From emmo at hotmail.com Tue Apr 3 10:34:09 2001 From: emmo at hotmail.com (Paul Henry) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:07:07 2004 Subject: Hello, Manchester! Message-ID: Hello, I've just joined the list, but I'm not too sure how many people are out there, how active it is etc. Apologies if these are FAQs answered elsewhere: Is there an archive? Anyone fancy a beer? I'm involved in a couple of start-up ventures as a part-time developer, and I'm writing software in Perl, and it would be nice to keep in contact with Perl people in this area in case we needed to outsource the development on a freelance basis or even work on projects together. So how many Manc Perl Mongers are out there? I know there is at least one guy, 'cos I remember seeing him on Oxford Road wearing a black Perl Mongers T-Shirt about 6 months ago. :) Cheers, -Paul -- Paul Henry Cybernetic Entomologist emmo@hotmail.com +44 (0)7803-723 400 www.non-aristotelian.com "I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time." -- You are currently subscribed to manchester-pm-list. To unsubscribe, send the following message to majordomo@happyfunball.pm.org: unsubscribe manchester-pm-list From simon.oliver at umist.ac.uk Tue Apr 3 10:37:42 2001 From: simon.oliver at umist.ac.uk (Simon Oliver) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:07:07 2004 Subject: Hello, Manchester! References: Message-ID: <3AC9EE46.5050903@umist.ac.uk> No activity at the moment. Paul Henry wrote: > Hello, > > I've just joined the list, but I'm not too sure how many people are out > there, how active it is etc. Apologies if these are FAQs answered elsewhere: > > Is there an archive? > > Anyone fancy a beer? > > I'm involved in a couple of start-up ventures as a part-time developer, and > I'm writing software in Perl, and it would be nice to keep in contact with > Perl people in this area in case we needed to outsource the development on a > freelance basis or even work on projects together. > > So how many Manc Perl Mongers are out there? I know there is at least one > guy, 'cos I remember seeing him on Oxford Road wearing a black Perl Mongers > T-Shirt about 6 months ago. > > :) > > Cheers, > -Paul > > -- > Paul Henry Cybernetic Entomologist > emmo@hotmail.com +44 (0)7803-723 400 www.non-aristotelian.com > "I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time." > -- > You are currently subscribed to manchester-pm-list. To unsubscribe, send the following message to majordomo@happyfunball.pm.org: > unsubscribe manchester-pm-list -- Simon Oliver --------------------------------------- Department of Biomolecular Sciences UMIST, PO Box 88, Sackville St Manchester, M60 1QD United Kingdom Phone: +44 161 200 8912 Fax: +44 161 236 0409 Mobile: +44 776 183 0327 Email: Simon.Oliver@umist.ac.uk --------------------------------------- -- You are currently subscribed to manchester-pm-list. To unsubscribe, send the following message to majordomo@happyfunball.pm.org: unsubscribe manchester-pm-list From rachel at hannaway.com Wed Apr 4 01:41:23 2001 From: rachel at hannaway.com (Rachel Hannaway) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:07:07 2004 Subject: Hello, Manchester! Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.0.20010403234114.00c87220@mail157.pair.com> Beer sounds cool ;-) I might have a full time role coming up in Liverpool if anyone is interested - ?25k plus bens. Mail me if you are interested. See ya R At 04:34 PM 4/3/01 +0100, you wrote: >Hello, > >I've just joined the list, but I'm not too sure how many people are out >there, how active it is etc. Apologies if these are FAQs answered elsewhere: > >Is there an archive? > >Anyone fancy a beer? > >I'm involved in a couple of start-up ventures as a part-time developer, and >I'm writing software in Perl, and it would be nice to keep in contact with >Perl people in this area in case we needed to outsource the development on a >freelance basis or even work on projects together. > >So how many Manc Perl Mongers are out there? I know there is at least one >guy, 'cos I remember seeing him on Oxford Road wearing a black Perl Mongers >T-Shirt about 6 months ago. > >:) > >Cheers, >-Paul > >-- >Paul Henry Cybernetic Entomologist >emmo@hotmail.com +44 (0)7803-723 400 www.non-aristotelian.com >"I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time." >-- > You