From robert at robertblackwell.com  Wed Oct  3 14:18:09 2007
From: robert at robertblackwell.com (Robert Blackwell)
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:18:09 -0400
Subject: [Chicago-announce] The Pittsburgh Perl Workshop 2007 is October
	13-14, 2007.
Message-ID: <D83800CD-0052-4D3C-900A-A599CE8109AD@robertblackwell.com>

(Please feel free to forward...)


The 2007 Pittsburgh Perl Workshop is only 10 days away.

The Pittsburgh Perl Mongers are pleased to announce The PITTSBURGH  
PERL WORKSHOP, a two-day, low-cost conference on Saturday and Sunday,  
October 13-14, 2007.

The Pittsburgh Perl Workshop is an annual conference dedicated to the  
Perl programming language. In 2006, the Pittsburgh Perl Mongers  
hosted the first Perl Workshop based in the United States. This year,  
the Workshop has been expanded to two days. The 2007 Workshop is  
structured as a series of short lectures, but the atmosphere is low  
key and engaging: the perfect combination to open your mind and then  
cram it full of good stuff.

After last year's conference you gave us lots of feedback, and we  
listened.
* The workshop was expanded to a two-day event to allow for more  
talks, birds-of-a-feather sessions, and social interactions.
* A one-day course for programmers with little or no Perl experience?- 
taught by a world-class Perl trainer?-was added.
* The schedule has been improved to allow you more flexibility in  
choosing sessions to attend.

Lightning Talks

There?s still time to get a third of your fifteen minutes of fame!  
Submit your lightning talk today. The deadline for early acceptance  
is one week before the conference (October 6). But if you have an  
idea on the first day of the conference, we?re holding at least two  
lightning talk spots until the end of that day. However, you have a  
much better chance of being accepted if submit your talk now.

Stay up to date with everything that's going on with the Perl  
Workshop by subscribing to our RSS feed at http://pghpw.org/ppw2007/ 
atom/en.xml.

If you are coming to the Friday Social, RSVP at http://pghpw.org/ 
ppw2007/wiki?node=Friday%20Social.

Full details are on the Workshop Web site at http://pghpw.org.

Hope to see you there.
Robert Blackwell


From andy at petdance.com  Sun Oct  7 11:52:17 2007
From: andy at petdance.com (Andy Lester)
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2007 13:52:17 -0500
Subject: [Chicago-announce] Tuesday's Chicago.pm meeting will be short
	and/or boring unless YOU help
Message-ID: <C8EBAB2B-A46F-4CEE-B4DB-A1904E4B51EC@petdance.com>

Our next suburban meeting is on Tuesday, and we have exactly one  
person (me) who will be talking about tools.  Sounds like it will  
last about 15-20 minutes, and then we're done.  There's only one way  
to solve this problem: Other people need to contribute.

Please let me know if you'd like to talk about the tools you use.   
Only YOU can save Chicago.PM meetings from lack of content.

Thanks,
xoxo,
Andy

     
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--
               Chicago Perl Mongers / UniForum Meeting Announcement
     
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--
        Topic: Chicago Perl Mongers Tool Expo
    Presenter: You!
    Moderator: Andy Lester <andy at petdance.com>
    Date/Time: Tuesday, October 9th, 2007, 7:00 PM
     Location: IIT-Rice Campus, 201 East Loop Rd, Wheaton, IL
    Afterward: Dinner at CozyMel's <http://www.cozymels.com/ 
store_wheaton.htm>
     
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--

We'll be sharing the tools that we use for Perl programming.  Anything
that helps you do your job is worth mentioning, and we'd like you to  
talk
about it.

Andy Lester will be talking about ack, his grep replacement, and
OpenKomodo, which just got release as open source.  Now we need YOUR  
help.

What tools do you use?  vim?  emacs?  TextMate? BBEdit?  Eclipse? What
about other tools, like Ant?  CruiseControl?  We want to hear from you.
A 10-15 minute demo is all you need to do to help spread the love.  We
especially want to hear from the UniForum people!

If you'd like to talk about your favorite tool, let Andy Lester know at
andy at petdance.com.  Even if you don't have a laptop to do a  
presentation
on, we can work something out.


