From gwadej at anomaly.org Fri Jun 8 05:24:52 2007 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 07:24:52 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] YAPC Meeting today at UH Message-ID: <20070608072452.0bca1cb5@sovvan> The main YAPC Houston committee will be meeting at UH at 3pm to go over the facilities and nail down a few outstanding issues. We will be adjourning after the meeting (probably sometime around 5pm) to get food. We hope to meet at one of the potential venues for the auction or arrival dinner. If you are interested in volunteering to help out in any of the remaining items for YAPC, please contact me or come to the meeting. Remember, the conference is in less than three weeks. Also, don't forget to register. You won't often get a chance to meet all of these people in our own city. G. Wade -- Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. -- Donald Knuth From fluhmann at gmail.com Sun Jun 10 00:07:20 2007 From: fluhmann at gmail.com (Jeremy Fluhmann) Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 02:07:20 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] training classes post-yapc Message-ID: <7f7c2d5e0706100007j658bf43eyfbb4f5739b104d33@mail.gmail.com> Following this year's YAPC::NA in Houston, Stonehenge Consulting is offering two 2-day training sessions at prices well under market value. brian d foy will be offering two days of Intermediate Perl with Randal Schwartz covering Perl Best Practices and Persistent Perl Data. Visit the Master Class page on the YAPC website to find out more - http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/master.html Each two day session will be $200. You need not attend YAPC to take the Master Classes. If you've ever wanted Perl training by World-class trainers (they actually wrote the books on the subjects), now is your chance to get it at a fraction of the normal price. Don't let this opportunity pass you by. Act now and guarantee your seat! Thanks, Jeremy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.pm.org/mailman/private/houston/attachments/20070610/4bc2aa64/attachment.html From gwadej at anomaly.org Sun Jun 10 08:13:23 2007 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:13:23 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] June Perl Meeting Message-ID: <20070610101323.00a6e766@sovvan> I'm sorry I haven't sent out anything this month on the meeting. We have been swamped trying to get ready for YAPC::NA. The conference is in about 2 weeks and we are still nailing down the details. If you aer interested in coming to the conference, don't forget to register: http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/ For lack of a better idea, I'm going to suggest that we meet at the Bennigan's at Kirby and 59 the way we have for the last few meetings. The topic this time will be YAPC. If you would just like to hear where we are in the process, come to the meeting. If you are planning to be at the conference and would like to volunteer to help come to the meeting, send me email, or both. We'll probably discuss a few other topics, but YAPC will be a big topic this month. G. Wade -- Perl's grammar can not be reduced to BNF. The work of parsing perl is distributed between yacc, the lexer, smoke and mirrors. -- Chaim Frenkel From gwadej at anomaly.org Mon Jun 11 20:36:30 2007 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:36:30 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] Tuesday night's meeting. Message-ID: <20070611223630.330ed56d@sovvan> Just a reminder to everyone that the June meeting will again be at the Bennigan's at Kirby and 59. We'll talk about YAPC as well as anything else that sounds interesting. If you are interested in volunteering for some of the items remaining to be dome for YAPC, now would be a good time to let us know. G. Wade -- Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius, and a lot of courage, to move in the opposite direction. -- Albert Einstein From gwadej at anomaly.org Tue Jun 12 07:52:38 2007 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:52:38 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] Meeting tonight. Message-ID: <20070612095238.6aa69818@sovvan> I forgot to tell everyone I would be at the Bennigan's around 6 pm. See you there. G. Wade -- Systems develop goals of their own the instant they come into being. -- John Gall From gwadej at anomaly.org Tue Jun 12 20:29:03 2007 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:29:03 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] Fw: [pm_groups] yapc-na 2007 is almost here Message-ID: <20070612222903.3de7ca7a@sovvan> Begin forwarded