From mongers at bsod.net Wed Nov 4 08:10:25 2009 From: mongers at bsod.net (Pete Krawczyk) Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 10:10:25 -0600 Subject: [WindyCity-pm] Fwd: Announcing O'Reilly Answers - A useful site that's, well, a different kind of animal In-Reply-To: <1257347368.24804.0.254163@post.oreilly.com> References: <1257347368.24804.0.254163@post.oreilly.com> Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Marsee Henon Date: Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 9:09 AM Subject: Announcing O'Reilly Answers - A useful site that's, well, a different kind of animal View this information as HTML in your browser, click here: http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zj375c0t4ff7d9o6k76gp614ie67nu79g6c00img Hi, Can you share this announcement with anyone you think will be interested? Thanks! 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Message-ID: <49d805d70911112121y6ebbf92p78ea99f8c3b6c1e5@mail.gmail.com> brian and I were thinking about having a little get-together this upcoming Friday evening. Pizza, beer, and hopefully a little book reviewing. Would anyone be up for that? From joshua.mcadams at gmail.com Wed Nov 11 22:35:13 2009 From: joshua.mcadams at gmail.com (Joshua) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:35:13 -0600 Subject: [WindyCity-pm] [Chicago-talk] Book review get-together? In-Reply-To: <49C363FE-3D73-4A4B-A5C4-9FE19807C8A6@mindspring.com> References: <49d805d70911112121y6ebbf92p78ea99f8c3b6c1e5@mail.gmail.com> <49C363FE-3D73-4A4B-A5C4-9FE19807C8A6@mindspring.com> Message-ID: <49d805d70911112235x166f2888q372d5beaf1bc4ce@mail.gmail.com> Effective Perl Programming 2nd Edition... brian and I are just wrapping up the rewrite. On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 11:33 PM, Hal Wigoda wrote: > what book(s)? > hal > > > On Nov 11, 2009, at 11:21 PM, Joshua wrote: > >> brian and I were thinking about having a little get-together this >> upcoming Friday evening. ?Pizza, beer, and hopefully a little book >> reviewing. ?Would anyone be up for that? >> _______________________________________________ >> Chicago-talk mailing list >> Chicago-talk at pm.org >> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago-talk > > _______________________________________________ > Chicago-talk mailing list > Chicago-talk at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago-talk > From jon at jrock.us Thu Nov 12 00:47:11 2009 From: jon at jrock.us (Jonathan Rockway) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:47:11 -0600 Subject: [WindyCity-pm] [Chicago-talk] Book review get-together? In-Reply-To: <49d805d70911112121y6ebbf92p78ea99f8c3b6c1e5@mail.gmail.com> (Joshua's message of "Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:21:03 -0600") References: <49d805d70911112121y6ebbf92p78ea99f8c3b6c1e5@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <87zl6s2kq8.fsf@bar.jrock.us> * On Wed, Nov 11 2009, Joshua wrote: > brian and I were thinking about having a little get-together this > upcoming Friday evening. Pizza, beer, and hopefully a little book > reviewing. Would anyone be up for that? Yes. :) -- print just => another => perl => hacker => if $,=$" From leonard at umn.edu Thu Nov 12 20:03:27 2009 From: leonard at umn.edu (leonard) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:03:27 -0600 Subject: [WindyCity-pm] Frozen Perl 2010 announcment and Call for Speakers Message-ID: <59AFDA83-6371-4250-B8C4-0E0E1F8D0FAA@umn.edu> Hello all, The Minneapolis Perl Mongers are organizing a Perl workshop in Minneapolis on February 5-7, 2010, and I hope some of you can attend. We're also working on a hackathon the day after and two Perl classes: "Effective Perl Programming",taught by brian d foy and "Introduction to Moose" taught by Dave Rolsky on Friday February 5th. If you are a student, you'll be eligible for the super-cheap rates for the Workshop ($25 early bird prices for the workshop). If you are concerned about the weather in Minnesota in February, there is a hotel that is connected to our venue by underground tunnel:http://www.radisson.com/minneapolismn_metrodome . After you arrive, you won't have to go outside unless you choose. Please pass this information on to your employers/co-workers/fellow students, as they might also like to attend. We've also opened our call for speakers, and we'd love to have your submissions. You can view the CFS at http://www.frozen-perl.org/mpw2010/cfs.html Thanks much for your time The Frozen Perl team. