From matt at omega.org  Mon Aug  6 16:22:59 2007
From: matt at omega.org (Matthew Johnson)
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 18:22:59 -0500
Subject: [Mpls-pm] Wednesday August 8th, 7pm
Message-ID: <A7AA0734-E7F9-4DB7-9AC7-82E094F642AD@omega.org>


Anyone feel like perl mongering this month?  I'm willing.   -Matt  
Johnson




From matt at omega.org  Wed Aug  8 11:21:32 2007
From: matt at omega.org (Matthew Johnson)
Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:21:32 -0500
Subject: [Mpls-pm] Today!  Fwd: Wednesday August 8th, 7pm
Message-ID: <1186597292.14621.1204412617@webmail.messagingengine.com>


Hello perl mongers:  No response seen on the list for this month. 
Nevertheless, I plan on heading over to Espresso Royale at 7:30pm today.
 If you can make it, stop on by.   Hope everyone is having a good
summer.  -Matt Johnson

On Mon, 6 Aug 2007 18:22:59 -0500, "Matthew Johnson" <matt at omega.org>
said:
> 
> Anyone feel like perl mongering this month?  I'm willing.   -Matt  
> Johnson
> 
> 
> 

From matt at omega.org  Wed Aug  8 15:52:00 2007
From: matt at omega.org (Matthew Johnson)
Date: 08 Aug 2007 17:52:00 -0500
Subject: [Mpls-pm] cancel today
Message-ID: <3269440354.21244@mail.messagingengine.com>

Hey all.  I was planing on being at espresso royal at 7:30, but now I have to cancel.  Next month.  
  -Matt
--sent while mobile--
-----Original Message-----
From: "Matthew Johnson" <matt at omega.org>
Date: Wednesday, Aug 8, 2007 1:21 pm
Subject: [Mpls-pm] Today!  Fwd: Wednesday August 8th, 7pm
To: "mpls-pm" <mpls-pm at pm.org>


Hello perl mongers:  No response seen on the list for this month. 
Nevertheless, I plan on heading over to Espresso Royale at 7:30pm today.
 If you can make it, stop on by.   Hope everyone is having a good
summer.  -Matt Johnson

On Mon, 6 Aug


From autarch at urth.org  Wed Aug 15 22:20:51 2007
From: autarch at urth.org (Dave Rolsky)
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:20:51 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: [Mpls-pm] Looking for _really_ cheap colo or dedicated server
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.0.999.0708160019320.22969@urth.org>

I have a server in my house and every darn time I go on vacation I have 
some sort of problem with it or my DSL. This is getting annoying, but colo 
and dedicated servers are too darn expensive.

Does anyone know of anything cheap (<= $40/month) in this area? I've 
looked into virtual servers but to get enough memory (1 GB at least) I'd 
need to pay a fair bit of money.


-dave

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From jayjarvinen at gmail.com  Thu Aug 16 01:18:42 2007
From: jayjarvinen at gmail.com (Jay Jarvinen)
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:18:42 -0500
Subject: [Mpls-pm] Looking for _really_ cheap colo or dedicated server
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.0.999.0708160019320.22969@urth.org>
References: <alpine.DEB.0.999.0708160019320.22969@urth.org>
Message-ID: <e0e2d51c0708160118n88076a5kc82bf9371c587758@mail.gmail.com>

On 8/16/07, Dave Rolsky <autarch at urth.org> wrote:
> Does anyone know of anything cheap (<= $40/month) in this area? I've
> looked into virtual servers but to get enough memory (1 GB at least) I'd
> need to pay a fair bit of money.

Hey Dave,

This may not fit you precisely, not local, not default 1GB RAM, but ..
here it is.

I just went through this a few months ago, enticed by the VPS pricing
and then inevitably finding 128-256 RAM or a horror story about
overselling and/or _fill in the blank_.

I signed on at SectorLink about 2 months ago now.  It's an
unmanaged[1] dedicated (not VPS) w/2 static IPs, 512MB ram, paid
annually = $40/month.

Price hit sweet spot for me ... it it were $79, it may as well be
$119, and so on.

