From adam.trickett at iredale.net Sat Jul 5 06:24:57 2008 From: adam.trickett at iredale.net (Dr Adam Trickett) Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 14:24:57 +0100 Subject: [Thamesvalley-pm] Perl Tech meeting Message-ID: <200807051425.05505.adam.trickett@iredale.net> Hi, Apologies in advance for the cross post. The London Perl Mongers group are planning a technical meeting at the end of July, in preparation for the annual YAPC::EU meeting, it should be a good opportunity to hear some Perl talks if you can't get to Copenhagen this summer. From David Cantrell: The date/time: Thu 31 Jul, 1830-ish The venue: BUPA House, Bloomsbury Way (entrance is on Bury Place) WC1A 2BA The pub afterwards (optional). The theme will be "I'm giving a talk at YAPC::Europe and I need to practice on an audience other than my Teddy bear". We can accommodate at least 45 people, but if there's enough interest I can see about getting a bigger room. Potential speakers, please email me with "SPEAKER" in the subject line, the title of your talk, and a one sentence summary. Please try to limit your talks to *twenty minutes*, to allow time for questions. Preference will be given to talks to be delivered at YAPC::Europe, but if there's enough room in the schedule other people might be able to talk too. Everyone else, please email me with "TECHMEET" in the subject line so I can add you to the list. People will need to sign in at reception, but don't worry, there's no NDA :-) -- Adam Trickett Overton, HANTS, UK "Norton Wipe Info uses hexadecimal values to wipe files. This provides more security than wiping with decimal values." -- from the manual of Norton Systemworks 2002, pg 160 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. URL: From Rafiq.Ismail at MorganStanley.com Mon Jul 7 04:04:45 2008 From: Rafiq.Ismail at MorganStanley.com (Gemmail, Rafiq (IT)) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 12:04:45 +0100 Subject: [Thamesvalley-pm] Raf is a Dad!!! Message-ID: Thanks! Indeed Joshua Adam Gemmail was born on 19th June 2008 at 14:41 BST. TVPM membership is incremented by one. Films for the very bored at: http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=FiqusRafius Rafiq Gemmail Morgan Stanley | Technology 25 Cabot Square | Canary Wharf | Floor 05 London, E14 4QA Phone: +44 20 7677-2923 Rafiq.Ismail at MorganStanley.com BE CARBON CONSCIOUS. PLEASE CONSIDER OUR ENVIRONMENT BEFORE PRINTING THIS E-MAIL. ________________________________ From: thamesvalley-pm-bounces+rafiq.ismail=ms.com at pm.org [mailto:thamesvalley-pm-bounces+rafiq.ismail=ms.com at pm.org] On Behalf Of Lance Wicks Sent: 20 June 2008 18:54 To: ThamesValley Perl Mongers Subject: [Thamesvalley-pm] Raf is a Dad!!! Hi all, if Facebook is to believed, our PM leader Rafiq has become a dad! Congrats Raf!!!! lance --- This Email is PGP signed. Why? Because it is a good idea. By signing it I give you the opportunity to be able to verify it is really from me and that it has not been altered. If this email is verified you know it's not from a spammer or evil hacker. Well at least yo know its from this one specifically and not some other guy. Please consider using encryption and signing yourself.. Take a look over at http://gnupg.org/ for some free/open source options and more information. --- -------------------------------------------------------- NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From harrypooni at gmail.com Mon Jul 7 05:42:00 2008 From: harrypooni at gmail.com (Harry) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 13:42:00 +0100 Subject: [Thamesvalley-pm] Raf is a Dad!!! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi raf congratulations on the new addition On 7/7/08, Gemmail, Rafiq (IT) wrote: > Thanks! > > Indeed Joshua Adam Gemmail was born on 19th June 2008 at 14:41 BST. > > TVPM membership is incremented by one. > > Films for the very bored at: > > http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=FiqusRafius > > > Rafiq Gemmail > Morgan Stanley | Technology > 25 Cabot Square | Canary Wharf | Floor 05 > London, E14 4QA > Phone: +44 20 7677-2923 > Rafiq.Ismail at MorganStanley.com > > > BE CARBON CONSCIOUS. PLEASE CONSIDER OUR ENVIRONMENT BEFORE PRINTING THIS > E-MAIL. > > > ________________________________ > From: thamesvalley-pm-bounces+rafiq.ismail=ms.com at pm.org > [mailto:thamesvalley-pm-bounces+rafiq.ismail=ms.com at pm.org] On Behalf Of > Lance Wicks > Sent: 20 June 2008 18:54 > To: ThamesValley Perl Mongers > Subject: [Thamesvalley-pm] Raf is a Dad!!! > > Hi all, > > if Facebook is to believed, our PM leader Rafiq has become a dad! > > Congrats Raf!!!! > > lance > > --- > This Email is PGP signed. > Why? Because it is a good idea. By signing it I give you the opportunity to > be able to verify it is really from me and that it has not been altered. > > If this email is verified you know it's not from a spammer or evil hacker. > Well at least yo know its from this one specifically and not some other guy. > > Please consider using encryption and signing yourself.. 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