[Thousand-oaks-pm] Two weeks to Perl Mongers' meeting... some tidbits to hold you over

Fri Mar 2 14:52:37 PST 2007

Due to the first day of March falling on a Thursday, it will be almost 2
weeks before our next meeting.

So, I thought I'd send out some information from Perl.com, their
newsletter.  They always have interesting contents and some of you may not
already be receiving it.

It's not too late to consider making a brief presentation at our next
meeting (3/14).

Looking forward to seeing you all then.

Daniel

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Subject: The Mighty Socorro
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