From gwadej at anomaly.org  Thu Feb  3 17:18:39 2011
From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson)
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 19:18:39 -0600
Subject: [pm-h] February Houston.pm Meeting
Message-ID: <20110203191839.256cbb79@sovvan>

It's already the first Thursday in February and I haven't had any
volunteers or suggestions for the meeting next week. We'll be meeting
on Thursday at 7pm, as usual. But, we need to make a decision about the
topic.

We could easily do another social meeting. But, since the last 3 have
been socials, I was wondering if it's time to do another technical
meeting.

A few people have expressed interest in another of the "Programming in
Perl for Non-Programmers" talks. If there is enough interest, I could
probably put one together.

Does someone have a better idea? Anything you would rather see? or
present?

Input and opinions are welcome.

We have a volunteer for the March meeting. As soon as that's firmed up,
I'll announce it on the list.

G. Wade
-- 
I like you. You're trouble.         -- Draal - "Voices of Authority"

From gwadej at anomaly.org  Mon Feb  7 20:14:29 2011
From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson)
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 22:14:29 -0600
Subject: [pm-h] Houston.pm meetings
Message-ID: <20110207221429.7e1755cf@sovvan>

I sent out a call for presentations and no one was willing to present
this Thursday. So, I guess we will do another social meeting this
Thursday, 7pm at the Black Lab. As usual, I'll have a reservation for
us ask for "Wade Johnson" or "the Perl Group".

Despite not finding a presentation for this month, I did get volunteers
for the next two months.

March: Nick Koston will present on Devel::NYTProf
April: Tristan Wallace will present on the Perl Test modules.

Actual topic titles and more information as we get closer to the
meetings.

I look forward to seeing everyone on Thursday night.
G. Wade
-- 
If there's no solution, there's no problem.         -- Rick Hoselton

From rasto at cm4msaa7.com  Tue Feb  8 19:13:15 2011
From: rasto at cm4msaa7.com (lee latham)
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 21:13:15 -0600
Subject: [pm-h] POE
Message-ID: <AANLkTimJNRYKEKVz9ea8XPM1OEg6r24AAa=8MentdTpi@mail.gmail.com>

Anybody worked with POE?

http://poe.perl.org/

I've been reading about it for half an hour and I'm still trying to
figure out what, exactly, it is.

From montgomery.conner at gmail.com  Tue Feb  8 19:24:57 2011
From: montgomery.conner at gmail.com (Montgomery Conner)
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 21:24:57 -0600
Subject: [pm-h] POE
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimJNRYKEKVz9ea8XPM1OEg6r24AAa=8MentdTpi@mail.gmail.com>
References: <AANLkTimJNRYKEKVz9ea8XPM1OEg6r24AAa=8MentdTpi@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <AANLkTimAf+gSwEm=+pRTMR-n409xfn7E=n12fTFF2SfP@mail.gmail.com>

POE is an event framework. Event frameworks make it possible to design and
write asynchronous programs in Perl (that is, programs that can go off to
take care of something else instead of blocking on wait).

I haven't used POE directly in years: if your interested in this type of
programming I'd check out AnyEvent on CPAN. This module makes it possible to
combine components written is different (and normally mutually exclusive)
eventing frameworks including POE.

Hope that helps,
m
 On Feb 8, 2011 9:13 PM, "lee latham" <rasto at cm4msaa7.com> wrote:
> Anybody worked with POE?
>
> http://poe.perl.org/
>
> I've been reading about it for half an hour and I'm still trying to
> figure out what, exactly, it is.
> _______________________________________________
> Houston mailing list
> Houston at pm.org
> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston
> Website: http://houston.pm.org/
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From abaezjob at gmail.com  Wed Feb  9 13:06:23 2011
From: abaezjob at gmail.com (Abraham Baez)
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 15:06:23 -0600
Subject: [pm-h] Houston.pm meetings
In-Reply-To: <20110207221429.7e1755cf@sovvan>
References: <20110207221429.7e1755cf@sovvan>
Message-ID: <AANLkTimWLfHGGH1W63jZksJxu43pNYet60XN95kzofYj@mail.gmail.com>

Hello Wade,

Should I conclude there wasn't enough interest in the training you offered
for tomorrow's meeting?

Well, when I see the topics to be discussed in March and April I answer my
question; Of course not, there is no interest, why? my peers are much more
advanced in Perl, which is great since this means I can learn from them.

Therefore, I look forward to the meetings in March and April.

As appropriate, let others know about my interest in working for free
(literally, no charge whatsoever) doing Perl programming along side
experienced Perl programmers that would help me mature in Perl while I help
them in their Perl project(s).

For your information, I do not plan to attend the social tomorrow, since the
meeting place is a long way from where I live.

By the way, for the meeting in March, may I have the address of meeting
place including zip code?

