From tom at eborcom.com Wed Mar 3 02:19:09 2010 From: tom at eborcom.com (Tom Hukins) Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 10:19:09 +0000 Subject: London Perl Workshop, 5th December 2009 In-Reply-To: <20091118083601.GI54033@eborcom.com> References: <20091118083601.GI54033@eborcom.com> Message-ID: <20100303101909.GS32491@eborcom.com> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 08:36:01AM +0000, Tom Hukins wrote: > It's almost time for the UK's best annual Perl event, the London Perl > Workshop: > http://conferences.yapceurope.org/lpw2009/ For those of you who couldn't make it, or those of us who missed some talks we wanted to see, a few videos have found their way online: http://www.presentingperl.org/lpw2009/ The Web site has a few videos of other Perl events, apparently because http://yapc.tv/ has stopped accepting new uploads: http://www.presentingperl.org/ Tom From tom at eborcom.com Tue Mar 9 01:31:06 2010 From: tom at eborcom.com (Tom Hukins) Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 09:31:06 +0000 Subject: Calling All Google Summer of Code Mentors Message-ID: <20100309093106.GQ312@eborcom.com> It's coming up to the time of year where Google fund students to work on open source projects. As far as I know, none of us qualify as funded students, but if you know of anyone suitable please pass the message on. We do, however, have several experienced, personable developers who might make good mentors. So I thought I'd send this in case you, or anyone you know, would like to help out. Tom ----- Forwarded message from Jonathan Leto ----- Mailing-List: contact perl5-porters-help at perl.org; run by ezmlm From: Jonathan Leto Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 21:55:22 -0800 Subject: Calling All Google Summer of Code Mentors Howdy, I am working on the application for The Perl Foundation and Parrot Foundation to participate in Google Summer of Code 2010 [0]. GSoC is a program where Google funds eligible students to hack on open source projects for a summer. It is a great opportunity for the students and the communities that mentor them. You also may be interested in this summary of our involvement last year [1]. Our application will be submitted by the end of this week. Please join us in getting prepared for this year. There is a page for possible mentors to volunteer [2]* as well as a page for project ideas [3]. If you would like to help with the wiki, our main GSoC page [4] is the best place to start. You are also invited to join our mailing list [5] and come ask question in #soc-help on irc.perl.org . Thanks! Duke [0] http://socghop.appspot.com/ [1] http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2009/10/perls-of-wisdom-perl-foundation-parrots.html [2] http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?gsoc_mentors [3] http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?gsoc_2010_projects [4] http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?gsoc [5] http://groups.google.com/group/tpf-gsoc * If you listed yourself as a mentor last year and you are not interested this year, please remove yourself from the page. -- Jonathan "Duke" Leto jonathan at leto.net http://leto.net ----- End forwarded message ----- From ziya at suzen.net Mon Mar 15 02:26:05 2010 From: ziya at suzen.net (Ziya Suzen) Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:26:05 +0000 Subject: Perl on android Message-ID: <7e7471f81003150226x2876d8eet293106742bf0a53c@mail.gmail.com> Hi there After the my Android talk a few weeks back actually I haven't done much with Android but I saw Android Scripting Environment (ASE) the other day and though you might be interested: use Android; my $a = Android->new(); $a->makeToast("Hello Android!"); http://code.google.com/p/android-scripting/ Cheers --Ziya From anthony.edwardson at sky.com Sun Mar 14 08:35:38 2010 From: anthony.edwardson at sky.com (Tony Edwardson) Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:35:38 +0000 Subject: April/May's Tech Meet Message-ID: <4B9D024A.6020003@usa.net> Hi All I long while ago I volunteered to organise the April Tech meet but have just started a new contract at LCH.Clearnet and my new role is very full on and am struggling to find time. Would anyone be prepared to help me out and step in for me ? Thanks Tony From tom at eborcom.com Wed Mar 17 04:29:11 2010 From: tom at eborcom.com (Tom Hukins) Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:29:11 +0000 Subject: April/May's Tech Meet In-Reply-To: <4B9D024A.6020003@usa.net> References: <4B9D024A.6020003@usa.net> Message-ID: <20100317112911.GK452@eborcom.com> On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 03:35:38PM +0000, Tony Edwardson wrote: > I long while ago I volunteered to organise the April Tech meet ... > Would anyone be prepared to help me out and step in for me ? Given that it it takes a couple of months to find speakers and let them prepare their talks before a technical meeting, I'm not surprised nobody has volunteered. But it would be a shame to miss out on a technical meeting. So I've been thinking about an "unconference" (type the word into your favourite search engine to find out more) style replacement where the structure and content of the meeting emerges on the evening. Before I think more about this I thought I'd ask what the rest of you think: if there are general murmurs of approval, or even "let's see what happens" I'll think about this more. I imagine us meeting as usual in the Systems Seminar room, with various laptops, maybe a couple of projectors, whiteboards and other things. We would get together in small groups to discuss topics that we determine at the start of the meeting or maybe beforehand, maybe for a fixed amount of time or maybe until people drift off to do other things. Individuals might want to share their knowledge on a topic, gather together others' knowledge, or play with interesting ideas. Any questions? Any suggestions? Good idea or bad idea? Tom From phil at creativespaces.co.uk Wed Mar 17 05:25:42 2010 From: phil at creativespaces.co.uk (Phil Ironside) Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:25:42 +0000 Subject: April/May's Tech Meet In-Reply-To: <20100317112911.GK452@eborcom.com> References: <4B9D024A.6020003@usa.net> <20100317112911.GK452@eborcom.com> Message-ID: <20100317122542.7f896cfd@localhost.localdomain> Yo Well straight off the idea sounds great and a really good reason to get a possey up from Malvern to pop along. If I can make the dates then I would love to have a go, sounds fun. > I imagine us meeting as usual in the Systems Seminar room, with > various laptops, maybe a couple of projectors, whiteboards and other > things. We would get together in small groups to discuss topics that > we determine at the start of the meeting or maybe beforehand, maybe > for a fixed amount of time or maybe until people drift off to do other > things. Individuals might want to share their knowledge on a topic, > gather together others' knowledge, or play with interesting ideas. -- Cheers Phil Ironside Creative Spaces 01684-561495 http://creativespaces.co.uk http://malvern.lug.org.uk http://birmingham.pm.org From tom at eborcom.com Fri Mar 19 02:11:55 2010 From: tom at eborcom.com (Tom Hukins) Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:11:55 +0000 Subject: April/May's Tech Meet In-Reply-To: <20100317122542.7f896cfd@localhost.localdomain> References: <4B9D024A.6020003@usa.net> <20100317112911.GK452@eborcom.com> <20100317122542.7f896cfd@localhost.localdomain> Message-ID: <20100319091155.GR452@eborcom.com> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 12:25:42PM +0000, Phil Ironside wrote: > Well straight off the idea sounds great Thanks, Phil. So far, only four of us have shown an interest, so it's not going to be worth the effort unless anyone else speaks up over the next few days. Tom From cjbradford at gmail.com Fri Mar 19 02:53:17 2010 From: cjbradford at gmail.com (Colin Bradford) Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:53:17 +0000 Subject: April/May's Tech Meet In-Reply-To: <20100317112911.GK452@eborcom.com> References: <4B9D024A.6020003@usa.net> <20100317112911.GK452@eborcom.com> Message-ID: <3270acc61003190253p7ac0b7f4o35af30f0563704e2@mail.gmail.com> On 17 March 2010 11:29, Tom Hukins wrote: > On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 03:35:38PM +0000, Tony Edwardson wrote: >> I long while ago I volunteered to organise the April Tech meet > ... >> Would anyone be prepared to help me out and step in for me ? > > Given that it it takes a couple of months to find speakers and let > them prepare their talks before a technical meeting, I'm not surprised > nobody has volunteered. > > But it would be a shame to miss out on a technical meeting. > > So I've been thinking about an "unconference" (type the word into your > favourite search engine to find out more) style replacement where the > structure and content of the meeting emerges on the evening. ?Before I > think more about this I thought I'd ask what the rest of you think: > if there are general murmurs of approval, or even "let's see what > happens" I'll