From bferrell at baywinds.org Fri Mar 6 00:28:09 2009 From: bferrell at baywinds.org (Bruce Ferrell) Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:28:09 -0800 Subject: [oak perl] New to the list and an idiot question Message-ID: <49B0DE99.9060104@baywinds.org> OK, make that 2 idiot questions: 1.) Is there anybody out there 2.) Are any of them willing to mentor an aspiring perl monk? Thanks, Bruce From Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu Fri Mar 6 05:58:17 2009 From: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu (Michael Paoli) Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:58:17 -0800 Subject: [oak perl] New to the list and an idiot question In-Reply-To: <49B0DE99.9060104@baywinds.org> References: <49B0DE99.9060104@baywinds.org> Message-ID: <20090306055817.20374e0e60wsgbuo@webmail.rawbw.com> Quoting "Bruce Ferrell" : > OK, make that 2 idiot questions: > > 1.) Is there anybody out there Yes > 2.) Are any of them willing to mentor an aspiring perl monk? Fairly likely From fred at redhotpenguin.com Fri Mar 6 08:14:49 2009 From: fred at redhotpenguin.com (Fred Moyer) Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 08:14:49 -0800 Subject: [oak perl] New to the list and an idiot question In-Reply-To: <20090306055817.20374e0e60wsgbuo@webmail.rawbw.com> References: <49B0DE99.9060104@baywinds.org> <20090306055817.20374e0e60wsgbuo@webmail.rawbw.com> Message-ID: On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 5:58 AM, Michael Paoli wrote: > Quoting "Bruce Ferrell" : > >> OK, make that 2 idiot questions: >> >> 1.) ?Is there anybody out there > > Yes There is a big Perl Monger following also at http://sf.pm.org/ if you want to cc your questions to that list. We have been trying to reach out to some of the smaller .pm groups around the bay and invite them to our monthly meetings. Our next meeting is on March 24 - http://www.meetup.com/San-Francisco-Perl-Mongers/calendar/9442341/ From mattj at 3am-software.com Fri Mar 6 08:33:48 2009 From: mattj at 3am-software.com (Matt Johnson) Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 08:33:48 -0800 Subject: [oak perl] New to the list and an idiot question In-Reply-To: <49B0DE99.9060104@baywinds.org> References: <49B0DE99.9060104@baywinds.org> Message-ID: <18D3B31C-4430-401D-85F1-6C210EAE315C@3am-software.com> On Mar 6, 2009, at 12:28 AM, Bruce Ferrell wrote: > OK, make that 2 idiot questions: > > 1.) Is there anybody out there This list has been pretty quite for awhile. In fact it has never been active for as long as I have been a member. > > > 2.) Are any of them willing to mentor an aspiring perl monk? People on this list will help you, but there are some other places to look. I was going to mention SF meetup that Fred listed. Also you should join the beginners list: http://lists.cpan.org/showlist.cgi?name=beginners . -- Matt Johnson From fred at redhotpenguin.com Fri Mar 6 09:03:55 2009 From: fred at redhotpenguin.com (Fred Moyer) Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 09:03:55 -0800 Subject: [oak perl] New to the list and an idiot question In-Reply-To: <18D3B31C-4430-401D-85F1-6C210EAE315C@3am-software.com> References: <49B0DE99.9060104@baywinds.org> <18D3B31C-4430-401D-85F1-6C210EAE315C@3am-software.com> Message-ID: On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Matt Johnson wrote: > > On Mar 6, 2009, at 12:28 AM, Bruce Ferrell wrote: > >> OK, make that 2 idiot questions: >> >> 1.) ?Is there anybody out there > > This list has been pretty quite for awhile. In fact it has never been active > for as long as I have been a member. >> >> >> 2.) ?Are any of them willing to mentor an aspiring perl monk? > > People on this list will help you, but there are some other places to look. > I was going to mention SF meetup that Fred listed. Also you should join the > beginners list: http://lists.cpan.org/showlist.cgi?name=beginners?. A great place for aspiring perl monks is also http://perlmonks.org. From Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu Tue Mar 10 05:52:37 2009 From: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu (Michael Paoli) Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:52:37 -0700 Subject: [oak perl] BALUG: Tu 2009-03-17 Jordan Gray (STARPAUSE) talk/demo on DJing and Music Composition on Linux Message-ID: <20090310055237.923934h7pdp1s62o@webmail.rawbw.com> BALUG: Tu 2009-03-17 Jordan Gray (STARPAUSE) talk/demo on DJing and Music Composition on Linux Bay Area Linux User Group (BALUG) Tuesday 6:30 P.M. 2009-03-17 Tu 2009-03-17 Jordan Gray (STARPAUSE) talk/demo on DJing and Music Composition on Linux Have you ever wanted to learn beat-mixing or electronic music composition? Want to get started with software that's completely free and community-based? Join us for an evening with STARPAUSE (a.k.a. Jordan Gray), chiptune producer and founder of the Mp3Death[1] (Creative Commons) netaudio label. Jordan will cover the basics of DJing and introduce you to the free open-source MIXXX[2] digital DJ software. Then we'll move on to tracker-based music composition using LittleGPTracker[3], which Jordan will demonstrate both on laptop and the Game Park handheld. LittleGPTracker is free and designed especially for 8-bit (GameBoy-style) music. Both software run on the free Linux operating system (Mac and Windows also available). 1. http://mp3death.us/ 2. http://www.mixxx.org/ 3. http://littlegptracker.com/ So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP: rsvp at balug.org **Why RSVP??** Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help the Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and they ensure that we're able to eat upstairs in the private banquet room. Meeting Details... 6:30pm Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 2009-03-17 Four Seas Restaurant 731 Grant Ave. San Francisco, CA 94108 Easy $5 PARKING: Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny Cost: The meetings are always free, but dinner is $13 http://www.balug.org/ Feedback on our publicity/announcements (e.g. contacts or lists where we should get our information out that we're not presently reaching, or things we should do differently): publicity-feedback at balug.org From fred at redhotpenguin.com Thu Mar 19 10:21:13 2009 From: fred at redhotpenguin.com (Fred Moyer) Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:21:13 -0700 Subject: [oak perl] Reminder - Perl Programmer's meetup in San Francisco Next Tuesday Message-ID: Greetings Oak.pm! The next San Francisco Bay Area Perl Programmer's meeting will be next Tuesday at Six Apart Headquarters in SF. Jeff Thalhammer (author of Perl::Critic) will present "Evolving Tests". Also, we will be having the Idioms of March contest, bring your favorite idiom and win a prize! Please RSVP if you can attend. http://www.meetup.com/San-Francisco-Perl-Mongers/ It's about a 20-30 minute trip from Oakland 12th BART, get off at Embarcadero, take the N-Judah, get off at Caltrain, and walk up 4th street to Six Apart Headquarters. Hope to see you there!