From gwadej at anomaly.org Wed Jul 5 05:12:58 2006 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 07:12:58 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] Call for Proposals Message-ID: <20060705071258.1b1bdf81@sovvan> The Perl Foundation is requesting proposals for grants to fund work for the Perl community. Anyone have an interesting project that needs funding? http://news.perlfoundation.org/2006/07/call_for_proposals_perl_founda.html G. Wade -- Who knows what email lurks in the hearts of men? From jeremy at msc.tamu.edu Wed Jul 5 13:37:40 2006 From: jeremy at msc.tamu.edu (Jeremy Fluhmann) Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 15:37:40 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] Deadline for YAPC bid Message-ID: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D400@xchng.msc.tamu.edu> The deadline for submitting a bid for YAPC::NA 2007 is fast approaching. The Perl Foundation wants to have bids submitted by August 1st which is only about 26 days away. I will be trying to work out some 'financial' data for the proposal during the next week. I've added another link to a bid example on the wiki. I think I already sent it out to the list, but just in case, I've now put a link to it on the wiki. Thanks, Jeremy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.pm.org/mailman/private/houston/attachments/20060705/6fcf55f3/attachment.html From jeremy at msc.tamu.edu Fri Jul 7 08:51:11 2006 From: jeremy at msc.tamu.edu (Jeremy Fluhmann) Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 10:51:11 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] Rice alumni Message-ID: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D414@xchng.msc.tamu.edu> I've been contacting some people at Rice about having them as a possible venue for next year's YAPC::NA. One question that was asked of me is whether I know if any people from Rice are 'associated with' or 'active in' the Perl community. Are there any Rice alumni in the Houston PM group? Or, does anyone know if anyone associated with Rice is active in the Perl Community? I'm going to do a web search, but let me know if you know of someone. Thanks! Jeremy Jeremy Fluhmann Programmer/Analyst Memorial Student Center Texas A&M University 979-845-8893 jeremy at msc.tamu.edu This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail transmission in error, please notify me by telephone or via return e-mail and delete this e-mail from your system. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.pm.org/mailman/private/houston/attachments/20060707/98d6b5b8/attachment.html From gwadej at anomaly.org Fri Jul 7 15:55:21 2006 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 17:55:21 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] OSCON news from O'Reilly Message-ID: <20060707175521.71ef8e32@sovvan> ------------------------------ OSCON, Portland, OR--July 24-28 ------------------------------ The O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) is coming up soon in Portland, Oregon. Don't forget we're offering a special discount for user group members. Use code "os06dsug" when you register, and receive 15% off the early registration price. To register, go to: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/46/register.html ------------------------------ OSCON Exhibit Hall Passes Still Available ------------------------------ Don't have the budget or time for all of OSCON? You can register for a free Expo Hall pass: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/46/register.html The Expo Hall pass includes the following: -Entrance to the Exhibit Hall and all events held in the Exhibit Hall including the a reception on Wednesday, July 26 from 6:00pm-7:30pm. -Admission to the Products & Services track. -Admission to Vendor Presentations held in the Exhibit Hall. -Access to BOFs (http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/46/bof.html), evening events (http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/46/events.html), and community meetings. -Access to OSCAMP (http://oscamp.org/)--see below ------------------------------ OSCamp 2006 at OSCON, July 24-28 ------------------------------ OSCamp 2006, included with the free Expo Hall pass, is a grassroots cooperative effort with O'Reilly. OSCamp seeks to organize the fringe of activity that has grown up around OSCON during the last several years so the event can rock even more! Come together to network, write code, have fun and learn about the cool things that are afoot in the movement. Bring your friends and join a good party that's growing even better! OSCamp is an "open" space for meeting, for learning, for connecting, for writing code...with no limits or agendas. The only charge is to come and learn and contribute as much as you can. The agenda is created and modified "on the fly" by the participants. You can add to the agenda any issue of importance to you. It will be discussed and addressed to the greatest extent possible. All of the key points and next steps will be captured online at OSCamp.org so the entire Freedom/Libre/Open community can benefit from our work. Register by July 10 for the exhibit hall pass to be included in the snacks count for OSCAMP. http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/46/register.html and make sure you use the special code os06oscamp. For OSCAMP invitation, information, registration, and schedule, go to: http://oscamp.org/ ------------------------------ FOSCON II at Free Geek--July 26 ------------------------------ Looking for more special events in Portland? Check out FOSCON II: The Ruby Rodeo on Wednesday, July 26 at 7:30 pm at Free Geek, 1731 SE 10th Avenue, Portland, OR. For details, go to: http://blog.pdxruby.org/pages/foscon2006 ================================================================ O'Reilly 1005 Gravenstein Highway North Sebastopol, CA 95472 http://ug.oreilly.com/ http://ug.oreilly.com/creativemedia/ ================================================================ From gwadej at anomaly.org Sat Jul 8 08:32:53 2006 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2006 10:32:53 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] From the PM Groups list Message-ID: <20060708103253.7314a0cd@sovvan> It looks like the leader of the Omaha.pm group is organizing an order of Perl Monger T-shirts. The information is below. He has asked that each group have one contact person. So if you are interested, send me an email and I'll start collecting orders. G. Wade -------------- It's baaaack! Once every 2 years or so since 1996 one or more Perl Monger groups have banded together to place a t-shirt order. In 2004 the Omaha Perl Mongers and the SouthFlorida Perl Mongers ordered about 60 shirts. This is your chance for 2006/2007. (Unless you'd rather go it alone, of course. -grin-) Details: http://omaha.pm.org/shirts.shtml If you think your group might be interested please let me know. Once your groups' order is set send me the list and your mailing address (Federal Express). I can't track dozens of local individuals per group, so I'll be counting on group leaders for all local footwork. If you want a shipping quote let me know and I'll try to chase one down for you based on some estimated order size... Order cut off is August 8th, 1 month from today. Be the shwankiest geeks in your area! :) Cheerio, j From gwadej at anomaly.org Sun Jul 9 20:17:09 2006 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2006 22:17:09 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] July Meeting on Tuesday Message-ID: <20060709221709.3b3480ec@sovvan> This is the monthly reminder that our July meeting is on Tuesday at the normal place and time. Will Willis has agreed to talk about his adventures at YAPC::NA in Chicago and give us the details about running the conference. I look forward to see you there. G. Wade -- "And so it begins" -- Ambassador Kosh From jeremy at msc.tamu.edu Mon Jul 