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hwigoda at mindspring.com Wed Nov 11 21:33:30 2009 From: hwigoda at mindspring.com (Hal Wigoda) Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:33:30 -0600 Subject: [WindyCity-pm] [Chicago-talk] Book review get-together? In-Reply-To: <49d805d70911112121y6ebbf92p78ea99f8c3b6c1e5@mail.gmail.com> References: <49d805d70911112121y6ebbf92p78ea99f8c3b6c1e5@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <49C363FE-3D73-4A4B-A5C4-9FE19807C8A6@mindspring.com> what book(s)? hal On Nov 11, 2009, at 11:21 PM, Joshua wrote: > brian and I were thinking about having a little get-together this > upcoming Friday evening. Pizza, beer, and hopefully a little book > reviewing. Would anyone be up for that? > _______________________________________________ > Chicago-talk mailing list > Chicago-talk at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago-talk From bruce.files at gmail.com Thu Nov 12 13:48:27 2009 From: bruce.files at gmail.com (Bruce Files) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:48:27 -0600 Subject: [WindyCity-pm] [Chicago-talk] Book review get-together? In-Reply-To: <49d805d70911112235x166f2888q372d5beaf1bc4ce@mail.gmail.com> References: <49d805d70911112121y6ebbf92p78ea99f8c3b6c1e5@mail.gmail.com> <49C363FE-3D73-4A4B-A5C4-9FE19807C8A6@mindspring.com> <49d805d70911112235x166f2888q372d5beaf1bc4ce@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: I'm reading Blank-Edelman's updated System Administration with Perl right now (very good!) and would love to dig into a new version of Effective... Just let me know the exact time and place. Thanks - Bruce Files. On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 12:35 AM, Joshua wrote: > Effective Perl Programming 2nd Edition... brian and I are just > wrapping up the rewrite. > > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 11:33 PM, Hal Wigoda > wrote: > > what book(s)? > > hal > > > > > > On Nov 11, 2009, at 11:21 PM, Joshua wrote: > > > >> brian and I were thinking about having a little get-together this > >> upcoming Friday evening. Pizza, beer, and hopefully a little book > >> reviewing. Would anyone be up for that? > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Chicago-talk mailing list > >> Chicago-talk at pm.org > >> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago-talk > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Chicago-talk mailing list > > Chicago-talk at pm.org > > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago-talk > > > _______________________________________________ > Chicago-talk mailing list > Chicago-talk at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago-talk > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From joshua.mcadams at gmail.com Thu Nov 12 20:44:23 2009 From: joshua.mcadams at gmail.com (Joshua) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:44:23 -0600 Subject: [WindyCity-pm] [Chicago-talk] Book review get-together? In-Reply-To: <200911121952.35539.andrew@cleverdomain.org> References: <49d805d70911112121y6ebbf92p78ea99f8c3b6c1e5@mail.gmail.com> <200911121952.35539.andrew@cleverdomain.org> Message-ID: <49d805d70911122044l10cf6c34o5742615f7466f111@mail.gmail.com> How about 7pm at my place. 124 W Polk. Look for Heather and Josh McAdams on the buzzer when you get there. On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Andrew Rodland wrote: > On Wednesday 11 November 2009 11:21:03 pm Joshua wrote: >> brian and I were thinking about having a little get-together this >> upcoming Friday evening. ?Pizza, beer, and hopefully a little book >> reviewing. ?Would anyone be up for that? > > I'm going to try to make it out -- sounds like a great occasion. When in the > evening would you be thinking about? > > Andrew > _______________________________________________ > Chicago-talk mailing list > Chicago-talk at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago-talk > From joshua.mcadams at gmail.com Thu Nov 12 20:45:26 2009 From: joshua.mcadams at gmail.com (Joshua) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:45:26 -0600 Subject: [WindyCity-pm] [Chicago-talk] Book review get-together? In-Reply-To: <49d805d70911122044l10cf6c34o5742615f7466f111@mail.gmail.com> References: <49d805d70911112121y6ebbf92p78ea99f8c3b6c1e5@mail.gmail.com> <200911121952.35539.andrew@cleverdomain.org> <49d805d70911122044l10cf6c34o5742615f7466f111@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <49d805d70911122045n9e1e5dbhc828272b1b1af125@mail.gmail.com> BTW, good