From qw at sf.pm.org  Wed May  3 14:37:28 2006
From: qw at sf.pm.org (Quinn Weaver)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 14:37:28 -0700
Subject: [sf-perl] O'Reilly discount update
Message-ID: <20060503213728.GC63168@fu.funkspiel.org>

Many people don't know this, so I'm sending a reminder...

By virtue of being a Perl Mongers group, we all get a discount on
O'Reilly products.  The discount code is DSUG.  You can use this to
order books, but, more notably, it's also good for conference
registration.  In fact, you can use it in addition to the early bird
discount for conferences, making a large difference in price.

Also, as of today, O'Reilly has increased the discount for books.  We
now get 30% off order of a single book or 35% off orders of two or
more books.  (This applies if you order directly from the O'Reilly web
site, not if you're ordering from a bookseller.)

Share and enjoy. :)

--
qw (Quinn Weaver); #President, San Francisco Perl Mongers
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From david at fetter.org  Mon May  8 13:44:18 2006
From: david at fetter.org (David Fetter)
Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 13:44:18 -0700
Subject: [sf-perl] [TOMORROW] Elein Mustain Presents: Time Travel
Message-ID: <20060508204418.GL15978@fetter.org>

Folks,

What:
    Time Travel

Where:
    Casa Donde <http://casadonde.org>

When:
    Tuesday, May 9 (Tomorrow!) 7:30pm

Why:
    Time travel?!?  Who can resist?

How:
    RSVP ASAP for the Best Pizza in the Bay Area.

More details: http://pugs.postgresql.org/sfpug/

Cheers,
D
-- 
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phone: +1 415 235 3778        AIM: dfetter666
                              Skype: davidfetter

Remember to vote!

From vlb at cfcl.com  Tue May  9 11:14:32 2006
From: vlb at cfcl.com (Vicki Brown)
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 11:14:32 -0700
Subject: [sf-perl] Perl Comic
Message-ID: <p0623090fc0868c7681e1@[192.168.254.206]>

http://comics.com/comics/workingdaze/archive/workingdaze-20060509.html
-- 
- Vicki

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From qw at sf.pm.org  Sun May 14 20:45:23 2006
From: qw at sf.pm.org (Quinn Weaver)
Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 20:45:23 -0700
Subject: [sf-perl] Meeting May 23:  Microbrew and Perl SIG
Message-ID: <20060515034523.GA69598@fu.funkspiel.org>

As I mentioned at the last meeting, this month we'll have an informal
munch rather than a presentation. We have a new venue: the San
Francisco Brewing Company, a charming little microbrewery in the North
Beach. They're fairly close to downtown.

Despite being a bar, the venue is open to people under 21 until 9:30
p.m. (Around then we'll decamp for dessert.)

Details (available, as always, at http://sf.pm.org/weblog/ ):

RSVP: None required.
Date: Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Place: San Francisco Brewing Company, 155 Columbus Ave., San
Francisco, CA ( http://tinyurl.com/ou4bl )

Parking: Google suggests these garages: http://tinyurl.com/rmwub

I can't vouch for any of them, as I've never used them. Since this
is the North Beach, you
probably do need to use a garage; street parking is scarce.

From BART: Get off at the Embarcadero station. It's a pleasant walk
uphill, should you enjoy walking: http://tinyurl.com/ro97n

Otherwise go to the northwest corner of Market and Front, then
catch the 2 Clement:  http://tinyurl.com/lthxn

From Caltrain: (Don't take Caltrain if you can avoid it. Trains run
back at 10:00 p.m. and 11:59 p.m. only! Usually meetings run past
10:00.) From the station, take the N Judah to the Embarcadero station,
then follow the directions from BART.

