From lhaa_54 at yahoo.com.sg Sat Aug 1 00:25:30 2009 From: lhaa_54 at yahoo.com.sg (Hee Lina) Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 15:25:30 +0800 (SGT) Subject: [singapore-pm] Singles Discovery Event 8th Aug (Sat) Message-ID: <510936.22882.qm@web76210.mail.sg1.yahoo.com> Singles EventA Discovery Date to discover more about Yourself and Your potential partner? (Sat, 8th Aug 2009) Dear fellow friends,? I would like?to invite you in joining me to meet 39 other singles to come together to fun mix, mingle, chat,?learn about & from others and also great opportunities to come.? Moreover, we will be having a lucky dip (which has $500 value worth of prizes to be won)! Come and join us for some fun and relaxed chit-chat?plus networking?session. Plus some good news that awaits you that will be?released on that day! Don't miss it! :)? Who should attend: ------------------------------ - Singles looking for potential partners. - Singles looking for a friend or mentor they can speak to and like to be guided through their path to having a more fulfilled, happy and successful life. Why attend: ------------------ - To discover yourself and learn about your potential partners. - Build relationships for personal growth & improvement. - Meet up and network with new friends. Back by popular demand! The QUALITY &?SUPERB-LICIOUS TASTING Peranakan Nonya High Tea Buffet!?The must try: Mind Exploding Yummy Peanut sauce gado gado and rich-delicious Laksa. For the sweet tooth's favourite: An assortment of renowned nonya kuehs! Chengteng to cool off.. Limitless coffee & tea.:) $20 nett!?Limited vacancies! Register early to avoid disappointment! * Age Range: 20s to mid 30s for ladies. late 20s to 30s for guys * Singaporeans & Singapore PR only. Venue: Chilli Padi Nonya Cafe. Address: 470 North Bridge Road #01-02. (directly opp. Bugis Junction Mos Burger) North Bridge Commercial Complex. Dress code: Casual / Smart casual Group size: 40pax (20 guys, 20 ladies) Time: 3-5.30pm (2.45pm registration) Investment: $20 nett (Hi-tea Nonya Buffet included) plus a LUCKY DIP:?We are giving away up to $500 worth of Great Bonus value. No purchase required. Or pay for 2 persons @ $40, get that friend along and get 2x the chances of winning! For every friend you bring along, you get an additional chance to win. Your friend also has a chance to win. A Special?Offer will be released only on the day itself. *If you have Single friends still looking for a potential partner, forward this email to them and let them know about. It may be one of the most valuable gift you have given them as a friend. To Register & Make Payment: To register for the above event, please reply to me at dreammatch09 at gmail.com of the following details (kept Strictly Confidential): ? - Name: - Gender: - Contact no.: - Email address: - No. of friends invited (if any): ? * Please?kindly?include the details of your friends. :) ? * For certain events, a Contact List (by default: with Names and Email addresses) will be given to participants who registered and attended the event. ? * If you or your friends prefer to exclude the email address, or include the contact number in the contact list, please let me know. * Details will be sent to you on how to go about making the payment. Please Note: The above programme are?for eligible singles only. A refund will be done if your payment is received after all vacancies are taken. Regards, Lina HP: 98329111 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lhaa_54 at yahoo.com.sg Sat Aug 1 19:39:32 2009 From: lhaa_54 at yahoo.com.sg (Hee Lina) Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 10:39:32 +0800 (SGT) Subject: [singapore-pm] MONEY REAP - Make REAL, HARD CASH within the 8-hour program! Or we refund your course fee! Message-ID: <712297.71889.qm@web76201.mail.sg1.yahoo.com> MONEY REAP Dear fellow friends, I would like to be able to add value to those who are looking towards achieving financial freedom, wanting to learn entrepreneurial skills or simply wanting to be happier and having more options in life. This is a workshop whereby you will be playing mind-blowing money games for 8 hours. Why Attend? Get some real answers to one of the most important question in your life. Chasing after money has never made you rich. Learn how to attract money instead. Learn the truth about your Wealth Mindset. Experience the reality