From grant at mclean.net.nz  Sun Feb  4 14:56:34 2007
From: grant at mclean.net.nz (Grant McLean)
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:56:34 +1300
Subject: [Wellington-pm] Urgent call for lightning talks
Message-ID: <1170629795.11432.16.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz>

Hi Mongers

The first Wellington Perl Mongers meeting of 2007 is scheduled for 
*next Tuesday*.

It's a lightning talk meeting.  Details here:

  http://wellington.pm.org/lightning_talks.html

We urgently need people to 'sign up' to give a 5 minute talk.  If we
don't get significantly more talks lined up, then the meeting will be
cancelled.

If you have never given a talk at Wellington.PM then this is the
opportunity you've been waiting for.  It's only 5 minutes and is
unlikely to be fatal.

There are plenty of ideas at the link above, but if you're really unable
to choose, then why not select a random CPAN module and talk about that.
Try installing it, using it, googling for it, modifying it, etc.  Tell
us what worked, what didn't, why it sucks/rocks etc.  Here's a link to
help you make a random selection:

  http://wellington.pm.org/bin/cpan_roulette.cgi

But that's just one possibility.  You could also have a quick look
through your scripts directory and tell us about some of the gems you
have there.

Or you could talk about one of the books in the extensive Wellington.PM
library (like that one you've been holding onto since last year).

The most important thing is, you must book a slot, by dropping me an
email:

  mailto:perlmongers at catalyst.net.nz

I look forward to the flood of replies.

Regards
Grant


From grant at mclean.net.nz  Wed Feb  7 23:47:02 2007
From: grant at mclean.net.nz (Grant McLean)
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 20:47:02 +1300
Subject: [Wellington-pm] Very Funny Vista+Perl video
Message-ID: <1170920822.5637.43.camel@localhost.localdomain>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkD90ZV07zo


From simon at simongreen.net  Wed Feb  7 23:58:45 2007
From: simon at simongreen.net (Simon Green)
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 20:58:45 +1300
Subject: [Wellington-pm] Very Funny Vista+Perl video
In-Reply-To: <1170920822.5637.43.camel@localhost.localdomain>
References: <1170920822.5637.43.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Message-ID: <abec0860702072358w2a77b4a1wfa3989a7ab491851@mail.gmail.com>

On 08/02/07, Grant McLean <grant at mclean.net.nz> wrote:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkD90ZV07zo

I think I will stick to my Linux workstation and a keyboard thank you. :P

  -- simon

From michael at diaspora.gen.nz  Thu Feb  8 00:05:41 2007
From: michael at diaspora.gen.nz (michael at diaspora.gen.nz)
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:05:41 +1300
Subject: [Wellington-pm] Very Funny Vista+Perl video
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 08 Feb 2007 20:47:02 +1300."
	<1170920822.5637.43.camel@localhost.localdomain> 
Message-ID: <E1HF4Hl-0002SX-00@israel.diaspora.gen.nz>

Grant McLean writes:
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkD90ZV07zo

I watched two minutes of it, up until the voice started to be raised
and frustrated in tone, and gave up.  It was annoying me too much.

    -- michael.

From grant at mclean.net.nz  Sun Feb 11 12:22:03 2007
From: grant at mclean.net.nz (Grant McLean)
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:22:03 +1300
Subject: [Wellington-pm] Lightning Talk Meeting Tomorrow
Message-ID: <1171225324.17959.7.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz>

Hi Mongers

Just a quick reminder, the February meeting of Wellington.PM is
tomorrow:

    6:00pm Tuesday 13 February 2007
    Level 2, Eagle Technology House
    150 Willis Street
    Wellington

There is still plenty of room in the schedule for all you people who are
leaving things to the last minute.  Email your talk registrations to me.

Speakers - if you plan to use slides, remember to send them to me in
advance (by 5:00pm tomorrow) in HTML, PDF or OpenOffice format.  We
don't have time in the schedule for plugging and unplugging laptops.