message: Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:07:48 -0500 From: "Jeremy Fluhmann" To: pm_groups at pm.org Subject: [pm_groups] yapc-na 2007 is almost here Please disseminate to your Perl Monger groups and any other groups that you are a part of that may be interested in attending. YAPC::NA 2007 is only 13 days away! If you haven't already registered, it's not too late! Visit the YAPC::NA website ( http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007) to get registered. Don't miss out on the largest Perl gathering of North America! On campus housing wants final numbers on June 15. Don't wait until the last minute! ACT now! For one easy payment of just $100 you'll get: - Three days packed with 36 hours of talks - Opportunities to meet various members of the Perl community - Chance to attend a variety of Birds of a Feather sessions(BOFs) - Conference T-shirt - Swag bag full of all sorts of goodies (including a particular Perl magazine ) - A night of gaming fun and Glow Bowling at the UC Games Room (more information coming soon) - Dinner at the Tuesday night Banquet - Texas Barbecue themed - Face time with potential employers at the Job Fair - Updates on major Perl projects - Keynotes by The Perl Foundation and Larry Wall himself Plus, for $200 more dollars, we'll throw in two extra days of Perl! That's right, following the conference, Stonehenge is offering two 2-day training sessions at prices well under market value. brian d foy will be offering two days of Intermeidate Perl with Randal Schwartz covering Perl Best Practices and Persistent Perl Data. Visit the Master Class page on the YAPC to find out more - http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/master.html Don't have $200, but still want more Perl? Then stay for the Hackathon! Two days of hacking fun and helping out on various projects. There's a wiki page on the site for signing up - http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/wiki?node=Hackathon See you in Houston! Thanks, Jeremy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.pm.org/mailman/private/houston/attachments/20070612/59051cfa/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- -- Request pm.org Technical Support via support at pm.org pm_groups mailing list pm_groups at pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/pm_groups From rlharris at oplink.net Tue Jun 12 22:15:41 2007 From: rlharris at oplink.net (Russell L. Harris) Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:15:41 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] which book to buy? Message-ID: <20070613051541.GB4582@cromwell.tmiaf> Which of the following books would best complement Learning Perl and the Perl Cookbook? => Intermediate Perl => Advanced Perl Programming => Perl Best Practices The motivation for purchasing the third book is to get free shipping on the Perl Cookbook, which I am about to order. From gwadej at anomaly.org Wed Jun 13 05:13:25 2007 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:13:25 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] which book to buy? In-Reply-To: <20070613051541.GB4582@cromwell.tmiaf> References: <20070613051541.GB4582@cromwell.tmiaf> Message-ID: <20070613071325.67299c32@sovvan> On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:15:41 -0500 "Russell L. Harris" wrote: > Which of the following books would best complement Learning Perl > and the Perl Cookbook? > > => Intermediate Perl > > => Advanced Perl Programming > > => Perl Best Practices If you read this one, I would definitely suggest the module Perl::Critic to test the policies and specify their weight. We had a talk about this that should be on the web site. > > The motivation for purchasing the third book is to get free shipping > on the Perl Cookbook, which I am about to order. G. Wade -- They made a very satisfying thump when they hit the floor. -- G'Kar - "A Late Delivery from Avalon" From fluhmann at gmail.com Wed Jun 13 06:02:31 2007 From: fluhmann at gmail.com (Jeremy Fluhmann) Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:02:31 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] which book to buy? In-Reply-To: <20070613051541.GB4582@cromwell.tmiaf> References: <20070613051541.GB4582@cromwell.tmiaf> Message-ID: <7f7c2d5e0706130602y5d065e6bg18bd2aeac38f2cfa@mail.gmail.com> On 6/13/07, Russell L. Harris wrote: > > Which of the following books would best complement Learning Perl > and the Perl Cookbook? > > => Intermediate Perl I like this one. => Advanced Perl Programming > > => Perl Best Practices I like this one, too. The motivation for purchasing the third book is to get free