Thanks,
Abraham
281.821.0101

On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:14 PM, G. Wade Johnson <gwadej at anomaly.org> wrote:

> I sent out a call for presentations and no one was willing to present
> this Thursday. So, I guess we will do another social meeting this
> Thursday, 7pm at the Black Lab. As usual, I'll have a reservation for
> us ask for "Wade Johnson" or "the Perl Group".
>
> Despite not finding a presentation for this month, I did get volunteers
> for the next two months.
>
> March: Nick Koston will present on Devel::NYTProf
> April: Tristan Wallace will present on the Perl Test modules.
>
> Actual topic titles and more information as we get closer to the
> meetings.
>
> I look forward to seeing everyone on Thursday night.
> G. Wade
> --
> If there's no solution, there's no problem.         -- Rick Hoselton
> _______________________________________________
> Houston mailing list
> Houston at pm.org
> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston
> Website: http://houston.pm.org/
>



-- 
Abraham Baez
281.821.0101 Cellular
"Abraham Baez" < abaezjob at gmail.com >
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From rasto at cm4msaa7.com  Wed Feb  9 13:13:52 2011
From: rasto at cm4msaa7.com (lee latham)
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 15:13:52 -0600
Subject: [pm-h] POE
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimAf+gSwEm=+pRTMR-n409xfn7E=n12fTFF2SfP@mail.gmail.com>
References: <AANLkTimJNRYKEKVz9ea8XPM1OEg6r24AAa=8MentdTpi@mail.gmail.com>
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Cool, thanks for that.

On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 9:24 PM, Montgomery Conner
<montgomery.conner at gmail.com> wrote:
> POE is an event framework. Event frameworks make it possible to design and
> write asynchronous programs in Perl (that is, programs that can go off to
> take care of something else instead of blocking on wait).
>
> I haven't used POE directly in years: if your interested in this type of
> programming I'd check out AnyEvent on CPAN. This module makes it possible to
> combine components written is different (and normally mutually exclusive)
> eventing frameworks including POE.
>
> Hope that helps,
> m
>
> On Feb 8, 2011 9:13 PM, "lee latham" <rasto at cm4msaa7.com> wrote:
>> Anybody worked with POE?
>>
>> http://poe.perl.org/
>>
>> I've been reading about it for half an hour and I'm still trying to
>> figure out what, exactly, it is.
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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/
>

From gwadej at anomaly.org  Wed Feb  9 15:43:36 2011
From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson)
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 17:43:36 -0600
Subject: [pm-h] Houston.pm meetings
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimWLfHGGH1W63jZksJxu43pNYet60XN95kzofYj@mail.gmail.com>
References: <20110207221429.7e1755cf@sovvan>
	<AANLkTimWLfHGGH1W63jZksJxu43pNYet60XN95kzofYj@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20110209174336.74ff5b17@sovvan>

Hi Abraham,

On Wed, 9 Feb 2011 15:06:23 -0600
Abraham Baez <abaezjob at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Wade,
> 
> Should I conclude there wasn't enough interest in the training you
> offered for tomorrow's meeting?

Not really. It would be more reasonable to conclude that I ran out of
time to do a reasonable job of preparing for that topic. When I
proposed the idea, I thought I'd have a bit more time.

> Well, when I see the topics to be discussed in March and April I
> answer my question; Of course not, there is no interest, why? my
> peers are much more advanced in Perl, which is great since this means
> I can learn from them.

Actually, we have a number of people who have expressed interest a
different points in time for more introductory presentations.
Unfortunately, our less experienced members are not as vocal as our
more experienced ones.

(Yes, that's a challenge to those of you who would like more intro
presentations. Make yourselves heard!)

> Therefore, I look forward to the meetings in March and April.
> 
> As appropriate, let others know about my interest in working for free
> (literally, no charge whatsoever) doing Perl programming along side
> experienced Perl programmers that would help me mature in Perl while
> I help them in their Perl project(s).

You've just done that.

> For your information, I do not plan to attend the social tomorrow,
> since the meeting place is a long way from where I live.

Sorry to hear that.

> By the way, for the meeting in March, may I have the address of
> meeting place including zip code?

Our technical meetings are usually held at 3131 W. Alabama, 77098.

Looking forward to seeing you at the meetings.
G. Wade
-- 
"Professionals are predictable, but the world is full of amateurs."
                                  -- "By the Sword", Mercedes Lackey

From jellyson at gmail.com  Sat Feb 12 01:05:53 2011
From: jellyson at gmail.com (John Ellyson)
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 03:05:53 -0600
Subject: [pm-h] Free ebook --- Modern Perl
Message-ID: <AANLkTimD3yi==5-cnZuBJJjJERn2gCK-Lf5uZ5kBPUSS@mail.gmail.com>

I saw this posted on PerlMonks and thought I'd pass it on to folks.
Apparently the book Modern Perl is being offered for free in PDF (letter,
A4) or ePub formats (no DRM).  You can check out the details and get your
own copy at the link below.

http://onyxneon.com/books/modern_perl/index.html#why_free

(Here's the link to the post on PerlMonks:
http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=887711)

John Ellyson
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