are currently subscribed to manchester-pm-list. To unsubscribe, > send the following message to majordomo@happyfunball.pm.org: > unsubscribe manchester-pm-list ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Rachel Hannaway rachel@hannaway.com +44 151 545 1615 ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- -- You are currently subscribed to manchester-pm-list. To unsubscribe, send the following message to majordomo@happyfunball.pm.org: unsubscribe manchester-pm-list From m.jones at hud.ac.uk Wed Apr 4 03:27:59 2001 From: m.jones at hud.ac.uk (Matthew Jones) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:07:07 2004 Subject: Hello, Manchester! Message-ID: Blimey, no traffic for six omnths and suddenly we're all coming out of the woodwork! The whole beer concept is good, reminds me of ThatLondon.pm, who are a fine bunch of m(o|u)ngers. Or how about TVRs? So, is Manchester.pm an active group, aand if not, shall we make it one? Yay! Go Manchester! -- matt "'scuse me trooper, will you be needing any packets today? hey, baby, don't be pulling on my socket, okay?" -- You are currently subscribed to manchester-pm-list. To unsubscribe, send the following message to majordomo@happyfunball.pm.org: unsubscribe manchester-pm-list From Stephen.Cardie at sportinglife.com Wed Apr 4 04:33:35 2001 From: Stephen.Cardie at sportinglife.com (Stephen Cardie) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:07:07 2004 Subject: Hello, Manchester! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01040410350805.30084@xena> On Wed, 04 Apr 2001, the mighty poet Matthew Jones said on the wire: "" "" So, is Manchester.pm an active group, aand if not, shall we make it one? "" "" Yay! Go Manchester! "" Are contributions allowed from the 'other' side of the Pennines? We haven't got a pm group to call our own ( yet ). Cheers, Steve in Leeds -- Stephen Cardie | Web Developer | PA Sporting Life Ltd Tel: +44 113 220 4906 Std Disclaimers Apply -- You are currently subscribed to manchester-pm-list. To unsubscribe, send the following message to majordomo@happyfunball.pm.org: unsubscribe manchester-pm-list From simon.oliver at umist.ac.uk Wed Apr 4 04:17:22 2001 From: simon.oliver at umist.ac.uk (Simon Oliver) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:07:07 2004 Subject: Hello, Manchester! References: Message-ID: <3ACAE6A2.7090305@umist.ac.uk> I think it's a good idea (after all I set it up :). Just checked and the web-site is still there. Let's take a roll-call and see who's out there. Perhaps a brief description of yourself, your location and what you expect of the group. I'll compile a list and perhaps put it up on the web-site (if you don't want this let me know and I'll keep your details a secret). I'll start off: Simon Oliver, lives in Cheshire and works in Manchester at UMIST for the department of Biomolecular Sciences as the Computer Officer / IT manager. Originally trained in life sciences but now responsible for the departments Unix (SGI/Linux), NT and Netware Network. Has a good knowledge of Perl, Database programming and Web authoring. I originally set-up the Manchester.pm group in the hope of making contact with other Perl users. I hoped we could share stories of Perl related projects, "things I've done", "things I want to do", etc. I am more interested in a virtual group that meets electronically but I can see that meeting face to face a few times a year might be useful. If there is enough interest i could arrange for a Perl meeting one lunchtime here at UMIST, perhaps extending into the afternoon if there is interest. -- Simon Oliver -- You are currently subscribed to manchester-pm-list. To unsubscribe, send the following message to majordomo@happyfunball.pm.org: unsubscribe manchester-pm-list From emmo at hotmail.com Wed Apr 4 15:57:07 2001 From: emmo at hotmail.com (Paul Henry) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:07:07 2004 Subject: Hello, Manchester! References: <01040410350805.30084@xena> Message-ID: > On Wed, 04 Apr 2001, the mighty poet Matthew Jones said on the wire: > "" > "" So, is Manchester.pm an active group, aand if not, shall we make it one? > "" > "" Yay! Go Manchester! > "" > > Are contributions allowed from the 'other' side of the Pennines? We > haven't got a pm group to call our own ( yet ). > > Cheers, > > Steve in Leeds The more the