From msh.computing at gmail.com  Tue Apr  3 21:28:05 2007
From: msh.computing at gmail.com (Steve Kieu)
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 16:28:05 +1200
Subject: [Wellington-pm] Meeting
Message-ID: <bbc707b90704032128t36abd032ufb0d7ae15b08f3e0@mail.gmail.com>

Hello everyone,

I would like to attend the meeting on 10 Apr. 07. Do I have to register?

Many thanks and best regards,


-- 
Steve Kieu
Mob: +64 21 250 64 37
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From grant at mclean.net.nz  Tue Apr  3 21:40:29 2007
From: grant at mclean.net.nz (Grant McLean)
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:40:29 +1200
Subject: [Wellington-pm] Meeting
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On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 16:28 +1200, Steve Kieu wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I would like to attend the meeting on 10 Apr. 07. Do I have to
> register?

Nope.  Just turn up at level 2, 150 Willis Street and bowl on in.  The
front doors of the building switch to card access only after 6:00pm so
be prompt.

See you there
Grant


From msh.computing at gmail.com  Tue Apr  3 21:49:20 2007
From: msh.computing at gmail.com (Steve Kieu)
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 16:49:20 +1200
Subject: [Wellington-pm] Meeting
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	<1175661629.18465.25.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz>
Message-ID: <bbc707b90704032149n7e1b510xdae92a3cb8047a39@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks a lot. See you there.


On 4/4/07, Grant McLean <grant at mclean.net.nz> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 16:28 +1200, Steve Kieu wrote:
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I would like to attend the meeting on 10 Apr. 07. Do I have to
> > register?
>
> Nope.  Just turn up at level 2, 150 Willis Street and bowl on in.  The
> front doors of the building switch to card access only after 6:00pm so
> be prompt.
>
> See you there
> Grant
>
> _______________________________________________
> Wellington-pm mailing list
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From grant at mclean.net.nz  Mon Apr  9 14:24:45 2007
From: grant at mclean.net.nz (Grant McLean)
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 09:24:45 +1200
Subject: [Wellington-pm] Perl Mongers Meeting Tonight!
Message-ID: <1176153885.8982.4.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz>

Hi Mongers

Well I have been particularly slack in updating the web site and sending
out meeting reminders but it is all on for this evening ...

    6:00pm Tuesday 10 April 2007
    Level 2, Eagle Technology House
    150 Willis Street
    Wellington

Tonight's speakers:

    * Douglas Bagnall - On Randomness
    * Michael Robinson - Blosxom
    * Grant McLean - Obfuscation
    * Sam Vilain - Template::Plugin::Heritable

See you there.

Grant


From grant at mclean.net.nz  Tue Apr 10 21:58:14 2007
From: grant at mclean.net.nz (Grant McLean)
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:58:14 +1200
Subject: [Wellington-pm] Roundup of last night's meeting
Message-ID: <1176267494.5326.24.camel@localhost.localdomain>

Hi Mongers

Thanks to everyone for another informative and fun evening last night.
I've put up the speaker's slides for Douglas' randomness talk and my
obfuscation talk.  Michael - if you send me yours I'll put them up too:

  http://wellington.pm.org/archive/

I'm pleased to say that we already have two speakers lined up for next
month - both first-time presenters at Wellington.pm.  Dan is going to
talk about Win32::OLE and Paul is going to tell us about his Site Life
(sp?) project.

The next meeting will be Tuesday May 8th.

Until then - happy monging.

Cheers
Grant


From grant at mclean.net.nz  Sun Apr 15 14:16:08 2007
From: grant at mclean.net.nz (Grant McLean)
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:16:08 +1200
Subject: [Wellington-pm] [Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, April 13]
Message-ID: <1176671768.29072.4.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz>

