<p>Reminder: meeting is tomorrow (Tuesday). </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 12, 2011 8:05 PM, "Colin Meyer" <<a href="mailto:cmeyer@helvella.org">cmeyer@helvella.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div> October 2011 Seattle Perl Users Group (SPUG) Meeting</div><div> ====================================================</div><div><br></div><div> Topic: Scratch</div><div> Speaker: </div><div> Meeting Date: Tuesday, 18 October 2011</div>
<div> Meeting Time: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.</div><div> Location: Marchex - 520 Pike Street</div><div><br></div><div> Cost: Admission is free and open to the public</div><div> Info: <a href="http://seattleperl.org/" target="_blank">http://seattleperl.org/</a></div>
<div><br></div><div> ====================================================</div><div><br></div><div>Tuesday, October 18, is the next meeting of the THE SEATTLE PERL USERS GROUP.</div><div><br></div><div>This Month's Talk</div>
<div>-----------------</div><div><br></div><div>Scratch: it's not Perl, nor has much of anything to do with Perl. But it</div><div>is kinda neat and fun to play with. You see, have a look here: <a href="http://scratch.mit.edu/" target="_blank">http://scratch.mit.edu/</a></div>
<div>It's a programming language for kids. With no syntax. Or, rather, the syntax is </div><div>disguised as the shape of blocks that fit together to make programs. Er, "scripts".</div><div><br></div><div>Here's a scratch project that my partner and I made while on an airplane ride. </div>
<div><a href="http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/helvella/2001223" target="_blank">http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/helvella/2001223</a></div><div>(If you create an account & login, then you get access to the beta flash player,</div>
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which is much better at playing these scratch projets in the browser than the </div><div>default java applet.)</div><div><br></div><div><div>Turned out to be pretty fun to pass the laptop back and forth, taking turns </div>
<div>dorking with the sratch. Kind of like those stories you wrote in junior high, </div><div>where you passed pieces of paper around the room, and each person in turn added</div><div>another sentence. </div><div><br></div>
<div>Anyhow, let's do that, yeah. Pre-install scratch on your laptop, bring it to the</div><div>bar. Then we'll make some projects, pass the puters around to take turns dorkin</div><div>'em all up. Sounds fun.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>About </div><div>------</div><div><br></div><div>This will be a social meeting, all of up inna bar. Elephant & Castle, you know.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Pre-Meeting</div>
<div>===========</div><div><br></div><div>If you are so inclined, please come to the pre-meeting at the nearby Elephant</div><div>& Castle pub on 5th & Union (see map link below). Come enjoy some friendly</div><div>
conversation and perhaps a favorite beverage (they have a full restaurant</div><div>too). We can usually be found at the back under the TV near the rear entrance</div><div>that goes up into the hotel (if you enter through the front doors, just go</div>
<div>straight back past the bar). We'll be there from 5:00 pm to 6:19 pm.</div><div><br></div><div>Meeting Location</div><div>================</div><div><div>(same as pre-meeting, this month)</div><div><br></div><div>
<a href="http://bit.ly/jGI364" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/jGI364</a></div><div><br></div><div>Due to all of the shopping around us there is plenty of parking available in</div><div>garages, but it can be hard to find street parking in the evening. There is</div>
<div>also a parking garage in the building, but check the rates and closing time</div><div>(subject to change due to downtown events)!</div><div><br></div><div>call <a href="tel:%28425%29%20533-2964" value="+14255332964" target="_blank">(425) 533-2964</a> to ask a question</div>
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See you there! </div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>p.s. top secret irc channel #spug on <a href="http://irc.perl.org" target="_blank">irc.perl.org</a></div><div><br></div>
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