From timc+perl at divide.net Tue Apr 1 11:06:31 2003 From: timc+perl at divide.net (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:21 2004 Subject: Perl lunch this Thursday References: <005701c2f7dd$8fa280e0$8c990143@cephas> <3E88D23A.1070702@fedex.com> <000601c2f80b$55572b60$4d960143@cephas> <3E89C277.50004@fedex.com> Message-ID: <000401c2f871$0c06f290$e1960143@cephas> Eric wrote: > Mostly sandwhich type stuff at Borders. > I don't know where this Greek restaurant is ? Drive south on Union to Prospect Lake. (Far south, in other words.) > How about Macaroni Grill on north Academy ? > That's a nice place. > Most everyone knows where that is. Still trying to drive to consensus, so to recap, we have 3 proposals on the table: 1. Zorbadillo's 2. Borders 3. Macaroni Grill I'm partial to #3. I repeat: my criteria is to maximize attendance. Please reply to pikes-peak-pm-list@hfb.pm.org if you have a preference. Only two days to go. <>< Tim From dave.waddell at wcom.com Tue Apr 1 11:51:28 2003 From: dave.waddell at wcom.com (David R. Waddell) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:21 2004 Subject: Perl lunch this Thursday In-Reply-To: <000401c2f871$0c06f290$e1960143@cephas> References: <005701c2f7dd$8fa280e0$8c990143@cephas> <3E88D23A.1070702@fedex.com> <000601c2f80b$55572b60$4d960143@cephas> <3E89C277.50004@fedex.com> Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20030401105006.00aa64e0@pop.mcit.com> I've never been to Zorbadillo's. I vote for it. Do they have outside seating? David At 10:06 AM 4/1/2003, Tim Chambers wrote: >Eric wrote: > > > Mostly sandwhich type stuff at Borders. > > I don't know where this Greek restaurant is ? > >Drive south on Union to Prospect Lake. (Far south, in other words.) > > > How about Macaroni Grill on north Academy ? > > That's a nice place. > > Most everyone knows where that is. > >Still trying to drive to consensus, so to recap, we have 3 proposals on the >table: > >1. Zorbadillo's >2. Borders >3. Macaroni Grill > >I'm partial to #3. I repeat: my criteria is to maximize attendance. Please >reply to pikes-peak-pm-list@hfb.pm.org if you have a preference. Only two >days to go. > ><>< Tim From pwdrhound at pcisys.net Tue Apr 1 14:03:47 2003 From: pwdrhound at pcisys.net (pwdrhound@pcisys.net) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:21 2004 Subject: Perl lunch this Thursday Message-ID: <200304012103.h31L3kCa024005@leo.pcisys.net> All, > Still trying to drive to consensus, so to recap, we have 3 proposals on the > table: > > 1. Zorbadillo's > 2. Borders > 3. Macaroni Grill Since I work on the far north end, Zorbadillo's is not really an option for me. Either Borders or Macaroni Grill would be my choice. Greg Walters --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ From dave.waddell at wcom.com Tue Apr 1 15:30:12 2003 From: dave.waddell at wcom.com (David R. Waddell) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:21 2004 Subject: Perl lunch this Thursday In-Reply-To: <200304012103.h31L3kCa024005@leo.pcisys.net> Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20030401142847.00b0bad0@pop.mcit.com> OK, I'll change my vote to Macaroni Grill! David At 07:03 AM 4/1/2003, pwdrhound@pcisys.net wrote: >All, > > > Still trying to drive to consensus, so to recap, we have 3 proposals on the > > table: > > > > 1. Zorbadillo's > > 2. Borders > > 3. Macaroni Grill > >Since I work on the far north end, Zorbadillo's is not really an option >for me. >Either Borders or Macaroni Grill would be my choice. > >Greg >Walters > >--------------------------------------------- >This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. >http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ From matt.long at matthew-long.com Tue Apr 1 15:51:38 2003 From: matt.long at matthew-long.com (Matt Long) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:21 2004 Subject: Perl lunch this Thursday In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.0.20030401142847.00b0bad0@pop.mcit.com> Message-ID: <000001c2f898$df7c7bf0$6401a8c0@mattl> Didn't you guys hear? Macoroni Grill doesn't serve geeks anymore. ;-) Their waitors fall asleep as they pass by our conversation. -Matt P.s. Just feeling like a kidder on April Fools!! ;-) > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-colorado-springs-pm-list@pm.org > [mailto:owner-colorado-springs-pm-list@pm.org] On Behalf Of > David R. Waddell > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 2:30 PM > To: pwdrhound@pcisys.net; Tim