10 04:12:11 2006 From: jeremy at msc.tamu.edu (Jeremy Fluhmann) Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 06:12:11 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] July Meeting on Tuesday Message-ID: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF010083BD@xchng.msc.tamu.edu> As long as something doesn't change my plans, I'll be able to make the meeting. See you then Jeremy ________________________________ From: houston-bounces+jeremy=msc.tamu.edu at pm.org on behalf of G. Wade Johnson Sent: Sun 7/9/2006 10:17 PM To: Houston Perl Mongers Subject: [pm-h] July Meeting on Tuesday This is the monthly reminder that our July meeting is on Tuesday at the normal place and time. Will Willis has agreed to talk about his adventures at YAPC::NA in Chicago and give us the details about running the conference. I look forward to see you there. G. Wade -- "And so it begins" -- Ambassador Kosh _______________________________________________ Houston mailing list Houston at pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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From will.willis at gmail.com Mon Jul 10 09:30:11 2006 From: will.willis at gmail.com (Will Willis) Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:30:11 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] July Meeting on Tuesday In-Reply-To: <20060710065005.568a5c62@sovvan> References: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF010083BD@xchng.msc.tamu.edu> <20060710065005.568a5c62@sovvan> Message-ID: <6ee1e6090607100930y7808ef5bq95a6fe18fb5c5f4@mail.gmail.com> Have you ever been to a YAPC? (Yet Another Perl Conference) Would you like to hear 2 Houston.pm members' experiences at this year's YAPC in Chicago? Would you like to have a YAPC right here in Houston? Are you reading this email? If you've answered 'yes' to any of these questions then please come to the Houston.pm meeting this Tuesday! Jeremy and I will be sharing our experiences from this year's YAPC that took place 2 weeks ago in Chicago. We'll also discuss plans to put in a bid for (and eventually host) YAPC right here in Houston. This will be a Perl Mongers meeting you won't want to miss, so call the babysitter, start thinking up excuses for your spouse, boss, or whomever. Do whatever you've got to do to make it! Meeting location and times can be found at our website, http://houston.pm.org/ See you there! -Will On 7/10/06, G. Wade Johnson wrote: > On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 06:12:11 -0500 > "Jeremy Fluhmann" wrote: > > > As long as something doesn't change my plans, I'll be able to make the > > meeting. > > Great! Hope to see you there. > > G. Wade > -- > A tautology is a thing which is tautological. > _______________________________________________ > Houston mailing list > Houston at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > From jeremy at msc.tamu.edu Wed Jul 12 13:02:51 2006 From: jeremy at msc.tamu.edu (Jeremy Fluhmann) Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:02:51 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] FW: YAPC::NA 2007 in Houston Message-ID: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D433@xchng.msc.tamu.edu> Here's the e-mail from Pete that I mentioned last night at the meeting. Jeremy -----Original Message----- From: Pete Krawczyk [mailto:petek at ignore.us] Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 2:10 PM To: jfluhmann at tamu.edu Cc: josh at yapcchicago.org Subject: YAPC::NA 2007 in Houston Howdy! I went by and I thought I'd add some notes to your wiki at http://www.yapchouston.org/wiki/wiki.cgi - but I can't. The big things I want to mention are: Sponsorship shouldn't be included in your base proposal, so the chairs know you're relying on money you will have rather than money that may not show up. The biggest dock your proposal can take is not being "fiscally responsible" - so don't count on money you won't have. Part of the reason we were selected is because we based everything on what we could minimally do, and promised to expand it out from there. Explain your money - show every dollar - you'll be rewarded in the end for it. Plan on 50-75 people not paying: you'll want to give your speakers and volunteers "free admission". We didn't have a template for our proposal, so don't use it as an end-all reference. Make it distinctly yours, and you'll have a much better chance of being noticed. (We didn't even get to see prior proposals.) Pick someone to be czar. Josh was it for us this year, even though there were a couple of us in the middle of it. You can't spend all day bickering - at the end of the day you need to pick something and go to make it successful. Facilities: Make sure you count A/V costs, staffing costs, and things like that with your venue prices. These are things that are dropped "on the floor" in proposals that will show you've put a lot of effort and research into your proposal. The big thing is this: make it affordable, make it accessible, and base it on $100 a head - we were lucky to get the right to a price increase. It was the first one since YAPC 2001 - which went from $70 to $85. Sponsors: start early, look local. The "big ones" will show up when you poke them. But you need lots of sponsors. And know what they'll get if they sponsor you - have all the options available. Don't be afraid to shill a bit for a few extra bucks, but don't let a sponsor dictate anything about the conference to you, either. And for the record, our final YAPC cost will be around $35-40K. It's only because of sponsors that we'll be in the black this year. But the reason it costs so much is because we were able to get sponsors to cover a lot of our bigger costs before we decided to make them. For example, we found a place that would do a Chicago-style deep dish pizza buffet for about a third of our final choice - Dave & Busters. But because we had a couple sponsors step up, we could afford the latter in the end. Finally, come talk to me or Josh during your stay in Chicago. Sure, we'll be swamped, but there's no quicker way to know what you'll be getting into than to observe what we're doing those last few days. It took us 8 months to pull everything together - 8 months of almost daily attention, care and feeding. You'll have some help, but it'll be up to you and your core committee to make it happen. Good luck with your bid. -Pete K, YAPC::NA 2006 co-chair -- Pete Krawczyk petek at ignore dot us http://www.petekrawczyk.com/ From gwadej at anomaly.org Thu Jul 13 05:05:01 2006 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 07:05:01 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] OSCON Perl Foundation Booth - Volunteers? Message-ID: <20060713070501.4d99d2fc@sovvan> The Perl Foundation is going to have a table at OSCON again this year. Dave Adler (major name in the PerlMongers) has volunteered to wrangle volunteers. He is looking for volunteers to man the Perl Foundation booth during parts of the conference. Anyone who might be interested in going to OSCON and volunteering should mail and let him know. G. Wade -- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is. -- Jan L.A. van de Snepscheut From gwadej at anomaly.org Thu Jul 13 17:12:12 2006 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:12:12 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] Job lead Message-ID: <20060713191212.0ffbcede@sovvan> I've had a recruiter approach me about a Perl consultant position in Memphis. (Along with some Java consultant positions in the same location.) If anyone is interested, I can pass on the lead. (I don't think I'm likely to go to Memphis right now.) G. Wade -- The user's going to pick dancing pigs over security every time. -- Bruce Schneier From gwadej at anomaly.org Fri Jul 14 18:49:51 2006 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 20:49:51 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] New Windows-based Perl