think about this more. > Any questions? ?Any suggestions? ?Good idea or bad idea? I think this is a good idea. I've never been to an unconference, but they sound like a good way of getting technical discussion going. I also think it's a great idea to try different formats, and see what works. Cheers, Colin. From Tony.Edwardson at lchclearnet.com Fri Mar 19 02:56:36 2010 From: Tony.Edwardson at lchclearnet.com (Tony Edwardson) Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:56:36 +0000 Subject: April/May's Tech Meet In-Reply-To: <20100317112911.GK452@eborcom.com> References: <4B9D024A.6020003@usa.net> <20100317112911.GK452@eborcom.com> Message-ID: <8FC4575E52D65D469A9511598C6843F076F892FF27@EXCPR2.corp.lch.com> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Please Read The Disclaimer At The Bottom Of This Email ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Isn't that what we do at the pub (without the white boards e.t.c ) ? However, it sounds like a good idea and benefits from the lack of the need for presenters to prepare slides e.t.c I am in favour Tony -----Original Message----- From: miltonkeynes-pm-bounces+tony.edwardson=usa.net at pm.org [mailto:miltonkeynes-pm-bounces+tony.edwardson=usa.net at pm.org] On Behalf Of Tom Hukins Sent: 17 March 2010 11:29 To: Milton Keynes Perl Mongers Subject: Re: April/May's Tech Meet On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 03:35:38PM +0000, Tony Edwardson wrote: > I long while ago I volunteered to organise the April Tech meet ... > Would anyone be prepared to help me out and step in for me ? Given that it it takes a couple of months to find speakers and let them prepare their talks before a technical meeting, I'm not surprised nobody has volunteered. But it would be a shame to miss out on a technical meeting. So I've been thinking about an "unconference" (type the word into your favourite search engine to find out more) style replacement where the structure and content of the meeting emerges on the evening. Before I think more about this I thought I'd ask what the rest of you think: if there are general murmurs of approval, or even "let's see what happens" I'll think about this more. I imagine us meeting as usual in the Systems Seminar room, with various laptops, maybe a couple of projectors, whiteboards and other things. We would get together in small groups to discuss topics that we determine at the start of the meeting or maybe beforehand, maybe for a fixed amount of time or maybe until people drift off to do other things. Individuals might want to share their knowledge on a topic, gather together others' knowledge, or play with interesting ideas. Any questions? Any suggestions? Good idea or bad idea? 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Recognised as a Clearing House under the Financial Services & Markets Act 2000. Reg in England No.25932 Telephone: +44 20 7426 7000 Internet: http://www.lchclearnet.com ************************************************************************************************* From tom at eborcom.com Fri Mar 19 03:14:16 2010 From: tom at eborcom.com (Tom Hukins) Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:14:16 +0000 Subject: April/May's Tech Meet In-Reply-To: <8FC4575E52D65D469A9511598C6843F076F892FF27@EXCPR2.corp.lch.com> References: <4B9D024A.6020003@usa.net> <20100317112911.GK452@eborcom.com> <8FC4575E52D65D469A9511598C6843F076F892FF27@EXCPR2.corp.lch.com> Message-ID: <20100319101416.GT452@eborcom.com> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 09:56:36AM +0000, Tony Edwardson wrote: > Isn't that what we do at the pub (without the white boards e.t.c ) ? Good question. I hope this will end up different, as the pub lets us talk about whatever we feel like in an informal, unstructured way. There's no agenda and we don't stop the conversation from going off in unrelated directions. What I've read about this idea, and consequently what I propose, involves several sessions based around specific topics. I'm not sure whether we should constrain how long sessions last for or let them last until people get bored, but I imagine each session will have someone chairing it, guiding the discussion. Some sessions might involve scribbling down ideas, some might involve writing code, and some will involve other things that haven't occurred to me. I expect we'll come up with our own lists off interesting topics beforehand, and if enough people want a session on a given topic, they will make it happen. Does anyone else have ideas how this might work? I expect we'll form