--
qw (Quinn Weaver); #President, San Francisco Perl Mongers
=for information, visit http://sf.pm.org/weblog =cut

From bart at solozone.com  Mon May 15 07:18:52 2006
From: bart at solozone.com (Bart Alberti)
Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 07:18:52 -0700
Subject: [sf-perl] Meeting May 23:  Microbrew and Perl SIG
In-Reply-To: <20060515034523.GA69598@fu.funkspiel.org>
References: <20060515034523.GA69598@fu.funkspiel.org>
Message-ID: <44688DCC.8090706@solozone.com>

Quinn Weaver wrote:
> As I mentioned at the last meeting, this month we'll have an informal
> munch rather than a presentation. We have a new venue: the San
> Francisco Brewing Company, a charming little microbrewery in the North
> Beach. They're fairly close to downtown.
>
> Despite being a bar, the venue is open to people under 21 until 9:30
> p.m. (Around then we'll decamp for dessert.)
>
> Details (available, as always, at http://sf.pm.org/weblog/ ):
>
> RSVP: None required.
> Date: Tuesday, May 23, 2006
> Time: 8:00 p.m.
> Place: San Francisco Brewing Company, 155 Columbus Ave., San
> Francisco, CA ( http://tinyurl.com/ou4bl )
>
> Parking: Google suggests these garages: http://tinyurl.com/rmwub
>
> I can't vouch for any of them, as I've never used them. Since this
> is the North Beach, you
> probably do need to use a garage; street parking is scarce.
>
> >From BART: Get off at the Embarcadero station. It's a pleasant walk
> uphill, should you enjoy walking: http://tinyurl.com/ro97n
>
> Otherwise go to the northwest corner of Market and Front, then
> catch the 2 Clement:  http://tinyurl.com/lthxn
>
> >From Caltrain: (Don't take Caltrain if you can avoid it. Trains run
> back at 10:00 p.m. and 11:59 p.m. only! Usually meetings run past
> 10:00.) From the station, take the N Judah to the Embarcadero station,
> then follow the directions from BART.
>
> --
> qw (Quinn Weaver); #President, San Francisco Perl Mongers
> =for information, visit http://sf.pm.org/weblog =cut
> _______________________________________________
> SanFrancisco-pm mailing list
> SanFrancisco-pm at pm.org
> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/sanfrancisco-pm
>
>   

Next door to the Scientology center? I used to be a dinosaur in my spare
time.

Bart Alberti

From bart at solozone.com  Mon May 15 14:36:59 2006
From: bart at solozone.com (Bart Alberti)
Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 14:36:59 -0700
Subject: [sf-perl] Meeting May 23:  Microbrew and Perl SIG
In-Reply-To: <44688DCC.8090706@solozone.com>
References: <20060515034523.GA69598@fu.funkspiel.org>
	<44688DCC.8090706@solozone.com>
Message-ID: <4468F47B.5020806@solozone.com>

Bart Alberti wrote:

>Quinn Weaver wrote:
>  
>
>>As I mentioned at the last meeting, this month we'll have an informal
>>munch rather than a presentation. We have a new venue: the San
>>Francisco Brewing Company, a charming little microbrewery in the North
>>Beach. They're fairly close to downtown.
>>
>>
>>
>>Details (available, as always, at http://sf.pm.org/weblog/ ):
>>
>>RSVP: None required.
>>Date: Tuesday, May 23, 2006
>>Time: 8:00 p.m.
>>Place: San Francisco Brewing Company, 155 Columbus Ave., San
>>Francisco, CA ( http://tinyurl.com/ou4bl )
>>
>>
>>
>>>From BART: Get off at the Embarcadero station. It's a pleasant walk
>>uphill, should you enjoy walking: http://tinyurl.com/ro97n
>>
>>Otherwise go to the northwest corner of Market and Front, then
>>catch the 2 Clement:  http://tinyurl.com/lthxn
>>
>>
>>
>>--
>>qw (Quinn Weaver); #President, San Francisco Perl Mongers
>>=for information, visit http://sf.pm.org/weblog =cut
>>_______________________________________________
>>SanFrancisco-pm mailing list
>>SanFrancisco-pm at pm.org
>>http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/sanfrancisco-pm
>>
>>  
>>    
>>
>
>  
>
Your directions are not the best. 155 Columbus is above Sacramento just 
as Columbus elbows past the trans America building and the #2 Clement 
does NOT pass it anywhere. I recommend

1 if you get to the EMBARCADERO station get to the #1 California to 
Montgomery. It's one and a half blocks uphill then.

2. From the MONTGOMERY BART or MUNI, take the #15 on Kearney and Market 
to Columbus and walk backward on Columbus.

3. Just walk up from Market Street on Montgomery through the ''Wall 
Street of the West'' noticing the elbow at Sacramento Street where it 
becomes Columbus: HEALTHY!