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> ***For more events, please see:
> <http://events.oreilly.com/>
> 
> ***Peter Krogh, ASMP "It's Your Business" Series, Louis, MO--Apr 14
> Author Peter Krogh ("The DAM Book: Digital Asset Management for
> Photographers") will be teaching the "Get Your DAM Stuff Together" track
> for ASMP's "It's Your Business" Series.
> <http://events.oreilly.com/www.peterkrogh.com>
> 
> 
> ***Ignite at the Web 2.0 Expo, April 15
> If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? What if you only
> got 20 slides and they rotated automatically after 15 seconds? Would you
> pitch a project? Launch a web site? Teach a hack? We?re going to find
> out when we try our first Ignite event at Web 2.0 Expo. Happening Sunday
> evening, this will be a high-energy event. If you're not attending
> Web 2.0 Expo, register for the exhibit hall pass to get in.
> <http://www.web2expo.com/cs/webex2007/view/e_sess/12926>
> 
> 
> ***Eddie Tapp, Southeastern Professional Photographers Association,
>  Atlanta, GA--Apr 16
> Author Eddie Tapp ("Photoshop Workflow Setups" and "Practical 
> Color Management") is one of the speakers at this year's event.
> <http://www.4seppa.com/>
> 
> 
> ***Peter Morville, 2007 Association of Independent Information
> Professionals Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN--Apr 21, 2007
> Peter Morville ("Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, 
> Third Edition" and "Ambient Findability") presents "Ambient 
> Findability" at the 2007 AIIP Annual Conference.
> <http://www.aiip.org/Conference/2007/index.html>
> 
> 
> ***Stephen Johnson conducts a seminar on color management, 
>    Pacifica, CA--Apr 21
> Join Stephen Johnson ("Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography") in a
> one-day exploration of color management in theory and practice. The day
> is designed to get you comfortable with the concepts and architecture of
> color management and build practical experience in using profiles in
> printing. Monitor calibration and print profiles will be explained and
> you will have hands-on experience making both.
> <http://www.sjphoto.com/one-day-seminars-SP07.html>
> 
> 
> ***Jesse Liberty and Alex Horovitz at Microsoft MIX 07, 
>    Las Vegas, NV--Apr 30-May 2
> Join Jesse Liberty ("Programming .NET 3.0" and "Learning C# 2005, Second
> Edition") and Alex Horovitz ("Programming .NET 3.0" and "Getting Started
> with .NET 3.0") for their panel sessions at this sold out event.
> <http://visitmix.com/>
> 
> 
> ***Stephen Few at Technology Transfer, Rome, Italy--May 5-6
> Author Stephen Few ("Information Dashboard Design") presents three days
> of workshops at Residenza di Ripetta.
> <http://www.technologytransfer.it/index.cfm?cis=2;1;1&rec=123>
> 
> 
> ***Stephen Johnson conducts a California Coast Field Workshop,
>    Mendocino, CA--May 5-6
> Join Stephen Johnson ("Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography") as he
> explores the landscape of Mendocino and the North Coast.
> <http://www.sjphoto.com/digital-photo-wksp-land-mendo.html>
> 
> 
> ***O'Reilly at CRE8 Conference, Orlando, FL, May 9-10
> The conference for creative and technical professionals featuring
> keynote address by Al Gore has been scheduled for May 9-10, 2007 with
> pre and post conference sessions on the 8th and 11th at the Disney
> Coronado Resort in Orlando, FL. Don't miss speaker Derrick Story,
> coauthor of iPhoto 6: The Missing Manual and author of Digital
> Photography Pocket Guide, 3rd Edition. Stop by the O'Reilly booth to say
> hi, peruse our titles, and meet our expert authors.
> <http://creativeprofessional.org/conference/index.html>
> 
> 
> ***Stephen Johnson conducts a seminar on digital black and white
>  photography, Pacifica, CA--May 12
> Join Stephen Johnson  as he explores black and white photography in the
> digital age from file to print. Discussions will include scanning film,
> conversion from color files, using filtered color for traditional tonal
> effects, duotones controls for tonal tuning, in addition to various
> black and white printing options and papers.
> <http://www.sjphoto.com/one-day-seminars-SP07.html>
> 
> ================================================
> Conference News
> ================================================
> ***Registration is now open for OSCON 2007, Portland, OR
>    --July 23-27
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> ***Registration is Now Open for Ubuntu Live, Portland, OR
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> ***Last Chance--Register for Web 2.0 Expo, San Francisco, CA
>    --Apr 15-18
> The Web 2.0 Expo is the first event specifically designed to help teach
> Web 2.0 techniques and best practices to people in the trenches directly