As with all Chicago Perl Mongers meetings, everyone is welcome,
whether or not you consider yourself a member. We look forward to
seeing you there!

Questions about this meeting?  Ask on the chicago-talk at pm.org mailing
list, or send email to andy at petdance dot com.  You can also see a  
list
of past and upcoming meetings at http://chicago.pm.org/meetings/.


--
Andy Lester => andy at petdance.com => www.petdance.com => AIM:petdance





From wsmith at etc.com  Sat Oct 20 15:22:03 2007
From: wsmith at etc.com (wsmith at etc.com)
Date: 20 Oct 2007 22:22:03 -0000
Subject: [Chicago-announce] UniForum: Old Pentiums
Message-ID: <02601EDA-0F99-4C52-94B4-40458AB402AC@etc.com>

------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
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                      How to Revive an Old Pentium

                             Howard Fosdick

                Tuesday, October 23rd 2007, 7:00-9:00pm
  Illinois Institute of Technology, Rice Campus, Wheaton, IL, Room 103

Abstract
--------
This presentation will be about how to use older PC's to get that  
something
else done on a computer without spending a lot of money.

1. What you can do with older PCs
2. How to take mature Pentiums and make them useful
3. Where to get a free computer!
4. What you can use that old computer in your basement for.
5. What operating systems (and versions) to install
6. Where to get all the free software you'll want -- to do ANYTHING  
you want
7. How to judge what software is appropriate to run on various mature  
Pentiums
8. How to "anonymize" your old PC before giving it away to charity

Speaker Bio
-----------
Howard Fosdick is an independent DBA consultant in the Chicago area who
works hands-on with Oracle databases.  He's also advised software and
hardware vendors about the database market and technologies.

Getting There
-------------
The next meeting of UniForum Chicago will be from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 at the Illinois Institute of Technology
Rice campus.  The address of the meeting facility is:

         IIT's Rice Campus
         Room 103
         201 East Loop Road,
         Wheaton, Illinois 60187

Take I-88 to the Naperville Road exit.  Go North on Naperville Road
to Butterfield/Rt. 56.  Turn right on Butterfield and proceed East to
the next stoplight East (East Loop Road).  Turn north onto East Loop
Road (Big Bowl/Cozymel's Restaurants and Phillip's 66 Gas Station on
the corners); the campus will be on your right about a block north of
Butterfield Road.  Park in the student parking lot behind the building.
Room 103 is the first room inside the north entrance.  More detailed
directions and maps are available at:

         http://www.rice.iit.edu/directions.html
         http://www.rice.iit.edu/floorplan.html

All UniForum Chicago general meetings are open to the public free of  
charge.

For additional information contact Scott Nemec at (630) 990-6265 or
president at uniforum.chi.il.us, or visit the UniForum Chicago web site at:
	http://www.uniforum.chi.il.us/


From mongers at bsod.net  Mon Oct 22 07:58:10 2007
From: mongers at bsod.net (Pete Krawczyk)
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:58:10 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: [Chicago-announce] October 23, 2007: Make Your Own CPAN
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0710220952390.15895@steward.bsod.net>

   --------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Chicago Perl Mongers Meeting Announcement
   --------------------------------------------------------------------------
       Topic: Make Your Own CPAN
   Presenter: brian d foy
   Date/Time: Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007, 7:00 PM
    Location: Performics, 12th Floor, 180 N. LaSalle, Chicago, IL
        RSVP: By noon on Oct. 23rd to "pkrawczyk" with "doubleclick.com"
   --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Want your own CPAN? Need to add your own modules, take out other modules, 
start from scratch, or put it on a CD? With a little bit of knowledge 
about how CPAN works you can easily make your own archive that works with 
the standard CPAN tools. Want to go home with your own copy of CPAN? Bring 
a 1 G thumb drive and we'll make you a copy as you wait.

brian will also be bringing a big pile of random books with him. That pile 
includes several recent promotional copies as well as things he doesn't 
want on his shelf anymore. Why not bring your unwanted books, too?  We'll 
have a book swap. Give a book, take a book.