4. alternative: from North Beach, walk down Columbus Street towards down 
town financial center

Bart Alberti


From vlb at cfcl.com  Mon May 15 21:54:10 2006
From: vlb at cfcl.com (Vicki Brown)
Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 21:54:10 -0700
Subject: [sf-perl] Meeting May 23:  Microbrew and Perl SIG
In-Reply-To: <4468F47B.5020806@solozone.com>
References: <20060515034523.GA69598@fu.funkspiel.org>
	<44688DCC.8090706@solozone.com> <4468F47B.5020806@solozone.com>
Message-ID: <p06230921c08f0b3436c8@[192.168.254.206]>

At 14:36 -0700 05/15/2006, Bart Alberti wrote:
> and walk backward on Columbus.

looking carefully over your shoulder as you go so as not to trip over
anything.

(Sorry. It was irresistible.)
-- 
- Vicki

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From bart at solozone.com  Tue May 16 07:29:46 2006
From: bart at solozone.com (Bart Alberti)
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 07:29:46 -0700
Subject: [sf-perl] columbus avenue
Message-ID: <4469E1DA.5040802@solozone.com>

The forgotten approach: the California Street Cable car from its
Embarcadero Terminal at the hotel at market street. Tell the nice
conductor where you want to go.

Bart

From boss at topfunky.com  Tue May 16 09:18:27 2006
From: boss at topfunky.com (Geoffrey Grosenbach)
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 09:18:27 -0700
Subject: [sf-perl] Free Ticket to Ruby on Rails Workshop
Message-ID: <03BDA3D5-F43A-47B4-B6E1-B59B2A937A67@topfunky.com>

I'm a longtime member of the Seattle Perl Users Group. I gave a talk  
there a few months ago on the Ruby on Rails framework and got a lot  
of positive feedback. I'm still looking forward to the release of  
Perl 6, but in the meantime I'm having a lot of fun programming in Ruby.

I'm giving away a free ticket to a Ruby on Rails workshop I'm  
teaching in San Francisco next month ($495 value). Go here for the  
details:

http://nubyonrails.com/
http://carsonworkshops.com/dev/rubyonrails/08JUN2006.html


I hope to see you there!

Geoffrey Grosenbach
boss at topfunky.com





From bart at solozone.com  Thu May 18 11:57:45 2006
From: bart at solozone.com (Bart Alberti)
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 11:57:45 -0700
Subject: [sf-perl] walking backwards
Message-ID: <446CC3A9.7090107@solozone.com>

I just this morning passed 155 Columbus on my way down town from North 
Beach. It is located EXACTLY opposite the #15 Kearny stop at the corner 
of Columbus and Kearny as it turns to go up Columbus, further. So you 
DON'T have to walk backwards at all. It is just south of City Lights Books.
P S. (& O.T.) Black Hawk Books on Broadway has closed.

Bart Alberti



From rdm at cfcl.com  Mon May 22 22:02:23 2006
From: rdm at cfcl.com (Rich Morin)
Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 22:02:23 -0700
Subject: [sf-perl] Beer and Scripting SIG (BASS) - reminder
Message-ID: <p06230908c098434217c7@[192.168.254.205]>

The Beer & Scripting SIG (http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/bass) will
take place Wednesday evening, 5/24.  Be there or be elsewhere!


Also note that the calendar of Bay Area Scripting Events is
available and open to submissions (all your BASE are belong
to us :-).

  *  webcal://cfcl.com/pub_dav/BA_Scripting_Groups.ics
  *  http://cfcl.com/pub_dav/BA_Scripting_Groups.ics

and that the list of local scripting groups is online at

  SF Bay Area Scripting Groups
  http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/bass/groups.php

-r
-- 
http://www.cfcl.com/rdm            Rich Morin
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Technical editing and writing, programming, and web development

From qw at sf.pm.org  Tue May 23 11:57:23 2006
From: qw at sf.pm.org (Quinn Weaver)
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 11:57:23 -0700
Subject: [sf-perl] Meeting May 23:  Microbrew and Perl SIG
Message-ID: <20060523185723.GC93818@fu.funkspiel.org>

This is a reminder of the Perl Mongers meeting tonight.  See earlier
list postings from BART for alternate Muni directions.

			*	*	*

As I mentioned at the last meeting, this month we'll have an informal
munch rather than a presentation. We have a new venue: the San
Francisco Brewing Company, a charming little microbrewery in the North
Beach. They're fairly close to downtown.

