From abez at abez.ca Mon Apr 5 15:01:11 2004 From: abez at abez.ca (abez) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:11:34 2004 Subject: [VPM] meeting? Message-ID: April 20th Correct? Once this is confirmed I'll book a room. abram -- abez ------------------------------------------ http://www.abez.ca/ Abram Hindle (abez@abez.ca) ------------------------------------------ abez From darren at DarrenDuncan.net Mon Apr 5 15:33:50 2004 From: darren at DarrenDuncan.net (Darren Duncan) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:11:34 2004 Subject: [VPM] meeting? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: At 1:01 PM -0700 4/5/04, abez wrote: >April 20th Correct? >Once this is confirmed I'll book a room. >abram That sounds right to me. In fact, now that we've standardized on third tuesday of each month, it is now possible for you to book several months in advance, ensuring we get good rooms. -- Darren Duncan From Peter at PSDT.com Mon Apr 5 17:59:44 2004 From: Peter at PSDT.com (Peter Scott) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:11:34 2004 Subject: [VPM] meeting? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20040405155518.01f1aa50@shell2.webquarry.com> At 01:33 PM 4/5/2004, Darren Duncan wrote: >At 1:01 PM -0700 4/5/04, abez wrote: >>April 20th Correct? >>Once this is confirmed I'll book a room. >>abram > >That sounds right to me. > >In fact, now that we've standardized on third tuesday of each month, >it is now possible for you to book several months in advance, ensuring >we get good rooms. Correct. The topic for April 20 will be the first half of my "Taming Legacy Perl" tutorial for OSCON. Abram, let me know the room when you have it please. Did the new guests you attracted to the last meeting join the mailing list? We could use someone to take over the web site at victoria.pm.org... any takers? A few minutes a month is sufficient. Suggested topics that any of you who would like to make a presentation in the future might get into: IO::All (new module I referred to last time, very cool, I'm using it already) and Spork (new slide presentation software, same author, also very cool; I am using it for my tutorial). -- Peter Scott Pacific Systems Design Technologies http://www.perldebugged.com/ *** New! *** http://www.perlmedic.com/ From darren at DarrenDuncan.net Mon Apr 5 18:09:32 2004 From: darren at DarrenDuncan.net (Darren Duncan) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:11:34 2004 Subject: [VPM] meeting? In-Reply-To: <6.0.3.0.2.20040405155518.01f1aa50@shell2.webquarry.com> References: <6.0.3.0.2.20040405155518.01f1aa50@shell2.webquarry.com> Message-ID: At 3:59 PM -0700 4/5/04, Peter Scott wrote: >We could use someone to take over the web site at victoria.pm.org... >any takers? A few minutes a month is sufficient. I'm willing to take over the website, in order that it is at least kept up to date, and has a bit more information. I do not plan to spend more than the requisite few minutes per month, however, unless I feel inspired. I do have plans for some other improvements, but mainly ones that can be done quickly. -- Darren Duncan From Peter at PSDT.com Fri Apr 16 20:54:34 2004 From: Peter at PSDT.com (Peter Scott) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:11:34 2004 Subject: [VPM] Victoria Perl Mongers meeting notice Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20040416150639.01fabf50@shell2.webquarry.com> Victoria.pm will meet next week on Tuesday, April 20, 7pm, at UVic, in CIT120 (regular room, regular meeting time). I will present the first half of my "Taming Legacy Perl", soon to be an expensive half-day tutorial at the Open Source Convention, yours free (feedback encouraged in return). I will give a much abbreviated version at tomorrow's LinuxFest Northwest. The subject of the tutorial is how to deal with code you've inherited, or code you wrote and no longer, er, appreciate. Lots of good stuff (after all, there was enough to fill a book...) Other topics to be covered as time permits; make requests for anything particular. (Courtesy copy to VLUG members by permission of the list manager. Victoria.pm's home page is .) -- Peter Scott Pacific Systems Design Technologies http://www.perldebugged.com/ *** New! *** http://www.perlmedic.com/ From darren at DarrenDuncan.net Sat Apr 17 15:32:26 2004 From: darren at DarrenDuncan.net (Darren Duncan) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:11:34 2004 Subject: [VPM] Apocalypse 12 - Go 'n' Get It! Message-ID: Larry Wall has just released his 20-page (on perl.com) Apocalypse 12, which covers Objects in