com>
References: <20070312195130.GM20068@knowmad.com>
Message-ID: <e3bfbac40703151154x5853419bl51ab878c54bec878@mail.gmail.com>

Hi William,

What time does tonight's meeting begin?

Jim

On 3/12/07, William McKee <william at knowmad.com> wrote:
>
> Hello Charlotte Perl Mongers,
>
> It's been a long time since our last meeting. With Spring in the air, I
> think it's a perfect time to revive the Charlotte Perl Mongers. Let's
> get ourselves back on track with monthly meetings starting this week.
>
> Our standard meeting day has been the 3rd Thursday of the month. That's
> this week! I think the first order of business is checking in with
> everyone (we have over 50 members who I'm sure have been doing some cool
> stuff in the interim) and then coming up with a schedule for the next
> several months.
>
> We'll meet at the office of Knowmad Technologies on Central Ave near
> uptown. See the Charlotte PM website[1] for directions. If you know that
> you'll be attending, send an email to <a
> href="mailto:william at knowmad.com?subject=CharPM
> RSVP">william at knowmad.com</a>. If you can't join us this month, put us
> on your calendar for April 19th.
>
>
>         See you at the meeting,
>         William McKee
>
> [1] http://charlotte.pm.org
>
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From michael.walker at napkindrawing.com  Fri Mar 16 10:44:31 2007
From: michael.walker at napkindrawing.com (Michael Walker)
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:44:31 -0700
Subject: [Charlotte.PM] Perl Cookbook In Other Languages - PLEAC
Message-ID: <1174067071.45fad77f26dd7@www.kattare.com>

Hi All,

As mentioned at the 3/15 meeting, there is a fabulous web site which is
working on replicating all the examples of the Perl Cookbook in other
languages:

http://pleac.sourceforge.net/

This is a great way to learn other languages. Or if you're expertly
familiar with a language, to compare between solutions to problems in
your language vs. Perl!

The following languages are being worked on, and the cool ones of Ruby,
Python, Haskell are all between 20% - 80% complete!

python
groovy
ruby
guile
tcl
php
rexx
ocaml
pike
merd
ada
haskell
java
cposix
pliant
commonlisp
c++
smalltalk
forth
erlang
R
masd
nasm


Cheers,
Mike




From michael.walker at napkindrawing.com  Mon Mar 19 07:46:11 2007
From: michael.walker at napkindrawing.com (Michael Walker)
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 07:46:11 -0700
Subject: [Charlotte.PM] Sudoku By Regex
Message-ID: <1174315571.45fea2330d7c6@www.kattare.com>

Hi All,

Here's a fabulous presentation by Abigail given to the London Perl
Workshop last December, on solving Sudoku problems using a single Perl
Regular Expression.

This is an excellent example of stating the terms of a problem clearly,
defining the needs of a solution, and implementing the solution.

http://perl.abigail.be/Talks/Sudoku/HTML/title.html

Cheers,
Mike

P.S. Turing-machine references always make me think of the MC Hammer
Slide, a dude in baggy pants on an infinitely wide stage scooting left
& right :D

From william at knowmad.com  Mon Mar 19 15:05:01 2007
From: william at knowmad.com (William McKee)
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:05:01 -0400
Subject: [Charlotte.PM] [JOB] Charlotte Perl Job
Message-ID: <20070319220501.GP11070@knowmad.com>

Hey Mongers,

If you're looking for a job, the following position is available.


> Small local company in Charlotte with a total of 100 full time employees
> outsourcers tax functions for their clients in and around the city.
> They are working on a geographic web mining project built using Perl and
> need a direct hire, or contract-to-hire Perl Scripter who will evaluate
> the scope of the new GIS project, write design, and script. 
> 
> You must have experience interfacing between Perl Scripting with the MS
> SQL Server 2005 database.  Must have good communication skills, and have
> the ability to take ownership of the project.  We are looking for
> qualified candidates who are available immediately or will be soon.  
> 
> Please contact Kim Miles, Recruiting Manager with Sherpa LLC for more
> information at 704-374-0001 or kmiles at sherpallc.com.
> 

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From william at knowmad.com  Mon Mar 26 11:09:29 2007
From: william at knowmad.com (William McKee)
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:09:29 -0400
Subject: [Charlotte.PM] [JOB] Perl/PHP/MySQL Web Developer
Message-ID: <20070326180929.GP11229@knowmad.com>

Description: 
Are you getting enough recognition for your contributions in your current job? Do outsourcing worries keep you up at night? When was the last time you wore shorts to work? If you are ready for a change, we?re ready for you. Our company is seeking a Perl/PHP/MySQL Developer for immediate full-time design, implementation, and support roles. Our growth rates are exceptional and we provide a competitive benefits package. 

Data Conversions, Inc and its? business partner AEBN, the global leader in broadband video streaming, is accepting applications for the position of PHP Developer in our Traffic Department. You will be part of a team of professionals who design, develop, implement and manage a great variety of adult web sites, weblogs and interactive community sites. You must be a well-rounded programmer with a strong history of web development experience. 

