From richardc at unixbeard.net Tue Aug 7 09:18:31 2001 From: richardc at unixbeard.net (Richard Clamp) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:00:58 2004 Subject: [edinburgh-pm] Passing through Message-ID: <20010807151831.A28724@mirth.demon.co.uk> Everything seems very quiet just now[0] so I'll chance my arm with this. I'll be spending next week working onsite somewhere in Edinburgh[1] so does anyone fancy a beer at some point? [0] http://edinburgh.pm.org/ has the next meeting as 18th November, 1999, which isn't overly encouraging. [1] I'm expecting a fuller briefing nearer the time, like where and all that jazz. -- Richard Clamp From sleepy_uk at hotmail.com Wed Aug 8 07:39:37 2001 From: sleepy_uk at hotmail.com (Scott McWhirter) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:00:58 2004 Subject: [edinburgh-pm] ullo all Message-ID: Hi, Just thought i'd introduce myself. I'm Scott and i'm currently living in belfast and signed up to the belfast-pm here. I'm hoping to move to edinburgh as soon as i can get a job. I'm a web developer by profession but i mainly use linux to play about with.... perl, servers etc. I'm fairly adept with apache and the like. So, hope i can help out. -- -Scott McWhirter- =0P "http://www.pixelcore.com" -kungfuftr- _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp From charlie at antipope.org Wed Aug 8 08:40:27 2001 From: charlie at antipope.org (Charlie Stross) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:00:58 2004 Subject: [edinburgh-pm] ullo all In-Reply-To: ; from sleepy_uk@hotmail.com on Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 12:39:37PM +0000 References: Message-ID: <20010808144027.A7247@antipope.org> On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 12:39:37PM +0000, Scott McWhirter wrote: > > Just thought i'd introduce myself. I'm Scott and i'm currently living in > belfast and signed up to the belfast-pm here. I'm hoping to move to > edinburgh as soon as i can get a job. I'm a web developer by profession but > i mainly use linux to play about with.... perl, servers etc. I'm fairly > adept with apache and the like. So, hope i can help out. Edinburgh.pm is very sleepy right now -- it had one inaugural meeting in November 1999 then went right back into hibernation! I think it's about time we had another one. Anyone else agree? (Don't everybody shout at once!) If so, I'll try to book some space. My first inclination is to grab the back room at the Holyrood Tavern for some evening -- acceptable beer, easy disabled access, etc. Does anyone know of any events that clash significantly with the first Wednesday of the month for a possible Edinburgh.pm repeating meet? -- Charlie (just back from YAPC::Europe) From michael at dcs.gla.ac.uk Wed Aug 8 09:28:47 2001 From: michael at dcs.gla.ac.uk (Michael Dales) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:00:58 2004 Subject: [edinburgh-pm] ullo all Message-ID: <200108081428.PAA01383@kettle.dcs.gla.ac.uk.dcs.gla.ac.uk> > I think it's about time we had another one. > > Anyone else agree? (Don't everybody shout at once!) If so, I'll try to > book some space. Sounds good to me. Sept 5th then? > -- Charlie (just back from YAPC::Europe) Show off :) -- Michael Dales --- email: michael@dcs.gla.ac.uk --- tel: +44 141 330 6297 Department of Computing Science, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ ------- End of Forwarded Message From greg at mccarroll.demon.co.uk Wed Aug 8 09:57:05 2001 From: greg at mccarroll.demon.co.uk (Greg McCarroll) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:00:58 2004 Subject: [edinburgh-pm] ullo all In-Reply-To: ; from sleepy_uk@hotmail.com on Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 12:39:37PM +0000 References: Message-ID: <20010808155705.A7624@mccarroll.demon.co.uk> * Scott McWhirter (sleepy_uk@hotmail.com) wrote: > Hi, > > Just thought i'd introduce myself. I'm Scott and i'm currently living in > belfast and signed up to the belfast-pm here. I'm hoping to move to > edinburgh as soon as i can get a job. I'm a web developer by profession but > i mainly use linux to play about with.... perl, servers etc. I'm fairly > adept with apache and the like. So, hope i can help out. > Hello, I'm Greg *shuffles nervously* I've used Perl for a while now, and its getting worse .... *looks around nervously* I lived in Edinburgh for a while but have moved down to London and been there fore a while now. *coughs* thats about it. -- Greg McCarroll http://217.34.97.146/~gem/ From michael at dcs.gla.ac.uk Wed Aug 8 09:55:25 2001 From: michael at dcs.gla.ac.uk (Michael Dales) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:00:58 2004 Subject: [edinburgh-pm] ullo all In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 08 Aug 2001 15:57:05 BST." <20010808155705.A7624@mccarroll.demon.co.uk> Message-ID: <200108081455.PAA01617@kettle.dcs.gla.ac.uk.dcs.gla.ac.uk> Ah well, if this is turning into a PA meeting... I'm Michael, and see Perl less as a scripting language, more as a way of life ;) I'm in Glasgow, but can easily be persuaded to visit Edinburgh if beer is involved. It is my belief that Perl code is self documenting as Perl is a natural first language, but occasionally needs translating into other language for less mortals. I worry that Perl 6 will screw up all my code. The Campaign for Real Perl starts here. I have discovered ePerl which allows me to use Perl as a hardware description language now - this is *very* useful. Oh, I probably count as a geek. Sorry. -- Michael Dales --- email: michael@dcs.gla.ac.uk --- tel: +44 141 330 6297 Department of Computing Science, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ From dave at dave.org.uk Wed Aug 8 10:44:37 2001 From: dave at dave.org.uk (Dave Cross) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:00:58 2004 Subject: [edinburgh-pm] ullo all Message-ID: <080801220.31470@webbox.com> From: Greg McCarroll Date: 8/8/01 3:57:05 PM > Hello, I'm Greg > > *shuffles nervously* > > I've used Perl for a while now, and its getting worse .... > > *looks around nervously* > > I lived in Edinburgh for a while but have moved down to > London and been there fore a while now. > > *coughs* > > thats about it. Hi, I'm Dave. I live in London and... er... lurk on the edinburgh.pm list because... er... well, for no apparent reason :) I'll be in Edinburgh for the last week of the Fringe so if anyone fancies a beer or three... I don't know if edinburgh.pm do technical meeting, but I could probably be talked in to giving a talk too if you wanted. Dave... -- "The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one", he said. But still they come. From richardc at unixbeard.net Wed Aug 8 11:16:10 2001 From: richardc at unixbeard.net (Richard Clamp) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:00:58 2004 Subject: [edinburgh-pm] ullo all In-Reply-To: <20010808144027.A7247@antipope.org> Message-ID: <20010808171610.A18743@mirth.demon.co.uk> On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 02:40:27PM +0100, Charlie Stross wrote: > Anyone else agree? (Don't everybody shout at once!) If so, I'll try to > book some space. I posted yesterday and nothing, today traffic - I could easily feel unloved[0]. Based in London, due to be in Edinburgh for 2 or 3 weeks, starting either next week or the one after[1]. They assure me I'll know at some point soon. [0] Easy there Greg :) [1] The end date is fixed, the start less so. -- Richard Clamp From greg at mccarroll.demon.co.uk