From gwadej at anomaly.org Tue May 5 04:58:14 2009 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 06:58:14 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] May meeting Message-ID: <20090505065814.18ff466c@sovvan> My how time flies. It looks like the May Houston.pm meeting is next Tuesday. Given that last month's technical meeting was postponed due to lack of location, I guess I'm on tap again for the SVG from Perl talk. Unfortunately, I've been spending more time building more SVG from Perl and not as much time on the presentation I intended to give. On the plus side, I should have a few interesting pictures to show... Hope to see you there, G. Wade PS. I haven't said anything in the last few meeting announcements, but anyone is welcome to bring a question or project to the meeting for input or just to show off what you are working on. We normally have some time before and after any presentation, so feel free to bring stuff for show-n-tell. We're also willing to provide "more eyes" on any problem where you feel you might be missing something or would like a second opinion -- Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. -- Mark Twain From gwadej at anomaly.org Fri May 8 05:17:07 2009 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 07:17:07 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] May Meeting Message-ID: <20090508071707.2a94ff48@sovvan> I've had some communication from some of our regulars that they won't be able to meet next Tuesday. If you are interested (and able) to meet next Tuesday for my presentation on SVG from Perl, could you let me (or the list) know? Thanks, G. Wade -- It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law. -- Hofstadter's Law From toddr at null.net Fri May 8 06:55:19 2009 From: toddr at null.net (Todd Rinaldo) Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 08:55:19 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] May Meeting In-Reply-To: <20090508071707.2a94ff48@sovvan> References: <20090508071707.2a94ff48@sovvan> Message-ID: <748c25c20905080655n3862046cg5df190842715ab42@mail.gmail.com> On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 7:17 AM, G. Wade Johnson wrote: > I've had some communication from some of our regulars that they won't > be able to meet next Tuesday. > > If you are interested (and able) to meet next Tuesday for my > presentation on SVG from Perl, could you let me (or the list) know? I was looking forward to it... From gwadej at anomaly.org Fri May 8 17:20:39 2009 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 19:20:39 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] May Meeting Message-ID: <20090508192039.1915a340@sovvan> I've gotten some interest off-line as well as through the list, so it looks like I'll need to finish the presentation this weekend. So, next Tuesday, May 12 is our next Houston.pm meeting. I will be presenting "SVG from Perl". As usual, we will meet at 1111 Fannin. (More details, including a map at http://houston.pm.org/meetings.html.) We'll meet between 6pm and 6:20 in the lobby and go to the conference room from there. Parking on the street is free after 6pm. If you are unsure if you will be able to arrive between 6 and 6:20, email me, Todd, or the list. That way we can make sure to wait for you. I look forward to seeing you there. G. Wade -- "Very sad life. Probably also have sad death. But at least there is symmetry." -- Zathras From will.willis at gmail.com Fri May 8 18:41:28 2009 From: will.willis at gmail.com (Will Willis) Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 20:41:28 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] May Meeting In-Reply-To: <20090508071707.2a94ff48@sovvan> References: <20090508071707.2a94ff48@sovvan> Message-ID: <6ee1e6090905081841n1af38b99k48ac3612be28c992@mail.gmail.com> I'll be there. -Will On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 7:17 AM, G. Wade Johnson wrote: > I've had some communication from some of our regulars that they won't > be able to meet next Tuesday. > > If you are interested (and able) to meet next Tuesday for my > presentation on SVG from Perl, could you let me (or the list) know? > > Thanks, > G. Wade > -- > It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account > Hofstadter's Law. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?