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This didn't seem to get re-posted here yet...<br>
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<td>Richard Dice <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:rdice@pobox.com"><rdice@pobox.com></a></td>
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<td>[tpm] Damian Conway in Toronto the first week of August,
presenting free public talks evenings of Aug 2 and Aug 4</td>
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<td>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 08:32:55 -0400</td>
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<td>Toronto Perl Mongers <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:tpm@to.pm.org"><tpm@to.pm.org></a>, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:tlug@ss.org">tlug@ss.org</a>,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:torcamp@googlegroups.com">torcamp@googlegroups.com</a></td>
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Good news, everyone!<br>
<br>
Our favourite Mad Scientist of Perl, Dr. Damian Conway, will once again
come to Toronto to provide free public talks both educational and
entertaining!<br>
<br>
<b>Tuesday Aug 2 @ 7pm<br>
University of Toronto, St. George Campus (downtown), Sanford Flemming
Building Room # 1105 ("The Blue Room")<br>
"The Twilight Perl" -- <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://damian.conway.org/Seminars/Twilight.html">http://damian.conway.org/Seminars/Twilight.html</a></b><br>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"> <em>�You unlock this door with the key
of a hash. Beyond it is another dimension�a dimension of strange
constructs, a dimension of improbable behaviour. You're moving into a
land of both weird syntax and unlikely semantics, of unintended
features and unexpected beauty. You've just crossed over into...The
Twilight Perl.�</em>
</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"> Join Damian for a head-trip through a
dozen or so arcane and sinister �features� of Perl. Much of what you
thought was required...isn�t; some of what you thought was
impossible...is easy. Cast off your strictures and warnings and set
your programs free. Embrace the Dark Side of the Code. You have nothing
to lose�except your sanity!</p>
<p>(Ed.: This is going to be the more outlandish of his two talks this
year.)</p>
<b>Thursday Aug 4 @ 7pm<br>
University of Toronto, St. George Campus (downtown), Sanford Flemming
Building Room # 1105 ("The Blue Room")<br>
"(Re)Developing in Perl 6" -- <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://damian.conway.org/Seminars/ReDeveloping.html">http://damian.conway.org/Seminars/ReDeveloping..html</a></b><br>
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<div style="margin-left: 40px;">Now that Perl 6 is available in a <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.rakudo.org/">usable form</a>,
over the past twelve months Damian has revisited some of his most
popular Perl 5 modules and reimplemented them in "native" Perl 6.
</div>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"> In this talk he will walk through the
changes needed to port several of those modules, a journey that gives a
surprisingly thorough overview of how the two languages differ, as well
as insights into the relative strengths of each.
</p>
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Info on the location of Sanford Flemming within St. George Campus, TTC
info, parking info can be found at: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://osm.utoronto.ca/map/f?p=110:1:2092650610450120">http://osm.utoronto.ca/map/f?p=110:1:2092650610450120</a><br>
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The talks will start promptly at 7pm.� We have the room booked earlier
than that, so give yourself time to come in and take a seat.� People
who arrive at 6:59pm will NOT get good seats.� If you are driving,
please allow yourself LOTS of extra time for (a) traffic and (b)
getting from whereever you parked your car to Sanford Flemming.� U of T
campus is pretty big.<br>
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<b>About Damian<br>
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For those of you who don't already know...<br>
<br>
� * <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://damian.conway.org/About_us/Bio_formal.html">http://damian.conway.org/About_us/Bio_formal.html</a><br>
� * <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damian_Conway">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damian_Conway</a><br>
� * <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://fyi.oreilly.com/2008/08/the-mind-of-damian-conway-scie.html">http://fyi.oreilly.com/2008/08/the-mind-of-damian-conway-scie.html</a><br>
<br>
� * What the Internet thinks of him! -- <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.googlism.com/who_is/d/damian_conway/">http://www.googlism.com/who_is/d/damian_conway/</a><br>
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Damian has given talks in Toronto most years since 2001 and they are
widely enjoyed, even by IT people who don't normally "do the Perl
thing."� Think of it as the Toronto IT community's annual party.<br>
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<b>I can has donation plz?<br>
-------------------------------<br>
</b>Damian's trip to Toronto is un-funded... that is, as of right now
it's coming out of his own pocketbook.� However, as I have done for the
past 10 years I am organizing a community pass-'round-the-hat donation
to help cover the expenses (i.e. a plane ticket from the west coast,
roughly a week of hotel rooms, and meals and other incidentals while he
is here).� If you would like to help out with these expenses, please
get in touch with me off-list.� Donations from companies are gladly
welcomed, too!� Any funds raised in excess of what is needed to cover
his expenses will be given to him as an honorarium for his visit.<br>
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Damian is also available for corporate training during that week.� (His
offerings: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://damian.conway.org/Courses/">http://damian.conway.org/Courses/</a>)�
Please get in touch with me if you know any one / any company that
might be interested.<br>
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Please circulate this email / annoucement!� Forward to any one / any
company you think might be interested.� We always have a great crowd
come out for Damian's events and getting the word out widely is a big
part of that.� <br>
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Did I omit any important information?� Please ask me, and when I send
out reminder emails I will include that info in them.<br>
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Looking forward to seeing you soon...<br>
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Cheers,<br>
�- Richard<br>
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P.S. <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D1cap6yETA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D1cap6yETA</a><br>
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