Chambers; Pikes Peak Perl Mongers > Subject: Re: Perl lunch this Thursday > > > OK, I'll change my vote to Macaroni Grill! > David > > At 07:03 AM 4/1/2003, pwdrhound@pcisys.net wrote: > >All, > > > > > Still trying to drive to consensus, so to recap, we have > 3 proposals > > > on the > > > table: > > > > > > 1. Zorbadillo's > > > 2. Borders > > > 3. Macaroni Grill > > > >Since I work on the far north end, Zorbadillo's is not > really an option > >for me. > >Either Borders or Macaroni Grill would be my choice. > > > >Greg > >Walters > > > >--------------------------------------------- > >This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. > >http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ > > > From timc+perl at divide.net Tue Apr 1 16:12:51 2003 From: timc+perl at divide.net (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:21 2004 Subject: Perl lunch this Thursday References: <000001c2f898$df7c7bf0$6401a8c0@mattl> Message-ID: <00ac01c2f89b$d7c75760$e1960143@cephas> Matt wrote: > P.s. Just feeling like a kidder on April Fools!! ;-) Read about the Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes of All Time here: http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/top100.html Discuss here (voted onto the front page!): http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/4/1/32116/96598 From timc+perl at divide.net Wed Apr 2 17:48:48 2003 From: timc+perl at divide.net (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:21 2004 Subject: Perl lunch TOMORROW Message-ID: <003d01c2f972$6a03d820$02980143@cephas> Looks like we have consensus. WHAT: monthly Pikes Peak Perl Mongers lunch WHERE: Macaroni Grill on N. Academy WHEN: tomorrow (Thursday) at 11:30 WHY: food & geekly conversation <>< Tim 719.651.0116 (cell) From dave.waddell at wcom.com Wed Apr 2 18:15:45 2003 From: dave.waddell at wcom.com (David R. Waddell) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:21 2004 Subject: Perl lunch this Thursday In-Reply-To: <00ac01c2f89b$d7c75760$e1960143@cephas> References: <000001c2f898$df7c7bf0$6401a8c0@mattl> Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20030402171516.00a9a318@pop.mcit.com> So what was the decision for lunch? David At 03:12 PM 4/1/2003, Tim Chambers wrote: >Matt wrote: > > P.s. Just feeling like a kidder on April Fools!! ;-) > >Read about the Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes of All Time here: >http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/top100.html > >Discuss here (voted onto the front page!): >http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/4/1/32116/96598 From timc+perl at divide.net Sat Apr 5 11:19:23 2003 From: timc+perl at divide.net (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:21 2004 Subject: Fw: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, April 4 Message-ID: <003601c2fb97$81f49b00$70990143@cephas> O'Reilly User Group Program Newsletter April 4, 2003 Highlights This Week: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Book News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Outlook Pocket Guide -Mastering Visual Studio .NET -.NET Windows Forms in a Nutshell -Content Syndication with RSS ---------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Brian McConnell ("Beyond Contact"), SFPCUG, San Francisco, CA --April 15 -JavaRanch Online Author Forum--Apr 15-18 -PHPCon East 2003, New York, NY--Apr 23-25 -Linuxfest Northwest 2003, Bellingham, WA--April 26 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Free Amazon Workshop at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference -Registration is open for the 2003 O'Reilly Open Source Convention -O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference Call for Participation -Put Up an O'Reilly Open Source Convention Banner, Get a Free Book --------------------------------------------------------------- Safari ---------------------------------------------------------------- -"Go On Safari" winner--Hamster, LinuxChix ---------------------------------------------------------------- News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Sift, Stir, Code: O'Reilly Cookbooks -Daddy, Are We There Yet? 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Daniel Smith explains how PHP's heredocs can make your life much easier by separating presentation, content, and logic. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/php/2003/04/10/php_heredocs.html --------------------- Java --------------------- ***Reading and Writing Excel Files with POI The Jakarta POI project provides a nice Java API for reading and writing Microsoft file formats. After learning about the project, most people ask, "How can I write a spreadsheet?" Andrew C. Oliver and the POI folks demonstrate how to read and write Excel files using the Horrible SpreadSheet Format class. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/04/16/poi_excel.html --------------------- .NET --------------------- ***.NET Streams Explained On of the common challenges facing beginning .NET programmers is the large number of classes in the .NET Class Library. Looking for the correct class to use for file handling can be confusing. There are many classes in the System.IO namespace, each looking not much different from the others. Wei-Meng Lee explains the differences between the Stream classes. HTTP://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2003/04/14/streams.html ***Migration to Windows Server 2003 Now Easier Gartner Research suggests that up to 70 percent of Microsoft Windows users still run NT. If you or your company are considering migrating to Server 2003 in the next year, you'll need a copy of the bestselling book for both Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003, "Active Directory, 2nd Edition." http://www3.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=112816 Active Directory, 2nd Edition Order Number: 4664 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/actdir2/ --------------------- Web Development --------------------- ***Getting Dreamweaver MX Up to Speed with PHP David McFarland has updated his article on Dreamweaver's PHP extensions to include some free and commercial products from Interakt. 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Here's how it works. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/04/11/survey.html ================================================ News From Your Peers ================================================ ***SF Java By The Bay Meeting, San Francisco, CA--April 23 Java By The Bay, the Java user group for San Francisco presents Grid Computing: An introduction to Open Grid Services Infrastructure by Sastry Malladi and Creating a Java Development Environment with Open Source Tools and Oracle9i JDeveloper on Linux by Rob Clevenger. Registration and refreshments at 5:30pm and speakers begin at 6 pm. Please RSVP at http://www.vircon.com/events/javabythebay.htm Wednesday April 23, 2003 The Commonwealth Club 595 Market Street, San Francisco, CA ***MD25MD: Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of The Maryland Apple Corps, Baltimore, MD--June 1 The Maryland Apple Corps, in cooperation with The Mid-Atlantic Macintosh User Groups Team celebrates twenty-five years as the Greater Baltimore area's Apple/Macintosh Users Group! Very special keynote address by Steve Wozniak, Apple Co-Founder/Technology & Industry Innovator with special guests: Chuck Joiner (Apple User Group Advisory Board Chairman/Hershey Apple Core President), Dave Marra (Apple K-12 Senior Systems Engineer/User Group Guru), Daniel M. East (Mid-Atlantic Macintosh User Groups Team President), Victor Nazarian (Technologies Expert/Consultant/Maryland Apple Corps Member), Fred Showker (Association of Apple Computer Users & Groups Editor/User Group Network President), Gail Murphy Glore (WiredWomen Founder/Apple Consultants Network Member/Fmr. User Group Advisory Board), and others. June 1, 2:00pm, Baltimore Hebrew Congregation 7401 Park Heights Avenue Baltimore, MD 21208-5490 *event location subject to change based on capacity. http://www.mamugs.org/md25md/ Until next time-- Marsee From timc+perl at divide.net Fri Apr 25 23:44:45 2003 From: timc+perl at divide.net (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:21 2004 Subject: Fw: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, April 25 Message-ID: <000d01c30bae$904f7f90$a5970143@cephas> O'Reilly User Group Program Newsletter April 25, 2003 Highlights This Week: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Book News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Samba Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition -JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook -Programming .NET Components ---------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Author Matthew Gast ("802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide"), Networld+Interop, Las Vegas, NV--Apr 28-May 1 -JavaRanch Online Author Forum--May 13-16, 2003 -Author Ron Hitchens (Java NIO) is on the road May 14 & 15 to Dallas, TX and Salt Lake City, UT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Conferences ---------------------------------------------------------------- -The Perl Conference at OSCON -Coming to OSCON on a Budget? -O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference Call for Participation-- Deadline is May 14 -Put Up an O'Reilly Open Source Convention Banner, Get a Free Book --------------------------------------------------------------- Safari ---------------------------------------------------------------- -"Go On Safari" winner--Casey Milford, Conway Perl Mongers ---------------------------------------------------------------- News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -PC World: Tech Books to Enter Public Domain -Wired: Where Real Cyber Worlds Collide -"Amazon Hacks" Announced -Swarms and Mobs at This Year's ETech -Twisted Python -Secure Programming Techniques -How Java Web Servers Work -Using PL/SQL Records in SQL Statements -Isolated Storage Basics -At Microsoft's Mercy -Online Magazines with Apache Cocoon -NetNewsWire and Spring Earn Top Awards -Power Tunes Playback ---------------------------------------------------------------- News From Your Peers ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Bay Area Web Services User Group Meeting, San Francisco, CA --April 29 ================================================ Book News ================================================ Review books are available--email me for a copy. ***Please include the book order number on your requests. Let me know if you need your books by a certain date. Allow at least four weeks for shipping. Send or email me copies of your newsletters and book reviews. Don't forget, your members get 20% off any O'Reilly book they purchase directly from O'Reilly. Just use code DSUG when ordering. http://www.oreilly.com/ ***Group purchases with better discounts are available*** Please let me know if you are interested. Press releases are available on our press page: http://press.oreilly.com/ ***Samba Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition Order Number: 5466 "Samba Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition" covers Samba 2.x and the most important features of 3.0, which was under development as this book went to print. New 3.0 options covered in this pocket reference include Samba's acting as a primary domain controller and as a domain member server, its support for the use of Windows NT/2000/XP authentication and filesystem security on the host Unix system, and access to shared files and printers from Unix clients. System administrators who are familiar with Samba and want a handy reminder of how to administer it will find this pocket reference invaluable. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sambapr2/ ***JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook Order Number: 4672 This new Cookbook answers the question "How do I. . . ?" with a comprehensive collection of problems, solutions, and practical examples. The book's more than 150 recipes range from simple tasks, such as manipulating strings and validating dates in JavaScript, to entire libraries that demonstrate complex tasks, such as cross-browser positioning of HTML elements and table sorting. Learn practical and sensible applications of scripting, along with how and why it all works. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jvdhtmlckbk/ Chapter 10, "Page Navigation Techniques," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jvdhtmlckbk/chapter/index.html ***Programming .NET Components Order Number: 3471 "Programming .NET Components" offers a complete introduction to the new Microsoft .NET component model, focusing on the aspects of .NET that make it ideal for building reusable, maintainable, and robust components. The book covers the intricacies and related system issues of .NET application development, along with design guidelines, tips, best practices, and known pitfalls. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pnetcomp/ Chapter 1, "Introducing Component-Oriented Programming," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pnetcomp/chapter/index.html =============================================== Upcoming Events =============================================== ***Author Matthew Gast ("802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide") Networld+Interop, Las Vegas, NV--Apr 28-May 1 Matthew is instructing the iLabs wireless LAN security class at Networld+Interop. The class is open to anyone, not just registered conference attendees. For more information: http://www.interop.com/ ***JavaRanch Online Author Forum--May 13-16, 2003 Authors Eric M. Burke and Brian M. Coyner ("Java Extreme Programming Cookbook") mosey into the JavaRanch for four days, answering questions and responding to Forum topics. On the last day, four winners will be randomly selected from all forum participants to win a copy of the book. http://www.javaranch.com/bookpromo.jsp ***Author Ron Hitchens ("Java NIO") is on the road May 14 & 15 to Dallas, TX and Salt Lake City, UT Ron will be speaking to Java Metroplex User's Group in Dallas on May 14 and to the Utah Java User group in Salt Lake City on May 15. Java Metroplex User's Group For current meeting location and to RSVP go to: http://www.javamug.org/ Utah Java User Group For current meeting location go to: http://www.ujug.org/index.html For more events, please see: http://events.oreilly.com/ ================================================ Conference News ================================================ ***The Perl Conference at OSCON http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2003/perl/ O'Reilly Open Source Convention Portland Marriott Downtown, Portland, OR July 7-11, 2003 http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/ Early Bird Discount-- User Group members who register before May 23, 2003, get a double discount. Use code DSUG when you register, and you'll get 20% off the "Early Bird" price. To register, go to: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2003/create/ord_os03 ***Coming to OSCON on a Budget? Save money on your housing costs by sharing a room while you're in Portland. We have a room-share mailing list to facilitate finding a suitable roommate. Please visit the room sharing page to submit your information. The list will be updated and emailed weekly. http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2003/create/rs ***O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference Call for Participation--Deadline is May 14 System administrators, developers, strategists, technical staff, and power users are invited to submit proposals to lead tutorial and conference sessions at the second annual O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference. Suggested topics include: Scripting Genius, Amazing Applications, Ingenious Hacks, and SysAdmin Mac Style, to name a few. http://conferences.oreilly.com/macosxcon/ The submission deadline for proposals is May 14, 2003: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/macosx2003/create/e_sess ***Put Up an O'Reilly Open Source Convention Banner, Get A Free Book Ready for the next conference banner promotion? Here it is: We are looking for user groups to display our conference banners on their web sites. If you send me the link to your user group site with our O'Reilly Open Source Convention banner, I will send you the O'Reilly book of your choice. OSCON Conference Banners: http://ug.oreilly.com/banners/oscon2003/ ================================================ Safari News ================================================ ***"Go On Safari" Weekly Winner--Casey Milford, Conway Perl Mongers "When one cycles to work, it becomes difficult to carry more than a couple books...With that said, online documentation has become a staple in my daily referencing...I've found the Safari service to be *very* useful for day to day work." Your group can also participate in this introductory program just for user group members. To "Go on Safari," any of your members who sign up for our Safari 14-day free trial send comments on their experiences, or tips and tricks for how they used Safari (it only needs to be 2 sentences long, but it may be longer) to safari_talk@oreilly.com. Every week someone will be chosen from the tips or comments submitted to receive fun stuff from O'Reilly (T-shirts, book bags, or other surprises). If a member of your user group is selected, your group receives free gifts, too. Whatever the individual member receives, your UG will get one, too, to give away at your next meeting, or use however you see fit. Recipients--and their comments--will be announced in the User Group Newsletter. **Please use this special UG URL to sign up for the 14-day trial** http://www.oreilly.com/safari/ug For more information on Safari: http://safari.oreilly.com/ ================================================ News From O'Reilly & Beyond ================================================ --------------------- General News --------------------- ***PC World: Tech Books to Enter Public Domain Computer book publisher O'Reilly & Associates is taking a dramatic stand against automatic extensions of U.S. copyrights by voluntarily limiting its own copyright protection on hundreds of technical titles--and promising they'll enter the public domain after that. http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,110419,00.asp ***Wired: Where Real Cyber Worlds Collide Although the speakers and attendees are gathered here in Silicon Valley, much of the real action at this week's O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference is happening in cyberspace. http://wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,58622,00.html ***"Amazon Hacks" Announced The newest book in O'Reilly's Hacks series, "Amazon Hacks" (due to release in August), is a collection of real-world tips, tricks, and full-scale solutions to practical uses of Amazon.com and the Amazon Web Services API. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/amazonhks/ If you have an Amazon hack you'd like to contribute, visit: http://hacks.oreilly.com/ ***Swarms and Mobs at This Year's ETech Individually, Eric Bonabeau's keynote on Biological Computing and Howard Rheingold's address on Smart Mobs would have been interesting. Taken together you can see the application of emergent behavior described by Bonabeau to the technological challenges issued by Rheingold. And that's what makes conferences like ETech so powerful. Here's a look at what exceeds the sum of its parts with these two keynotes. http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2003/04/25/swarms_mobs.html Find more up-to-the-minute news, photos, and weblogs in our Emerging Technology Conference Coverage: http://www.oreillynet.com/et2003/ --------------------- Open Source --------------------- ***Twisted Python The Twisted application framework provides rocket-powered tools for your next network application. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2003/4/24/pythonnews.html ***Secure Programming Techniques O'Reilly authors Simson Garfinkel, Gene Spafford, and Alan Schwartz bring you tips and general design principles to code by to help you avoid security-related bugs, in this excerpt from "Practical Unix & Internet Security, 3rd Edition." http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/excerpt/PUIS3_chap16/index1.html Practical Unix & Internet Security, 3rd Edition Order Number: 3234 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/puis3/ --------------------- Java --------------------- ***How Java Web Servers Work At the heart, web servers are really very simple. If you can set up a socket connection and parse some headers, you're well on the way to writing your own mini web server. Though Apache and Tomcat are already stable, mature, and featureful, you may find yourself curious as to how they work--or interested in something a little smaller and easier to embed. In this article, Budi Kurniawan demonstrates a basic Java web server. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/04/23/java_webserver.html --------------------- Oracle --------------------- ***Using PL/SQL Records in SQL Statements The PL/SQL RECORD datatype has been available for years; however, its usefulness was limited because it wasn't possible to use records inside SQL statements. Oracle 9i Release 2 corrects this deficiency. In this final installment in their series on new Oracle 9i features, Steven Feuerstein, coauthor of "Oracle PL/SQL Programming, 3rd Edition," and Bryn Llewellyn demonstrate how you can now employ records in UPDATE, INSERT, DELETE, and SELECT statements. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2003/04/22/feuerstein.html Oracle PL/SQL Programming, 3rd Edition Order Number: 3811 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/oraclep3/index.html --------------------- .NET --------------------- ***Isolated Storage Basics It's not unusual for an application to need to store some data for later use; maybe your application allows the user to set persistent options or save work in progress. But even the simple act of saving data can be fraught with dangers in today's world. In this article, Mike Gunderloy shows you how to use isolated storage to save your data. http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2003/04/21/isolatedstorage.html --------------------- XML --------------------- ***At Microsoft's Mercy The future of XML editing is pretty much in Microsoft's hands, writes Kendall Grant Clark, reporting on community reaction to the news that Microsoft Office 2003's much-hyped XML features will be restricted to the higher-end versions of the suite. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/04/23/deviant.html ***Online Magazines with Apache Cocoon Apache Cocoon makes publishing magazines easy. Steven Punte brings together HTML and RSS documents to show how Cocoon's XML-directed architecture lends itself to elegant publishing solutions. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/04/23/cocoon-magazine.html --------------------- Mac --------------------- ***NetNewsWire and Spring Earn Top Awards Brent Simmons and Robb Beal were the winning entrants in the inaugural Mac OS X Innovators Contest, run by O'Reilly & Associates and sponsored by Apple Developer Connection. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/developer/2003/04/24/innovators.html ***Power Tunes Playback Digital technology's impact on photography and video has changed the way we use these media. And thanks to MP3 and Ogg Vorbis encoding, we're seeing a similar revolution in the world of music. Through my work as a wedding photographer, I've noticed another evolution underway. The bulky DJ's music cart brimming with hundreds of CDs (and requiring a van to lug around) seems to be shrinking in size--possibly as small as a 1" thick PowerBook. Here's what I've noticed and how it works. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/04/18/tibook_dj.html ================================================ News From Your Peers ================================================ ***Bay Area Web Services User Group Meeting, San Francisco, CA --April 29 Ivan Lumala from Microsoft will be talking about Programming XML Web Services with .NET. This is a free event from 1:00PM-2:30PM. Please RSVP by sending an email to nelkarra@myspotter.com or visit: http://www.bawsug.org/events.shtml for more details. Until next time-- Marsee From timc+perl at divide.net Mon Apr 28 13:52:00 2003 From: timc+perl at divide.net (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:21 2004 Subject: Perl lunch this Thursday Message-ID: <006901c30e0f$077321f0$13910143@cephas> Mark your calendars now. WHAT: monthly Pikes Peak Perl Mongers lunch WHERE: TBD WHEN: Thursday, 5/1, at 11:30 WHY: food and geekly conversation Any suggestions for where to meet? <>< Tim From jtevans at kilnar.com Tue Apr 29 00:39:33 2003 From: jtevans at kilnar.com (John Evans) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:21 2004 Subject: Perl lunch this Thursday In-Reply-To: <006901c30e0f$077321f0$13910143@cephas> Message-ID: On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Tim Chambers wrote: > Mark your calendars now. > > WHAT: monthly Pikes Peak Perl Mongers lunch > WHERE: TBD > WHEN: Thursday, 5/1, at 11:30 > WHY: food and geekly conversation > > Any suggestions for where to meet? > I'm working up in Monument now, so anything on Garden of the Gods or north of there. Preferrably north of there. However, if there are more people wanting to head to the south end of town, don't let my geographic limitations change things. The Noodle Company on North Acadamy would be my vote... -- John Evans http://jtevans.kilnar.com/ -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS d- s++:- a- C+++>++++ ULSB++++$ P+++$ L++++$ E--- W++ N+ o? K? w O- M V PS+ !PE Y+ PGP t(--) 5-- X++(+++) R+++ tv+ b+++(++++) DI+++ D++>+++ G+ e h--- r+++ y+++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ From elostrom at fedex.com Tue Apr 29 12:44:41 2003 From: elostrom at fedex.com (Eric L. Ostrom) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:21 2004 Subject: Perl lunch this Thursday References: Message-ID: <3EAEBA09.3010500@fedex.com> To : PPPM The noodle place sounds good to me. We'll have to get there a little early if we want to get a table... it's a small place. Eric John Evans wrote: > On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Tim Chambers wrote: > > >>Mark your calendars now. >> >>WHAT: monthly Pikes Peak Perl Mongers lunch >>WHERE: TBD >>WHEN: Thursday, 5/1, at 11:30 >>WHY: food and geekly conversation >> >>Any suggestions for where to meet? >> >> > > I'm working up in Monument now, so anything on Garden of the Gods or north > of there. Preferrably north of there. > > However, if there are more people wanting to head to the south end of > town, don't let my