Despite being a bar, the venue is open to people under 21 until 9:30
p.m. (Around then we'll decamp for dessert.)

Details (available, as always, at http://sf.pm.org/weblog/ ):

RSVP: None required.
Date: Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Place: San Francisco Brewing Company, 155 Columbus Ave., San
Francisco, CA ( http://tinyurl.com/ou4bl )

Parking: Google suggests these garages: http://tinyurl.com/rmwub

I can't vouch for any of them, as I've never used them. Since this
is the North Beach, you
probably do need to use a garage; street parking is scarce.

From BART: Get off at the Embarcadero station. It's a pleasant walk
uphill, should you enjoy walking: http://tinyurl.com/ro97n

Otherwise go to the northwest corner of Market and Front, then
catch the 2 Clement:  http://tinyurl.com/lthxn

From Caltrain: (Don't take Caltrain if you can avoid it. Trains run
back at 10:00 p.m. and 11:59 p.m. only! Usually meetings run past
10:00.) From the station, take the N Judah to the Embarcadero station,
then follow the directions from BART.

--
qw (Quinn Weaver); #President, San Francisco Perl Mongers
=for information, visit http://sf.pm.org/weblog =cut

From rdm at cfcl.com  Mon May 29 21:45:49 2006
From: rdm at cfcl.com (Rich Morin)
Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 21:45:49 -0700
Subject: [sf-perl] office chairs
Message-ID: <p06230950c0a17e18e1ed@[192.168.254.205]>

I'm thinking about buying a Real Office Chair (TM).
Any (dis-)recommendations on models, dealers, etc?

-r
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Technical editing and writing, programming, and web development

From qw at sf.pm.org  Tue May 30 07:17:13 2006
From: qw at sf.pm.org (Quinn Weaver)
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 07:17:13 -0700
Subject: [sf-perl] office chairs
In-Reply-To: <p06230950c0a17e18e1ed@[192.168.254.205]>
References: <p06230950c0a17e18e1ed@[192.168.254.205]>
Message-ID: <20060530141713.GB59923@fu.funkspiel.org>

On Mon, May 29, 2006 at 09:45:49PM -0700, Rich Morin wrote:
> I'm thinking about buying a Real Office Chair (TM).
> Any (dis-)recommendations on models, dealers, etc?

Everyone is different, but these are my recommendations:

- Avoid chairs with arms.  Invariably, they get in the way (or,
worse, encourage really bad habits like resting your elbows on them).

- If you are having ergonomic problems now, try to analyse the
situation and isolate the causes before you buy a chair.  (If you are
having specific problems, I probably have a slew of recommendations.)

- Think about the positions of your monitor and keyboard as well.
If you optimize these first, you will know better what kind of chair
to get.  Unfortunately, this may entail getting a new desk as well. :/

That's it; I don't have any specific recommendations on brands.

While we're on the topic, I am thinking of buying a new desk.
I tend to switch back and forth between a desktop and a laptop
for ergonomic reasons.  I think my best bet is to get something
that lets adjust monitor height instantly (and ideally keyboard
height too), so what I really need a desk that consists of two
planes, each of which can be moved up or down easily.

Does anyone know of such a beast, offhand?  Maybe I should just
go to Office Depot?

--
qw (Quinn Weaver); #President, San Francisco Perl Mongers
=for information, visit http://sf.pm.org/weblog =cut

From david.davis at gmail.com  Mon May 29 22:23:21 2006
From: david.davis at gmail.com (David Davis)
Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 22:23:21 -0700
Subject: [sf-perl] office chairs
In-Reply-To: <p06230950c0a17e18e1ed@192.168.254.205>
References: <p06230950c0a17e18e1ed@192.168.254.205>
Message-ID: <89f5393a0605292223g4e9a2e75k6375ebe5fb463e2a@mail.gmail.com>

Aeron Chairs are the best IMHO.  We have them at work.