Wed Aug 8 12:44:18 2001 From: greg at mccarroll.demon.co.uk (Greg McCarroll) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:00:58 2004 Subject: [edinburgh-pm] ullo all In-Reply-To: <20010808144027.A7247@antipope.org>; from charlie@antipope.org on Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 02:40:27PM +0100 References: <20010808144027.A7247@antipope.org> Message-ID: <20010808184418.A8835@mccarroll.demon.co.uk> * Charlie Stross (charlie@antipope.org) wrote: > > My first inclination is to grab the back room at the Holyrood Tavern > for some evening -- acceptable beer, easy disabled access, etc. Does > anyone know of any events that clash significantly with the first > Wednesday of the month for a possible Edinburgh.pm repeating meet? > give me a date -- Greg McCarroll http://217.34.97.146/~gem/ From eric_robertson at email.msn.com Wed Aug 8 13:33:55 2001 From: eric_robertson at email.msn.com (Eric Robertson) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:00:58 2004 Subject: [edinburgh-pm] Possible Meetings References: Message-ID: <08a401c12038$afdf7800$17471f3e@xps800> Hi everyone I'm Eric and live in Edinburgh. Have been working with Perl for about 2 years now, writing cgi scripts, and would welcome a chance to chat to other pm's over a beer or two. Had thought my name had been dropped from the list as have had no emails since March last year - glad that's not the case :) Charlie suggested the Holyrood Tavern on the first Wednesday in each month - can't think of any regular events that this might clash with. Eric. From michael at dcs.gla.ac.uk Wed Aug 8 13:38:57 2001 From: michael at dcs.gla.ac.uk (Michael Dales) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:00:58 2004 Subject: [edinburgh-pm] Possible Meetings In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 08 Aug 2001 19:33:55 BST." <08a401c12038$afdf7800$17471f3e@xps800> Message-ID: <200108081838.TAA02550@kettle.dcs.gla.ac.uk.dcs.gla.ac.uk> > Charlie suggested the Holyrood Tavern on the first Wednesday in each month - > can't think of any regular events that this might clash with. Okay, so Sept 5th, 7:30pm at the Holyrood Tavern? Can someone tell me where it is? I know Edinburgh okay (lived there for a few months), but haven't been to the Holyrood Tavern. Cheers, -- Michael From charlie at antipope.org Wed Aug 8 13:43:05 2001 From: charlie at antipope.org (Charlie Stross) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:00:58 2004 Subject: [edinburgh-pm] Possible Meetings In-Reply-To: <200108081838.TAA02550@kettle.dcs.gla.ac.uk.dcs.gla.ac.uk>; from michael@dcs.gla.ac.uk on Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 07:38:57PM +0100 References: <08a401c12038$afdf7800$17471f3e@xps800> <200108081838.TAA02550@kettle.dcs.gla.ac.uk.dcs.gla.ac.uk> Message-ID: <20010808194305.A8714@antipope.org> On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 07:38:57PM +0100, Michael Dales wrote: > > > Charlie suggested the Holyrood Tavern on the first Wednesday in each month - > > can't think of any regular events that this might clash with. > > Okay, so Sept 5th, 7:30pm at the Holyrood Tavern? Can someone tell me where it > is? I know Edinburgh okay (lived there for a few months), but haven't been to > the Holyrood Tavern. The Holyrood Tavern is just off the bottom of the Cowgate at 9A Holyrood Road, just round the corner from St Mary's Street and The Pleasance. Hold yer horses for a day or so and I'll go in and confirm that the back room can be booked! -- Charlie From greg at mccarroll.demon.co.uk Wed Aug 8 14:14:05 2001 From: greg at mccarroll.demon.co.uk (Greg McCarroll) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:00:58 2004 Subject: [edinburgh-pm] Possible Meetings In-Reply-To: <20010808194305.A8714@antipope.org>; from charlie@antipope.org on Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 07:43:05PM +0100 References: <08a401c12038$afdf7800$17471f3e@xps800> <200108081838.TAA02550@kettle.dcs.gla.ac.uk.dcs.gla.ac.uk> <20010808194305.A8714@antipope.org> Message-ID: <20010808201405.A9489@mccarroll.demon.co.uk> is this going to be this weekend? * Charlie Stross (charlie@antipope.org) wrote: > On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 07:38:57PM +0100, Michael Dales wrote: > > > > > Charlie suggested the Holyrood Tavern on the first Wednesday in each month - > > > can't think of any regular events that this might clash with. > > > > Okay, so Sept 5th, 7:30pm at the Holyrood Tavern? Can someone tell me where it > > is? I know Edinburgh okay (lived there for a few months), but haven't been to > > the Holyrood Tavern. > > The Holyrood Tavern is just off the bottom of the Cowgate at 9A Holyrood Road, > just round the corner from St Mary's Street and The Pleasance. > > Hold yer horses for a day or so and I'll go in and confirm that the back > room can be booked! > > > -- Charlie -- Greg McCarroll http://217.34.97.146/~gem/ "I love the Perl community" - Greg McCarroll From greg at mccarroll.demon.co.uk Wed Aug 8 14:48:48 2001 From: greg at mccarroll.demon.co.uk (Greg McCarroll) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:00:58 2004 Subject: [edinburgh-pm] ullo all In-Reply-To: <200108081428.PAA01383@kettle.dcs.gla.ac.uk.dcs.gla.ac.uk>; from michael@dcs.gla.ac.uk on Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 03:28:47PM +0100 References: <200108081428.PAA01383@kettle.dcs.gla.ac.uk.dcs.gla.ac.uk> Message-ID: <20010808204848.A9828@mccarroll.demon.co.uk> * Michael Dales (michael@dcs.gla.ac.uk) wrote: > > > I think it's about time we had another one. > > > > Anyone else agree? (Don't everybody shout at once!) If so, I'll try to > > book some space. > > Sounds good to me. Sept 5th then? > that is far enough in advance that i can consider it, i had got the impression a meeting would be sooner however > > -- Charlie (just back from YAPC::Europe) > > Show off :) he is such a show off, he really needs to humble himself quickly or his karma will be fscked, come on Charlie declare your from Glasgow quickly, that should increase your humility score ;-) Greg -- Greg McCarroll http://217.34.97.146/~gem/ "I love the Perl community" - Greg McCarroll From michael at dcs.gla.ac.uk Wed Aug 8 14:43:06 2001 From: michael at dcs.gla.ac.uk (Michael Dales) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:00:58 2004 Subject: [edinburgh-pm] ullo all In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 08 Aug 2001 20:48:48 BST." <20010808204848.A9828@mccarroll.demon.co.uk> Message-ID: <200108081943.UAA02784@kettle.dcs.gla.ac.uk.dcs.gla.ac.uk> > > > -- Charlie (just back from YAPC::Europe) > > > > Show off :) > > he is such a show off, he really needs to humble himself quickly or > his karma will be fscked, come on Charlie declare your from Glasgow > quickly, that should increase your humility score ;-) Now just one moment there... :) -- Michael Dales --- email: michael@dcs.gla.ac.uk --- tel: +44 141 330 6297 Department of Computing Science, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ From nicholaw at beaneater.org.uk Wed Aug 8 19:11:16 2001 From: nicholaw at beaneater.org.uk (Nicholas Wolverson) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:00:58 2004 Subject: [edinburgh-pm] ullo all In-Reply-To: <080801220.31470@webbox.com> References: <080801220.31470@webbox.com> Message-ID: <87wv4eay8r.fsf@dionysus.beaneater.org.uk> (This is not a top-post. You have been warned.) Well, since everybody's joining in, I might as well say a few words. I'm no Perl