And, for those that want first crack at the books, give a lightning talk. 
You don't need slides or anything fancy. Just get up and talk for 3 to 5 
minutes about something you're doing with Perl or that happened in your 
Perl development since the last meeting. It's a great way to get used to 
talking about a technical topic in front of a friendly audience. brian 
will give everyone who gives a lightning talk a free copy of the current 
issue of The Perl Review, which currently has a long article on his talk 
topic.

Don't forget that everyone is invited to Monks for drinks and food
after the meeting. Anyone who shows up at Monks for their first time
gets a free drink on brian. :)



As with all Chicago Perl Mongers meetings, everyone is welcome,
whether or not you consider yourself a member. We look forward to
seeing you there!

Questions about this meeting?  Ask on the chicago-talk at pm.org mailing
list, or send email to andy at petdance dot com.  You can also see a list
of past and upcoming meetings at http://chicago.pm.org/meetings/.

From andy at petdance.com  Thu Oct 25 21:05:16 2007
From: andy at petdance.com (Andy Lester)
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:05:16 -0500
Subject: [Chicago-announce] November's meeting announcements
Message-ID: <C87C818B-9A25-4D6E-B32B-9B55CBA7F339@petdance.com>

    
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--
                  Chicago Perl Mongers Meeting Announcements
    
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--
   Date/Time: Tuesday, November 13th, 2007, 7:00 PM
    Location: IIT-Rice Campus, 201 East Loop Rd, Wheaton, IL
   Afterward: Dinner at CozyMel's <http://www.cozymels.com/ 
store_wheaton.htm>
    
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--
   Date/Time: Tuesday, November 27th, 2007, 7:00 PM
    Location: Performics, 12th Floor, 180 N. LaSalle, Chicago, IL
        RSVP: By noon on Nov. 27th to "pkrawczyk" with "doubleclick.com"
    
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
--

This is a consolidated November announcement for both the city and  
Wheaton meetings.

There is no speaker information in this announcement, because we have  
no volunteers to speak at either meeting.  Perl Mongers groups rely  
on members to provide the content to these meetings, and so far, no  
one has heeded the call to speak in November.

We have only had 9 different people present at 19 meetings so far  
this year.  We'd like to hear what you're doing with Perl!  Even if  
you don't think you need two whole hours, we would still like to see  
new faces with new content.

If we can't come up with content for these meetings, they will likely  
be cancelled.  To avoid that, speak up today!

In case you're wondering, 2007's speaker list reads as follows:
   Jan Wheaton: Andy Lester, Josh McAdams, Pete Krawczyk
   Jan Chicago: Jon Rockway
   Feb W: CANCELLED due to weather
   Feb C: Chris McAvoy
   Mar W: Chris McAvoy
   Mar C: Jon Rockway
   Apr W: Andy Lester, Pete Krawczyk
   Apr C: Andy Lester, Pete Krawczyk
   May C: Various (cancellation)
   May W: Clyde Forrester
   Jun W: Andy Lester
   Jun C: Clyde Forrester, Ryan Gerry
   Jul W: Andy Lester
   Jul C: Various (lightning talks)
   Aug W: Kent Cowgill
   Aug C: Josh McAdams
   Sep W: Andy Lester
   Sep C: Kent Cowgill
   Oct W: Andy Lester (lightning talks)
   Oct C: brian d foy


As with all Chicago Perl Mongers meetings, everyone is welcome,
whether or not you consider yourself a member. We look forward to
seeing you there!

Questions about this meeting?  Ask on the chicago-talk at pm.org mailing
list, or send email to andy at petdance dot com.  You can also see a  
list
of past and upcoming meetings at http://chicago.pm.org/meetings/.

(And thanks to Pete Krawczyk for writing this.  I'm just mailing it  
out.)

xoxo,
Andy

--
Andy Lester => andy at petdance.com => www.petdance.com => AIM:petdance





From andy at petdance.com  Fri Oct 26 08:25:20 2007
From: andy at petdance.com (Andy Lester)
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:25:20 -0500
Subject: [Chicago-announce] Suburban meetings need a new organizer
Message-ID: <00B2C94E-F034-4AD4-81B4-8C964825F892@petdance.com>

I'm stepping aside as organizer of the suburban Chicago.PM and  
Uniforum meetings.  If meetings are to continue out in the suburbs,  
someone needs to step forward and take over the responsibility of  
organizing them, either getting people to speak, or figuring out what  
will happen during the meeting.