shipping > on the Perl Cookbook, which I am about to order. Here's what I'd do...go with either the Intermediate Perl or Perl Best Practices. Whichever one you didn't go with, take the Master Class following this year's YAPC::NA - http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/master.html. It's $200, but I think it's well worth it, seeing as how the book authors are the ones teaching the classes (well, Randal is actually teaching Damian's class, but he is one of the authors for Intermediate Perl, used to be one for Programming Perl, and is one for Learning Perl). You'll also get the book for the class. I know, it's sort of salesy, but I'm trying to boost the numbers. :-) Jeremy _______________________________________________ > Houston mailing list > Houston at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > Website: http://houston.pm.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.pm.org/mailman/private/houston/attachments/20070613/06254d5a/attachment.html From tigger at io.com Wed Jun 13 06:35:35 2007 From: tigger at io.com (Paul Archer) Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:35:35 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [pm-h] which book to buy? In-Reply-To: <20070613051541.GB4582@cromwell.tmiaf> References: <20070613051541.GB4582@cromwell.tmiaf> Message-ID: <20070613083455.U10424@fnord.io.com> "Learning Perl Objects, References & Modules", definitely. (that may be "Intermediate Perl" now.) Paul 12:15am, Russell L. Harris wrote: > Which of the following books would best complement Learning Perl > and the Perl Cookbook? > > => Intermediate Perl > > => Advanced Perl Programming > > => Perl Best Practices > > The motivation for purchasing the third book is to get free shipping > on the Perl Cookbook, which I am about to order. > _______________________________________________ > Houston mailing list > Houston at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > Website: http://houston.pm.org/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- On the side of the software box, in the "System Requirements" section, it said "Requires Windows 95 or better". So I installed Linux. --------------------------------------------------------------------- From kevin at shaum.com Wed Jun 13 07:39:31 2007 From: kevin at shaum.com (Kevin Shaum) Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:39:31 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] which book to buy? In-Reply-To: <20070613083455.U10424@fnord.io.com> References: <20070613051541.GB4582@cromwell.tmiaf> <20070613083455.U10424@fnord.io.com> Message-ID: On 6/13/07, Paul Archer wrote: > > "Learning Perl Objects, References & Modules", definitely. > (that may be "Intermediate Perl" now.) I believe that's right. They renamed it with the new edition, and it now covers a bit more ground. Actually, I'd suggest subscribing to O'Reilly's Safari service (http://safari.oreilly.com/) and review all three online. It's $20/month for 10 books at a time, or $40/month for unlimited access. Even if you don't like reading books online, it's a way to check out the content of books in advance before you lay down real money for the dead-tree version. --Kevin From tigger at io.com Wed Jun 13 07:58:35 2007 From: tigger at io.com (Paul Archer) Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:58:35 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [pm-h] which book to buy? In-Reply-To: References: <20070613051541.GB4582@cromwell.tmiaf> <20070613083455.U10424@fnord.io.com> Message-ID: <20070613095650.G10424@fnord.io.com> 9:39am, Kevin Shaum wrote: > On 6/13/07, Paul Archer wrote: >> >> "Learning Perl Objects, References & Modules", definitely. >> (that may be "Intermediate Perl" now.) > > I believe that's right. They renamed it with the new edition, and it > now covers a bit more ground. > > Actually, I'd suggest subscribing to O'Reilly's Safari service > (http://safari.oreilly.com/) and review all three online. It's > $20/month for 10 books at a time, or $40/month for unlimited access. > Even if you don't like reading books online, it's a way to check out > the content of books in advance before you lay down real money for the > dead-tree version. > I forgot to mention Safari myself. I've got an unlimited account through work, and it's totally worth it--especially if you're in IT, and need information on some arcane subject, but aren't going to be working with it enough to justify buying a whole book on said subject. Plus, they have a 15 or 30 day (I forget) free trial period. Paul -------------------------------------------------------------------- "My parents just came back