From dave at obtiva.com  Tue Nov  6 10:50:26 2007
From: dave at obtiva.com (Dave Hoover)
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 12:50:26 -0600
Subject: [Chicago-announce] Simple Photo Processing and Web Display
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On 10/31/07, Dave Hoover <dave at obtiva.com> wrote:
> Topic:  Simple Photo Processing and Web Display with Perl
> Also appearing:  Imager, MIME::Lite,
> Email::MIME::Attachment::Stripper, and Image::ExifTool
> Location:  IIT-Rice Campus, 201 East Loop Rd, Wheaton, IL
> Date/Time: Tuesday, November 13th, 2007 (7:00 PM - 9:00 PM)

Brian Tatnall will be presenting a brief experience report after
Kent's talk in Wheaton next Tuesday.  Brian will present his
experiences with GD, Image::Magick, and Imager and give us some
comparisons on their relative strengths and weaknesses.

Thanks Brian!

Dave Hoover
http://obtiva.com
http://redsquirrel.com/dave

From harper.sean at gmail.com  Fri Nov 16 13:23:36 2007
From: harper.sean at gmail.com (Sean Harper)
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:23:36 -0600
Subject: [Chicago-announce] Call For Speakers - Ignite Chicago - 12/6/07
Message-ID: <11ad307a0711161323j4d4c8de5s9f77cdd1b68793f5@mail.gmail.com>

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?

A few members of the community have gotten together to organize an
Ignite event here in Chicago at Goose Island Wrigleyville 6pm on
Thursday 12/6/2007.  There have been several Ignite conferences
already on the East and West coasts, but if our initial speaker list
is any indication, ours in Chicago will be the best yet.

If you aren't interested in speaking, you should still come, it will
be fun and interesting.

For more information check out these three sites:

RSVP / map / address :   http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/309951  (the
event is free and there are sponsored drinks)
More information about Ignite Chicago:  http://ignite-chicago.org/
More information about Ignite in general: http://ignite.oreilly.com/


Sorry for the spam, but hopefully this is relevant enough to the list
that nobody will get upset.  This really will be a fun event.  Also,
there is a bit of a Ruby and PHP bias to the speaking list, Perl
mongers have to step up and represent.

From andy at petdance.com  Tue Nov 20 20:58:05 2007
From: andy at petdance.com (Andy Lester)
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:58:05 -0600
Subject: [Chicago-announce] UniForum: sudo & TiddlyWiki
Message-ID: <B8CFC6BE-4B68-4586-970D-C58069BCAAB4@petdance.com>

(Forwarded from the Uniforum announcement list)


Folks - This is an encore presentation of two previous talks,
one on sudo, and the other on TiddlyWiki.

Note: Our annual pizza party will be on Tuesday December 11th
this year.  Mark the date on your calendar.  Further information
will be provided in December.

If you don't want to receive these announcements via e-mail please
send me a note at wsmith at etc.com.

-Randy
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     Sudo - Secure and Convenient
                               - plus -
                              TiddlyWiki

                             Mike Potter
                            David J. Young

                Tuesday, November 27th, 2007, 7:00-9:00pm
Illinois Institute of Technology, Rice Campus, Wheaton, IL, Room 103

Abstract
--------
This meeting will have two distinct presentations.  The first part will
be on the "sudo" administration tool by Mike Potter, and the second part
will be on TiddlyWiki by David Young.

Sudo is a security tool that comes pre-installed on many *NIX systems,
including Mac OS X, and most distributions of Linux.  sudo allows for
fine grained control of privileges as an alternative to setuid  
programs &
scripts, turning on read & write privileges on sensitive files, sharing
passwords, and (gasp) giving out the root password.

The sudo presentation will begin with a quick demo for those of you who
are unfamiliar with sudo, continue with an overview of the syntax of the
configuration file, and end with a series of problems and solutions that
will help you configure sudo to be secure and convenient.

In the second half of the presentation, David Young will give us a
close look at TiddlyWiki; "a reusable non-linear personal web notebook".
Jeremy Ruston created TiddlyWiki, and in the process has created a new
WritingStyle that exploits the use of MicroContent.  With an active
user community and powerful features, TiddlyWiki and it's adaptations
are quickly becoming a popular WikiWikiWeb.

Come see the power of this "GuerillaWiki" by seeing some examples of
TiddlyWiki pages. You just may become a convert.

Speaker Bios
-----------
Michael has been working IT industry since 1989 when he switched from
automotive embedded systems.

Since that time he has been involved in projects related to moving
mainframe applications to UNIX and Linux using opensource technologies.
Projects have included a CICS emulator written in C, a source code
control and configuration system built on top of cvs, a DFSORT like set
of utilities that work similar to sed/grep/sort tools on unix, and a
JCL to bash conversion scheme.  You can reach Mike at pottmi at gmail.com.

David J. Young has over 21 years experience as a programmer, systems,  
network
and database administrator. He is currently the IT Director at  
National Cycle,
a world leader in motorcycle windshield and accessories manufacturing.  
It is
his ideal job. It combines computers and motorcycling; two of his life- 
long
passions. When he's not on a computer, he's exploring an European or  
US twisty
backroad on a sport bike, or aggressively slicing through the trees on  
his dirt
bike.

Getting There
-------------
The next meeting of UniForum Chicago will be from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 at the Illinois Institute of Technology
Rice campus.  The address of the meeting facility is:

         IIT's Rice Campus
         Room 103
         201 East Loop Road,
         Wheaton, Illinois 60187

Take I-88 to the Naperville Road exit.  Go North on Naperville Road
to Butterfield/Rt. 56.  Turn right on Butterfield and proceed East to
the next stoplight East (East Loop Road).  Turn north onto East Loop
Road (Big Bowl/Cozymel's Restaurants and Phillip's 66 Gas Station on
the corners); the campus will be on your right about a block north of
Butterfield Road.  Park in the student parking lot behind the building.
Room 103 is the first room inside the north entrance.  More detailed
directions and maps are available at:

         http://www.rice.iit.edu/directions.html
         http://www.rice.iit.edu/floorplan.html

All UniForum Chicago general meetings are open to the public free of  
charge.

For additional information contact Scott Nemec at (630) 990-6265 or
president at uniforum.chi.il.us, or visit the UniForum Chicago web site at:
	http://www.uniforum.chi.il.us/