David

On 5/29/06, Rich Morin <rdm at cfcl.com> wrote:
>
> I'm thinking about buying a Real Office Chair (TM).
> Any (dis-)recommendations on models, dealers, etc?
>
> -r
> --
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From masri at nolex.com  Tue May 30 09:41:42 2006
From: masri at nolex.com (Adam Masri)
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 09:41:42 -0700
Subject: [sf-perl] office chairs
In-Reply-To: <89f5393a0605292223g4e9a2e75k6375ebe5fb463e2a@mail.gmail.com>
References: <p06230950c0a17e18e1ed@192.168.254.205>
	<89f5393a0605292223g4e9a2e75k6375ebe5fb463e2a@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <97F4B283-0E9D-4368-B7FC-CEC67A8F492E@nolex.com>


On May 29, 2006, at 10:23 PM, David Davis wrote:

> Aeron Chairs are the best IMHO.  We have them at work.

I like mine too. They're expensive, but they make you feel important.  
And they're comfortable. :)

> While we're on the topic, I am thinking of buying a new desk.
> I tend to switch back and forth between a desktop and a laptop
> for ergonomic reasons.  I think my best bet is to get something
> that lets adjust monitor height instantly (and ideally keyboard
> height too), so what I really need a desk that consists of two
> planes, each of which can be moved up or down easily.
>
> Does anyone know of such a beast, offhand?  Maybe I should just
> go to Office Depot?

Anthro has some cool stuff. I'm not sure about your specific request,  
but you could contact them.

http://www.anthro.com/cpage.aspx?pid=88

Adam Masri     masri at nolex.com
President      www.nolex.com
Nolex


From aldis at ratdog.com  Tue May 30 09:52:14 2006
From: aldis at ratdog.com (aldis at ratdog.com)
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 09:52:14 -0700
Subject: [sf-perl] office chairs
Message-ID: <20060530095214.6ab06fc9edbf36a8434a160d6387e25f.f3a430d976.wbe@email.secureserver.net>

i'm an aeron person too, and love it.

however, check out

http://www.slate.com/id/2131646/

for other opinions.

a

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [sf-perl] office chairs
> From: Adam Masri <masri at nolex.com>
> Date: Tue, May 30, 2006 9:41 am
> To: San Francisco Perl Mongers User Group <sanfrancisco-pm at pm.org>
> 
> On May 29, 2006, at 10:23 PM, David Davis wrote:
> 
> > Aeron Chairs are the best IMHO.  We have them at work.
> 
> I like mine too. They're expensive, but they make you feel important.  
> And they're comfortable. :)
> 
> > While we're on the topic, I am thinking of buying a new desk.
> > I tend to switch back and forth between a desktop and a laptop
> > for ergonomic reasons.  I think my best bet is to get something
> > that lets adjust monitor height instantly (and ideally keyboard
> > height too), so what I really need a desk that consists of two
> > planes, each of which can be moved up or down easily.
> >
> > Does anyone know of such a beast, offhand?  Maybe I should just
> > go to Office Depot?
> 
> Anthro has some cool stuff. I'm not sure about your specific request,  
> but you could contact them.
> 
> http://www.anthro.com/cpage.aspx?pid=88
> 
> Adam Masri     masri at nolex.com
> President      www.nolex.com
> Nolex
> 
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From josh at agliodbs.com  Tue May 30 10:03:04 2006
From: josh at agliodbs.com (Josh Berkus)
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 10:03:04 -0700
Subject: [sf-perl] office chairs
In-Reply-To: <89f5393a0605292223g4e9a2e75k6375ebe5fb463e2a@mail.gmail.com>
References: <p06230950c0a17e18e1ed@192.168.254.205>
	<89f5393a0605292223g4e9a2e75k6375ebe5fb463e2a@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <447C7AC8.50603@agliodbs.com>

Rich,

> Aeron Chairs are the best IMHO.  We have them at work.

FWIW, I personally don't like Aerons.  But a lot of people do.  And you 
can't buy the kind of office chair I have easily (1930's bookkeeper's 
chair).