from a planet where the dominant lifeform had no bilateral symmetry, and all I got was this stupid F-Shirt." -------------------------------------------------------------------- From fluhmann at gmail.com Wed Jun 13 08:07:50 2007 From: fluhmann at gmail.com (Jeremy Fluhmann) Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:07:50 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] dinner with the Perl group Message-ID: <7f7c2d5e0706130807x6a01ab12v6160c052c0f672c5@mail.gmail.com> I just wanted to invite EVERYONE to the arrival dinner for YAPC::NA. Even if you're not planning on attending the conference, I invite you to join us at the arrival dinner and mingle with other members of the Perl community (several of the "well known" Perl members will be there). We'll be gathering at Cadillac Bar (http://www.cadillacbar.com/) and enjoying some tasty TexMex! Date: June 24, 2007 Time: 6:00p - 10:00p Location: Cadillac Bar @ I-10 and Shepherd (http://tinyurl.com/3d3qne) Looks like the meal will run between $16 and $23, but it's buffet style and pretty much all you can eat. We're voting on the YAPC wiki as to which meal option we'll go with. The $23 option comes with appetizers, entree, dessert, and tea or soda. Again, even if you're not planning to attend YAPC, feel free to join us at the arrival dinner. Thanks, Jeremy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.pm.org/mailman/private/houston/attachments/20070613/96e7ecd5/attachment.html From will.willis at gmail.com Wed Jun 13 21:32:14 2007 From: will.willis at gmail.com (Will Willis) Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:32:14 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] which book to buy? In-Reply-To: <7f7c2d5e0706130602y5d065e6bg18bd2aeac38f2cfa@mail.gmail.com> References: <20070613051541.GB4582@cromwell.tmiaf> <7f7c2d5e0706130602y5d065e6bg18bd2aeac38f2cfa@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <6ee1e6090706132132w23e9d2c0j9c9b9738d7261fa0@mail.gmail.com> > I know, it's sort of salesy, but I'm trying to boost the numbers. :-) > Jeremy Perhaps sleep deprivation has made everything seem funny, but Jeremy, that one seriously made me LOL. This is going straight to my 'quotes of the year' file! -Will From gwadej at anomaly.org Sun Jun 17 20:26:48 2007 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 22:26:48 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] Volunteers for YAPC::NA Message-ID: <20070617222648.41c62660@sovvan> Hi everyone, If you were planning to be at the conference (or even if you weren't) we will need people to help wrangle the conference goers. We will especially need help on Monday. No one is going to know where they are going and a few people helping point the way would be helpful. Whether or not you know anything about the UH, we can use people. We'll provide any information you need. If you are interested, please email me before Wednesday of this week. G. Wade -- If there's no solution, there's no problem. -- Rick Hoselton From rlharris at oplink.net Mon Jun 18 16:20:49 2007 From: rlharris at oplink.net (Russell L. Harris) Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:20:49 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] discussion RE benefit of new CPU and more memory Message-ID: <20070618232049.GB3535@cromwell.tmiaf> This is a follow-up to the discussion at the May meeting regarding the benefits and economics of a faster CPU and larger memory complement in speeding up an old desktop machine (mine) running Debian Linux. It turns out that the simple, no-cost solution was to cease using FireFox (aka IceWeasel). A bit of investigation using the Linux utility "top" revealed FireFox to be the obvious culprit. Then, a posting to the Debian-users list revealed that many people are scratching their heads over the problem of systems in which the system appears to run ever slower, and that FireFox appears to be the common denominator. The solution was to reboot the system (simply stopping all instances of FireFox was not sufficient) and running another browser. I have switched to the default browser for Debian, which is Epiphany (aka Gnome Web Browser 2.14.3). The result is a drastic improvement in system response and processing speed. Problem solved! RLH From gwadej at anomaly.org Tue Jun 19 20:44:20 2007 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:44:20 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] YAPC::NA attendence Message-ID: <20070619224420.0f6b7efc@sovvan> I just looked at the statistics on the YAPC site and was dismayed to notice that more people any one of from NY.pm, Chicago.pm, or Philadelphia.pm are