[LA.pm] Fwd: UUASC-OC January 2005 Program

[Bill Gerrard]

Forwarded per request...

Sounds like it will be a good meeting.

...... Forwarded Message .......
From: "Hershel Remer" <unixrabbi at rabbs.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 16:33:33 -0800 (PST)
Subj: UUASC-OC January 2005 Program

please share this with the OC-PM  ....  and even the LA-PM....  thanks!  :=)







                   UUASC-OC
Unix Users Association of Southern California
            Orange County Chapter
                January Meeting
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        Web Scraping Without a Browser

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           Monday, Jan. 10, 7-9 PM

            Sun Microsystems, Inc.
         2020 S. Main St. in Irvine
                  12th Floor

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NOTE: Due to circumstances beyond our control, the Smoothwall demonstration
previously scheduled for January has been postponed. Instead ...

At the January meeting of UUASC-OC, UUASC's own Kenytt Avery, who presented 
to
us a popular tutorial on avoiding poor Perl scripting in October 2004, 
returns
to show us a variety of techniques for retrieving web pages and extracting 
the
information they contain without opening a browser.

Kenytt's alternative methodology ranges from writing simple shell scripts 
with
wget to building HTML parse trees in Perl.

Kenytt will explain what happens behind the scenes when we click the 
"Submit"
button, and along the way, he'll demonstrate a number of Perl modules, 
write a
web proxy server or two, explore the Google API, dip into a bit of Python 
and
RSS, and reveal why a text-mode browser may be our best friend. Examples 
will
include saving documents offline, checking for updated pages, and grabbing
popular news photos.

Kenytt taught computer science at CSUF until he realized that he was 
spending
more time in front of a root prompt than in front of a white board. Since
then, he has been a programmer in a variety of languages (most of them
starting with the letter "P"), a UNIX sysadmin, a training manager, and a
consultant. He is looking for a job, so if you like his presentation you
should hire him.

POST-MEETING ACTIVITIES: Join us at the Pilsner Room, within walking 
distance.

AFTER HOURS ACCESS: The Sun building's doors are locked at 7 p.m. If you
arrive late, please contact the guard at 949-372-2937 or 949-279-1539 for
access.

CARPOOL INFO: If you are interested in joining a carpool with other members,
please post an email to the general list, uuasc at uuasc.org , requesting 
carpool
info.

PARKING: Convenient FREE parking is located next to the Sun office building 
in
the visitor parking lot for after hours usage. Take a ticket when entering 
the
garage but don't be concerned - no one will be there to collect money when 
the
meeting ends, so you can exit for free.

DIRECTIONS: Exit the San Diego Freeway (I-405) at MacArthur, go north (away
from the airport) to the signal at Main Street (the first cross-street), 
turn
right to Mercantile (the first signal on Main Street), turn right to 
parking.
Please visit our web site, http://uuasc.org/oc.html , where you will find a
detailed map. Here's an ASCII version:


            |    Mercantile           | Gillette
            |         v               |
  Main -----+---------+---------------+-----------
            |         | ElTorito      |
            |         |               |
            |         | Sun           |
            |         \_______________/
            +--\     parking
            |  /\
  405 ======|=====================================
            |  \/
   Airport  +--/    (all intersections shown
            |        have signals (+))

The El Torito is on the corner and can serve as a landmark. The Pilsner Room
is at the other end of the same block, Gillette and Main. The Sun building 
is
behind the one with El Torito. 949-833-1640.

UUASC-OC wants to thank our host, Sun Microsystems, for the continued 
support
of our meetings.

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The UUASC is for all persons using Unix either personally or professionally,
or interested in learning more about Unix. We recognize all varieties of 
Unix,
including (without prejudice) HP/UX, Linux, SVr4, Solaris, AIX, and BSD. 
This
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skills
and knowledge. Generally, meetings include a technical presentation on a
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