--Josh

From rdm at cfcl.com  Tue May 30 12:16:28 2006
From: rdm at cfcl.com (Rich Morin)
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 12:16:28 -0700
Subject: [sf-perl] "Deconstructing databases with Jim Gray"
Message-ID: <p06230956c0a24a0fafcb@[192.168.254.205]>

The Register has an interview up:

  "Deconstructing databases with Jim Gray"
  http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2006/05/30/jim_gray/print.html

-r
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Technical editing and writing, programming, and web development

From masri at nolex.com  Tue May 30 12:22:37 2006
From: masri at nolex.com (Adam Masri)
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 12:22:37 -0700
Subject: [sf-perl] office chairs
In-Reply-To: <20060530095214.6ab06fc9edbf36a8434a160d6387e25f.f3a430d976.wbe@email.secureserver.net>
References: <20060530095214.6ab06fc9edbf36a8434a160d6387e25f.f3a430d976.wbe@email.secureserver.net>
Message-ID: <CBC9A10D-297F-4F83-AB9C-9D98084D03D0@nolex.com>


On May 30, 2006, at 9:52 AM, aldis at ratdog.com wrote:

> i'm an aeron person too, and love it.
>
> however, check out
>
> http://www.slate.com/id/2131646/
>
> for other opinions.
>
> a

One other thing, you should read Apple's ergonomics document to  
figure out the best way to sit for the kind of work we do (working on  
computers). Follow these rules & it's less likely you'll suffer a  
repetitive motion injury.

http://www.apple.com/about/ergonomics/

Adam Masri     masri at nolex.com
President      www.nolex.com
Nolex


From doom at kzsu.stanford.edu  Tue May 30 13:10:28 2006
From: doom at kzsu.stanford.edu (Joseph Brenner)
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 13:10:28 -0700
Subject: [sf-perl] "Deconstructing databases with Jim Gray"
In-Reply-To: <p06230956c0a24a0fafcb@[192.168.254.205]> 
References: <p06230956c0a24a0fafcb@[192.168.254.205]>
Message-ID: <200605302010.k4UKAS362870@mail0.rawbw.com>


Rich Morin <rdm at cfcl.com> wrote:

> The Register has an interview up:
> 
>   "Deconstructing databases with Jim Gray"
>   http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2006/05/30/jim_gray/print.html

Funny, slashdot has a story up right now about something 
directly related to one of the things he's talking about 
(a code library that does FFT using the graphics card to do 
the work):

   http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/29/1424213

Ah, but I guess that's the "North Carolina" group he's talking 
about in the interview. 


From parallax99 at hotmail.com  Tue May 30 14:47:14 2006
From: parallax99 at hotmail.com (S A)
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 14:47:14 -0700
Subject: [sf-perl] office chairs
In-Reply-To: <20060530141713.GB59923@fu.funkspiel.org>
Message-ID: <BAY106-F24B6331D0C3772926BDF1ED4920@phx.gbl>

I dunno about Office Despot, but (oddly) I'm a big fan of Ikea for this kind 
of thing.  They have a lot of well thought out options, IMHO, and at least 
one of them is bound fit your needs.
/S

>From: Quinn Weaver <qw at sf.pm.org>
>While we're on the topic, I am thinking of buying a new desk.
>I tend to switch back and forth between a desktop and a laptop
>for ergonomic reasons.  I think my best bet is to get something
>that lets adjust monitor height instantly (and ideally keyboard
>height too), so what I really need a desk that consists of two
>planes, each of which can be moved up or down easily.
>
>Does anyone know of such a beast, offhand?  Maybe I should just
>go to Office Depot?



From david at fetter.org  Wed May 31 11:59:31 2006
From: david at fetter.org (David Fetter)
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 11:59:31 -0700
Subject: [sf-perl] "Deconstructing databases with Jim Gray"
In-Reply-To: <p06230956c0a24a0fafcb@[192.168.254.205]>
References: <p06230956c0a24a0fafcb@[192.168.254.205]>
Message-ID: <20060531185931.GJ27220@fetter.org>

On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 12:16:28PM -0700, Rich Morin wrote:
> The Register has an interview up:
> 
>   "Deconstructing databases with Jim Gray"
>   http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2006/05/30/jim_gray/print.html

Interestingly, he only touches on what Microsoft is doing in this
arena.

Cheers,
D
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From joshua.mcadams at gmail.com  Wed May 31 21:11:05 2006
From: joshua.mcadams at gmail.com (Joshua McAdams)
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 23:11:05 -0500
Subject: [sf-perl] YAPC::NA
Message-ID: <49d805d70605312111r364c211cg60d5aabd0e050efb@mail.gmail.com>

Hi there fellow Perl Mongers.  I'm writing to remind you all that
YAPC::NA is only a few weeks away.  The conference will be held in
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This email is a little spammy (sorry about that), but I just wanted to
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