Cheers
Grant


From davidthebenton at gmail.com  Sun Feb 11 15:16:46 2007
From: davidthebenton at gmail.com (David Benton)
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:16:46 +1300
Subject: [Wellington-pm] Very Funny Vista+Perl video
In-Reply-To: <E1HF4Hl-0002SX-00@israel.diaspora.gen.nz>
References: <E1HF4Hl-0002SX-00@israel.diaspora.gen.nz>
Message-ID: <45CFA3DE.6060203@gmail.com>

Grant McLean writes:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkD90ZV07zo

It got removed.

<quote>

This video has been removed due to terms of use violation.

</quote>

From grant at mclean.net.nz  Mon Feb 12 18:51:44 2007
From: grant at mclean.net.nz (Grant McLean)
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:51:44 +1300
Subject: [Wellington-pm] Note for tonight's speakers
Message-ID: <1171335104.20300.18.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz>

Just a quick note to say that if you've sent me slides for tonight's
lightning talk meeting and I haven't acknowledged receipt then I haven't
got them.  
        
I blame spam filters.

Cheers
Grant




From grant at mclean.net.nz  Tue Feb 13 13:20:23 2007
From: grant at mclean.net.nz (Grant McLean)
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:20:23 +1300
Subject: [Wellington-pm] Roundup of last night's meeting
Message-ID: <1171401623.5845.8.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz>

Hi Mongers

Thanks to everyone involved in last night's meeting.  The various slides
are up on the web site now:

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

Thanks Koz for telling us about the WellRailed group for Ruby/Rails
developers in Wellington - hopefully we'll get a bit more crossover
between the two groups.

  http://groups.google.com/group/WellRailed

I believe the WellRailed group meet on the last Tuesday of each month so
that would make the next meeting the 27th.

The next meeting of Wellington.PM will be Tuesday the 13th of March.
Let me know if you'd like to speak at that.

Regards
Grant


From andychilton at gmail.com  Tue Feb 13 14:38:35 2007
From: andychilton at gmail.com (Andrew Chilton)
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:38:35 +1300
Subject: [Wellington-pm] Roundup of last night's meeting
In-Reply-To: <1171401623.5845.8.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz>
References: <1171401623.5845.8.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz>
Message-ID: <a364f6fa0702131438l23b17cd7g8a43fe0ebfee5a2@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks for organising it Grant. I really enjoyed my first ever
PerlMongers (man, I should have been before).

I'll volunteer to speak since I have an idea. Does this mean it will
be a lightening talk or a 'normal' talk. How long are the normal ones
usually?

Andy

-- 
contact: Andrew Chilton
website: http://kapiti.geek.nz/

From grant at mclean.net.nz  Tue Feb 13 15:30:10 2007
From: grant at mclean.net.nz (Grant McLean)
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:30:10 +1300
Subject: [Wellington-pm] Roundup of last night's meeting
In-Reply-To: <a364f6fa0702131438l23b17cd7g8a43fe0ebfee5a2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1171401623.5845.8.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz>
	<a364f6fa0702131438l23b17cd7g8a43fe0ebfee5a2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1171409410.5845.13.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz>

On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 11:38 +1300, Andrew Chilton wrote:
> Thanks for organising it Grant. I really enjoyed my first ever
> PerlMongers (man, I should have been before).
> 
> I'll volunteer to speak since I have an idea.

Super!  At some point before the next meeting you might want to tell us
the topic so that people know what to expect.

>  Does this mean it will be a lightening talk or a 'normal' talk. 

Lightning talks come but once a year.

> How long are the normal ones usually?

We aim to have a couple of talks of around 30 minutes each, but there
are no hard and fast rules.  If your talk is longer than 20 minutes you
get a free T shirt.