merrier. As long as you're not a Leeds United fan :) -- You are currently subscribed to manchester-pm-list. To unsubscribe, send the following message to majordomo@happyfunball.pm.org: unsubscribe manchester-pm-list From emmo at hotmail.com Wed Apr 4 13:40:31 2001 From: emmo at hotmail.com (Paul Henry) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:07:07 2004 Subject: Hello, Manchester! References: Message-ID: This is a weird mailing list, there doesn't seem to be a "Reply-To" field, so when you reply to a message, it assumes you want to send it to the original sender, i.e. a private email. Matthew wrote: > Blimey, no traffic for six omnths and suddenly we're all coming out of the > woodwork! Indeed. I was subscribed to a number of Manchester-oriented mailing lists, e.g. at Yahoo Groups, and also some newsgroups, but never much traffic! I guess "Manchester" is too general a concept to generate traffic. However, its good to know there are fellow Perl hackers out there. > The whole beer concept is good, reminds me of ThatLondon.pm, who are a fine > bunch of m(o|u)ngers. Or how about TVRs? > TVRs? Beer: Since I have no life, I am available most evenings (except Tues and Thurs) and weekends, and actually during afternoons as well, since I am working from home :) So if we want a get together we have to decide on a date, a time, and a location, although all these variables are independently flexible. How about: Sunday 8th April, 2pm, Lass O'Gowrie or Monday 9th April 6pm, Lass O'Gowrie Vote now! If you are not available, say when you are and we'll modify the above until we get something that works for most people! > So, is Manchester.pm an active group, aand if not, shall we make it one? Sounds like a plan. The reason I joined was that I am getting stuck on the project I am working on and would like to discuss it with people (not "stuck" as in broken, but "stuck" as in "where should I go from here?"). Naturally I could post to the various Perl newsgroups, but I also want to make local contacts and network a little, with the possibilty of working on projects in the future. Also its a lot easier to explain face to face! OK, here's what I have been doing. I wanted to develop an auction alert system, so that if a product appeared on eBay, my web robot would detect it and send a message (it was SMS) to a subscriber, along the lines of "Thinkpad DVD available!" So this led me to writing a specific interface to eBay to extract information using HTML::TokeParser or whatever it was called. This worked OK, but if I wanted to do the same thing for, say, QXL, then it would mean another speicific interface, etc. So I looked to see if there was any generic "Web API" software out there: there was the WWW:Search modules on CPAN, but I did not like these as the interface was programmatic as opposed to defined (I was thinking it would be nice to store interface definitions on a database). I also had a look at WIDL from webMethods (Web Interface Definition Language) which was just what I wanted, but couldn't find any code out there for Perl, and the only open source WIDL implementation was in Java. So I wrote something myself called WAPI. Here's the synopsis: use WAPI::eBayUK; my $wapi = WAPI::eBayUK->new(); if ($wapi->search("Thinkpad")) { $results = $wapi->messages(); $first = shift @$results; print "$first\n"; } (messages are SMS-sized results from the website). OK, I use a two stage process to extract the information: I filter out irrelevant tags, and I use regular expressions to extract the values. This gives a fairly robust interface to the web service (although certain changes would break it). I've written these WAPI interfaces to eBay.co.uk, Jobserve.com, BBC.co.uk, Blackstar.co.uk, Kitbag.com, MadAboutWine.com, and Lastminute.com Find an example WAPI interface attached to get an idea of what you would need to do to define and interface to a web service. To me the value is the ability to create these simple web interfaces (like eBayUK.pm) - it takes me between 1 hour or 1 day depending on the site, but its a bit of a learning curve to understand whats wanted. So I am just looking for a bit of feedback, seeing if there is an easier way to do this, and also learn from people. Any feedback welcome! -Paul P.S. If you reply in regard to the Beers, don't forget to send it to the rest of the list! -- Paul