scheduled to go to YAPC in Houston than people from Houston.pm. Come on, guys. A chance like this doesn't wander through Houston too often. I know there's not much time left, but we ought to be able to make a better showing than this. G. Wade -- When in doubt, use brute force -- Ken Thompson From tigger at io.com Wed Jun 20 05:32:03 2007 From: tigger at io.com (Paul Archer) Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 07:32:03 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [pm-h] YAPC::NA attendence In-Reply-To: <20070619224420.0f6b7efc@sovvan> References: <20070619224420.0f6b7efc@sovvan> Message-ID: <20070620073115.J10424@fnord.io.com> I would actually love to go, but fortunately/unfortunately, I'm starting a new job in Dallas soon, and need the time to get packed and ready to go. Paul Yesterday, G. Wade Johnson wrote: > I just looked at the statistics on the YAPC site and was dismayed to > notice that more people any one of from NY.pm, Chicago.pm, or > Philadelphia.pm are scheduled to go to YAPC in Houston than people from > Houston.pm. > > Come on, guys. A chance like this doesn't wander through Houston too > often. I know there's not much time left, but we ought to be able to > make a better showing than this. > > G. Wade > -- > When in doubt, use brute force -- Ken Thompson > _______________________________________________ > Houston mailing list > Houston at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > Website: http://houston.pm.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------- Reporter: "What do you think will be the biggest problem in computing in the 90's?" Paul Boutin: "There are only 17,000 three-letter acronyms." ---------------------------------------------------------- From will.willis at gmail.com Wed Jun 20 07:55:38 2007 From: will.willis at gmail.com (Will Willis) Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:55:38 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] YAPC::NA attendence In-Reply-To: <20070620073115.J10424@fnord.io.com> References: <20070619224420.0f6b7efc@sovvan> <20070620073115.J10424@fnord.io.com> Message-ID: <6ee1e6090706200755j629b4d34of99d327fd3bdd179@mail.gmail.com> Good luck with the move and the new job. And thanks for sharing your homemade MP3 player with us - it will forever remain on my list of best houston.pm presentations ever! Which reminds me, gang, we've got to revisit houston.pm's very own Device::USB again some time. Has anyone done anything interesting with *the* USB/LED device lately? -Will On 6/20/07, Paul Archer wrote: > I would actually love to go, but fortunately/unfortunately, I'm starting a > new job in Dallas soon, and need the time to get packed and ready to go. > > Paul > > > Yesterday, G. Wade Johnson wrote: > > > I just looked at the statistics on the YAPC site and was dismayed to > > notice that more people any one of from NY.pm, Chicago.pm, or > > Philadelphia.pm are scheduled to go to YAPC in Houston than people from > > Houston.pm. > > > > Come on, guys. A chance like this doesn't wander through Houston too > > often. I know there's not much time left, but we ought to be able to > > make a better showing than this. > > > > G. Wade > > -- > > When in doubt, use brute force -- Ken Thompson > > _______________________________________________ > > Houston mailing list > > Houston at pm.org > > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > > Website: http://houston.pm.org/ > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Reporter: "What do you think will be the biggest problem > in computing in the 90's?" > Paul Boutin: "There are only 17,000 three-letter acronyms." > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Houston mailing list > Houston at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > Website: http://houston.pm.org/ > From tigger at io.com Wed Jun 20 08:13:21 2007 From: tigger at io.com (Paul Archer) Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:13:21 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [pm-h] YAPC::NA attendence In-Reply-To: <6ee1e6090706200755j629b4d34of99d327fd3bdd179@mail.gmail.com> References: <20070619224420.0f6b7efc@sovvan> <20070620073115.J10424@fnord.io.com> <6ee1e6090706200755j629b4d34of99d327fd3bdd179@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20070620101017.A10424@fnord.io.com> 9:55am, Will Willis wrote: > Good luck with the move and the new job. And thanks for sharing your > homemade MP3 player with us - it will forever remain on my list of > best houston.pm presentations ever! > thanks, much! Now that I have a car again (had to get one since my wife's staying in Houston for a couple of