What you choose to do with the mantle of organizer is up to you.   
There's no "supposed to" or "have to".  This is open source, and it  
works with meetings just like software.  Whatever someone does is  
what happens.  We have a space at IIT in Wheaton on the 2nd Tuesday  
of each month, although that could probably get changed by working  
with the Uniforum people.

I'll say it again: Whatever someone does to make meetings happens is  
what will happen for meetings.  YOU can make the meetings be exactly  
what you want.  You wanna have 'em at the bar down the street from  
your house?  Then take the meeting organizer hat and make it happen.   
If you want to have panel discussions about how Perl can be used best  
for figuring out lotto numbers, then by all means, do it.

Messages about "Wheaton sucks, we should move the meeting to X" or  
"We should have X at our meetings" are not helpful unless YOU are the  
one who is going to make X happen.  Without YOU taking some sort of  
action to make it happen, you're really saying "I want you to do X  
for me," and that's not helpful, and is frustrating at best.

I will help however I can.  If you're at all interested, even if only  
in helping a bit, please let me know.

Thanks,
xoxo,
Andy


--
Andy Lester => andy at petdance.com => www.petdance.com => AIM:petdance





From jon at jrock.us  Tue Oct 30 10:30:25 2007
From: jon at jrock.us (Jonathan Rockway)
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:30:25 -0500
Subject: [Chicago-announce] Exciting perl events in Chicago this December
Message-ID: <47276A31.5020103@jrock.us>

Hi all,

Two things.

First, Stonehenge is doing a few low-cost open-enrollment Perl
courses this December downtown.  Anyone is welcome to enroll.
The schedule is as follows:

Day courses, 8am to 4pm
---------------
Learning Perl, Dec 10-12,           $750/person
Intermediate Perl, Dec 13-15,       $500/person

Night courses, 6pm to 9pm
---------------
Catalyst, Dec 10-12,                $375/person
Test Driven Development, Dec 13-14, $250/person

Learning Perl and Intermediate Perl will be taught by brian d foy, Test
Driven Development will be taught by Josh McAdams, and I will be
teaching the Catalyst course.

If you're interested in any of the courses, please contact brian to
register (brian.d.foy  AT gmail.com).  Questions are also welcome :)

Secondly, WindyCity.pm is sponsoring a hackathon on the weekend of
December 14-16 (all day Fri-Sun).  It's open-ended, so bring whatever
project you want to work on and get some other people to help you out!
It's a great way to spend some quality time with both your favorite perl
projects and your fellow perl mongers :)

The event is of course free, and it will be on the second floor of the
J.Ira & Nicki Harris Family Hostel (http://www.hichicago.org/).  Food
will be provided :) Finally, if you're coming in from out of town, we've
reserved rooms at the hostel for something like $31/night
(Thursday-Sunday)  Contact me for details.

Please e-mail me directly if you plan on attending or if you have any
questions.  I look forward to seeing you all there!

Regards,
Jonathan Rockway


From dave at obtiva.com  Wed Oct 31 13:00:02 2007
From: dave at obtiva.com (Dave Hoover)
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:00:02 -0500
Subject: [Chicago-announce] Simple Photo Processing and Web Display
Message-ID: <11c8704e0710311300p65109bf6gbbfa6d5c09810158@mail.gmail.com>

Kent Cowgill has stepped forward to present at the next meeting in Wheaton.

Topic:  Simple Photo Processing and Web Display with Perl
Also appearing:  Imager, MIME::Lite,
Email::MIME::Attachment::Stripper, and Image::ExifTool
Location:  IIT-Rice Campus, 201 East Loop Rd, Wheaton, IL
Date/Time: Tuesday, November 13th, 2007 (7:00 PM - 9:00 PM)

I will be organizing the Wheaton meetings going forward.

See you there!

Dave Hoover
http://obtiva.com
http://redsquirrel.com/dave