Cheers
Grant


From andychilton at gmail.com  Tue Feb 13 15:45:44 2007
From: andychilton at gmail.com (Andrew Chilton)
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:45:44 +1300
Subject: [Wellington-pm] Roundup of last night's meeting
In-Reply-To: <1171409410.5845.13.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz>
References: <1171401623.5845.8.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz>
	<a364f6fa0702131438l23b17cd7g8a43fe0ebfee5a2@mail.gmail.com>
	<1171409410.5845.13.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz>
Message-ID: <a364f6fa0702131545j1f9ab666l12880d57e744fa62@mail.gmail.com>

Cool. I'll try for an 'over 20 mins' talk.

The working title is something like: "Using Multiple Mason Component
Roots: An Experiment in CMS Design."

I guess it'll touch on a few different things but mainly how Mason can
help your designer not rip their hair out. I'll keep it
straightforward with explanations along the way.

Grant: is there a way we can get our grubby hands on your slide creation gadget?

Andy

-- 
contact: Andrew Chilton
website: http://kapiti.geek.nz/

From grant at mclean.net.nz  Tue Feb 13 20:05:08 2007
From: grant at mclean.net.nz (Grant McLean)
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:05:08 +1300
Subject: [Wellington-pm] Roundup of last night's meeting
In-Reply-To: <a364f6fa0702131545j1f9ab666l12880d57e744fa62@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1171401623.5845.8.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz>
	<a364f6fa0702131438l23b17cd7g8a43fe0ebfee5a2@mail.gmail.com>
	<1171409410.5845.13.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz>
	<a364f6fa0702131545j1f9ab666l12880d57e744fa62@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1171425908.5845.28.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz>

On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 12:45 +1300, Andrew Chilton wrote:
> Grant: is there a way we can get our grubby hands on your slide creation gadget?

http://wellington.pm.org/articles/slides/

Maybe one day there'll be better documentation

Cheers
Grant


From grant at mclean.net.nz  Thu Feb 22 11:44:43 2007
From: grant at mclean.net.nz (Grant McLean)
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:44:43 +1300
Subject: [Wellington-pm] [Fwd: YAPC::Europe 2007 - Call for Participation]
Message-ID: <1172173483.19600.1.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz>

If anyone fancies a trip to Vienna for Aug 29-31, here's your excuse ...

-------- Forwarded Message --------
> From: Thomas Klausner <domm at cpan.org>
> To: pm_groups at pm.org
> Subject: [pm_groups] YAPC::Europe 2007 - Call for Participation
> Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:16:41 +0100
> 
> (please forward to your local groups and all other potentially 
> interested people...)
> 
> 
> Call for Participation - YAPC::Europe 2007 in Vienna
> ====================================================
> 
> Vienna.pm is officially announcing the call for participation for Yet 
> Another Perl Conference Europe 2007. This years conference theme is 
> "Social Perl".
> 
> 
> Location
> --------
> 
> The conference will be held in Vienna, Austria, from 29th to 31st August 
> 2007 at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration.
> 
> 
> Star guests
> -----------
> 
> We found sponsors to invite some famous international Perl hackers. 
> 
> Thanks to nfotex for inviting Larry (and Gloria) Wall, to Anonymous 
> Donor for getting Damian Conway from Australia to Austria (it's quite 
> expensive to get the 'al' out of Australia...) and to geizhals.at for 
> inviting Audrey Tang and Mark Jason Dominus. 
> 
> 
> Schedule
> --------
> 
> The final schedule will be announced on 22nd of July 2007.
> 
> Would-be speakers please see the Call for Papers available on the 
> conference website for more information on key dates and talks.
> 
> 
> Costs
> -----
> 
> * Regular attendance:        100 EUR
> * Students and Early Birds:   80 EUR
> * Business/Sponsor Tariff:   200 EUR
> 
> 
> Regular attendance costs 100 Euro, and 80 Euros for students. Early 
> birds only pay 80 Euros (if paid until 31st March 2007). There is also a 
> voluntary business/sponsor tariff at 200 Euros, which is an easy way to 
> sponsor YAPC::Europe 2007 and Perl in general.
> 
> You will not only get three days packed with interesting talks and 
> people, but also a goodie bag, a conference t-shirt, an invitation to 
> the attendees dinner and the unique opportunity to see renowned members 
> of the Perl community with orange mohawks.
> 
> As YAPC::Europe is a community-driven conference, we're not in it for 
> the profit. But should we make one, all money will be used for funding 
> further Perl 5|6 development, future YAPC::Europe conferences and for 
> advancing Perl usage / the Perl community in Austria.
> 
> 
> How to register
> ---------------
> 
> To register for YAPC::Europe 2007 go to our website:
>    http://vienna.yapceurope.org
> 
> Click on the 'New user'-Link in the navbar and fill out the subsequent 
> form.
> 
> 
> Accomodation & Getting to Vienna
> --------------------------------
> 
> Please note that you should *definitly* book your hotel room as soon as
> possible. While you will be able to get a room later, the hotels near 
> the venue will fill up. So to prevent long trips through the city or 
> paying more than you want to, book your hotel room!.
> 
> You can find more information on accomodation in Vienna, and how to get 
> to Vienna by plain, train, car etc at the conference website.
> 
> 
> Contact
> -------
> 
> For more information please see the YAPC Europe 2007 website:
>    http://vienna.yapceurope.org
> 
> 
> If you have any questions, do not hesitate to send an email to
>    vienna2007 at yapceurope.org
> 
> The organisers will get back to you as soon as possible.
> 
> 
> Thomas Klausner,
> on behalfe of Vienna.pm
> 
> 
> -- 
> #!/usr/bin/perl                               http://domm.zsi.at
> for(ref bless{},just'another'perl'hacker){s-:+-$"-g&&print$_.$/}