Henry Cybernetic Entomologist emmo@hotmail.com +44 (0)7803-723 400 www.non-aristotelian.com "I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time." -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: eBayUK.pm Type: application/octet-stream Size: 4764 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mail.pm.org/archives/manchester-pm/attachments/20010404/7b38739d/eBayUK.obj From emmo at hotmail.com Wed Apr 4 16:20:10 2001 From: emmo at hotmail.com (Paul Henry) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:07:07 2004 Subject: Hello, Manchester! References: <3ACAE6A2.7090305@umist.ac.uk> Message-ID: Simon wrote: > I think it's a good idea (after all I set it up :). Just checked and > the web-site is still there. It may be a bit busted. I tried adding my profile and got what looked like an MS Access error (but I could be wrong). > Let's take a roll-call and see who's out there. Perhaps a brief > description of yourself, your location and what you expect of the group. Paul Henry, lives and works in city centre Manchester, 30 years old, freelance IT contractor but am trying to jump on the start-up bandwagon. In reality that means I am working for myself at the moment, working on a couple of potential start-ups with friends or people met through the First Tuesday North network. Background in 4GL Application Development and Testing. Been hacking with Perl for about 1 year. My Perl Projects: Some basic http, nntp and smtp clients. A telnet/web load testing tool - which doesn't really load that much. A bit of Perl/CGI (I really hate doing this stuff) WAPI - A Web Services API to make trawling sites for content easier I'm looking to develop contacts, specifically people interested in working on local projects; learn more about Perl; and enjoy the occasional social gathering. > I am more interested in a virtual group that meets electronically but I > can see that meeting face to face a few times a year might be useful. > If there is enough interest i could arrange for a Perl meeting one > lunchtime here at UMIST, perhaps extending into the afternoon if there > is interest. Sounds good. I'm not far from UMIST. -- Paul Henry Cybernetic Entomologist emmo@hotmail.com +44 (0)7803-723 400 www.non-aristotelian.com "I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time." -- You are currently subscribed to manchester-pm-list. To unsubscribe, send the following message to majordomo@happyfunball.pm.org: unsubscribe manchester-pm-list From aaron.crane at pobox.com Wed Apr 4 15:34:10 2001 From: aaron.crane at pobox.com (Aaron Crane) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:07:07 2004 Subject: Hello, Manchester! In-Reply-To: Matthew Jones's message of "Wed, 4 Apr 2001 09:27:59 +0100" References: Message-ID: Matthew Jones writes: > The whole beer concept is good, Mmm, yes. Beer. Count me in. (And I'll hope we can arrange a time I'll actually be in town...) > So, is Manchester.pm an active group, aand if not, shall we make it one? Is that just in the absence of a .pm in HUDDERSFIELD, Matt? ;-) -- Aaron Crane -- You are currently subscribed to manchester-pm-list. To unsubscribe, send the following message to majordomo@happyfunball.pm.org: unsubscribe manchester-pm-list From m.jones at hud.ac.uk Thu Apr 5 03:12:34 2001 From: m.jones at hud.ac.uk (Matthew Jones) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:07:07 2004 Subject: Hello, Manchester! Message-ID: > "" Yay! Go Manchester! > "" > > Are contributions allowed from the 'other' side of the Pennines? We > haven't got a pm group to call our own ( yet ). Well, I'm actually Huddersfield-based, so I hope so! Matt Jones, working for a couple of years on a research project at the University of HUDDERSFIELD, monkeying around with XML, Perl, MySQL and "Virtual Learning Environments". Also do bits and bats for freelance work when a) the opportunity arises and b) I have time/inclination or need the money. Background - cut my teeth web authoring and CGI programming. I've been hacking with Perl for about two years. I'm looking to learn a lot more. What I'm looking for from a .pm group is Perl-related discussion, the odd social meet, perhaps technical meetings ... ? BTW TVR means Tequila Vodka and Redbull. Vicious stuff. The whole reply-to thing's a bit of a pain, isn't it? Or is that just me? -- matt "'scuse me trooper, will