better plans collectively than I will on my own. Tom From phil at creativespaces.co.uk Fri Mar 19 03:23:38 2010 From: phil at creativespaces.co.uk (Phil Ironside) Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:23:38 +0000 Subject: April/May's Tech Meet In-Reply-To: <20100319101416.GT452@eborcom.com> References: <4B9D024A.6020003@usa.net> <20100317112911.GK452@eborcom.com> <8FC4575E52D65D469A9511598C6843F076F892FF27@EXCPR2.corp.lch.com> <20100319101416.GT452@eborcom.com> Message-ID: <20100319102338.27a2e5d4.phil@creativespaces.co.uk> Yo Do we have a date for the meeting? I don't want to get all excited and then find I cannot go because of prior engagements. -- Cheers Phil Ironside 01684-561495 http://creativespaces.co.uk http://malvern.lug.org.uk http://birmingham.pm.org From tom at eborcom.com Fri Mar 19 03:40:17 2010 From: tom at eborcom.com (Tom Hukins) Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:40:17 +0000 Subject: April/May's Tech Meet In-Reply-To: <20100319102338.27a2e5d4.phil@creativespaces.co.uk> References: <4B9D024A.6020003@usa.net> <20100317112911.GK452@eborcom.com> <8FC4575E52D65D469A9511598C6843F076F892FF27@EXCPR2.corp.lch.com> <20100319101416.GT452@eborcom.com> <20100319102338.27a2e5d4.phil@creativespaces.co.uk> Message-ID: <20100319104017.GU452@eborcom.com> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:23:38AM +0000, Phil Ironside wrote: > Do we have a date for the meeting? I don't want to get all excited > and then find I cannot go because of prior engagements. Not yet, but I'll bounce around possible dates on IRC before settling on anything. I'll make sure you're happy with anything we choose beforehand because it's good form to treat one's guests politely. :) Tom From andyfrommk at googlemail.com Tue Mar 23 12:49:24 2010 From: andyfrommk at googlemail.com (Andy Selby) Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:49:24 +0000 Subject: Meeting: Tuesday 30th March Message-ID: <27183a391003231249v18eedeefmd998e15d0363f709@mail.gmail.com> The monthly MKLUG/MiltonKeynes.pm meet-up is nearly upon us! As ever, it will be held at the Wetherspoons pub, near the railway station (not the one in the snow dome), next door to Chiquitos: http://osm.org/go/eu4qJDHoE-- Starting from 7pm, and going on till the last people stumble off home. We usually inhabit one of the two large curved tables in front of the bar. Feel free to bring your laptop/Linux device along if you want a hand/to show off. From andyfrommk at googlemail.com Tue Mar 30 07:48:58 2010 From: andyfrommk at googlemail.com (Andy Selby) Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:48:58 +0100 Subject: Meeting: Tuesday 30th March In-Reply-To: <27183a391003231249v18eedeefmd998e15d0363f709@mail.gmail.com> References: <27183a391003231249v18eedeefmd998e15d0363f709@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <27183a391003300748o3b764ebw549c461a9909f993@mail.gmail.com> Just to Remind everyone, this is tonight On 23 March 2010 20:49, Andy Selby wrote: > The monthly MKLUG/MiltonKeynes.pm meet-up is nearly upon us! > > As ever, it will be held at the Wetherspoons pub, near the railway > station (not the one in the snow dome), next door to Chiquitos: > > http://osm.org/go/eu4qJDHoE-- > > Starting from 7pm, and going on till the last people stumble off home. > We usually inhabit one of the two large curved tables in front of the bar. > Feel free to bring your laptop/Linux device along if you want a hand/to > show off. > From tom at eborcom.com Tue Mar 30 11:39:00 2010 From: tom at eborcom.com (Tom Hukins) Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:39:00 +0100 Subject: April/May's Tech Meet In-Reply-To: <20100319104017.GU452@eborcom.com> References: <4B9D024A.6020003@usa.net> <20100317112911.GK452@eborcom.com> <8FC4575E52D65D469A9511598C6843F076F892FF27@EXCPR2.corp.lch.com> <20100319101416.GT452@eborcom.com> <20100319102338.27a2e5d4.phil@creativespaces.co.uk> <20100319104017.GU452@eborcom.com> Message-ID: <20100330183900.GR265@eborcom.com> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:40:17AM +0000, Tom Hukins wrote: > Not yet, but I'll bounce around possible dates on IRC before settling > on anything. I'll make sure you're happy with anything we choose > beforehand because it's good form to treat one's guests politely. :) We still don't have any confirmed dates or a venue, but I've thrown together some ideas on a Wiki: http://unstruct.wikkii.com/wiki/Main_Page Please help out by sharing ideas, asking questions and making things happen if you're interested in this meeting going ahead. Tom