months), I might just be able to pull it out and work on it. It seemed kind of pointless when I didn't have a car to put it in... > Which reminds me, gang, we've got to revisit houston.pm's very own > Device::USB again some time. Has anyone done anything interesting with > *the* USB/LED device lately? > Unfortunately, no. I haven't done anything with mine lately. But my new company has a NOC with about 15 guys, and they're big on open-source. I might be able to convince them that they need one for each station so they can tell when someone's got a problem or whatnot. Paul From gwadej at anomaly.org Wed Jun 20 17:11:01 2007 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:11:01 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] YAPC::NA attendence In-Reply-To: <6ee1e6090706200755j629b4d34of99d327fd3bdd179@mail.gmail.com> References: <20070619224420.0f6b7efc@sovvan> <20070620073115.J10424@fnord.io.com> <6ee1e6090706200755j629b4d34of99d327fd3bdd179@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20070620191101.1616fca6@sovvan> On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:55:38 -0500 "Will Willis" wrote: > Good luck with the move and the new job. And thanks for sharing your > homemade MP3 player with us - it will forever remain on my list of > best houston.pm presentations ever! > > Which reminds me, gang, we've got to revisit houston.pm's very own > Device::USB again some time. Has anyone done anything interesting with > *the* USB/LED device lately? I use mine daily to tell me when compiles are finished and such (much to the amusement of my fellow developers). I have also had several people write for help and to report bugs. The most recent set of emails was from a grad student who is using it to control a device for medical research. G. Wade -- A 'language' is a dialect with an army. From mikeflan at earthlink.net Wed Jun 20 20:19:16 2007 From: mikeflan at earthlink.net (Mike Flannigan) Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:19:16 -0600 Subject: [pm-h] YAPC::NA attendence References: <20070619224420.0f6b7efc@sovvan> <20070620073115.J10424@fnord.io.com> <6ee1e6090706200755j629b4d34of99d327fd3bdd179@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4679EE34.D550C6A4@earthlink.net> I was at that meeting too. It was a good one. I feel bad about not going to YAPC here. My work has gone crazy. I'm working weekends and still can't get caught up. I was out of town 2 days last week (on business) and am far behind. The cost of the conference is nothing, but the cost of missing work is fairly substantial. Four years ago when I was off work, the cost would be somewhat of an issue, but I would be there. I'm really torn, but I'd have to say I won't show this time. Maybe in the future when I travel the country in my 5th wheel :-) Mike Flannigan Will Willis wrote: > Good luck with the move and the new job. And thanks for sharing your > homemade MP3 player with us - it will forever remain on my list of > best houston.pm presentations ever! > > Which reminds me, gang, we've got to revisit houston.pm's very own > Device::USB again some time. Has anyone done anything interesting with > *the* USB/LED device lately? > > -Will > > On 6/20/07, Paul Archer wrote: > > I would actually love to go, but fortunately/unfortunately, I'm starting a > > new job in Dallas soon, and need the time to get packed and ready to go. > > > > Paul > > > > > > Yesterday, G. Wade Johnson wrote: > > > > > I just looked at the statistics on the YAPC site and was dismayed to > > > notice that more people any one of from NY.pm, Chicago.pm, or > > > Philadelphia.pm are scheduled to go to YAPC in Houston than people from > > > Houston.pm. > > > > > > Come on, guys. A chance like this doesn't wander through Houston too > > > often. I know there's not much time left, but we ought to be able to > > > make a better showing than this. > > > > > > G. Wade > > > -- > > > When in doubt, use brute force -- Ken Thompson > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Houston mailing list > > > Houston at pm.org > > > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > > > Website: http://houston.pm.org/ > > > > > > > From toddr at null.net Thu Jun 21 09:40:49 2007 From: toddr at null.net (Todd Rinaldo) Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:40:49 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] YAPC::NA attendence In-Reply-To: <20070620191101.1616fca6@sovvan> References: <20070619224420.0f6b7efc@sovvan><20070620073115.J10424@fnord.io.com><6ee1e6090706200755j629b4d34of99d327fd3bdd179@mail.gmail.com> <20070620191101.1616fca6@sovvan> Message-ID: <008501c7b422$ed758c20$0201a8c0@covenant> How interesting! Considering that the original use was for Baylor Med school wasn't it? -----Original Message----- From: houston-bounces+toddr=null.net at pm.org [mailto:houston-bounces+toddr=null.net at pm.org] On Behalf Of G. Wade Johnson Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 7:11 PM To: houston at pm.org Subject: Re: [pm-h] YAPC::NA attendence On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:55:38 -0500 "Will Willis" wrote: > Good luck with the move and the new job. And thanks for sharing your > homemade MP3 player with us - it will forever remain on my list of > best houston.pm presentations ever! > > Which reminds me, gang, we've got to revisit houston.pm's very own > Device::USB again some time. Has anyone done anything interesting with > *the* USB/LED device lately? I use mine daily to tell me when compiles are finished and such (much to the amusement of my fellow developers). I have also had several people write for help and to report bugs. The most recent set of emails was from a grad student who is using it to control a device for medical research. G. Wade -- A 'language' is a dialect with an army. _______________________________________________ Houston mailing list Houston at pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston Website: http://houston.pm.org/ From tigger at io.com Thu Jun 21 10:02:56 2007 From: tigger at io.com (Paul Archer) Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 12:02:56 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [pm-h] YAPC::NA attendence In-Reply-To: <008501c7b422$ed758c20$0201a8c0@covenant> References: <20070619224420.0f6b7efc@sovvan><20070620073115.J10424@fnord.io.com><6ee1e6090706200755j629b4d34of99d327fd3bdd179@mail.gmail.com> <20070620191101.1616fca6@sovvan> <008501c7b422$ed758c20$0201a8c0@covenant> Message-ID: <20070621120128.B10424@fnord.io.com> 11:40am, Todd Rinaldo wrote: > How interesting! Considering that the original use was for Baylor Med school > wasn't it? > sort of. I work (as of 5:00, worked) at Baylor. I bought mine originally as a means to monitor services (along with Nagios), but never implemented a full system. fortunately, since I paid for the unit myself, I get to take it with me. Paul > -----Original Message----- > From: houston-bounces+toddr=null.net at pm.org > [mailto:houston-bounces+toddr=null.net at pm.org] On Behalf Of G. Wade Johnson > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 7:11 PM > To: houston at pm.org > Subject: Re: [pm-h] YAPC::NA attendence > > On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:55:38 -0500 > "Will Willis" wrote: > >> Good luck with the move and the new job. And thanks for sharing your >> homemade MP3 player with us - it will forever remain on my list of >> best houston.pm presentations ever! >> >> Which reminds me, gang, we've got to revisit houston.pm's very own >> Device::USB again some time. Has anyone done anything interesting with >> *the* USB/LED device lately? > > I use mine daily to tell me when compiles are finished and such (much to the > amusement of my fellow developers). > > I have also had several people write for help and to report bugs. > > The most recent set of emails was from a grad student who is using it to > control a device for medical research. > > G. Wade > -- > A 'language' is a dialect with an army. > _______________________________________________ > Houston mailing list > Houston at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > Website: http://houston.pm.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > Houston mailing list > Houston at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > Website: http://houston.pm.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------- As to Jesus of Nazareth...I think the system of Morals and his Religion, as he left them to us, the best the World ever saw or is likely to see; but I apprehend it has received various corrupting Changes, and I have, with most of the present Dissenters in England, some doubts as to his divinity. --------------------Benjamin Franklin--------------------------- From mikeflan at earthlink.net Sun Jun 24 05:22:51 2007 From: mikeflan at earthlink.net (Mike Flannigan) Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 06:22:51 -0600 Subject: [pm-h] discussion RE benefit of new CPU and more memory References: <20070618232049.GB3535@cromwell.tmiaf> Message-ID: <467E621B.ED43E92A@earthlink.net> I run FireFox version 0.9.3 and don't seem to experience that problem. Mike Flannigan "Russell L. Harris" wrote: > This is a follow-up to the discussion at the May meeting regarding the > benefits