master. I'm a comp.sci. student at Edinburgh Uni, and Perl is, to me, the best way to get a result quickly and (relatively) painlessly, for most smallish scale stuff. Okay, I admit it, I just love crafting regexes. There. Anyway, I would probably go to regular meetings if they were resuscitated, although perhaps not until October. "Dave Cross" writes: [...] > Hi, I'm Dave. I live in London and... er... lurk on the > edinburgh.pm list because... er... well, for no apparent > reason :) Lurking is addictive. > I'll be in Edinburgh for the last week of the Fringe so if > anyone fancies a beer or three... Possibly, although Fri/Sat nights are bad for me. -- Nicholas Wolverson (beaneater) From michael at dcs.gla.ac.uk Thu Aug 30 18:18:46 2001 From: michael at dcs.gla.ac.uk (Michael Dales) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:00:58 2004 Subject: [edinburgh-pm] meeting on Sept 5th? Message-ID: <200108302318.AAA29834@kettle.dcs.gla.ac.uk.dcs.gla.ac.uk> Hi there, So, are we getting together on Sept 5th? -- Michael From faye at scotweb.ltd.uk Fri Aug 31 02:55:36 2001 From: faye at scotweb.ltd.uk (Faye Gibbins) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:00:58 2004 Subject: [edinburgh-pm] meeting on Sept 5th? References: <200108302318.AAA29834@kettle.dcs.gla.ac.uk.dcs.gla.ac.uk> Message-ID: <3B8F42F8.71FA2FA1@scotweb.ltd.uk> Michael Dales wrote: > > Hi there, > > So, are we getting together on Sept 5th? > > -- Michael ok but where? -- ____ \__/ Faye Gibbins faye@scotweb.ltd.uk / \ Programmer _ \__/ _ ================================================ \\ || // Scotweb Limited, info@scotweb.ltd.uk \\||// 13a Albert Terrace, http://www.scotweb.ltd.uk \||/ Edinburgh EH10 5EA Tel: +44 (0) 131 270 82 33 || Scotland. Europe. Fax: +44 (0) 7020 93 49 04 From jasper at abeleto.com Fri Aug 31 04:04:27 2001 From: jasper at abeleto.com (Jasper Sprengers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:00:58 2004 Subject: [edinburgh-pm] meeting on Sept 5th? References: <200108302318.AAA29834@kettle.dcs.gla.ac.uk.dcs.gla.ac.uk> <3B8F42F8.71FA2FA1@scotweb.ltd.uk> Message-ID: <006301c131fb$f2b64b70$0100a8c0@thinkpad> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Faye Gibbins" To: "Michael Dales" ; Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 8:55 AM Subject: Re: [edinburgh-pm] meeting on Sept 5th? > Michael Dales wrote: > > > > Hi there, > > > > So, are we getting together on Sept 5th? > > > > -- Michael > > ok but where? > > I thought it was going to be the Holyrood Tavern, wasn't it? > > -- > ____ > \__/ Faye Gibbins faye@scotweb.ltd.uk > / \ Programmer > _ \__/ _ ================================================ > \\ || // Scotweb Limited, info@scotweb.ltd.uk > \\||// 13a Albert Terrace, http://www.scotweb.ltd.uk > \||/ Edinburgh EH10 5EA Tel: +44 (0) 131 270 82 33 > || Scotland. Europe. Fax: +44 (0) 7020 93 49 04 > From faye at scotweb.ltd.uk Fri Aug 31 04:04:53 2001 From: faye at scotweb.ltd.uk (Faye Gibbins) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:00:58 2004 Subject: [edinburgh-pm] meeting on Sept 5th? References: <200108302318.AAA29834@kettle.dcs.gla.ac.uk.dcs.gla.ac.uk> <3B8F42F8.71FA2FA1@scotweb.ltd.uk> <006301c131fb$f2b64b70$0100a8c0@thinkpad> Message-ID: <3B8F5335.45973DB1@scotweb.ltd.uk> Jasper Sprengers wrote: > I thought it was going to be the Holyrood Tavern, wasn't it? That's great same night and place as EdG&R :-) good food too! Yours Faye -- ____ \__/ Faye Gibbins faye@scotweb.ltd.uk / \ Programmer _ \__/ _ ================================================ \\ || // Scotweb Limited, info@scotweb.ltd.uk \\||// 13a Albert Terrace, http://www.scotweb.ltd.uk \||/ Edinburgh EH10 5EA Tel: +44 (0) 131 270 82 33 || Scotland. Europe. Fax: +44 (0) 7020 93 49 04