From sam at vilain.net  Thu Feb 22 15:48:25 2007
From: sam at vilain.net (Sam Vilain)
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:48:25 +1300
Subject: [Wellington-pm] [Fwd: YAPC::Europe 2007 - Call for
	Participation]
In-Reply-To: <1172173483.19600.1.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz>
References: <1172173483.19600.1.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz>
Message-ID: <45DE2BC9.2030704@vilain.net>

There was also talk last year of some European Perl groups having
workshops at around the same time, so that you could get to many Perl
meetings with a Eurostar monthly pass (about ?200 iirc).

But I don't see any of them materialising here yet:

http://yapceurope.org/workshops.html

It's almost a given that the Hungarian Perl Workshop will be held close
in time to YAPC given its proximity to Vienna, and the Italians are
pretty close too. It was Cog from Braga's idea, although that's not
exactly close. Obviously any that haven't been organised yet may do it
if they think they'll get lots more speakers for it :).

Sam.


Grant McLean wrote:
> If anyone fancies a trip to Vienna for Aug 29-31, here's your excuse ...
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>   
>> From: Thomas Klausner <domm at cpan.org>
>> To: pm_groups at pm.org
>> Subject: [pm_groups] YAPC::Europe 2007 - Call for Participation
>> Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:16:41 +0100
>>
>> (please forward to your local groups and all other potentially 
>> interested people...)
>>
>>
>> Call for Participation - YAPC::Europe 2007 in Vienna
>> ====================================================
>>
>> Vienna.pm is officially announcing the call for participation for Yet 
>> Another Perl Conference Europe 2007. This years conference theme is 
>> "Social Perl".
>>
>>
>> Location
>> --------
>>
>> The conference will be held in Vienna, Austria, from 29th to 31st August 
>> 2007 at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration.
>>
>>
>> Star guests
>> -----------
>>
>> We found sponsors to invite some famous international Perl hackers. 
>>
>> Thanks to nfotex for inviting Larry (and Gloria) Wall, to Anonymous 
>> Donor for getting Damian Conway from Australia to Austria (it's quite 
>> expensive to get the 'al' out of Australia...) and to geizhals.at for 
>> inviting Audrey Tang and Mark Jason Dominus. 
>>