that money is not about working harder, earning more or being ?lucky? ? it is all about having your Wealth Mindset to get the money as and when you choose. Make REAL, HARD CASH within the 8-hour program! Or we refund your course fee! Do you now have enough money? Do you like to have more money? If money grew on trees, do you know how to reap the harvest? Come join an exciting and innovative 1-day program that uniquely promises to create money from nothing. Yes, that is the promise, that by attending and participating, you will leave the workshop at the end of the day, with Real Hard Cash that you made within the very same day itself. No other single-day program has dared to do this before. If you do not make any money within the program day, we'll refund you the program fee with no question asked. This will be an action based learning program where you will be immersed intensively in many activities and games that not only teach you how to make money but you'll actually get to make money within the 8-hour. While money may not be everything, it is one of the key building blocks to our wealth and success. Being able to create money out of nothing is definitely an interesting learning that you will experience first hand. Within the short 8-hour, the focus is on money creation. If you are looking for entrepreneurship training, strategy, business models and communications skills, you will surely find them. But in Money Reap, there is only one focus: Reap the low lying fruits. Putting money into your pockets. What Can You Expect? ? A powerful, experiential and action-based learning workshop ? Learn through activities & games ? Make real money within the same day If this sounds interesting, make the small investment and explore a different challenge. When: Sat 22 August 2009, 9am to 5pm Where: (tentative in city area) Location will only be released to those who order tickets. Your Investment: S$38/-? (The actual workshop is worth $498!) S$38 will be the price for this week only from 27Jul-2Aug! From 3rdAug onwards, the price will definitely increase by the week due to increasing demand. The trainer and I promised you that we'll refund you your program fee if you do not make money at the end of the program. You have NO risk! We bear the risk! Order with me by 2nd Aug to lock in the price of S$38! Tickets will be collected at the Entrance on 22Aug. Thus, I'll have to pass you the tickets before actual day. I'll collect cash and give you a receipt when I meet you and pass you the ticket. For more information, you can contact me at this email lhaa_54 at yahoo.com.sg or 98329111. === === About the Trainer: Raymond Lim is an inspirational Business Coach. He has more than 20 years of experience in consulting and coaching businesses. 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URL: From michael at metaparadigm.com Sat Aug 1 20:15:24 2009 From: michael at metaparadigm.com (Michael Clark) Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2009 11:15:24 +0800 Subject: [singapore-pm] List posting policy [WAS: MONEY REAP - Make REAL, , HARD CASH ...] In-Reply-To: <712297.71889.qm@web76201.mail.sg1.yahoo.com> References: <712297.71889.qm@web76201.mail.sg1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4A7504CC.4010106@metaparadigm.com> Hi All, I think a good posting policy for the list might be to moderate non-member postings. Then when we see legitimate posts in the moderation queue, they are added to the "filter allow" list. The disadvantage of this will be that non-member posts will lag by a few hours, but only for their first post. We have this policy on slugnet and it has pretty close to eliminated spam on the list. I'm happy to volunteer if the list admin needs help with this (it is obviously a little more work). Thoughts? ~mc From c.david.rigby at gmail.com Sat Aug 1 17:47:00 2009 From: c.david.rigby at gmail.com (cdrigby) Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 17:47:00 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [singapore-pm] Enjoyed the meeting Message-ID: <5e314e01-be30-48d5-a6b9-88defb5307f3@u38g2000pro.googlegroups.com> It was a great meeting and a blast to meet everyone. Hope we can do it again before too long! Ciao CDR From gaurav at ggvaidya.com Sat Aug 1 23:01:05 2009 From: gaurav at ggvaidya.com (Gaurav Vaidya) Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 14:01:05 +0800 Subject: [singapore-pm] List posting policy [WAS: MONEY REAP - Make REAL, , HARD CASH ...] In-Reply-To: <4A7504CC.4010106@metaparadigm.com> References: <712297.71889.qm@web76201.mail.sg1.yahoo.com> <4A7504CC.4010106@metaparadigm.com> Message-ID: <6548A9B5-580A-4CAF-BD27-73CA5560C300@ggvaidya.com> Hi Michael and everybody, Apologies for the spammers on the list today. They have been dealt with, and should worry us no more. On Aug 2, 2009, at 11:15 AM, Michael Clark wrote: > I think a good posting policy for the list might be to moderate non- > member postings. This is already set up, and I've already been blocking three or four spam e-mails every month. This is the first time a spammer created an account before spamming singapore-pm at pm.org, which caught me by surprise. I've turned on the Mailman "default_member_moderation" option now (no idea why I hadn't noticed it before), which should give us exactly the behaviour you suggest: new members will be moderated until I've explicitly turned their moderation flag off. > I'm happy to volunteer if the list admin needs help with this (it is > obviously a little more work). Thanks for the offer! We're not being bombarded by spam yet, and hopefully this new change will keep the doors closed for a little while longer, but if the number of legitimate posts increase, I might need help to ensure that moderated users aren't kept waiting for too long - in which case I'll take you up on your offer :). cheers, Gaurav From singapore-pm at haller.ws Sun Aug 2 10:11:37 2009 From: singapore-pm at haller.ws (Patrick Haller) Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 17:11:37 +0000 Subject: [singapore-pm] perlish points Message-ID: <20090802171137.GF21670@haller.ws> Hey all, Glad to put some faces to names on Saturday. I've written up some of the things I've tried to do with perl at: http://haller.ws/logs/view.cgi/SwigPerl/ using SWIG to make slow perl code fast http://haller.ws/logs/view.cgi/PerlStandardizedRuntime/ creating a runtime that exists the same for all your scripts trying to avoid line noise illegibility of regular expressions http://haller.ws/logs/view.cgi/ExposingPerlRegexps/ (v1) http://haller.ws/logs/view.cgi/LegiblePerlRegexps/ (v2) http://haller.ws/logs/view.cgi/PerlLegibility/ more readable perl? http://haller.ws/logs/view.cgi/ToxicCode/ a presentation on legible perl fixing tiny annoyances http://haller.ws/logs/view.cgi/Perl5ShiftAnnoyance/ http://haller.ws/logs/view.cgi/PerlInspectors/ fun with perl and shell http://haller.ws/logs/view.cgi/FilterInACan/ using a source filter to assign right in perl http://haller.ws/logs/view.cgi/WhyAssignToTheLeft/ Let me know what you think. I find it super useful to treat a blog like an engineering log, just put the stuff in there that you're working on. Does anyone else blog about perl? Patrick From gaurav at ggvaidya.com Sun Aug 2 22:54:44 2009 From: gaurav at ggvaidya.com (Gaurav Vaidya) Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 13:54:44 +0800 Subject: [singapore-pm] perlish points In-Reply-To: <20090802171137.GF21670@haller.ws> References: <20090802171137.GF21670@haller.ws> Message-ID: <2665a3df0908022254g7deed1d9m8d374074f92bdaee@mail.gmail.com> 2009/8/3 Patrick Haller : > Glad to put some faces to names on Saturday. And photographs to faces, which I'll blog about Any Day Now. :) > I've written up some of the > things I've tried to do with perl at: Oh wow, that's a lot of links to go over! Hooray, stuff to read :). Expect comments. > Let me know what you think. I find it super useful to treat a blog like > an engineering log, just put the stuff in there that you're working on. Agreed, particularly half-ideas or suggestions that somebody else can get excited about and work on. Documenting stuff is great, too [1] - I can't count the number of times I've found a bug documented in someone else's blog. > Does anyone else blog about perl? I signed up to the Iron Man of Perl contest [2], so I _ought_ to be, but I haven't in a very long time now [3]. Iron Man is brilliant, though, and the Planet page itself is on my very-frequently-read list [4]. I'd encourage everybody who blogs about Perl to sign up! cheers, Gaurav [1] http://code.ggvaidya.com/2009/05/bundling-amazon-ec2-linux-instance-into.html [2] http://www.enlightenedperl.org/ironman.html [3] http://code.ggvaidya.com/search/label/perl [4] http://ironman.enlightenedperl.org/ From gaurav at ggvaidya.com Sun Aug 9 12:49:03 2009 From: gaurav at ggvaidya.com (Gaurav Vaidya) Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:49:03 +0800 Subject: [singapore-pm] Thanks for an awesome Perl Meetup last week! Message-ID: <38F41FC9-9BD9-40BC-B1B3-D6595F595533@ggvaidya.com> Hey everybody, This is long overdue, but thanks so much for the wonderful Perl Mongers meetup last week. A writeup [1] and some photos [2] are now finally online. I thoroughly enjoyed myself, hope you all did as well, and look forward to a bigger and better Meetup #2. I think some of you aren't on the mailing lists [3]; the mailing list is the best place to find out about upcoming events and chat with the other Mongers. Of course, I'll probably be advertising the meetup on all the places I advertised it last time, so you probably won't miss out even if you don't. Singapore.pm is one of the open source groups working with the Free and Open Source Alliance, Singapore (FOSA.sg) [6]. FOSA.sg is working hard to organize Software Freedom Day Singapore 2009 [7] on the 18th and 19th of September, 2009; events will be organized at SMU on both days, with an open software celebration at the plaza of the National Library at Bugis all day Saturday. I'll forward full programmes to Singapore.pm once they become available, but if you want to help make SFDS awesome, please see the website for details on helping us or drop me an e-mail. If you're interested in other open source projects or open source in general, check out LUGS' list [4]. In particular, one of the biggest regular get togethers of open source geeks is the monthly Singapore Linux Meetup Group [5]. Once again, thanks so much to you all for coming, and I hope to see you again in September! cheers, Gaurav [1] http://code.ggvaidya.com/2009/08/singapore-perl-mongers-meetup-1-adagio.html [2] http://www.flickr.com/photos/ggvaidya/sets/72157621990590438/ [3] http://singapore.pm.org/mailing-list/ [4] http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/SingaporeGroupsAndSocieties [5] http://www.meetup.com/sg-linux/ [6] http://www.fosa.sg/ [7] http://softwarefreedomday.sg/ From michael at metaparadigm.com Thu Aug 13 02:49:59 2009 From: michael at metaparadigm.com (Michael Clark) Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:49:59 +0800 Subject: [singapore-pm] LUGS AGM - 26th Aug 2009 Message-ID: <4A83E1C7.1060804@metaparadigm.com> FYI - LUGS AGM is the topic of the next SLMG meetup ===================================================================== Notice of Annual General Meeting ===================================================================== In relation to Article 18 of the constitution of LINUX USERS GROUP (SINGAPORE), notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of LINUX USERS GROUP (SINGAPORE) will be held at Singapore Management University, School of Information Systems, SIS Seminar Rm 2-2 (Rm 2012) on Wednesday, 26th August 2009 at 7.00pm to transact the following business: 01. To ratify the delay in the conduct of the AGM 02. To consider the latest Statements of Accounts 03. To consider the report of the current ExCo 04. To elect office bearers to the Linux Users Group (Singapore) and to hold office till the conclusion of the next AGM (a) President (b) Vice-President (c) Secretary (d) Asst Secretary (e) Treasurer (f) Asst Treasurer (g) 2 x Hon Auditors 05. Any other business, notice of which must be given to the ExCO via an email submission to committee at lugs.org.sg with the subject "LUGS AGM" at least one week in advance of the AGM ===================================================================== Annual General Meeting - Additional Information ===================================================================== - AGM is open with free access to all. You don't have to be a member of the Linux Users Group (Singapore) to attend. Anyone with an interest can attend, view, and participate in the discussions. - However, only current members of the Linux Users Group (Singapore) are eligible to vote and be nominated as office bearers. - At least 30 current members, or a quarter of the membership, whichever is less, is required for a quorum. In case a quorum is not achieved, the meeting shall be adjourned for 30 minutes, and the current members present at that time shall constitute a quorum. - Since the expiry of the latest member on record in Oct 2007, any person who wish to join the Linux Users Group (Singapore) as a current member, can do so at the door, from 6.30pm to 6.55pm, after submitting the appropriate application form and payment due in cheque or cash. An official membership number will be issued before one can proceed to vote or be nominated as an office bearer in the AGM. - Linux Users Group (Singapore) Membership Application form can obtained from the following URL http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsAgm2009?