From george at metaart.org Sun Jan 1 12:41:13 2006
From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley)
Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 12:41:13 -0800
Subject: [oak perl] Review of "Open Sources 2.0"
Message-ID: <200601011241.13174.george@metaart.org>
There's a review of "Open Sources 2.0"
on our site at:
http://www.metaart.org/opug/reviews/opensources2.html
should you wish to read it.
Comments, corrections, etc. would be appreciated.
George
From george at metaart.org Sun Jan 1 17:42:24 2006
From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley)
Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 17:42:24 -0800
Subject: [oak perl] MacWorld: free pass
Message-ID: <200601011742.24438.george@metaart.org>
There's a PDF for a free guest pass to the Exhibits Hall at
http://www.macdevcenter.com/mac/2005/12/20/examples/oreilly.pdf
If you print that out,
I think that will get you in free.
If anyone knows that to be wrong
or knows of a better way to get in free,
please speak up.
George
From george at metaart.org Tue Jan 3 22:39:26 2006
From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley)
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 22:39:26 -0800
Subject: [oak perl] MacWorld Outing Update
In-Reply-To: <20051203201805.23615.qmail@web31413.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <20051203201805.23615.qmail@web31413.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <200601032239.26618.george@metaart.org>
== What I've Learned
I've learned:
* Marsee will be at MacWorld on Tuesday
the day of our outing.
(It will be fun to see her.)
* David Pogue is presenting
at the O'Reilly booth at 1pm & 4pm on Tuesday.
* You can get more info re what's going on at the O'Reilly booth at
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/12/20/macworld.html
== Invitation
Anyone else wish to join us?
==
George
Cut & Paste from our home page which you can reach at
http://oakland.pm.org/
.........................................
Next activity
* what: Outting to MacWorld 2006
* when: 2-?, Tuesday, Jan. 10th
* where:
Moscone Center
747 Howard Street, SF
* specific meeting time: 2pm
* specific meeting place: O'Reilly booth (#1017)
* some possible activities:
o say hello to Marsee (if she's there).
o follow whoever has a good idea to wherever.
* general principle: at any point you wish you are free to go off on your
own.
* who: open to anyone interested.
* RSVP: is a big help but is not required.
* link: [link to] MacWorld Expo
From sjo at friendfinderinc.com Wed Jan 4 14:17:19 2006
From: sjo at friendfinderinc.com (Stephen Jo)
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 14:17:19 -0800
Subject: [oak perl] Job: Sr Programmer (Perl) - FriendFinder.com (Palo Alto,
CA)
Message-ID: <001601c6117c$a08deaf0$e6eb9dd1@WFF399>
Senior Programmer
Friendfinder Inc. is one of the oldest and largest global online
relationship networks. Friendfinder is a technology-focused organization,
with 50 of its 220 employees working in the Technology department. Please
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Qualifications:
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* Solid SQL and relational database knowledge
* Understanding how high volume and a load-balanced environment can
affect coding approach.
Please submit resume to sjo at friendfinderinc.com
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From: jseidel at edpci.com (Jon Seidel, CMC)
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 00:23:13 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [oak perl] [FYI: Job: Sr Programmer (Perl) - FriendFinder.com (Palo
Alto, CA)]
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Subject: [oak perl] Job: Sr Programmer (Perl) - FriendFinder.com (Palo
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Date: Wed, January 4, 2006 2:17 pm
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Senior Programmer
Friendfinder Inc. is one of the oldest and largest global online
relationship networks. Friendfinder is a technology-focused organization,
with 50 of its 220 employees working in the Technology department. Please
visit our website at www.friendfinder.com
Qualifications:
* 3+ years' experience with PERL and mod_perl
* Solid SQL and relational database knowledge
* Understanding how high volume and a load-balanced environment
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From george at metaart.org Mon Jan 9 11:37:22 2006
From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley)
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 11:37:22 -0800
Subject: [oak perl] MacWorld Outing
Message-ID: <200601091137.22940.george@metaart.org>
I'm looking forward to seeing a few of you
at the MacWorld Outing tomorrow (Tuesday).
George
Snip from Oakland.pm home page
which can be reached with: ? http://oakland.pm.org/
...............................
Next activity
? ? * what: Outing to MacWorld 2006
? ? * when: 2-?, Tuesday, Jan. 10th
? ? * where:
? ? ? Moscone Center
? ? ? 747 Howard Street, SF
? ? * specific meeting time: 2pm
? ? * specific meeting place: O'Reilly booth (#1017)
? ? * some possible activities:
? ? ? ? ? o say hello to Marsee.
? ? ? ? ? o follow whoever has a good idea to wherever.
? ? * general principle: at any point you wish you are free to go off on your
own.
? ? * who: open to anyone interested.
? ? * RSVP: is a big help but is not required.