For dedicated, this was effectively half the going rate, or double the
RAM & Xfer-limit, depending how you see it.  So, the angle? It's
unmanaged and they're hoping for the upsell.

http://sectorlink.com/dedicatedservers.php  - some details below

I haven't visited Michigan to see their self-owned Data Center with my
own eyes,  but I'm happy thus far (as advertised w/zero problems).

I plan to re-up after my 3-month plan, despite the fact my new partner
(not in Cities) has an unmetered 5Mbit w/room to grow and plenty of
rackspace.  The SectorLink deal sitting on Fiber? I'm comfortable, and
I'm tired of replacing parts on self-hosted.

The trade off comes down to squeezing into the hardware the provide,
they may be flexible (for a price).

I'm interested if others have stories on other providers in this price
range for dedicated.

I don't work for SectorLink. Would I qualify for an affiliate bonus? I
have no clue.  Mostly, I'm just happy to report that after a dizzying
amount of clicks and comparisons my choice has worked out well to
date.

-Jay

[1] unmanaged, yes - but they do have some thoughts on keeping the
systems 'up-to-date' (inquire within)

Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+ Processor
or .. Pentium Dual Core 1.8Ghz Processor
80 GB SATA Hard Drive
512MB DDR2 RAM
500GB Bandwidth
2 Static IPs
30-day money back guarantee

From peter at peknet.com  Thu Aug 16 05:49:22 2007
From: peter at peknet.com (Peter Karman)
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 07:49:22 -0500
Subject: [Mpls-pm] Looking for _really_ cheap colo or dedicated server
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.0.999.0708160019320.22969@urth.org>
References: <alpine.DEB.0.999.0708160019320.22969@urth.org>
Message-ID: <200708160749.22789.peter@peknet.com>

On Thursday 16 August 2007 12:20 am, Dave Rolsky wrote:
> I have a server in my house and every darn time I go on vacation I have
> some sort of problem with it or my DSL. This is getting annoying, but colo
> and dedicated servers are too darn expensive.
>
> Does anyone know of anything cheap (<= $40/month) in this area? I've
> looked into virtual servers but to get enough memory (1 GB at least) I'd
> need to pay a fair bit of money.

I have had the same experience over the last many years and have wondered the 
same. Inevitably inertia and/or wallet keeps me at home.

IIRC there was a thread on the local unix sysadmin list a couple years ago 
about a colo coop arrangement, where folks chipped in on a rackspace and also  
helped admin each others' boxes, which is especially nice when you're out of 
town and lightning hits.

Maybe a PM colo coop? No idea what that might cost or what other risks might 
be involved.

-- 
Peter Karman  .  peter at peknet.com  .  www.peknet.com

From matt at omega.org  Fri Aug 17 15:06:54 2007
From: matt at omega.org (Matthew Johnson)
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:06:54 -0500
Subject: [Mpls-pm] $25 HR Conference Room Rental NEXT TO LIGHT RAIL
	Minneapolis
Message-ID: <ED46127A-C1F7-4D53-B289-35469F2FF7F4@omega.org>



http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/off/399326988.html



From ian at indecorous.com  Fri Aug 24 15:25:25 2007
From: ian at indecorous.com (Ian Malpass)
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:25:25 -0500
Subject: [Mpls-pm] Possible future talks
Message-ID: <46CF5AD5.4060604@indecorous.com>

We have a technical meeting scheduled for 12 September at Tech Pro. We 
have some possible speakers lined up already, but I thought I'd see if 
anyone had any other ideas or preferences too.

Currently, from the wiki and from communications past, we have the 
following titles:

    * Into to Moose[0][1]
    * Case study: applying OOP to existing scripts[2]
    * Intro to POD[3]
    * Intro to GD/custom charting with GD[3]
    * Making sweet(ish) music with MIDI[3]
    * A walkthrough of a Catalyst tutorial
    * Sending mail with CPAN modules
    * Filtering email with Email::Filter
    * Intro to Haskell
    * Intro to Ruby
    * Intro to Ruby on Rails

Those marked as such have volunteer speakers. The rest are just 
ideas/suggestions looking for volunteers. If anything on the list 
catches your eye, or if you have any requests (even if you don't want to 
deliver the talk yourself), do pipe up.

Ian

[0] <http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Moose>
[1] Volunteered by Chris Prather
[2] Volunteered by Karl Narveson
[3] Volunteered by me