Distribution Message-ID: <20060714204951.197e5dff@sovvan> This is a Perl distribution and compiler combination intended to allow normal CPAN installation of modules. http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/12/148200 It is currently alpha software, but it may be interesting to some. G. Wade -- An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field. -- Niels Bohr From gwadej at anomaly.org Fri Jul 14 19:06:37 2006 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 21:06:37 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] Perl Mongers T-Shirts Message-ID: <20060714210637.6da7d83b@sovvan> I sent out a message a few days ago about Perl Mongers t-shirts organized by the Omaha.pm leader. (http://omaha.pm.org/shirts.shtml) I've gotten a little bit of interest, but I wanted to prod everyone again. In particular, I'd like to get the order together a little earlier than the deadline. That way I can send our order and verify before he places the real order. So, I will continue to take orders for the shirts until next Friday night (July 21). I'll send the order to Omaha.pm on Saturday morning. G. Wade -- Always hold a grudge. Keeps the memory sharp. -- Hagar the Horrible From will.willis at gmail.com Sat Jul 15 04:50:31 2006 From: will.willis at gmail.com (Will Willis) Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 06:50:31 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] Perl Mongers T-Shirts In-Reply-To: <20060714210637.6da7d83b@sovvan> References: <20060714210637.6da7d83b@sovvan> Message-ID: <6ee1e6090607150450t7b9f378enf911ecc5ea67cbc2@mail.gmail.com> 1 Small (Black) 1 XL (Black) So are you submitting an order for the group? How should we arrange payment? -Will On 7/14/06, G. Wade Johnson wrote: > I sent out a message a few days ago about Perl Mongers t-shirts organized by > the Omaha.pm leader. (http://omaha.pm.org/shirts.shtml) > > I've gotten a little bit of interest, but I wanted to prod everyone again. In > particular, I'd like to get the order together a little earlier than the > deadline. That way I can send our order and verify before he places the real > order. > > So, I will continue to take orders for the shirts until next Friday night > (July 21). I'll send the order to Omaha.pm on Saturday morning. > > G. Wade > -- > Always hold a grudge. Keeps the memory sharp. -- Hagar the Horrible > _______________________________________________ > Houston mailing list > Houston at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > From gwadej at anomaly.org Sat Jul 15 07:34:09 2006 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 09:34:09 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] Perl Mongers T-Shirts In-Reply-To: <6ee1e6090607150450t7b9f378enf911ecc5ea67cbc2@mail.gmail.com> References: <20060714210637.6da7d83b@sovvan> <6ee1e6090607150450t7b9f378enf911ecc5ea67cbc2@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20060715093409.575e9ee4@sovvan> On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 06:50:31 -0500 "Will Willis" wrote: > 1 Small (Black) > 1 XL (Black) I've got you on the list. > > So are you submitting an order for the group? How should we arrange payment? > > -Will Jay has requested that each group lead collect the orders and make a single order to him to simplify the effort. This also allows him to mail the shirts to a single location for a group. If the order is not too large, I figured I would pay for the group and people could pay me back when they get their shirt. If we end up with too big of an order, I might reconsider that. G. Wade -- Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it. -- Brian W. Kernighan From fraser at pobox.com Sat Jul 15 08:06:10 2006 From: fraser at pobox.com (Fraser Baker) Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 10:06:10 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] Perl Mongers T-Shirts In-Reply-To: <6ee1e6090607150450t7b9f378enf911ecc5ea67cbc2@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: I'd like a Medium one. I guess this will make me come to a meeting. Fraser Baker -----Original Message----- From: houston-bounces+fraser=pobox.com at pm.org [mailto:houston-bounces+fraser=pobox.com at pm.org] On Behalf Of Will Willis Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 6:51 AM To: Houston.pm located in Houston, TX. Subject: Re: [pm-h] Perl Mongers T-Shirts 1 Small (Black) 1 XL (Black) So are you submitting an order for the group? How should we arrange payment? -Will On 7/14/06, G. Wade Johnson wrote: > I sent out a message a few days ago about Perl Mongers t-shirts organized by > the Omaha.pm leader. (http://omaha.pm.org/shirts.shtml) > > I've gotten a little bit of interest, but I wanted to prod everyone again. In > particular, I'd like to get the order together a little earlier than the > deadline. That way I can send our order and verify before he places the real > order. > > So, I will continue to take orders for the shirts until next Friday night > (July 21). I'll send the order to Omaha.pm on Saturday morning. > > G. Wade > -- > Always hold a grudge. Keeps the memory sharp. -- Hagar the Horrible > _______________________________________________ > Houston mailing list > Houston at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > _______________________________________________ Houston mailing list Houston at pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston From gwadej at anomaly.org Sat Jul 15 09:00:18 2006 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 11:00:18 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] Perl Mongers T-Shirts In-Reply-To: <20060715151053.4BBCF17850@x6.develooper.com> References: <6ee1e6090607150450t7b9f378enf911ecc5ea67cbc2@mail.gmail.com> <20060715151053.4BBCF17850@x6.develooper.com> Message-ID: <20060715110018.0195f915@sovvan> Which color? On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 10:06:10 -0500 "Fraser Baker" wrote: > I'd like a Medium one. > > I guess this will make me come to a meeting. > > Fraser Baker > > -----Original Message----- > From: houston-bounces+fraser=pobox.com at pm.org > [mailto:houston-bounces+fraser=pobox.com at pm.org] On Behalf Of Will Willis > Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 6:51 AM > To: Houston.pm located in Houston, TX. > Subject: Re: [pm-h] Perl Mongers T-Shirts > > 1 Small (Black) > 1 XL (Black) > > So are you submitting an order for the group? How should we arrange payment? > > -Will > > > > On 7/14/06, G. Wade Johnson wrote: > > I sent out a message a few days ago about Perl Mongers t-shirts organized > by > > the Omaha.pm leader. (http://omaha.pm.org/shirts.shtml) > > > > I've gotten a little bit of interest, but I wanted to prod everyone again. > In > > particular, I'd like to get the order together a little earlier than the > > deadline. That way I can send our order and verify before he places the > real > > order. > > > > So, I will continue to take orders for the shirts until next Friday night > > (July 21). I'll send the order to Omaha.pm on Saturday morning. > > > > G. Wade > > -- > > Always hold a grudge. Keeps the memory sharp. -- Hagar the Horrible > > _______________________________________________ > > Houston mailing list > > Houston at pm.org > > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > > > _______________________________________________ > Houston mailing list > Houston at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > > _______________________________________________ > Houston mailing list > Houston at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > > -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. -- C. Titus Brown From fraser at pobox.com Sat Jul 15 13:00:40 2006 From: fraser at pobox.com (Fraser Baker) Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 15:00:40 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] Perl Mongers T-Shirts In-Reply-To: <20060715110018.0195f915@sovvan> Message-ID: Good question. Black will work. Fraser -----Original Message----- From: houston-bounces+fraser=pobox.com at pm.org [mailto:houston-bounces+fraser=pobox.com at pm.org] On Behalf Of G. Wade Johnson Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 11:00 AM To: Houston.pm located in Houston, TX. Subject: Re: [pm-h] Perl Mongers T-Shirts Which color? On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 10:06:10 -0500 "Fraser Baker" wrote: > I'd like a Medium one. > > I guess this will make me come to a meeting. > > Fraser Baker > > -----Original Message----- > From: houston-bounces+fraser=pobox.com at pm.org > [mailto:houston-bounces+fraser=pobox.com at pm.org] On Behalf Of Will Willis > Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 6:51 AM > To: Houston.pm located in Houston, TX. > Subject: Re: [pm-h] Perl Mongers T-Shirts > > 1 Small (Black) > 1 XL (Black) > > So are you submitting an order for the group? How should we arrange payment? > > -Will > > > > On 7/14/06, G. Wade Johnson wrote: > > I sent out a message a few days ago about Perl Mongers t-shirts organized > by > > the Omaha.pm leader. (http://omaha.pm.org/shirts.shtml) > > > > I've gotten a little bit of interest, but I wanted to prod everyone again. > In > > particular, I'd like to get the order together a little earlier than the > > deadline. That way I can send our order and verify before he places the > real > > order. > > > > So, I will continue to take orders for the shirts until next Friday night > > (July 21). I'll send the order to Omaha.pm on Saturday morning. > > > > G. Wade > > -- > > Always hold a grudge. Keeps the memory sharp. -- Hagar the Horrible > > _______________________________________________ > > Houston mailing list > > Houston at pm.org > > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > > > _______________________________________________ > Houston mailing list > Houston at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > > _______________________________________________ > Houston mailing list > Houston at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > > -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. -- C. Titus Brown _______________________________________________ Houston mailing list Houston at pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston From tigger at io.com Sat Jul 15 14:02:41 2006 From: tigger at io.com (Paul Archer) Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 16:02:41 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [pm-h] Perl Mongers T-Shirts In-Reply-To: <20060715151053.857291777E@x6.develooper.com> References: <20060715151053.857291777E@x6.develooper.com> Message-ID: <20060715160133.L76481@eris.io.com> Put me down for an XL in ash. Paul > > On 7/14/06, G. Wade Johnson wrote: >> I sent out a message a few days ago about Perl Mongers t-shirts organized > by >> the Omaha.pm leader. (http://omaha.pm.org/shirts.shtml) >> >> I've gotten a little bit of interest, but I wanted to prod everyone again. > In >> particular, I'd like to get the order together a little earlier than the >> deadline. That way I can send our order and verify before he places the > real >> order. >> >> So, I will continue to take orders for the shirts until next Friday night >> (July 21). I'll send the order to Omaha.pm on Saturday morning. >> >> G. Wade >> -- >> Always hold a grudge. Keeps the memory sharp. -- Hagar the Horrible >> _______________________________________________ >> Houston mailing list >> Houston at pm.org >> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston >> > _______________________________________________ > Houston mailing list > Houston at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > > _______________________________________________ > Houston mailing list > Houston at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > ------------------------------------------------------------ "They're willing to kill people. That makes them dangerous." --News announcer, about South American drug lords ------------------------------------------------------------ From gwadej at anomaly.org Sat Jul 15 16:04:47 2006 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 18:04:47 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] Perl Mongers T-Shirts In-Reply-To: <20060715160133.L76481@eris.io.com> References: <20060715151053.857291777E@x6.develooper.com> <20060715160133.L76481@eris.io.com> Message-ID: <20060715180447.2e5421de@sovvan> On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 16:02:41 -0500 (CDT) Paul Archer wrote: > Put me down for an XL in ash. Done. G. Wade -- Machines take me by surprise with great frequency. -- Alan Turing From gwadej at anomaly.org Sat Jul 15 16:04:54 2006 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 18:04:54 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] Perl Mongers T-Shirts In-Reply-To: <20060715200608.6A4AF1777E@x6.develooper.com> References: <20060715110018.0195f915@sovvan> <20060715200608.6A4AF1777E@x6.develooper.com> Message-ID: <20060715180454.64d5d87a@sovvan> On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 15:00:40 -0500 "Fraser Baker" wrote: > Good question. Black will work. Done -- Perl isn't really about safety. It's about getting where you're going, and enjoying the trip. It's more important to be a good driver than to have seven feet of sponge rubber all around your car. -- Larry Wall From gwadej at anomaly.org Sun Jul 16 06:16:59 2006 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 08:16:59 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] OSDC Israel 2007, Call for Participation Message-ID: <20060716081659.04bc48c2@sovvan> Another conference notice from the Perl Mongers admin list. G. Wade -------------- Call for Participation Please mark your calendars! The organizers of OSDC::Israel are glad to announce that the next conference will be held on 20-22 February 2007. There will be additional events such as tutorials and a Perl 6 hackathon near the main conference; the exact schedule will be announced in the next month or so. OSDC::Israel is an international conference for Open Source Developers, running now in its second year in this form and as Yet Another Perl Conference (YAPC) for the three years prior to that. The conference has attracted renowned speakers worldwide, such as Mark-Jason Dominus, Audrey Tang and Larry Wall. This year's conference is held in participation with ICSEM '07, the Israeli Conference of Software Engineering and Management. Our venue is the Netanya Academic College, which has already graciously hosted us last year. We would like to invite speakers, volunteers, attendees and sponsors. Guests We already have two guests: * Audrey Tang, of Perl fame, lead developer of Pugs * Zeev Suraski, the CTO of Zend, maker of PHP Speakers A detailed Call for Papers can be found on the conference web site (). If you believe you have something interesting to say about software development, deployment, or management, especially in the Open Source context, we would like to hear from you. Past topics included (but were not limited to): * Code techniques (Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby) * Powerful tools for any of the above * Interaction between technologies in Open Source * Software testing * Management techniques * How to make money from writing Open Source software * Future plans from language designers Main track talks will be 20, 45, or 90 minutes in length; in addition, there will be a lightning talk session intended for less experienced speakers or for those with small or humorous topics. Volunteers OSDC is a very low cost conference in the spirit of open participation and community sharing. One way of giving back to the community is to offer your time for any of these: * Design the web site of the conference - * Designing, printing, and distributing conference posters/flyers * Administrative help with billing * Production help (our interface to food, A/V, and other providers) * Assemble conference material * Docmaster (edit and produce conference proceedings) Any help you can give in one or more of these categories will be well appreciated! Attendees We are seeing a growing number of conference-goers, both from Israel and international guests. OSDC is growing nicely and we are happy for it! If you have any questions about arranging a visit to Israel please contact the organizers (see below). Tell and bring your friends! Sponsors OSDC is a gathering of highly skilled technological people. If you have benefited from the effort of Open Source people in the past, please consider sponsoring the event. We are not a commercial conference but your support will be acknowledged fairly. There is an option of a job fair this year; contact the organizers if your company is interested in participating. Communication: Mailing lists, wiki In order to ease communication the conference has two mailing lists: * Announcement list: * Discussion list: If you have not done so yet, please subscribe at least to the announcement list in order not to miss any important news. In addition we have a wiki: . The main conference web site: . Organizers Please direct all queries to organizers at osdc.org.il. -- Gabor Szabo Perl Training in Israel http://www.pti.co.il 08-975-2897 054-4624648 From gwadej at anomaly.org Mon Jul 17 20:46:12 2006 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:46:12 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] Fw: YAPC Houston Wiki Message-ID: <20060717224612.141bf4dd@sovvan> At the meeting last Tuesday, I promised to get a writeup on the website including the password for editing the wiki. Since I haven't managed to do that yet. I'm resending Will's message about the wiki: --------------------------- I've setup a wiki intended to keep track of all we're doing in preparation for YAPC Houston. This is my first wiki to ever set up, so if you encounter problems, please let me know. We can use this page to keep one another abreast of the progress we're making towards making YAPC Houston 2007 a reality. I'm not sure if we have a *leader* yet, but perhaps someone with some understanding of what all has been done and what yet needs to be done can begin documenting our progress (or lack thereof) on the wiki. I think once the group sees what's been done and what needs to be done it will help put everything into perspective, especially those of us new to conference organizing. Also it will give everyone an opportunity to take ownership of a task or two, spreading out the work among everyone that wants to participate. http://yapchouston.org/wiki/wiki.cgi The password for creating/editing content is 'halpc' -Will --------------------------- Sorry for the slow response, G. Wade -- They made a very satisfying thump when they hit the floor. -- G'Kar - "A Late Delivery from Avalon" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.pm.org/mailman/private/houston/attachments/20060717/dbbc9b61/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... 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Things I'm hoping to get done this week: * Transportation section * Catering information (snacks during conference, coffee, etc.) * Dining information (meal tickets, etc.) * fail-safe room options for Rice * UHD facility pricing (rooms) I doubt I'll get all of it done, but who knows. Well, g'night! Also, here is the link to the YAPC Conferences wiki that I mentioned at the meeting: http://www.jbisbee.com/yapc/index.cgi Jeremy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.pm.org/mailman/private/houston/attachments/20060718/4e0949a1/attachment.html From jeremy at msc.tamu.edu Tue Jul 18 12:25:27 2006 From: jeremy at msc.tamu.edu (Jeremy Fluhmann) Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 14:25:27 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] YAPC - Suggestions For Next Year link Message-ID: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D45A@xchng.msc.tamu.edu> Here's the link to the Chicago YAPC wiki about suggestions for next year. It probably doesn't provide us with anything for the proposal, but it will help with planning the actual conference. http://yapcchicago.org/wiki/index.cgi?SuggestionsForNextYear Jeremy Jeremy Fluhmann Programmer/Analyst Memorial Student Center Texas A&M University 979-845-8893 jeremy at msc.tamu.edu This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail transmission in error, please notify me by telephone or via return e-mail and delete this e-mail from your system. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.pm.org/mailman/private/houston/attachments/20060718/78b64deb/attachment.html From jeremy at msc.tamu.edu Thu Jul 20 14:26:58 2006 From: jeremy at msc.tamu.edu (Jeremy Fluhmann) Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:26:58 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] FW: [yapc] Can you make YAPC::NA happen next year? Message-ID: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D46E@xchng.msc.tamu.edu> August 1st is just around the corner! I'll try to send out an e-mail tonight or tomorrow listing what we have left to do. I'll be out of town the 28-30th, so I hope for us to have the document finished before then. Or, at least to a point where the document itself just needs to be reviewed and revised. I need someone (or a few people) to try and get some information from our possible venues: - Rice University - University of Houston Downtown - University of Houston (as a failsafe) - (possibly) The University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston (haven't been able to make contact yet) The information needed includes: - Foodservice pricing (campus catering, etc.) * Meals for attendees (breakfast x 3, lunch x 3, supper x 1) * Snacks for conference (coffee, juices, water, fruits, etc) - Audio/Visual equipment for conference rooms * I at least need a price sheet - Pricing and capacity for conference rooms - Pricing for dormitory rooms (41% of attendees stayed in dorms this year) - A contact person for the venue that can answer questions or point us to the right person I have the information for some of the venues, so if you would like to take a venue, let me know and I'll send you what information I have on it. Thanks, Jeremy -----Original Message----- From: yapc-bounces+jeremy=msc.tamu.edu at pm.org [mailto:yapc-bounces+jeremy=msc.tamu.edu at pm.org] On Behalf Of Jim Brandt Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 3:13 PM To: yapc at pm.org Subject: [yapc] Can you make YAPC::NA happen next year? Did you have fun at YAPC::NA this year? Did you learn something new about Perl and how to use it to make your job easier? Did you walk away thinking it just might be time for you to give something back to the Perl community, but you aren't quite ready to hack the Perl core? YAPC::NA happened this year because Josh and Pete and many more volunteers made it happen. And because of what they did, people were able to get together and help Perl. Can you be next? Check this out and get your bids in: http://news.perlfoundation.org/2006/07/reminder_yapcna_call_for_venue.ht ml Thanks, Jim -- Jim Brandt Conferences Chair The Perl Foundation _______________________________________________ yapc mailing list yapc at pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/yapc From jeremy at msc.tamu.edu Fri Jul 21 11:59:46 2006 From: jeremy at msc.tamu.edu (Jeremy Fluhmann) Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 13:59:46 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] FW: Perl conference at Rice Message-ID: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D47A@xchng.msc.tamu.edu> Rice might be a no-go (see messages below). We can probably still include them, but note on the proposal that they are changing policies which might affect using them as a venue. If we win the bid for hosting, we should know after September if Rice is still an option. That should leave plenty of time to use one of our other proposed venues. At the HostYetAnotherPerlConferenceBOF (at this year's YAPC), they mentioned that they're flexible. If we say Rice is our top choice, but something happens and we are not able to use Rice, that's fine as long as we have somewhere else that we can use. Although, after receiving the message from Colleen, Rice will probably not be a top pick. -----Original Message----- From: Colleen Morimoto [mailto:morimoto at rice.edu] Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 1:28 PM To: Jeremy Fluhmann Cc: Mark Ditman; Rick Peterson Subject: Re: Perl conference at Rice Dear Jeremy: I checked with the Lue (pronounced Lou) Vega, the reservationist, for the Student Center for the dates you mention. The June 18-22 dates are available at this time. You many wish to call her and talk to her about your needs. 