[kw-pm] How was YAPC::CA?

lloyd carr dcarr at sdf.lonestar.org
Mon Jun 2 23:11:31 CDT 2003


Sounds good Daniel :-)

I'll slip that bit of code to you back channel, when I find it, I might
want to turn it into a talk on rapid-prototyping power of perl and/or how
to turn a problem into an algorithm and an algorithm into Perl.

On Sun, 1 Jun 2003, Daniel R. Allen wrote:

> Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 20:00:35 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Daniel R. Allen <da at coder.com>
> To: Justin Wheeler <pm at datademons.com>
> Cc: kw-pm at mail.pm.org
> Subject: Re: [kw-pm] How was YAPC::CA?
>
> Well, you know what Douglas Adams said about Thursdays, after all.
> (the planet was blown up on a Thursday in Hichhiker's Guide).
>
> OK; so far we have: a talk-back about YAPC Canada; and maybe something
> food-related.  (Either during (order-in pizza perhaps) or directly after.)
> And not trying to bring in a Torontonian because it's summer and that's
> too taxing on the brain for us and for them.
>
> More tech content?
>
> If you want, I could un-obfuscate some obfuscated perl; only briefly,
> because I know the topic isn't exciting to everybody. And personally I can
> only look at a little obfuscated perl before my brain explodes...
>
> Lloyd, did I remember that you had some code you wanted somebody to look
> at?  Maybe not publically.  :-)
>
> I could say a little about LWP, which is the World-Wide Web library for
> Perl, useful for all sorts of screen-scraping.
>
> -Daniel
>
> http://coder.com/ - Prescient Code Solutions - (519) 575-3733 da at coder.com
>
> On Sat, 31 May 2003, Justin Wheeler wrote:
>
> > The days they're on are normally good days for me.. it's just coincidental
> > that the last few times have turned out to be bad -- had tickets to a
> > hockey game, sister was in a car accident (she's ok), and a family
> > birthday.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Justin Wheeler
> >
> > --
> > E Pluribus Modem
> >
> > On Sat, 31 May 2003, lloyd carr wrote:
> >
> > > So what day is good for you Justin?
> > > It's summer we're flexible and we always like to meet new Perl people :-)
> > >
> > > On Thu, 29 May 2003, Justin Wheeler wrote:
> > >
> > > > Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 23:58:21 -0400 (EDT)
> > > > From: Justin Wheeler <pm at datademons.com>
> > > > To: kw-pm at mail.pm.org
> > > > Subject: Re: [kw-pm] How was YAPC::CA?
> > > >
> > > > I'm not a fan of beer, but I'll have Coke and wings myself. ;)
> > > >
> > > > ... I'm still yet to come to my first meeting.. been a member for a short
> > > > while, but thus far, meetings have fallen on absolutely terrible days for
> > > > me.
> > > >
> > > > I'm hoping to make it to the next one though.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Justin Wheeler
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Never let your mind wander.  It's too small to be out on its own.
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, 29 May 2003, lloyd carr wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I'll be there.
> > > > >
> > > > > Food always sounds good :-)
> > > > >
> > > > > The Testing talk by Michael Graham was excellent, so it would be a shame
> > > > > to waste it, we should maybe hold off till the fall when we have a better
> > > > > chance of a good turnout.
> > > > >
> > > > > I suggest we keep the summer meetings on the lighter side, beer on the
> > > > > patio anyone :-)
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, 29 May 2003, Daniel R. Allen wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 12:33:35 -0400 (EDT)
> > > > > > From: Daniel R. Allen <da at coder.com>
> > > > > > To: Arguile <arguile at lucentstudios.com>
> > > > > > Cc: kw-pm at mail.pm.org
> > > > > > Subject: Re: [kw-pm] How was YAPC::CA?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I can ask Toronto.pm members who said they'd love to come up to give a
> > > > > > talk, whether June is good for them.  Though, I'm a bit concerned about
> > > > > > whether our summer attendance might be light; I don't want to have
> > > > > > somebody visit and only 4 of us show!...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Maybe could I get a show of hands from people who are currently planning
> > > > > > to come to our meeting on the 19th?  Just drop me an email if you'd like
> > > > > > to come; not a firm committment.  I'll wait a few days then if there are
> > > > > > more than, say, 6, ask Toronto folx.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > A question for list discussion: would a different day of week, or an
> > > > > > earlier meeting followed by going somewhere for food, make it more
> > > > > > attractive? :-)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > In case you're curious, we've gotten offers for talks on Testing or
> > > > > > Class::DBI from Michael Graham; and "building PDFs on the fly" from
> > > > > > Richard Dice.  Any of these sound great; I missed both of Michael's talks
> > > > > > at YAPC::Canada.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -Daniel
> > > > > >
> > > > > > http://coder.com/ - Prescient Code Solutions - (519) 575-3733 da at coder.com
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 29 May 2003, Arguile wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Wed, 2003-05-28 at 15:06, Daniel R. Allen wrote:
> > > > > > > [snip]
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > While we're at it, last meeting we had in town, we talked briefly about
> > > > > > > > > mod_perl as a possible topic for a talk.  Is whomever was the authority on
> > > > > > > > > that willing to put something together?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Good question. ...
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Yes, I've been putting something together for that. I just realised
> > > > > > > however that I have to be at a wedding rehearsal that night...
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I can do it for the July one or if someone else familiar with mod_perl
> > > > > > > wants the slides I'm preparing to present that's possible. But they
> > > > > > > wouldn't work as stand alone, the presenter would need to be at least
> > > > > > > pretty familiar w/ mod_perl.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Sorry for the trouble.
> > > > > > >
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