you be needing any packets today? hey, baby, don't be pulling on my socket, okay?" -- You are currently subscribed to manchester-pm-list. To unsubscribe, send the following message to majordomo@happyfunball.pm.org: unsubscribe manchester-pm-list From m.jones at hud.ac.uk Thu Apr 5 03:12:44 2001 From: m.jones at hud.ac.uk (Matthew Jones) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:07:07 2004 Subject: Hello, Manchester! Message-ID: > Mmm, yes. Beer. Count me in. (And I'll hope we can arrange > a time I'll actually be in town...) > > > So, is Manchester.pm an active group, aand if not, shall we > make it one? > > Is that just in the absence of a .pm in HUDDERSFIELD, Matt? ;-) Haha! Mr. Crane! How the devil are you sir? Yeah, Perl Mongers seem to be a bit thin on the ground in this 'burg ATM. And besides, Manchester has *trams*, so there. Nobody mention 8uffy or ponies. -- matt "'scuse me trooper, will you be needing any packets today? hey, baby, don't be pulling on my socket, okay?" -- You are currently subscribed to manchester-pm-list. To unsubscribe, send the following message to majordomo@happyfunball.pm.org: unsubscribe manchester-pm-list From emmo at hotmail.com Thu Apr 5 06:06:14 2001 From: emmo at hotmail.com (Paul Henry) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:07:07 2004 Subject: Hello, Manchester! References: <3ACAE6A2.7090305@umist.ac.uk> Message-ID: Whoops! Paul Henry wrote: > Been hacking with Perl for about 1 year. Actually, that's bullshit. That's what I tell agencies when I am looking for Perl work, since I have not worked as a Perl developer. Actually been playing with Perl since 97 on and off. Mostly off. :) I have a general question. I am thinking about using a combination of Perl plus a webserver (say Apache with mod_perl) as an XML server (actually an XML front end to existing web services - yes, I think this is what Microsoft .NET is about, but they stole the idea from me! Honest! Check out: http://www.emmo.ukshells.co.uk/cgi-bin/salsa_xml.cgi?QUERY=THINKPAD to get an idea of what I was thinking of). Anyway - I'm a bit worried about performance issues. I understand that mod_perl and also FastCGI can help here, and I'm thinking that if Perl CGI + Apache is good enough for a hell of a lot of web sites then its probably good enough for me! I know this is a wishy-washy question without details, and my approach to performance issues in the past is to first get the functionality correct and then tweak and tune. However am just wondering if the basic approach of Perl + Apache + (mod_perl or FastCGI or both?) is OK, or has someone had problems with this. Cheers, -Paul -- You are currently subscribed to manchester-pm-list. To unsubscribe, send the following message to majordomo@happyfunball.pm.org: unsubscribe manchester-pm-list From ian.taite at zen.co.uk Thu Apr 5 14:01:19 2001 From: ian.taite at zen.co.uk (Ian Taite) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:07:07 2004 Subject: Hello, Manchester! References: <3ACAE6A2.7090305@umist.ac.uk> Message-ID: <001301c0be02$cd259c20$0301000a@taitecorp.co.uk> Hi, I live in Horwich near Bolton, work for NavTrak Ltd in Altrincham as a member of the NavTrak Server Team. MCSE+Internet, general scripting advocate with Perl as favourite language. Keen on using Perl for NT/2000 system administration. Have done shell scripting on different unix platforms over the years. Things I want to do: 1. write scripts that access the Exchange / Active Directory using LDAP. 2. write scripts that emulate some of the features of Systems Management Server via Windows Management Instrumentation and any of the AdminMisc Lanman Daemon modules et al. Later, Ian. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Oliver" To: Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 10:17 AM Subject: Re: Hello, Manchester! > I think it's a good idea (after all I set it up :). Just checked and > the web-site is still there. > > Let's take a roll-call and see who's out there. Perhaps a brief > description of yourself, your location and what you expect of the group. > I'll compile a list and perhaps put it up on the web-site (if you > don't want this let me know and I'll keep your details a secret). I'll > start off: > > Simon Oliver, lives in Cheshire and works in Manchester at UMIST for the > department of Biomolecular Sciences as the