[ABE.pm] $beer->next->drink while sober;
Faber J. Fedor
faber at linuxnj.com
Tue May 9 16:35:23 PDT 2006
On 06/05/06 23:11 -0400, Ricardo SIGNES wrote:
>
> Who wasn't at McGrady's on Wednesday? If you are not Faber, Tom, John, or me,
> you were not at McGrady's. Apparently we got there just in time for happy
> hour: $4 pitchers, $2.75 appetizers, and no blaring sports events.
>
> Don't get me wrong, though, despite my endless talk of beer: nobody was
> sloshed.
We're just gonna have to work harder next time then!
> Tom, who took over for me at IQE, said that my code sometimes makes him wonder
> what the hell I was thinking. John noted that everyone likes Lisp but nobody
> seems to have ever really done anything with it. I found myself trying to
> explain why Microsoft's new command line looks cool, and Faber humored me as I
> tried to explain the awesome power of closures with code scribbled on the back
> of a placemat.
Good explanation, BTW. I happened to be reading up on continuation
servers after our beerfest and the whole idea is based on closures.
Made perfect sense to me!
> I think this is a feat worth repeating, and Faber suggested the first Wednesday
> of next month. That would be June 7, two and a half weeks before YAPC. Maybe
> I'll try to perform my talk, for practice -- or maybe I'll just have another
> burger.
>
> Objections or rescheduling requests?
Unfortunately, I'm booked for the evening of June 7 (working). Other
than that, I still vote for the first Wednesday of the month.
--
Regards,
Faber Fedor
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