-- Hofstadter's Law > _______________________________________________ > Houston mailing list > Houston at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > Website: http://houston.pm.org/ > From gwadej at anomaly.org Mon May 11 05:14:15 2009 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 07:14:15 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] May Meeting Reminder - SVG from Perl Message-ID: <20090511071415.156a1b07@sovvan> We will meet tomorrow night for the May Houston.pm meeting at 1111 Fannin. The meeting details are at http://houston.pm.org/meetings.html I'm looking forward to seeing you there. G. Wade -- A 'language' is a dialect with an army. From toddr at null.net Mon May 18 08:56:22 2009 From: toddr at null.net (Todd Rinaldo) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 10:56:22 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] June Meeting Topic - YAPC: Catalyst, DBIC, and TT for world domination Message-ID: <748c25c20905180856p4a135a00p9845635b868eb3ed@mail.gmail.com> Houston.pm, I submitted a talk and it was accepted for YAPC this year. Here's the link: http://yapc10.org/yn2009/talk/2060 I'm a little white knuckled about the chat as I'm not really a fan of public speaking. I'd appreciate it if you would let me present all or part of it at this next month's meeting and provide me with feedback. YAPC 10 thanks you, Todd From gwadej at anomaly.org Mon May 18 20:34:51 2009 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 22:34:51 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] June Meeting Topic - YAPC: Catalyst, DBIC, and TT for world domination In-Reply-To: <748c25c20905180856p4a135a00p9845635b868eb3ed@mail.gmail.com> References: <748c25c20905180856p4a135a00p9845635b868eb3ed@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20090518223451.5a7ae560@sovvan> On Mon, 18 May 2009 10:56:22 -0500 Todd Rinaldo wrote: > Houston.pm, > > I submitted a talk and it was accepted for YAPC this year. Here's the > link: http://yapc10.org/yn2009/talk/2060 > > I'm a little white knuckled about the chat as I'm not really a fan of > public speaking. I'd appreciate it if you would let me present all or > part of it at this next month's meeting and provide me with feedback. Personally, I think this is a great idea. I've marked you down as next month's speaker. G. Wade -- "Mister Garibaldi, there're days I'm very glad I don't have to think like you do." -- Ivanova, "And the Sky Full of Stars" From gwadej at anomaly.org Mon May 18 20:37:16 2009 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 22:37:16 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] Houston.pm Website Message-ID: <20090518223716.1c2cea63@sovvan> I've finally gotten the Houston.pm site updated with the last few months' talks. (http://houston.pm.org/). As always, if you see anything I missed or if you would like to add some notes of your own on the topics, let me know and I'll update the site accordingly. G. Wade -- "And so it begins" -- Ambassador Kosh From gwadej at anomaly.org Fri May 22 15:05:45 2009 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 17:05:45 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] Fw: [pm_groups] Fwd: Adding Perl support for Google App Engine Message-ID: <20090522170545.4ebda747@sovvan> Here's a request to increase the importance of supporting Perl in the Google App Engine. After some reordering... Begin forwarded message: > Begin forwarded message: >> >> From: Garrett Goebel >> Date: May 22, 2009 8:20:25 AM CDT >> To: kc at pm.org >> >> Votes for supporting Perl is in 3rd place behind PHP and Ruby in >> Google App Engine's "Open List" of issues. Perl is less than 300 >> votes behind Ruby. If you'd like to help change that... vote and >> spread the word... >> >> See: >> http://ergoletterbag.blogspot.com/2009/05/adding-perl-support-to-google-app.html > Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 09:26:54 -0700 From: Fred Moyer To: Jay Hannah Cc: pm_groups at pm.org Subject: Re: [pm_groups] Fwd: Adding Perl support for Google App Engine Another quick note - you have to be logged in with a Google account. Not a Gmail account, not a Google Apps account, but a regular Google account (there were three different types last time I checked... go figure... Google are you listening?). The list is here - click 'Sign In' on the upper right. If it seems like I'm putting a lot of effort out there to make this simple - I am :) Got about half a dozen off list replies asking how the heck do you login and vote on this thing. http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/list -- Any time things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something. From gwadej at anomaly.org Sun May 24 21:00:27 2009 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 23:00:27 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] Fw: [pm_groups] White Camel Nominations Message-ID: <20090524230027.7dda5c43@sovvan> Begin forwarded message: Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 22:33:41 -0400 From: "David H. Adler" To: PM Group list Subject: [pm_groups] White Camel Nominations If you would forward this to your groups it would be very greatly appreciated. Thanks! dha -----begin message---- Every year the White Camels are presented for service to the