713-348-3778. Rice rents the Student Center out all the time. There is, however, a problem that you should consider. If there is a department sponsored conference or event, you would lose your booking as Rice projects would take preference. And, because you are requesting the use of the dorms and IT services, this request is also problematic because we are in the process of forming new policies regarding summer programs in general. These policies would affect what services and spaces would be available during the summer to groups outside Rice, including the availability of dorm space for non-Rice sponsored conferences. I would suggest you wait a bit and/or consider alternative spaces. Thanks for your patience. Essentially, we are having a brief moratorium on decisions on Summer 2007 programs and conference requests. But, if you still decide you want to try to use Rice as a conference venue, let me know. And, I'll let you know when the policies are decided. We are aiming for a mid to late Sept. decision and polices for summer programs and conferences. ( I am copying Rick Peterson (IT) and Mark Ditman (Housing and Dining). Best wishes, Colleen Colleen F. Morimoto Office of the Provost - MS 2 | Rice University | 713.348.8202 | 713.348.5971 (fax) On Jul 21, 2006, at 8:09 AM, Jeremy Fluhmann wrote: Dear Colleen, Thank you for the quick response. I appreciate your help with this. The dates being considered are three days for the conference during the week of June 18th - 22nd, or June 25th - 29th. We would prefer either a Mon-Wed, or a Wed-Fri. The dates are flexible, but those are historically the dates of the conference. We've considered utilizing the Student Center as an option with the Grand hall for the main assembly (400 lecture capacity) and Sammy's and Willy's Pub for the other tracks, but I wasn't sure this was the best option. Yes, we would also need IT services. Would I be able to Rick Peterson to get an idea of pricing? The main stage that we're at now is writing the proposal to host the conference in Houston. It will be submitted by August 1st, with an announcement of the winning bid around Sept. 1st. Dates and venue are flexible, so if Rice is an option, I mainly need to be able to detail costs and options in the proposal. This year's conference budget total was $40,000, but much of it was due to a large amount of sponsorship. If the Shepherd School 'might' be an option, I can give you a more accurate budget number (~$10k-$15k without sponsorship) and we can see if our budget can afford it. If the Student Center seems like it might be a good option, please let me know. Again, thank you for your help! Jeremy Fluhmann ________________________________ From: Colleen Morimoto [mailto:morimoto at rice.edu] Sent: Thu 7/20/2006 11:57 PM To: Jeremy Fluhmann Cc: Rick Peterson Subject: Fwd: Perl conference at Rice Dear Jeremy: Rice is looking at a new system/plan for coordinating summer programs, but in the meantime, I'll try to help you. First of all, please let me know your preferred dates for your conference and the purpose. We are very pressed for space during the summer due to grant-related outreach programs, teacher training programs, and other outreach activities. Also, summer is the time when we do major repairs and upgrades to the classrooms. I'll have to investigate if we even have an auditorium that would accommodate your large group. The Shepherd School has a big auditorium, 800+ capacity, but it is very expensive to rent because it's a performance venue. Depending on the dates, housing and dining might be able to provide dorm space for you, and we do have catering services on campus, although it is small and easily overwhelmed. Unfortunately, classrooms that would accommodate 50, 75 or 250 are very few. Would you require IT services? I believe you know Rick Peterson. So, as a start, please tell me your dates. Best wishes, Colleen Colleen F. 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From gwadej at anomaly.org Sat Jul 22 08:43:28 2006 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 10:43:28 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] July Presentation notes are up Message-ID: <20060722104328.68dee7d7@sovvan> Sorry it took so long. But the July presentation notes are now up on http://houston.pm.org/ under "Most Recent Meeting". This includes the information about the YAPC::NA wiki access. G. Wade -- Cannot say. Saying I would know, do not know, so cannot say. -- Zathras - "The War without End" From gwadej at anomaly.org Sun Jul 23 18:34:01 2006 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 20:34:01 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] August meeting Message-ID: <20060723203401.58751e39@sovvan> While updating the site, I realized that we don't have a topic chosen for the August meeting. Any volunteers? Any suggestions? G. Wade -- There are 2 possible outcomes: If the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery. -- Enrico Fermi From robo4288 at gmail.com Mon Jul 24 10:25:47 2006 From: robo4288 at gmail.com (Robert Boone) Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:25:47 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] August meeting In-Reply-To: <20060723203401.58751e39@sovvan> References: <20060723203401.58751e39@sovvan> Message-ID: <435624390607241025w4e78efd8o8dfc3c8421710783@mail.gmail.com> Well, no one has any objections I would like talk about perl 6. It wouldn't be too in depth more of an intro to perl 6 with a some examples ran on pugs. Would that be interesting to anyone? Robert On 7/23/06, G. Wade Johnson wrote: > While updating the site, I realized that we don't have a topic chosen for the > August meeting. > > Any volunteers? > Any suggestions? > > G. Wade > -- > There are 2 possible outcomes: If the result confirms the hypothesis, then > you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, > then you've made a discovery. -- Enrico Fermi > _______________________________________________ > Houston mailing list > Houston at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > From tigger at io.com Mon Jul 24 10:30:01 2006 From: tigger at io.com (Paul Archer) Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:30:01 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [pm-h] August meeting In-Reply-To: <435624390607241025w4e78efd8o8dfc3c8421710783@mail.gmail.com> References: <20060723203401.58751e39@sovvan> <435624390607241025w4e78efd8o8dfc3c8421710783@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20060724122740.H70273@fnord.io.com> That sounds great! I'd love to get a little insight into Perl 6, and see a few examples. I don't know how usable it is, but besides examples that show new features, I really like examples that show how things are (or should be) easier in the new version. (IE "This task would take 15 lines of code in Perl 5, but only 8 in Perl 6.") Paul 12:25pm, Robert Boone wrote: > Well, no one has any objections I would like talk about perl 6. It > wouldn't