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=lugs-membership-form-20090819.pdf - Constitution of Linux Users Group (Singapore) can obtained from the following URL http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsAgm2009?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=Constitution-of-Linux-Users-Group-Singapore.pdf - Singapore Linux MeetUp Group (SLMG) has graciously offered to co-host the LUGS AGM as an SLMG event. You can also access the following URL to RSVP http://www.meetup.com/sg-linux/ - Notice will also be made available at hte following URL http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsAgm2009 - Please feel free to disseminate this notice as long as it is kept in its entirety. Thank you. From gaurav at ggvaidya.com Fri Aug 14 22:07:10 2009 From: gaurav at ggvaidya.com (Gaurav Vaidya) Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:07:10 +0800 Subject: [singapore-pm] Software Freedom Day Singapore 2009 - What do we do? Message-ID: <9729C5A9-5A83-4A8D-B7C7-8F41D8ADA836@ggvaidya.com> Hey everybody, The Free and Open Source Alliance (FOSA.sg) is organizing Software Freedom Day Singapore 2009. They'll have a number of events lined up next month (on September 18 and 19) at the Singapore Management University, Bras Basah and the National Library Building, Bugis. They'll have events all day on both days. On Friday (September 18), they'll be organizing a series of talks at the NLB, providing an overview of setting up and using free and open source software in business, government and education, aimed primarily at a non-technical audience. Saturday (September 19) will see two simultaneous events: at SMU, they'll have tutorial sessions on the use of open source tools and techniques, aimed specifically at a technical audience. At the same time, they'll also have booths set up at the National Library Building's plaza to introduce members of the public to the benefits of open source, the wide range of powerful, reliable tools available for free, and to the participants, both companies and groups, involved in the open source community in Singapore. Event overviews are available at http://softwarefreedomday.sg/ ; detailed schedules will online as soon as they're ready. Specifically, I'm wondering what we - as Singapore.pm - can do to make sure Perl doesn't get sidelined. There's slots on Saturday for technical demonstrations and tutorials at SMU; I'm planning a demo of Git and GitHub, and I'll probably use a Perl FLOSS project to demonstrate. But it'd be great if we could do something more directly Perl-based. Any ideas or suggestions? A talk on Catalyst or something like that might be too detailed (unless you can do a very quick talk on it, I guess). A talk on testing (Test::More, prove and the like) might be interesting, particularly if it's structured as a "Let me tell you everything I know about testing; this isn't a Perl talk, but here are a bunch of easy to use tools you've probably already got on your computer or can download easily at http:// www.strawberryperl.com/". Any other ideas, volunteers for talks or show of interest in a talk (of course, any spare talk ideas not used for Software Freedom Day can be brought 'round to our own meetups later on). I'd love to hear ideas about setting up a booth at NLB, too: does anybody have Perl swag to sell? Do you think it'd be worth it to ship some over from the US? Anything else Perl can do to reach out to the masses? Even a single laptop running Frozen Bubble will probably do a whole lot to help dispel the Perl-is-dead myth. They need all the help they can get, particularly in volunteers, ideas and marketing. If you'd like to help out, cheer on the home team, promote this event to your friends or family, or support them in any other way, you can find out more at the FOSA website (http://www.fosa.sg/ ) and the SFDS website (http://www.softwarefreedomday.sg/), or on our mailing list at fosa-discuss at foss-alliance.sg. If all else fails, you can get in touch with me at gaurav at ggvaidya dot com. This would also be a great time for you to meet FOSA.sg (if you haven't already) and give them your ideas and suggestions on how they can best work towards the common interests of open source groups and communities in Singapore. See you at both the next Singapore.pm meetup (details to be announced) and Software Freedom Day in September! cheers, Gaurav From gaurav at ggvaidya.com Sat Aug 15 10:12:14 2009 From: gaurav at ggvaidya.com (Gaurav Vaidya) Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:12:14 +0800 Subject: [singapore-pm] Fwd: Adding another Perl Mongers group to the Perl Adserver? References: Message-ID: <893942CB-A2E5-4BE6-A314-B1DDF54A802C@ggvaidya.com> Hey there, To help with marketing, I've got us added to the Perl Community Adserver (http://adserver.szabgab.com/; you can see what it looks like in the sidebar of http://code.ggvaidya.com/). Gabor, the PCAS maintainer, suggested: Begin forwarded message: > I added yours but I wonder if you would like to add a few more maybe > even in Malay, Chinese > or Tamil or whatever you feel appropriate. > That will stand out on perlmonks and other international sites. While that's true, I don't think it'll immediately make people think of Singapore (although I guess Malay would work, as neither of the Malaysian PM groups seem to be active). What do you think? Bonus points for a Singlish advertisement, I guess :) cheers, Gaurav From singapore-pm at haller.ws Sat Aug 15 20:26:44 2009 From: singapore-pm at haller.ws (Patrick Haller) Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:26:44 +0000 Subject: [singapore-pm] Fwd: Adding another Perl Mongers group to the Perl Adserver? In-Reply-To: <893942CB-A2E5-4BE6-A314-B1DDF54A802C@ggvaidya.com> References: <893942CB-A2E5-4BE6-A314-B1DDF54A802C@ggvaidya.com> Message-ID: <20090816032644.GI2781@haller.ws> On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 01:12:14AM +0800, Gaurav Vaidya wrote: > Hey there, > > To help with marketing, I've got us added to the Perl Community Adserver > (http://adserver.szabgab.com/; you can see what it looks like in the > sidebar of http://code.ggvaidya.com/). Gabor, the PCAS maintainer, > suggested: Googling 'singapore perl mongers' yields http://singapore.pm.org/ which has out of date info. People searching probably want info along the lines of: What When Where Who Why The first paragraph handles the What, I vote that we make the second paragraph the Where and When, followed by paragraphs on Who and Why. What do you guys think? Patrick From gaurav at ggvaidya.com Tue Aug 18 11:06:28 2009 From: gaurav at ggvaidya.com (Gaurav Vaidya) Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:06:28 +0800 Subject: [singapore-pm] Fwd: Adding another Perl Mongers group to the Perl Adserver? In-Reply-To: <20090816032644.GI2781@haller.ws> References: <893942CB-A2E5-4BE6-A314-B1DDF54A802C@ggvaidya.com> <20090816032644.GI2781@haller.ws> Message-ID: <2665a3df0908181106x6d5b1268qedcb0a82b8896fcc@mail.gmail.com> Heyo, 2009/8/16 Patrick Haller : > Googling 'singapore perl mongers' yields > > ? ? ? ?http://singapore.pm.org/ > > which has out of date info. The latest is at http://singapore.pm.org/meetings/, although, as you point out, that'll probably be a little hard to find. > People searching probably want info along > the lines of: > > ?What > ?When > ?Where > ?Who > ?Why > > The first paragraph handles the What, I vote that we make the second > paragraph the Where and When, followed by paragraphs on Who and Why. > > What do you guys think? I'm completely open to ideas for the website. If you want to play around with the current layout, the "source file" is at http://singapore.pm.org/webmake/index.wmk (but you'll need WebMake to "compile" it). If you want to come up with your own layout, go right ahead, but I won't use it for singapore.pm.org unless I like it. I'm going to be out of town for a week and a half (starting tomorrow until August 29), and I don't want to worry about handing over the website until I get back, especially since I'll be off the Internet for atleast part of the holiday. Is it okay if we leave the website frozen in its current state until then? cheers, Gaurav