Perl community. If you look at the previous winners, you'll notice that these are mostly unsung heroes, like previous awardee Eric Cholet, the human moderator of so many Perl mailing lists, or Jay Hannah, one of the people running pm.org (if you ever created/maintained a pm group, chances are that Jay walked you through the process). Some of these people may be well known, like Allison Randal or Randal Schwartz, while others may be complete strangers to at least part of the globe, like Josh McAdams or Jay. Some of them may be extreme Perl hackers who created the original JAPH, but they actually received this award as a recognition for their community contributions to Perl rather than for their programming ability. That's not to say a great hacker can't receive the award, but you don't have to be one in order to be eligible. That being said, the nomination process for the 2009 White Camels is now open. If you think there's someone who deserves a White Camel, this is the time for you to send in your nominations. Send them to whitecamel-suggestions at pm.org, if possible with a subject along the lines of "White Camel Nomination :: $name". Make sure you properly identify the nominee and tell us why you think that's a worthy nomination. Don't go thinking "nah, somebody else will do it" because: a) everybody else may be thinking the same, and b) you may state your case differently than the next person. We'll be receiving nominations until June 21, 2009, by midnight, but don't wait up or you'll forget. Do it now! -----end message---- -- David H. Adler - - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ My glass might be half empty, but I am on the way to the bar - Simon Wilcox -- Request pm.org Technical Support via support at pm.org pm_groups mailing list pm_groups at pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/pm_groups -- C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg. -- Bjarne Stroustrup From gwadej at anomaly.org Thu May 28 12:13:52 2009 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 14:13:52 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] Fw: [pm_groups] White Camel Nominations Message-ID: <20090528141352.521e804a@sovvan> Begin forwarded message: Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 13:56:55 -0400 From: "David H. Adler" To: PM Group list Subject: Re: [pm_groups] White Camel Nominations On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 10:33:41PM -0400, David H. Adler wrote: I made a mistake on the original posting. The address to send to is whitecamel-suggestions at perl.org, not pm.org. Sorry about that. If you could update your followers, that would be great. corrected text below. > -----begin message---- > > Every year the White Camels are presented for service to the Perl > community. > > If you look at the previous winners, you'll notice that these are > mostly unsung heroes, like previous awardee Eric Cholet, the human > moderator of so many Perl mailing lists, or Jay Hannah, one of the > people running pm.org (if you ever created/maintained a pm group, > chances are that Jay walked you through the process). > > Some of these people may be well known, like Allison Randal or Randal > Schwartz, while others may be complete strangers to at least part of > the globe, like Josh McAdams or Jay. Some of them may be extreme Perl > hackers who created the original JAPH, but they actually received this > award as a recognition for their community contributions to Perl > rather than for their programming ability. > > That's not to say a great hacker can't receive the award, but you > don't have to be one in order to be eligible. > > That being said, the nomination process for the 2009 White Camels is > now open. > > If you think there's someone who deserves a White Camel, this is the > time for you to send in your nominations. Send them to > whitecamel-suggestions at perl.org, if possible with a subject along the > lines of "White Camel Nomination :: $name". Make sure you properly > identify the nominee and tell us why you think that's a worthy > nomination. > > Don't go thinking "nah, somebody else will do it" because: a) > everybody else may be thinking the same, and b) you may state your > case differently than the next person. > > We'll be receiving nominations until June 21, 2009, by midnight, but > don't wait up or you'll forget. Do it now! > > -----end message---- -- David H. Adler - - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ It's so hot that my color-change Crazy Straws don't change color anymore. - Allison Drennan -- Request pm.org Technical Support via support at pm.org pm_groups mailing list pm_groups at pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/pm_groups -- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is. -- Jan L.A. van de Snepscheut