> involved in the design, development, engineering, marketing, and
> business of second-generation internet technology.
> <http://www.web2expo.com/>
> 
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> ****Register for the MySQL Conference and Expo, 
>     Santa Clara, CA--Apr 23-26
> Co-presented by O'Reilly Media and MySQL AB 
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> ================================================
> News From O'Reilly & Beyond
> ================================================
> ---------------------
> General News
> ---------------------
> ***April is Web 2.0 Month at O'Reilly 
> We've put together a special resource page dedicated to Web 2.0
> essentials including books, Short Cuts, articles, courses, and info
> about the upcoming Web 2.0 Expo.
> <http://www.oreilly.com/store/april07.csp?CMP=EMC-ugwebess>
> 
> 
> ***License our Content
> We are pleased to announce our partnership with CCC's Rightslink
> service. You can now purchase reprint rights to our book content to
> reuse on your corporate internet, intranet, in newsletters, magazines,
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> <http://www.oreilly.com/rights/>
> 
> 
> ***Maker Faire 2007 Tickets on Sale, SF Bay Area--May 19-20
> Join us for MAKE magazine's Maker Faire--a hands-on event featuring
> Makers whose science and technology projects will amaze you and ignite
> your imagination. Meet Expert Makers, MAKE contributors, authors, attend
> DIY Tutorials, explore DIY projects and demonstrations, and more.
> For more information or to purchase tickets, go to:
> <http://makerfaire.com/>
> 
> 
> ***Jolt Award Winners:Third Year in a Row!
> "Head First Object-Oriented Analysis and Design" won the coveted Jolt
> Award (the top prize) and "CSS: The Missing Manual" won the Productivity
> Award. 
> <http://oreilly.com/promos/jolt17/?CMP=ILC-2RQ886833906&ATT=joltwinnerslink>
> 
> 
> ***What's All This Fuss about Erlang?
> What is Erlang?  Why is it different? Why is everyone talking about it?
> Find the answers to your questions. 
> <http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/articles/erlang.html>
> 
> 
> ***Create Your Own O'Reilly Shirt or Mug
> In three easy steps you can create your own O'Reilly shirt or mug. 
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> ---------------------
> Open Source
> ---------------------
> ***The lighttpd Web Server 
> Apache is the 800-pound gorilla in the web server arena, but a plucky
> young featherweight called lighttpd is knocking at the door--and already
> powering some of the best-known and highly frequented sites on the
> Internet.
> <http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2007/04/05/the-lighttpd-web-server.html>
> 
> 
> ***PHP Search Engine Showdown 
> Your users know exactly what they want to find on your web site, but
> they just can't find it. If only your site had a good search engine.
> Michael Douma and his team recently compared several different search
> engines for PHP sites.
> <http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/php/2006/02/16/search-engine-showdown.html>
> 
> ---------------------
> Digital Media
> ---------------------
> ***Lightroom Getting Started: Creating Identity Plates in Lightroom
> You can personalize the Lightroom environment by creating Identity
> Plates that appear throughout the application for a nice aesthetic
> touch. They also have very practical purposes as they can be used to
> identify slideshows, web galleries, and prints. Here?s how to set up an
> Identity Plate of your own.
> <http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2007/03/14/identity-plates.html>
> 
> 
> ***Robert Leslie on Shooting TED and Using Aperture
> Event photographers need all the help they can get to survive the
> grueling hours and gigabytes of data they amass. Pro shooter Robert
> Leslie just completed one of the most challenging events of all, the TED
> conference in Monterey, California. 
> <http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2007/03/27/robert-leslie.html>
> 
> 
> ***Digital Media Insider Podcast 10: Annoying Audio
> Peter Drescher designed the sounds for everything from After Dark
> screensavers to the T-Mobile Sidekick. Hear what it takes to annoy (and
> thrill) this top ringtone composer.
> <http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2007/03/29/digital-media-insider-podcast-10-annoying-audio.html>
> 
> 
> ***Build a Photo Gallery Using CakePHP and Flickr
> Is the Flickr interface doing justice to your stunning snaps? It's time
> to consider customization. Jonathan shows us the ropes in his hands-on
> tutorial, as he uses CakePHP and the Flickr API to build an attractive,
> fully customized gallery that displays Flickr photos to their best