be too in depth more of an intro to perl 6 with a some > examples ran on pugs. Would that be interesting to anyone? > > Robert > > On 7/23/06, G. Wade Johnson wrote: >> While updating the site, I realized that we don't have a topic chosen for the >> August meeting. >> >> Any volunteers? >> Any suggestions? >> >> G. Wade >> -- >> There are 2 possible outcomes: If the result confirms the hypothesis, then >> you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, >> then you've made a discovery. -- Enrico Fermi >> _______________________________________________ >> Houston mailing list >> Houston at pm.org >> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston >> > _______________________________________________ > Houston mailing list > Houston at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > ------------------------------------------ Q: What is the definition of a tachyon? A: It's a gluon that's not completely dry. ------------------------------------------ From robo4288 at gmail.com Mon Jul 24 10:46:17 2006 From: robo4288 at gmail.com (Robert Boone) Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:46:17 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] August meeting In-Reply-To: <20060724122740.H70273@fnord.io.com> References: <20060723203401.58751e39@sovvan> <435624390607241025w4e78efd8o8dfc3c8421710783@mail.gmail.com> <20060724122740.H70273@fnord.io.com> Message-ID: <435624390607241046l30932f38gd2062b0de139b1@mail.gmail.com> I will give a shot then... Robert On 7/24/06, Paul Archer wrote: > That sounds great! I'd love to get a little insight into Perl 6, and see a > few examples. > I don't know how usable it is, but besides examples that show new features, > I really like examples that show how things are (or should be) easier in the > new version. (IE "This task would take 15 lines of code in Perl 5, but only > 8 in Perl 6.") > > Paul > > > 12:25pm, Robert Boone wrote: > > > Well, no one has any objections I would like talk about perl 6. It > > wouldn't be too in depth more of an intro to perl 6 with a some > > examples ran on pugs. Would that be interesting to anyone? > > > > Robert > > > > On 7/23/06, G. Wade Johnson wrote: > >> While updating the site, I realized that we don't have a topic chosen for the > >> August meeting. > >> > >> Any volunteers? > >> Any suggestions? > >> > >> G. Wade > >> -- > >> There are 2 possible outcomes: If the result confirms the hypothesis, then > >> you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, > >> then you've made a discovery. -- Enrico Fermi > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Houston mailing list > >> Houston at pm.org > >> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Houston mailing list > > Houston at pm.org > > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > > > > > > ------------------------------------------ > Q: What is the definition of a tachyon? > A: It's a gluon that's not completely dry. > ------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Houston mailing list > Houston at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > From gwadej at anomaly.org Mon Jul 24 16:06:28 2006 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:06:28 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] August meeting In-Reply-To: <435624390607241046l30932f38gd2062b0de139b1@mail.gmail.com> References: <20060723203401.58751e39@sovvan> <435624390607241025w4e78efd8o8dfc3c8421710783@mail.gmail.com> <20060724122740.H70273@fnord.io.com> <435624390607241046l30932f38gd2062b0de139b1@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20060724180628.51b79d97@sovvan> So, can I put you down for Aug. 8? G. Wade On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:46:17 -0500 "Robert Boone" wrote: > I will give a shot then... > > Robert > > On 7/24/06, Paul Archer wrote: > > That sounds great! I'd love to get a little insight into Perl 6, and see a > > few examples. > > I don't know how usable it is, but besides examples that show new > > features, I really like examples that show how things are (or should be) > > easier in the new version. (IE "This task would take 15 lines of code in > > Perl 5, but only 8 in Perl 6.") > > > > Paul > > > > > > 12:25pm, Robert Boone wrote: > > > > > Well, no one has any objections I would like talk about perl 6. It > > > wouldn't be too in depth more of an intro to perl 6 with a some > > > examples ran on pugs. Would that be interesting to anyone? > > > > > > Robert > > > > > > On 7/23/06, G. Wade Johnson wrote: > > >> While updating the site, I realized that we don't have a topic chosen > > >for the> August meeting. > > >> > > >> Any volunteers? > > >> Any suggestions? > > >> > > >> G. Wade > > >> -- > > >> There are 2 possible outcomes: If the result confirms the hypothesis, > > >then> you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the > > >hypothesis,> then you've made a discovery. -- > > >Enrico Fermi> _______________________________________________ > > >> Houston mailing list > > >> Houston at pm.org > > >> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Houston mailing list > > > Houston at pm.org > > > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------ > > Q: What is the definition of a tachyon? > > A: It's a gluon that's not completely dry. > > ------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > > Houston mailing list > > Houston at pm.org > > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > > > _______________________________________________ > Houston mailing list > Houston at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > > -- Contrary to popular opinion, the plural of 'anecdote' is not 'fact'. From robo4288 at gmail.com Mon Jul 24 16:07:36 2006 From: robo4288 at gmail.com (Robert Boone) Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:07:36 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] August meeting In-Reply-To: <20060724180628.51b79d97@sovvan> References: <20060723203401.58751e39@sovvan> <435624390607241025w4e78efd8o8dfc3c8421710783@mail.gmail.com> <20060724122740.H70273@fnord.io.com> <435624390607241046l30932f38gd2062b0de139b1@mail.gmail.com> <20060724180628.51b79d97@sovvan> Message-ID: <435624390607241607o50545075m656d3f588907c435@mail.gmail.com> Yes, go ahead and mark me for the 8th... Robert On 7/24/06, G. Wade Johnson wrote: > So, can I put you down for Aug. 8? > > G. Wade > > On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:46:17 -0500 > "Robert Boone" wrote: > > > I will give a shot then... > > > > Robert > > > > On 7/24/06, Paul Archer wrote: > > > That sounds great! I'd love to get a little insight into Perl 6, and see a > > > few examples. > > > I don't know how usable it is, but besides examples that show new > > > features, I really like examples that show how things are (or should be) > > > easier in the new version. (IE "This task would take 15 lines of code in > > > Perl 5, but only 8 in Perl 6.") > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > 12:25pm, Robert Boone wrote: > > > > > > > Well, no one has any objections I would like talk about perl 6. It > > > > wouldn't be too in depth more of an intro to perl 6 with a some > > > > examples ran on pugs. Would that be interesting to anyone? > > > > > > > > Robert > > > > > > > > On 7/23/06, G. Wade Johnson wrote: > > > >> While updating the site, I realized that we don't have a topic chosen > > > >for the> August meeting. > > > >> > > > >> Any volunteers? > > > >> Any suggestions? > > > >> > > > >> G. Wade > > > >> -- > > > >> There are 2 possible outcomes: If the result confirms the hypothesis, > > > >then> you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the > > > >hypothesis,> then you've made a discovery. -- > > > >Enrico Fermi> _______________________________________________ > > > >> Houston mailing list > > > >> Houston at pm.org > > > >> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > > > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Houston