Our platform is a mixture of Linux, Windows, Apache, IIS and MySQL. You may be asked to work with other platforms in the future. This position reports directly to the Programming Manager. The successful candidate will have the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment and to communicate effectively with staff and management. 
Responsibilities: 
Assist in the development and maintenance of custom PHP/MySQL sites and applications
Install, modify and maintain open source CMS applications 
Assist in the development of site functional specifications and scope 
Assist in new site development planning with other departments and groups 
Requirements: 
Thorough knowledge of PHP, MySQL, HTTP, XHTML, CSS and JavaScript 
Working knowledge of Pen, C and/or C++ helpful, but not necessary 
Ability to work as part of a team and independently with little supervision 
Demonstrated project planning, estimation and release management ability 
Ability to meet ambitious deadlines and deliver high quality work on schedule 
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Outstanding time management skills 
Ability and desire to mentor employees and help them grow professionally 
Bachelor?s degree in CS or minimum 4 years experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified 
Provide relevant examples of prior work 

*Must be comfortable working in an adult entertainment environment


?Jessica Lightner, Technical Recruiter
200 South College Street, Suite 1900
Charlotte, NC 28202
T 704-357-4517
F 704-357-4490



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From william at knowmad.com  Thu Mar 29 07:41:54 2007
From: william at knowmad.com (William McKee)
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:41:54 -0400
Subject: [Charlotte.PM] Upcoming meetings for 2007
Message-ID: <20070329144154.GR24755@knowmad.com>

Hey Mongers,

At the planning meeting this month, we came up with the following ideas
for meetings:
  
  * Perl vs. Ruby
  A look at web frameworks -- CGI::Application and WEBrick.
  
  * Perl Pragmas & Modules
  pragmas - fields, base, diagnostics, criticism, integer, subs, vars, sort
  modules - List::Util, Scalar::Util, IO::* (File, Handle, Socket, All)
  
  * Accessing Relational Databases with Perl
  Using Perl DBI to access Postgres, MySQL, SQLite.
  
  * Object-Relational Mapping in Perl
  A look at some of the ORM libraries available -- Class::DBI, DBIx::Recordset, Rose::DB.
  
  * Template Challenge
  A comparison of some of the templating solutions available in Perl (and elsewhere, e.g., ERB, Smarty).
  
  * Perl vs. _____
  e.g., Python, PHP, Ruby etc. There's a lot to learn from language comparisons. We need ideas for doing comparisons and champions of other languages to present the non-Perl solution.


If you have any ideas or additions, send an email to the list and let's
discuss it.

We are also in need of either a projector that we can borrow for the
evenings or a meeting space with a projector. If you have access to
either of these resources, please let me know. We'll be glad to offer
advertising or a link-back from our website[1] in return.

Hope to see you at an upcoming meeting.


William

[1] http://charlotte.pm.org

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From william at knowmad.com  Fri Mar 30 06:05:40 2007
From: william at knowmad.com (William McKee)
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 09:05:40 -0400
Subject: [Charlotte.PM] Fwd: [Raleigh-pm] Fwd: [pm_groups] Fwd: Perl 6
	Microgrants. Now accepting proposals.
Message-ID: <20070330130540.GA5511@knowmad.com>

A bit of Perl 6 news for the week....

> ----- Forwarded message from Jesse Vincent <jesse at bestpractical.com> -----
> 
> From: Jesse Vincent <jesse at bestpractical.com>
> Subject: Perl 6 Microgrants. Now accepting proposals.
> Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 23:04:29 -0400
> To: perl6-internals at perl.org, perl6-language at perl.org,
>         perl6-compiler at perl.org, perl5-porters at perl.org
> 
> I'm pleased to announce the inaugural Perl 6 Microgrants program.
> Best Practical Solutions (my company) has donated USD5,000 to The
> Perl Foundation to help support Perl 6 Development.  Leon Brocard,
> representing The Perl Foundation's grants committee, will work with
> me to select proposals and evaluate project success.  We'll be making
> USD500 grants to worthy Perl 6 related efforts. We're hoping to fund
> a range of Perl 6-related projects over the life of the grant
> program.  Accepted grants might be for coding, documentation, testing
> or even writing articles about Perl 6. The program isn't tied to any
> one implementation of Perl 6 -- We're interested in seeing proposals
> related to Pugs, Perl 6 on Parrot, Perl 6 on Perl 5 or any other Perl
> 6 implementation.  Generally, we're interested in seeing projects
> that can be completed in 4-6 calendar weeks.
> 
> Submitting a grant proposal
> ---------------------------
> 
> To submit a grant proposal, please email us at perl6-
> microgrants at perl.org with the following information:
> 
> * A two to three paragraph summary of the work you intend to do
> * A quick bio - Who are you? Is there opensource work you've done
> that we should have a look at?
> * A brief description of what "success" will mean for your project -
> How will we know you're done?
> * Where (if anywhere) you've discussed your project in the past
> * Where you'll be blogging about your progress. (Twice-weekly blog
> posts are a requirement for getting your grant money)
> 
> We'll be accepting proposals on a rolling schedule. We expect to pay
> out these first 10 grants over the course of the summer. Depending on
> how things go, we'll then either find more money for more grant
> programs or we'll wind up the program and move on to other endeavors.
> 
> We're really excited to get rolling. Submit your proposals early and
> often. Don't let somebody else beat you to the punch ;)
> 
> Best,
> 
> Jesse
> 
> 
> 
> ----- End forwarded message -----

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