? ? * link: [link to] MacWorld Expo
From george at metaart.org Mon Jan 9 14:03:20 2006
From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley)
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 14:03:20 -0800
Subject: [oak perl] Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, January 9
Message-ID: <200601091403.20219.george@metaart.org>
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From alamozzz at yahoo.com Mon Jan 9 21:31:50 2006
From: alamozzz at yahoo.com (Adrien Lamothe)
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 21:31:50 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [oak perl] MacWorld Outing
In-Reply-To: <200601091137.22940.george@metaart.org>
Message-ID: <20060110053150.63518.qmail@web31415.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Hi George,
I have to work tomorrow, so I'm unable to attend. Thanks.
Adrien
George Woolley wrote: I'm looking forward to seeing a few of you
at the MacWorld Outing tomorrow (Tuesday).
George
Snip from Oakland.pm home page
which can be reached with: http://oakland.pm.org/
...............................
Next activity
* what: Outing to MacWorld 2006
* when: 2-?, Tuesday, Jan. 10th
* where:
Moscone Center
747 Howard Street, SF
* specific meeting time: 2pm
* specific meeting place: O'Reilly booth (#1017)
* some possible activities:
o say hello to Marsee.
o follow whoever has a good idea to wherever.
* general principle: at any point you wish you are free to go off on your
own.
* who: open to anyone interested.
* RSVP: is a big help but is not required.
* link: [link to] MacWorld Expo
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From Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu Tue Jan 10 08:45:19 2006
From: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu (Michael Paoli)
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 08:45:19 -0800
Subject: [oak perl] MacWorld Outing
In-Reply-To: <200601091137.22940.george@metaart.org>
References: <200601091137.22940.george@metaart.org>
Message-ID: <1136911519.43c3e49f7c800@webmail.rawbw.com>
I may be able to meet up with with you this afternoon, ... hopefully,
anyway.
Quoting George Woolley :
> I'm looking forward to seeing a few of you
> at the MacWorld Outing tomorrow (Tuesday).
> George
>
> Snip from Oakland.pm home page
> which can be reached with: http://oakland.pm.org/
> ...............................
> Next activity
> * what: Outing to MacWorld 2006
> * when: 2-?, Tuesday, Jan. 10th
> * where:
> Moscone Center
> 747 Howard Street, SF
> * specific meeting time: 2pm
> * specific meeting place: O'Reilly booth (#1017)
> * some possible activities:
> o say hello to Marsee.
> o follow whoever has a good idea to wherever.
> * general principle: at any point you wish you are free to go off on your
>
> own.
> * who: open to anyone interested.
> * RSVP: is a big help but is not required.
> * link: [link to] MacWorld Expo
>
> _______________________________________________
> Oakland mailing list
> Oakland at pm.org
> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/oakland
>
From george at metaart.org Tue Jan 10 10:19:44 2006
From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley)
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 10:19:44 -0800
Subject: [oak perl] MacWorld Outing
In-Reply-To: <1136911519.43c3e49f7c800@webmail.rawbw.com>
References: <200601091137.22940.george@metaart.org>
<1136911519.43c3e49f7c800@webmail.rawbw.com>
Message-ID: <200601101019.44542.george@metaart.org>
Hi Michael,
Excellent!
Hope it works out that you can come.
George
On Tuesday 10 January 2006 8:45 am, you wrote:
> I may be able to meet up with with you this afternoon, ... hopefully,
> anyway.
>
> Quoting George Woolley :
> > I'm looking forward to seeing a few of you
> > at the MacWorld Outing tomorrow (Tuesday).
> > George
> >
> > Snip from Oakland.pm home page
> > which can be reached with: http://oakland.pm.org/
> > ...............................
> > Next activity
> > * what: Outing to MacWorld 2006
> > * when: 2-?, Tuesday, Jan. 10th
> > * where:
> > Moscone Center
> > 747 Howard Street, SF
> > * specific meeting time: 2pm
> > * specific meeting place: O'Reilly booth (#1017)
> > * some possible activities:
> > o say hello to Marsee.
> > o follow whoever has a good idea to wherever.
> > * general principle: at any point you wish you are free to go off on
> > your
> >
> > own.
> > * who: open to anyone interested.
> > * RSVP: is a big help but is not required.
> > * link: [link to] MacWorld Expo
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Oakland mailing list
> > Oakland at pm.org
> > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/oakland
From george at metaart.org Tue Jan 10 23:14:35 2006
From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley)
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 23:14:35 -0800
Subject: [oak perl] Review of "Pthreads Programming"
In-Reply-To: <20060110053150.63518.qmail@web31415.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <20060110053150.63518.qmail@web31415.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <200601102314.35700.george@metaart.org>
There's a review by Adrien Lamothe
of "Pthreads Programming"
on our site at
http://www.metaart.org/opug/reviews/pthread.html
should you wish to read it.