Computer Officer / IT > manager. Originally trained in life sciences but now responsible for > the departments Unix (SGI/Linux), NT and Netware Network. Has a good > knowledge of Perl, Database programming and Web authoring. > > I originally set-up the Manchester.pm group in the hope of making > contact with other Perl users. I hoped we could share stories of Perl > related projects, "things I've done", "things I want to do", etc. > > I am more interested in a virtual group that meets electronically but I > can see that meeting face to face a few times a year might be useful. > If there is enough interest i could arrange for a Perl meeting one > lunchtime here at UMIST, perhaps extending into the afternoon if there > is interest. > > > -- > Simon Oliver > > -- > You are currently subscribed to manchester-pm-list. To unsubscribe, send the following message to majordomo@happyfunball.pm.org: > unsubscribe manchester-pm-list > -- You are currently subscribed to manchester-pm-list. To unsubscribe, send the following message to majordomo@happyfunball.pm.org: unsubscribe manchester-pm-list From sams at cus.org.uk Fri Apr 6 04:29:13 2001 From: sams at cus.org.uk (Sam Smith) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:07:07 2004 Subject: Hello, Manchester Message-ID: On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Simon Oliver wrote: > Let's take a roll-call and see who's out there. Perhaps a brief > description of yourself, your location and what you expect of the group. I'm a Manchester Uni (final year) student, writing Perl/LARTing for money/fun for 2+ years; I currently, amongst other things, run www.student-direct.co.uk which is a fair bit of Perl and SQL. Most of what I do involves talking to (My)SQL databases or routers and getting them to give up their secrets[1] . > meeting Currently living on the UMIST campus makes a meetup at UMIST reasonably easy for me to attend whenever :-) Sam [1] Although I usually settle for the info I'm after at the time. -- Blame: The Secret to Success is Knowing Who to Blame for Your Failures -- You are currently subscribed to manchester-pm-list. To unsubscribe, send the following message to majordomo@happyfunball.pm.org: unsubscribe manchester-pm-list From aaron.crane at pobox.com Sun Apr 8 10:40:30 2001 From: aaron.crane at pobox.com (Aaron Crane) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:07:07 2004 Subject: Hello, Manchester! In-Reply-To: Matthew Jones's message of "Thu, 5 Apr 2001 09:12:44 +0100" References: Message-ID: Matthew Jones writes: > Haha! Mr. Crane! How the devil are you sir? Very well, though inordinately busy (which is why you haven't heard much from me lately). As for the roll-call thing: I live in north Manchester at the moment, though I'm soon to move to Leeds, as I work in Bradford as a Perl/Linux developer and trainer for a small consultancy outfit. I've been doing Perl stuff for something like three years now. I've been programming for quite a long time, though my academic background was originally in linguistics. In an ideal world, the group would serve two main purposes for me. It would be nice to get in touch with other Perl people to find out what they're doing and what cool stuff they have done or want to do. I'm also interested in the social aspects: meeting folk for drinks or what-have-you. (Though yet again, there seems to be a .pm becoming active in a town just as I move away from the place...) -- Aaron Crane -- You are currently subscribed to manchester-pm-list. To unsubscribe, send the following message to majordomo@happyfunball.pm.org: unsubscribe manchester-pm-list From paulj at ccl.umist.ac.uk Mon Apr 9 04:33:48 2001 From: paulj at ccl.umist.ac.uk (Paul Johnston) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:07:07 2004 Subject: Hello, Manchester Message-ID: <200104090933.KAA27652@lismore.ccl.umist.ac.uk> Hi! I'm the UNIX sysadmin in the Department of Language Engineering / Centre for Computational Linguistics / Centre forTranslation and Intercultural Studies or whatever we are calling ourselves today. Besides the usual sysadmin perl hacking I mainly use perl in a Computational Linguistics field, working on Corpora with a bit of cgi thrown in for fun and some perl/postgres integration, mainly under Solaris! Regards Paul Johnston System Admin Language Engineering UMIST Tel 0161 200 3111 -- You are currently subscribed to manchester-pm-list. To unsubscribe, send the following message to majordomo@happyfunball.pm.org: unsubscribe manchester-pm-list From emmo at hotmail.com Mon Apr 9 08:12:19 2001 From: emmo at hotmail.com (Paul Henry) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:07:07 2004 Subject: Hello, Manchester References: <200104090933.KAA27652@lismore.ccl.umist.ac.uk> Message-ID: Paul Johnston wrote: > Hi! > I'm the UNIX sysadmin in the Department of Language Engineering / Centre for > Computational Linguistics / Centre forTranslation and Intercultural Studies or > whatever we are calling ourselves today. > Besides the usual sysadmin perl hacking I mainly use perl in a Computational > Linguistics field, working on Corpora with a bit of cgi thrown in for fun and > some perl/postgres integration, mainly under Solaris! Computational Linguistics, eh? Interesting. Just checked out the departments website. I am currently working on some agent software, written in Perl, which checks peoples favourite websites for anything new, and extracts that information and emails a summary to the user. So instead of surfing they just get updates when the page changes. The "diff" and information extraction is haphazard, though, and I am using a few cheats to make it look better. Looking at the UMIST website just made me realize (d'uh!) that there is probably stuff out there that does this in quite sophisticated ways. I suppose Perl is ideal for Computational Linguistics? -- You are currently subscribed to manchester-pm-list. To unsubscribe, send the following message to majordomo@happyfunball.pm.org: unsubscribe manchester-pm-list From chris at cpan.org Tue Apr 10 09:01:00 2001 From: chris at cpan.org (Chris Ball) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:07:07 2004 Subject: manchester.pm Message-ID: <20010410150100.A11170@printf.net> Hi, all. I've just subscribed to the list; was wondering if there are any events planned for manchester.pm and how active the group is. The site looks a little dead with regards to activities.. :-) Thanks, Chris. -- Chris Ball. Department of Computation, UMIST, England. chris@cpan.org || http://printf.net/ finger: choric@compsoc.man.ac.uk -- -- You are currently subscribed to manchester-pm-list. To unsubscribe, send the following message to majordomo@happyfunball.pm.org: unsubscribe manchester-pm-list From simon.oliver at umist.ac.uk Tue Apr 10 09:10:24 2001 From: simon.oliver at umist.ac.uk (Simon Oliver) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:07:07 2004 Subject: manchester.pm References: <20010410150100.A11170@printf.net> Message-ID: <3AD31450.6000101@umist.ac.uk> We're just trying to restart things. Please send a little description of yourself to the list. -- Simon Oliver -- You are currently subscribed to manchester-pm-list. To unsubscribe, send the following message to majordomo@happyfunball.pm.org: unsubscribe manchester-pm-list From chris at cpan.org Tue Apr 10 12:38:03 2001 From: chris at cpan.org (Chris Ball) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:07:07 2004 Subject: manchester.pm In-Reply-To: <3AD31450.6000101@umist.ac.uk>; from simon.oliver@umist.ac.uk on Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 03:10:24PM +0100 References: <20010410150100.A11170@printf.net> <3AD31450.6000101@umist.ac.uk> Message-ID: <20010410183803.A17655@printf.net> On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 03:10:24PM +0100, Simon Oliver wrote: > We're just trying to restart things. Please send a little description > of yourself to the list. Gladly. I'm an undergraduate at UMIST. I work part-time writing perl for the local office of Fast Web Media, a local company owned by fastsearch.com who run alltheweb.com and power Lycos' database. I'm heavily into Open Source; I help on projects such as reefknot (.sourceforge.net), and am the Assistant Editor-In-Chief for binaryfreedom.com which is an open tech news site. I'm also writing the Statistics::Inferential module for CPAN at the moment. Since you wanted a 'little' description, I'll stop there. ;-) Thanks, ~C. -- Chris Ball. chris@cpan.org || http://printf.net/ finger: choric@compsoc.man.ac.uk -- -- You are currently subscribed to manchester-pm-list. To unsubscribe, send the following message to majordomo@happyfunball.pm.org: unsubscribe manchester-pm-list