public transit options: - Red line to Harrison - Blue line to LaSalle - Brown, Pink or Orange line to Library. - 22 or 36 busses. On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Joshua wrote: > How about 7pm at my place. ?124 W Polk. ?Look for Heather and Josh > McAdams on the buzzer when you get there. > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Andrew Rodland wrote: >> On Wednesday 11 November 2009 11:21:03 pm Joshua wrote: >>> brian and I were thinking about having a little get-together this >>> upcoming Friday evening. ?Pizza, beer, and hopefully a little book >>> reviewing. ?Would anyone be up for that? >> >> I'm going to try to make it out -- sounds like a great occasion. When in the >> evening would you be thinking about? >> >> Andrew >> _______________________________________________ >> Chicago-talk mailing list >> Chicago-talk at pm.org >> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago-talk >> > From jon at jrock.us Sat Nov 14 19:58:48 2009 From: jon at jrock.us (Jonathan Rockway) Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:58:48 -0600 Subject: [WindyCity-pm] [Chicago-talk] Book review get-together? In-Reply-To: <49d805d70911122045n9e1e5dbhc828272b1b1af125@mail.gmail.com> (Joshua's message of "Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:45:26 -0600") References: <49d805d70911112121y6ebbf92p78ea99f8c3b6c1e5@mail.gmail.com> <200911121952.35539.andrew@cleverdomain.org> <49d805d70911122044l10cf6c34o5742615f7466f111@mail.gmail.com> <49d805d70911122045n9e1e5dbhc828272b1b1af125@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <87skcg30cn.fsf@bar.jrock.us> Hey, sorry I missed this. I guess I checked my e-mail around 10:30 on Thursday night and then forgot about it until now. Doh! We should have a Perl Mongers meeting this month, however :) * On Thu, Nov 12 2009, Joshua wrote: > BTW, good public transit options: > > - Red line to Harrison > - Blue line to LaSalle > - Brown, Pink or Orange line to Library. > - 22 or 36 busses. > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Joshua wrote: >> How about 7pm at my place. ?124 W Polk. ?Look for Heather and Josh >> McAdams on the buzzer when you get there. >> >> On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Andrew Rodland wrote: >>> On Wednesday 11 November 2009 11:21:03 pm Joshua wrote: >>>> brian and I were thinking about having a little get-together this >>>> upcoming Friday evening. ?Pizza, beer, and hopefully a little book >>>> reviewing. ?Would anyone be up for that? >>> >>> I'm going to try to make it out -- sounds like a great occasion. When in the >>> evening would you be thinking about? >>> >>> Andrew >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Chicago-talk mailing list >>> Chicago-talk at pm.org >>> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago-talk >>> >> > _______________________________________________ > WindyCity-pm mailing list > WindyCity-pm at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/windycity-pm -- print just => another => perl => hacker => if $,=$" From pcmantz at uchicago.edu Sat Nov 21 15:00:22 2009 From: pcmantz at uchicago.edu (Paul Mantz) Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:00:22 -0600 Subject: [WindyCity-pm] Fwd: [ACM] PS1 Hackathons In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <42f28fe0911211500g460522b6g7d66f178581c0cb1@mail.gmail.com> Pumping Station: One has been holding monthly hackathons for the past few months, and we've been doing it with so much success that we're going to have two of them! The first all-night event this month is new. It will be held this Saturday, the 21st. It's called Hackathon: Bring the Noise, and is dedicated to loud projects, such as construction, woodworking, DJing, and any other sort of The second event is our regularly-scheduled Hackathon!, and it's happening on Saturday the 28th. We'll be keeping the power tools off so that people can concentrate on coding, and other mind-intensive activities. So far, we've had a wide berth of projects, from Perl and Python development to emacs modes to web design to driver development. Everyone's welcome to come to both. They both start at 8pm, and will go on as long as the Red Bull floweth. Pumping Station: One is located at 3354 N. Elston, Chicago, IL. If the door is locked, ring the bell. For more information about the space, visit http://pumpingstationone.org/ . Adios, -- Paul Mantz http://www.mcpantz.org Zmanda - Open source backup and recovery http://www.zmanda.com/