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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Loved the talk! Had several mind=blown
moments, and learned a little Latin in the process :) Thanks
Damian for your passion and energy! Big thanks to Mozilla for
hosting, and many thanks to Richard and the TPM gang for pulling
it all together!<br>
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On 13-08-01 11:56 AM, Richard Dice wrote:<br>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>(This
is a reminder email, same content as before. Please note
that Thu 8 Aug with be a double-feature; 2 talks for the
price (a.k.a. free) of one!)</b></div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>Good
news, everyone!</b></div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Dr. <span
class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Damian</span> Conway
will be coming to visit the computer tech community of Toronto
during the first week of August 2013. <span class=""
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Damian</span> is a
Master Hacker and fantastic, entertaining presenter. The Perl
community has known and loved him for decades but he has
something to offer anyone who is interested in programming and
computer science regardless of your language of choice. His
talks are both educational and entertaining! And, they're
free. <i>(But we are taking donations. See details below.)</i></div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>Tuesday
Aug 6 @ 7pm (please enter the room approx. 6:45pm)</b></div>
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<b>Mozilla Offices, Suite 500, 366 Adelaide Street West (just
east of Spadina)</b></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>"Fun
With Dead Languages" -- <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://damian.conway.org/Seminars/DeadLanguages.html"
target="_blank">http://<span class=""
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">damian</span>.conway.org/Seminars/DeadLanguages.html</a></b></div>
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<blockquote
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0px
0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px">Watch in mesmerized
terror as <span class=""
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Damian</span> hacks
code in several unrelated programming languages (none of them
Perl). Along the way, you'll also discover what's wrong with
modern CS education, why programmers shouldn't frequent
casinos, the power of Thor's Law, the language of moisture
vaporators, C++ mysticism, how to use the three shells, state
machines on steroids, programming without variables or
subroutines, a cheap and eco-friendly alternative for
distributed persistent computation, what the Romans used
instead of braces, the ancient probabilistic wisdom of
bodkins, and the price of fish.</blockquote>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">(Ed.:
This is going to be the more outlandish of his talks this
year. It is a new-and-improved version of a talk <span
class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Damian</span> last
gave in Toronto seven years ago where he demonstrates his
virtuosity -- and insanity -- in many programming languages
and paradigms. Computer geeks from all language backgrounds
should enjoy this thoroughly.)</div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>Thursday
Aug 8 @ 7pm (please enter the room approx. 6:45pm)</b></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>University
of Toronto, St. George Campus (downtown), Bahen Centre for
IT (40 St. George Street, just north of College St.), Room #
BA-1160</b></div>
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<b>Talk # 1 - "A Few Of My Favorite Things"-- <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://damian.conway.org/Seminars/FavoriteThings.html"
target="_blank">http://<span class=""
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">damian</span>.conway.org/Seminars/FavoriteThings.html</a></b></div>
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<blockquote
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0px
0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px">(Go to the URL, read the
description. It will be Perl 5 Madness, <span class=""
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Damian</span> style.)</blockquote>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>Talk
#2 - "Sex and Violence: Social and Technical Lessons from
the Perl 6 Project" -- <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://damian.conway.org/Seminars/SexViolence.html"
target="_blank">http://<span class=""
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">damian</span>.conway.org/Seminars/SexViolence.html</a></b></div>
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<blockquote
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0px
0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px">In June 2000, Larry Wall
announced a new four-month Open Source development effort: the
reinvention of Perl. In this keynote, <span class=""
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Damian</span> Conway
will unfold the twisting and sordid tale of what happened over
the next ten years of the project, highlighting the sexy new
language that has been created, the extreme violence that was
sometimes necessary to make it happen, and the dozen or so
harsh-but-invaluable lessons that the development team learned
along the way.</blockquote>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>About <span
class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Damian</span></b></div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">For
those of you who don't already know...</div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> * <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://damian.conway.org/About_us/Bio_formal.html"
target="_blank">http://<span class=""
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">damian</span>.conway.org/About_us/Bio_formal.html</a></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> * <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damian_Conway"
target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damian_Conway</a></div>
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* <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://fyi.oreilly.com/2008/08/the-mind-of-damian-conway-scie.html"
target="_blank">http://fyi.oreilly.com/2008/08/the-mind-of-<span
class=""
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">damian</span>-conway-scie.html</a></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> *
What the Internet thinks of him! -- <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.googlism.com/who_is/d/damian_conway/"
target="_blank">http://www.googlism.com/who_is/d/damian_conway/</a></div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span
class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Damian</span> has
given talks in Toronto most years since 2001 and they are
widely enjoyed, even by IT people who don't normally "do the
Perl thing." Think of it as the Toronto IT community's annual
party.</div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>I
can has donation plz?</b></div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span
class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Damian</span>'s
trip to Toronto is un-funded... that is, as of right now it's
coming out of his own pocketbook. However, as I have done for
the past 13 years I am organizing a community
pass-'round-the-hat donation to help cover the expenses (i.e.
a plane ticket, roughly a week of hotel rooms, and meals and
other incidentals while he is here). If you would like to
help out with these expenses, please get in touch with me
off-list. Donations from companies are gladly welcomed, too!
Any funds raised in excess of what is needed to cover his
expenses will be given to him as an honorarium for his visit.</div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Please
circulate this email announcement! Forward to any one / any
company you think might be interested. We always have a great
crowd come out for <span class=""
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Damian</span>'s
events and getting the word out widely is a big part of that.
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Did I
omit any important information? Please ask me, and when I
send out reminder emails I will include that info in them.</div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Looking
forward to seeing you soon...</div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Cheers,</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> -
Richard</div>
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P.S. <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D1cap6yETA"
target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D1cap6yETA</a></div>
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