geographic limitations change things. > > The Noodle Company on North Acadamy would be my vote... > > From jtevans at kilnar.com Wed Apr 30 10:54:29 2003 From: jtevans at kilnar.com (John Evans) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:21 2004 Subject: Perl lunch this Thursday In-Reply-To: <3EAEBA09.3010500@fedex.com> Message-ID: On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Eric L. Ostrom wrote: > To : PPPM > The noodle place sounds good to me. > We'll have to get there a little early if we > want to get a table... it's a small place. > Eric > I've been there a few times during lunch and it does get pretty packed. Our usual time of 11:30 should be adequate so long as most of us make it there on time. Showing up at Noon or Noon:30 is just asking for trouble. -- John Evans http://jtevans.kilnar.com/ -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS d- s++:- a- C+++>++++ ULSB++++$ P+++$ L++++$ E--- W++ N+ o? K? w O- M V PS+ !PE Y+ PGP t(--) 5-- X++(+++) R+++ tv+ b+++(++++) DI+++ D++>+++ G+ e h--- r+++ y+++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ From timc+perl at divide.net Wed Apr 30 11:59:54 2003 From: timc+perl at divide.net (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:21 2004 Subject: Perl lunch this Thursday Message-ID: <01a301c30f39$ecf04e30$13910143@cephas> We've been to Noodles, and it's crowded. I nominate the Indian place at Union and Academy: Mirch Masala. It's in the middle of the shopping plaza on the southeast corner. The same parking lost where the Chipotle's is. How's that sound? <>< Tim From hierophant at pcisys.net Wed Apr 30 12:21:42 2003 From: hierophant at pcisys.net (Keary Suska) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:21 2004 Subject: Perl lunch this Thursday In-Reply-To: <01a301c30f39$ecf04e30$13910143@cephas> Message-ID: on 4/30/03 10:59 AM, timc+perl@divide.net purportedly said: > We've been to Noodles, and it's crowded. I nominate the Indian place at > Union and Academy: Mirch Masala. It's in the middle of the shopping plaza on > the southeast corner. The same parking lost where the Chipotle's is. How's > that sound? I second that nomination--maybe I could even make this time. Haven't been in a while :-( Keary Suska (719) 473-6431 (719) 440-9952 (cell) From jtevans at kilnar.com Wed Apr 30 13:06:14 2003 From: jtevans at kilnar.com (John Evans) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:21 2004 Subject: Perl lunch this Thursday In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Keary Suska wrote: > on 4/30/03 10:59 AM, timc+perl@divide.net purportedly said: > > > We've been to Noodles, and it's crowded. I nominate the Indian place > > at Union and Academy: Mirch Masala. It's in the middle of the shopping > > plaza on the southeast corner. The same parking lost where the > > Chipotle's is. How's that sound? > > I second that nomination--maybe I could even make this time. Haven't been in > a while :-( > Just talked to my new boss (also a Perl weenie) and he's interested, so I'll be there along with one more. BTW: Is it on the S or the E corner? The way Union and Academy meet there, they are at angles, so the corners are more to the N, S, E and W. The MapQuest star is right in the middle of Academy, so it's hard to tell which side of the road it's on. -- John Evans http://jtevans.kilnar.com/ -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS d- s++:- a- C+++>++++ ULSB++++$ P+++$ L++++$ E--- W++ N+ o? K? w O- M V PS+ !PE Y+ PGP t(--) 5-- X++(+++) R+++ tv+ b+++(++++) DI+++ D++>+++ G+ e h--- r+++ y+++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ From hierophant at pcisys.net Wed Apr 30 17:00:40 2003 From: hierophant at pcisys.net (Keary Suska) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:21 2004 Subject: Perl lunch this Thursday In-Reply-To: Message-ID: on 4/30/03 12:06 PM, jtevans@kilnar.com purportedly said: > BTW: Is it on the S or the E corner? The way Union and Academy meet there, > they are at angles, so the corners are more to the N, S, E and W. The > MapQuest star is right in the middle of Academy, so it's hard to tell > which side of the road it's on. It's in the same shopping center as Wild Oats (SE corner), toward the southern end of the complex. I think it's called "Union Square" or something like that. If you're coming from the North (Academy), you need to turn left on Union, then take your immediate right (keep in the right turn lane if there are two). Keary Suska (719) 473-6431 (719) 440-9952 (cell)