mailing list > > > > Houston at pm.org > > > > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------ > > > Q: What is the definition of a tachyon? > > > A: It's a gluon that's not completely dry. > > > ------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Houston mailing list > > > Houston at pm.org > > > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Houston mailing list > > Houston at pm.org > > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > > > > > > > -- > Contrary to popular opinion, the plural of 'anecdote' is not 'fact'. > _______________________________________________ > Houston mailing list > Houston at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > From gwadej at anomaly.org Mon Jul 24 18:26:33 2006 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 20:26:33 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] August meeting In-Reply-To: <435624390607241607o50545075m656d3f588907c435@mail.gmail.com> References: <20060723203401.58751e39@sovvan> <435624390607241025w4e78efd8o8dfc3c8421710783@mail.gmail.com> <20060724122740.H70273@fnord.io.com> <435624390607241046l30932f38gd2062b0de139b1@mail.gmail.com> <20060724180628.51b79d97@sovvan> <435624390607241607o50545075m656d3f588907c435@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20060724202633.3512cb8c@sovvan> On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:07:36 -0500 "Robert Boone" wrote: > Yes, go ahead and mark me for the 8th... The site has been updated. Thanks for volunteering, I'm looking forward to hearing about Perl 6. G. Wade -- If there's no problem, there's no solution. -- Rick Hoselton From mikeflan at earthlink.net Tue Jul 25 03:10:12 2006 From: mikeflan at earthlink.net (Mike Flannigan) Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 05:10:12 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] July Presentation notes are up References: <20060722104328.68dee7d7@sovvan> Message-ID: <44C5EE04.A105FBEA@earthlink.net> "G. Wade Johnson" wrote: > Sorry it took so long. But the July presentation notes are now up on > http://houston.pm.org/ under "Most Recent Meeting". This includes the > information about the YAPC::NA wiki access. > > G. Wade That website is very nice. The group project turned out very nice also. Keep up the good work. I recommend we include our web page link on every meeting notice to the list. Mike From gwadej at anomaly.org Tue Jul 25 04:54:43 2006 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 06:54:43 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] July Presentation notes are up In-Reply-To: <44C5EE04.A105FBEA@earthlink.net> References: <20060722104328.68dee7d7@sovvan> <44C5EE04.A105FBEA@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <20060725065443.2ffa0fc7@sovvan> On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 05:10:12 -0500 Mike Flannigan wrote: > > "G. Wade Johnson" wrote: > > > Sorry it took so long. But the July presentation notes are now up on > > http://houston.pm.org/ under "Most Recent Meeting". This includes the > > information about the YAPC::NA wiki access. > > > > G. Wade > > That website is very nice. The group project turned out > very nice also. Keep up the good work. > > I recommend we include our web page link on every > meeting notice to the list. Good idea. G. Wade -- "Very sad life. Probably also have sad death. But at least there is symmetry." -- Zathras From jeremy at msc.tamu.edu Tue Jul 25 22:30:10 2006 From: jeremy at msc.tamu.edu (Jeremy Fluhmann) Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 00:30:10 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] YAPC Houston proposal Message-ID: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF01399C94@xchng.msc.tamu.edu> I haven't finished, but here's what I have so far. Please feel free to send me thoughts, ideas, modifications, comments, questions, etc. We will probably have some information for UH-Downtown in the next few days. I know that the University of Houston (central campus) wasn't our first choice, but they were the most responsive and provided the most available information. Jeremy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.pm.org/mailman/private/houston/attachments/20060726/9ffc60b1/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Houston proposal.doc Type: application/msword Size: 89088 bytes Desc: Houston proposal.doc Url : http://mail.pm.org/mailman/private/houston/attachments/20060726/9ffc60b1/attachment-0001.doc From gwadej at anomaly.org Wed Jul 26 05:31:14 2006 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 07:31:14 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] YAPC Houston proposal In-Reply-To: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF01399C94@xchng.msc.tamu.edu> References: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF01399C94@xchng.msc.tamu.edu> Message-ID: <20060726073114.51e4456b@sovvan> On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 00:30:10 -0500 "Jeremy Fluhmann" wrote: > I haven't finished, but here's what I have so far. Please feel free to send > me thoughts, ideas, modifications, comments, questions, etc. We will > probably have some information for UH-Downtown in the next few days. I know > that the University of Houston (central campus) wasn't our first choice, but > they were the most responsive and provided the most available information. Great Job, Jeremy. Here are some more items for the Musems section: * Museum of Printing History http://www.printingmuseum.org/ * Childrens Museum http://www.cmhouston.org/ * The Health Museum http://www.mhms.org/ The Children's museum may be a good thing to highlight for those who might have kids on vacation with them. G. Wade -- There are trivial truths and there are great Truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is obviously false. The opposite of a great Truth is also true. -- Neils Bohr From jeremy at msc.tamu.edu Mon Jul 31 08:08:06 2006 From: jeremy at msc.tamu.edu (Jeremy Fluhmann) Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 10:08:06 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] finalizing yapc bid Message-ID: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D496@xchng.msc.tamu.edu> Hey everyone, The bid for hosting YAPC::NA 2007 is almost complete! The only pieces I lack are (minus formatting and minor editing): * Overview - why Houston and a brief overview of Houston * General Introduction to Tourist Attractions - I figured this is where we can mention NASA (also mention in the Overview), Galveston, etc. and give a brief introduction to visiting Houston. The proposal is due by tomorrow, so please offer any thoughts, comments, or recommendations for the above two items. Here's to bringing YAPC to Houston! Jeremy Jeremy Fluhmann Programmer/Analyst Memorial Student Center Texas A&M University 979-845-8893 jeremy at msc.tamu.edu This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. 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Message-ID: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D496 at xchng.msc.tamu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hey everyone, The bid for hosting YAPC::NA 2007 is almost complete! The only pieces I lack are (minus formatting and minor editing): * Overview - why Houston and a brief overview of Houston * General Introduction to Tourist Attractions - I figured this is where we can mention NASA (also mention in the Overview), Galveston, etc. and give a brief introduction to visiting Houston. The proposal is due by tomorrow, so please offer any thoughts, comments, or recommendations for the above two items. Here's to bringing YAPC to Houston! Jeremy Jeremy Fluhmann Programmer/Analyst Memorial Student Center Texas A&M University 979-845-8893 jeremy at msc.tamu.edu This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential. 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