and economics of a faster CPU and larger memory complement in > speeding up an old desktop machine (mine) running Debian Linux. > > It turns out that the simple, no-cost solution was to cease using > FireFox (aka IceWeasel). > > A bit of investigation using the Linux utility "top" revealed FireFox > to be the obvious culprit. Then, a posting to the Debian-users list > revealed that many people are scratching their heads over the problem > of systems in which the system appears to run ever slower, and that > FireFox appears to be the common denominator. > > The solution was to reboot the system (simply stopping all instances > of FireFox was not sufficient) and running another browser. I have > switched to the default browser for Debian, which is Epiphany (aka > Gnome Web Browser 2.14.3). The result is a drastic improvement in > system response and processing speed. Problem solved! > > RLH From rlharris at oplink.net Sun Jun 24 07:15:30 2007 From: rlharris at oplink.net (Russell L. Harris) Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 09:15:30 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] discussion RE benefit of new CPU and more memory In-Reply-To: <467E621B.ED43E92A@earthlink.net> References: <20070618232049.GB3535@cromwell.tmiaf> <467E621B.ED43E92A@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <20070624141530.GA3801@cromwell.tmiaf> * Mike Flannigan [070624 09:00]: > > I run FireFox version 0.9.3 and don't seem to experience > that problem. > "Russell L. Harris" wrote: > > > > A bit of investigation using the Linux utility "top" revealed FireFox > > to be the obvious culprit. Then, a posting to the Debian-users list > > revealed that many people are scratching their heads over the problem > > of systems in which the system appears to run ever slower, and that > > FireFox appears to be the common denominator. > > > > The solution was to reboot the system (simply stopping all instances > > of FireFox was not sufficient) and running another browser. I have > > switched to the default browser for Debian, which is Epiphany (aka > > Gnome Web Browser 2.14.3). The result is a drastic improvement in > > system response and processing speed. Problem solved! I am running Debian testing, for which the current version of FireFox (now called IceWeasel) is 2.0.0.3-1. And having used Epiphany for a week, I am not entirely happy with it, either. Several times Epiphany has frozen, with the only means of recovery being the "force quit" button of the Gnome desktop. I tend to have a half-dozen or more browser windows or tabs open simultaneously, so a less aggressive user might not be bothered. RLH From fluhmann at gmail.com Fri Jun 29 19:14:30 2007 From: fluhmann at gmail.com (Jeremy Fluhmann) Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:14:30 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] yapc-na photos Message-ID: <7f7c2d5e0706291914k7f987e21m67a9db2f65ed0f51@mail.gmail.com> In case anyone is interested, here are the pictures being posted on Flickr by various attendees. They all have the yapcna2007 tag associated with them - http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/yapcna2007/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.pm.org/mailman/private/houston/attachments/20070629/663662b8/attachment.html From gwadej at anomaly.org Sat Jun 30 07:35:34 2007 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 09:35:34 -0500 Subject: [pm-h] YAPC is behind us Message-ID: <20070630093534.37c7539b@sovvan> For those of you who did not make it to YAPC::NA, you guys missed out on a wonderful experience. As one of the main organizers, I only managed to make a couple of talks. I learned something in each talk I attended. Considering I've been doing Perl for about 15 years, that was a bit of a surprise. In addition to the talks, attendees got to meet and talk with some of the movers-and-shakers of the Perl community. (Getting to talk with Allison Randall about Perl 6 garbage collection has settled some of my fears about what is happening for Perl 6.) I hope to bring some of the things I learned about Perl community back to the Houston.pm meetings. Remember our next meeting is July 10. I've had some questions about whether we are going to get back to technical meetings. Let me know if you want more technical meetings or more social meetings. Some of us talked at the conference, and there may be some interesting ideas coming down the pipe for Houston.pm. Keep an eye on this space. G. Wade -- Simplicity and elegance are unpopular because they require hard work and discipline to achieve and education to be appreciated. -- Edsger Dijkstra