> advantage.
> <http://www.sitepoint.com/article/photo-gallery-cakephp-flickr>
> 
> ---------------------
> Mac
> ---------------------
> ***Apple TV: State of the Hacks 
> Erica Sadun has been hacking away on the new Apple TV and presents this
> "State of the Hacks" roundup of what people are doing with their Apple
> TV boxes. Discover what kinds of mods are out there and whether they're
> the right fit for your needs and abilities.
> <http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2007/03/27/upgrading-apple-tvs-hard-drive.html>
> 
> 
> ***Introducing Google Desktop for Mac 
> Giles Turnbull takes an in-depth look at Google Desktop for the Mac,
> putting the recently released OS X version of Google's desktop search
> product through its paces. Learn what Google Desktop can do for you, how
> it does it, and why it needs to install itself with high-level
> permissions on your system.
> <http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2007/04/09/introducing-google-desktop-for-mac.html>
> 
> 
> ***A Chat with Nobi 
> Chris Stone interviews longtime Japanese Mac journalist Nobuyuki "Nobi"
> Hayashi. Nobi shares his thoughts on this year's MacWorld, gives hints
> for Mac developers wanting to cross the Pacific, and explains why Apple
> TV won't be the next big thing in Japan, but what might instead.
> <http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2007/03/13/a-chat-with-nobi.html>
> 
> ---------------------
> Microsoft/.NET
> ---------------------
> ***The Logic of Service-Orientation Plus 14 SO Tenets and Practical
> Principles 
> What exactly is service orientation, and what does it mean for the
> future of the software industry? What are the principles that should
> guide any developer using it? In this excerpt from Programming WCF
> Services, Juval Lowy explains what it's about and offers practical
> principles for its use.
> <http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2007/04/10/the-logic-of-service-orientation-plus-14-so-tenets-and-practical-principles.html>
> 
> 
> ***Logging with Custom Web Events 
> Every serious ASP.NET application requires logging. Jesse Liberty shows
> how to use the little-known ASP.NET Health Monitoring system to create a
> robust and extensible, yet minimal, logging system that will send email
> in a crisis and routinely log to a database.
> <http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2007/03/13/logging-with-custom-web-events.html>
> 
> ---------------------
> Java
> ---------------------
> ***Controlling Threads by Example 
> The methods people commonly think of for controlling threads were
> deprecated long ago, and are not safe to use. In this article, Viraj
> Shetty shows the appropriate techniques for starting, pausing, resuming,
> and stopping activities taking place in a multithreaded application.
> <http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2007/04/06/controlling-threads-by-example.html>
> 
> 
> ***Using Groovy to Send Emails 
> Groovy is one of the more popular dynamic languages for the JVM. It has
> a familiar syntax, reduces large amounts of scaffolding code, and
> integrates seamlessly with Java. Learning Groovy means gaining access to
> all of the richness emerging in the dynamic language world while still
> leveraging the skills, infrastructure, and libraries you already have
> from the Java world. This is a quick tutorial showing how to send emails
> from Groovy using Java libraries.
> <http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2007/03/23/using-groovy-to-send-emails.html>
> 
> ---------------------
> Web
> ---------------------
> ***The Principles of Beautiful Web Design
> Does your heart soar when you see great web page designs...and
> break when you look at your own? You don't need to go to art school
> to create those sweet designs, as Jason explains. Read his hands-on
> tour of the underlying concepts of web page layout and composition
> today.
> <http://www.sitepoint.com/article/principles-beautiful-web-design>
> 
> 
> ***How-to Flip A Web Site Fixer-upper
> Want to buy and sell web sites for profit? In this practical guide,
> experienced site flipper Peter steps through the process, providing
> tips to keep you from the common pitfalls, and showing how to add
> value that translates to real profits when you sell.
> <http://www.sitepoint.com/article/flip-a-web-site>
> 
> 
> ***Making Money With Web Communities
> Run a large web community and looking to monetize it?
> Chris explains the ins-and-outs of monetizing blogs,
> forums, and more.
> <http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/04/06/making-money-with-communities-part-1-problems/>
> 
> 
> 
> Until next time--
> 
> Marsee Henon
> 
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