Perl 6. You can see it here: http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2004/04/16/a12.html On a semi-related note, Dan Sugalski has published an interesting new Parrot-related article as well, Building a Parrot Compiler: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/04/15/parrot_compiler_construction.html Come'n'get-em. -- Darren Duncan From eric at dmcontact.com Mon Apr 19 12:52:22 2004 From: eric at dmcontact.com (Eric Frazier) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:11:34 2004 Subject: [VPM] Job Perl Programmer Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.0.20040419104911.027655b0@mail.kwinternet.com> PERL PROGRAMMER: This is a full time position, 37.5 hours per week, salary to be negotiated, start date is late April/early May and you are providing services to Internet marketing clients Your skills: Your first language is Perl. You may know some C or Java as well. The job does require some PHP work but if you are at the level we need, that will not be hard to pick up quickly. Most likely you have at least dabbled in PHP before. You have a decent knowledge of CPAN. You try to program in OOP as much as possible but realize its limitations. The main goal for you is to write code that is readable, reusable, and finished on time(within reason). You know SQL. This means you can write simple JOINS on a database you didn't design. Overall this would be considered an intermediate position, *not entry level*. That also means that you will be integrated into a team of programmers and designers. Your opinions and input on all projects will be valued and expected. You need to be able to take direction as well as be able to offer insight and opinions. The famous "nice to have" category: CGI::Application / HTML::Template FreeBSD Mysql LWP Just about anything you know will be put to use somehow. Our expectations: We need for you to be professional and organized. We expect that it would take around 3 years of focused hard work to get to the level of experience we require, but the end result is what is important not just how long it took you to get there. Along with your resume please submit 5 code samples that solve a practical problems(no classroom type exercises). These can be complete programs, subs, or modules. These should be the work you are most proud of. Compensation: Would be considered average to above average with room to grow. Benefits include dental and prescription coverage. Environment: There is a never ending flood of hard work and you will learn a lot. Management is understanding and enlightened. Very little Dilbertizm happens here. There is a lot of time pressure, but if you enjoy hard work you will thrive. Please reply with your resume in text or PDF format and attach a tar.gz of your code samples if you are interested in this position. Lead Programmer D.M. Contact Management 250.383.0836 ext 229 From Peter at PSDT.com Mon Apr 19 15:27:36 2004 From: Peter at PSDT.com (Peter Scott) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:11:34 2004 Subject: [VPM] Victoria Perl Mongers meeting tomorrow Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20040419131940.02bfa390@shell2.webquarry.com> Victoria.pm will meet tomorrow, April 20, 7pm, at UVic in CIT120; see maps at http://uvic. I will present the first part of my "Taming Legacy Perl" tutorial to be given to a paying audience at OSCON in July. This tackles how to deal with Perl code you inherit, or wrote long enough ago to have forgotten about... It will also serve as a demonstration of the nifty new Spork Perl slide presentation package. Other topics may be raised ad hoc in the remaining time. (Courtesy copy to VLUG members by permission of the list manager. Victoria.pm's home page is .) -- Peter Scott Pacific Systems Design Technologies http://www.perldebugged.com/ *** New! *** http://www.perlmedic.com/ From Peter at PSDT.com Fri Apr 23 14:27:54 2004 From: Peter at PSDT.com (Peter Scott) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:11:34 2004 Subject: [VPM] Volunteer opportunities for OSCON Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20040423122439.02a29750@shell2.webquarry.com> I just noticed that O'Reilly has a limited number of volunteer slots open for the Open Source Conference in Portland in July; see http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2004/volunteer.pdf. Volunteers get a pass to the convention. These slots look like they're going fast, so if you're interested, act soon. -- Peter Scott Pacific Systems Design Technologies http://www.perldebugged.com/ *** New! *** http://www.perlmedic.com/