From george at metaart.org Mon Jan 16 17:24:37 2006
From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley)
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:24:37 -0800
Subject: [oak perl] MacWorld Musings by Adrien
Message-ID: <200601161724.37202.george@metaart.org>
Link:
http://www.adriensweb.com/text/MacWorld2006Moscone.html
Oakland.pm had a MacWorld outing last week.
Adrien was at MacWorld and
put some of his thoughts about it on his website.
I found them interesting.
George
From george at metaart.org Wed Jan 18 22:20:00 2006
From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley)
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 22:20:00 -0800
Subject: [oak perl] Perl 6 Article Link
Message-ID: <200601182220.00542.george@metaart.org>
Links:
* "What is Perl 6?" article (chromatic)
http://osdir.com/Article8173.phtml
* Slashdot Incarnation
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/17/0331238
I found the article by chromatic and some of the comments
interesting.
George
From george at metaart.org Tue Jan 24 13:26:00 2006
From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley)
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 13:26:00 -0800
Subject: [oak perl] Fwd: O'Reilly Gives Early Access to Cutting-Edge
Technology
Message-ID: <200601241326.00057.george@metaart.org>
---------- Forwarded Message ----------
Subject: O'Reilly Gives Early Access to Cutting-Edge Technology
Date: Monday 23 January 2006 13:54
From: Marsee Henon
To: george at metaart.org
Hello,
Can you please let your members know about the following news?
O'Reilly's Safari Books Online has just announced a new service called
Rough Cuts that gives you early access to content on cutting-edge
technologies months before it's published. Rough Cuts allows you to
purchase work-in-progress manuscripts of selected titles. You'll even
have the chance to shape the final product by sending feedback to the
author and editors. The beta version just debuted with four
works-in-progress covering Ajax, Ruby, and Flickr.
For more information, go to:
http://www.oreilly.com/roughcuts/
Titles now available:
Ajax Hacks: Rough Cuts Version
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ajaxhks/
Flickr Hacks: Rough Cuts Version
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/flickrhks/
Ruby Cookbook: Rough Cuts Version
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/rubyckbk/
Ruby on Rails: Up and Running: Rough Cuts Version
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/rubyrails/
Rough Cuts FAQ
http://www.oreilly.com/roughcuts/faq.csp
Thanks!
Marsee
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From george at metaart.org Thu Jan 26 16:37:16 2006
From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley)
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 16:37:16 -0800
Subject: [oak perl] "Creating Web Sites" Review
Message-ID: <200601261637.16444.george@metaart.org>
There's a review of
"Creating Web Sites: The Missing Manual"
on our site at
http://www.metaart.org/opug/reviews/creatingwstmm.html
I'd appreciate comments and corrections.
George
From alamozzz at yahoo.com Thu Jan 26 17:40:20 2006
From: alamozzz at yahoo.com (Adrien Lamothe)
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 17:40:20 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [oak perl] "Creating Web Sites" Review
In-Reply-To: <200601261637.16444.george@metaart.org>
Message-ID: <20060127014020.30534.qmail@web31402.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Hi George,
I just read the entire review. It looks good to me. I didn't see any misspelled words, typos, or bad grammar.
- Adrien
George Woolley wrote: There's a review of
"Creating Web Sites: The Missing Manual"
on our site at
http://www.metaart.org/opug/reviews/creatingwstmm.html
I'd appreciate comments and corrections.
George
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From george at metaart.org Thu Jan 26 22:17:51 2006
From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley)
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 22:17:51 -0800
Subject: [oak perl] "Creating Web Sites" Review
In-Reply-To: <20060127014020.30534.qmail@web31402.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <20060127014020.30534.qmail@web31402.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <200601262217.51623.george@metaart.org>
Hi Adrien,
Thanks. That's useful feedback.
George
On Thursday 26 January 2006 17:40, Adrien Lamothe wrote:
> Hi George,
>
> I just read the entire review. It looks good to me. I didn't see any
> misspelled words, typos, or bad grammar.
>
> - Adrien
>
>
> George Woolley wrote: There's a review of
> "Creating Web Sites: The Missing Manual"
> on our site at
> http://www.metaart.org/opug/reviews/creatingwstmm.html
>
> I'd appreciate comments and corrections.
>
> George
>
> _______________________________________________
> Oakland mailing list
> Oakland at pm.org
> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/oakland
>
>
>
>
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From george at metaart.org Fri Jan 27 14:45:30 2006
From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley)
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 14:45:30 -0800
Subject: [oak perl] Fwd: Newsletter from the O'Reilly UG Program, January 27
Message-ID: <200601271445.30062.george@metaart.org>
---------- Forwarded Message ----------
Subject: Newsletter from the O'Reilly UG Program, January 27
Date: Friday 27 January 2006 10:31
From: Marsee Henon
To: george at metaart.org
Hello,
Just to let you know this February is my four year anniversary working with
User Groups. Thanks for making my job one of the best here at O'Reilly.
--Marsee
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