From grant at mclean.net.nz Wed Jun 6 21:45:01 2007 From: grant at mclean.net.nz (Grant McLean) Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:45:01 +1200 Subject: [Wellington-pm] Meeting next Tuesday Message-ID: <1181191501.31932.35.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz> Hi Mongers The June meeting of Wellington Perl Mongers is on next Tuesday (June 12th) at the usual place and time: 6:00pm Tuesday 12 June 2007 Level 2, Eagle Technology House 150 Willis Street Wellington http://wellington.pm.org/ This month's speakers: * James Jones - Something about Second Life (and Perl) * Andy Chilton - Something about either OpenID or FUSE If either of our speakers would like to give me an update on a suitable title for their talk I'd be happy to update the web site. Hopefully some of you will already be thinking about what you can volunteer to speak about next month. See you there. Grant From james at virtualrealmsoftware.com Thu Jun 7 18:19:59 2007 From: james at virtualrealmsoftware.com (James Jones) Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 13:19:59 +1200 Subject: [Wellington-pm] Meeting next Tuesday In-Reply-To: <1181191501.31932.35.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz> Message-ID: <20070608012023.MSWY23336.fep03.xtra.co.nz@jamesdad0c5ae5> I would call it Perl powered Second Life Applications. -----Original Message----- From: Grant McLean [mailto:grant at mclean.net.nz] Sent: Thursday, 7 June 2007 4:45 p.m. To: Wellington Perl Mongers Subject: [Wellington-pm] Meeting next Tuesday Hi Mongers The June meeting of Wellington Perl Mongers is on next Tuesday (June 12th) at the usual place and time: 6:00pm Tuesday 12 June 2007 Level 2, Eagle Technology House 150 Willis Street Wellington http://wellington.pm.org/ This month's speakers: * James Jones - Something about Second Life (and Perl) * Andy Chilton - Something about either OpenID or FUSE If either of our speakers would like to give me an update on a suitable title for their talk I'd be happy to update the web site. Hopefully some of you will already be thinking about what you can volunteer to speak about next month. See you there. Grant _______________________________________________ Wellington-pm mailing list Wellington-pm at pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/wellington-pm No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.11/837 - Release Date: 6/06/2007 2:03 p.m. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.11/838 - Release Date: 7/06/2007 2:21 p.m. From andychilton at gmail.com Sun Jun 10 15:17:21 2007 From: andychilton at gmail.com (Andrew Chilton) Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 10:17:21 +1200 Subject: [Wellington-pm] Meeting next Tuesday In-Reply-To: <20070608012023.MSWY23336.fep03.xtra.co.nz@jamesdad0c5ae5> References: <1181191501.31932.35.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz> <20070608012023.MSWY23336.fep03.xtra.co.nz@jamesdad0c5ae5> Message-ID: HI all, My talk is going to be: "Consuming OpenIDs - Using Net::OpenID::Consumer" If possible, can I go second since I'm not always able to make it for 6 on the dot? Andy -- contact: Andrew Chilton website: http://kapiti.geek.nz/ From grant at mclean.net.nz Sun Jun 10 18:34:55 2007 From: grant at mclean.net.nz (Grant McLean) Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:34:55 +1200 Subject: [Wellington-pm] [Fwd: Call for Papers reminder: Open Source Developers' Conference 2007 - Brisbane Australia] Message-ID: <1181525695.23017.0.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz> -------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Arjen Lentz > Subject: Fwd: Call for Papers reminder: Open Source Developers' > Conference 2007 - Brisbane Australia > Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:32:13 +1000 > > Can you please post this on your list? thanks! > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: wellington-pm-owner at pm.org > > Date: 11 June 2007 11:13:16 AM > > To: arjen at lentz.com.au > > Subject: Call for Papers reminder: Open Source Developers' > > Conference 2007 - Brisbane Australia > > > > You are not allowed to post to this mailing list, and your message has > > been automatically rejected. If you think that your messages are > > being rejected in error, contact the mailing list owner at > > wellington-pm-owner at pm.org. > > > > > > From: Arjen Lentz > > Date: 11 June 2007 11:12:52 AM > > To: wellington-pm at pm.org > > Subject: Call for Papers reminder: Open Source Developers' > > Conference 2007 - Brisbane Australia > > > > > > (please redistribute the text of this email anywhere you feel > > appropriate: lists, blogs and other publications! thanks) > > > > Call for Papers > > Open Source Developers' Conference 2007 - Brisbane Australia > > "Success in Development & Business" > > > > OSDC is an Australian grass-roots conference providing Open Source > > developers with an opportunity to meet, share, learn, and of course > > show-off. OSDC focuses on Open Source developers building solutions > > directly for customers and other end users, anything goes as long > > as the code or the development platform is Open Source. Last year's > > conference attracted over 180 people, 60 talks, and 6 tutorials. > > Entry for delegates is kept easy by maintaining a low registration > > fee (approx $300), which always includes the conference dinner. > > > > This year OSDC will be held in Brisbane (Australia) from the 26th > > to the 29th of November, with an extra dedicated stream for > > presentations on Open Source business development, case studies, > > software process, and project management. The theme for this year's > > conference is "Success in Development & Business". If you are an > > Open Source maintainer, developer or user we would encourage you to > > submit a talk proposal on the open-source tools, solutions, > > technologies, or languages you are working with. > > > > Previous years have included numerous talks on topics such as: > > > > - FOSS Software Development Tools, Software Process and Project > > Management > > - Languages/Platforms: C/C++, Java, C#/Mono/OSS.Net > > - Scripting: Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby > > - Databases > > - Education > > - Web Technologies > > - Emerging Technologies and Innovation > > > > For more details and to submit your proposal(s), see http:// > > osdc.com.au/papers/cfp.html > > If you have any questions or require assistance with your > > submission, please don't hesitate to ask! > > > > We recognise the increasing importance of Open Source in providing > > a medium for collaboration between individuals, researchers, > > business and government. In recognition of this, we offer optional > > peer-review for those members of our community who desire it. We > > are still finalising our review board, in addition to which those > > requesting peer-review will be asked to contribute reviews for up > > to three papers. > > > > > > OSDC 2007 Brisbane (Australia) - Key Program Dates: > > > > 30 Jun - Initial proposals (short abstract) due > > 31 Jul - Proposal acceptance > > 31 Aug - Submission deadline > > 15 Sep - Peer-review response (optional) > > 30 Sep - Final version for proceedings > > > > 26 Nov - OSDC 2007 Tutorials > > 27-29 Nov - OSDC 2007 Main Conference! > > > > For all information, contacts and updates, see the OSDC conference > > web site at http://osdc.com.au/ > > > > > > We gratefully acknowledge the following companies for their early > > commitment in sponsoring OSDC 2007: > > - Apress (http://apress.com/) > > - Common Ground (http://commongroundgroup.com/) > > - Google (http://google.com.au/) > > - OpenGear (http://opengear.com.au/) > > Interested in sponsoring also? See http://www.osdc.com.au/sponsors/ > > opportunities.html > > === > > > > > > Regards, > > Arjen. > > -- > > Arjen Lentz (mob. +61-438-210 269) > > http://lentz.com.au/ > > > > Organising Committee, Open Source Developers Conference (http:// > > osdc.com.au/) 2007 > > Brisbane QLD Australia, November 26-29 - Call for Papers now open! From grant at mclean.net.nz Mon Jun 11 14:58:25 2007 From: grant at mclean.net.nz (Grant McLean) Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:58:25 +1200 Subject: [Wellington-pm] Meeting this evening Message-ID: <1181599105.5291.1.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz> Hi Mongers The June meeting of Wellington Perl Mongers is this evening (June 12th) at the usual place and time: 6:00pm Tuesday 12 June 2007 Level 2, Eagle Technology House 150 Willis Street Wellington http://wellington.pm.org/ This month's speakers: * James Jones - Perl powered Second Life Applications * Andy Chilton - Consuming OpenIDs, Using Net::OpenID::Consumer See you there. Grant From grant at mclean.net.nz Wed Jun 13 17:07:33 2007 From: grant at mclean.net.nz (Grant McLean) Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:07:33 +1200 Subject: [Wellington-pm] Roundup of this month's meeting Message-ID: <1181779653.13881.24.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz> Hi Mongers Another day has slipped by without me managing to thank our speakers. Thanks to James for introducing us to the weird and wacky world of Second Life. I think that serves as a warning to us all :-) And thanks to Andy for his informative intro to OpenID (in spite of my inadvertent efforts to sabotage his slides). Andy's slides are now up on the archive page: http://wellington.pm.org/archive/ It was great to see a large crowd of people and the lively discussions which followed the meeting. The next meeting is scheduled for the 12th of June. Sam has volunteered to talk on "Lazy programming using pipes" and I'm planning to talk about "Unicode in practice". If someone else wants a short slot, email me the details. As I mentioned at the meeting, I really like the idea that the LinuxChix crew have come up with. Their meeting start time is 6:00pm but there's a pre-meeting meeting from 5:30 for the purpose of eating food, networking and generally filling the gap between work and the main event. If anyone is interested in doing something similar for Perl Mongers, let's make it happen. If anyone has requests for future talk topics then reply here on the list. Cheers Grant From srdjan at catalyst.net.nz Wed Jun 13 17:17:50 2007 From: srdjan at catalyst.net.nz (Srdjan) Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:17:50 +1200 Subject: [Wellington-pm] Roundup of this month's meeting In-Reply-To: <1181779653.13881.24.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz> References: <1181779653.13881.24.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz> Message-ID: <4670892E.9090402@catalyst.net.nz> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 It is I, Leclerc. With a plea, again. 12th falling in the middle of the school holidays I will not be in Wellington. Would that be too much hassle if we gathered (just this once) on the Tuesday following week, 19th? Cheers, Srdjan Grant McLean wrote: > Hi Mongers > > Another day has slipped by without me managing to thank our speakers. > > Thanks to James for introducing us to the weird and wacky world of > Second Life. I think that serves as a warning to us all :-) > > And thanks to Andy for his informative intro to OpenID (in spite of > my inadvertent efforts to sabotage his slides). Andy's slides are > now up on the archive page: > > http://wellington.pm.org/archive/ > > It was great to see a large crowd of people and the lively discussions > which followed the meeting. > > The next meeting is scheduled for the 12th of June. Sam has volunteered > to talk on "Lazy programming using pipes" and I'm planning to talk about > "Unicode in practice". If someone else wants a short slot, email me the > details. > > As I mentioned at the meeting, I really like the idea that the LinuxChix > crew have come up with. Their meeting start time is 6:00pm but there's > a pre-meeting meeting from 5:30 for the purpose of eating food, networking > and generally filling the gap between work and the main event. If anyone > is interested in doing something similar for Perl Mongers, let's make it > happen. > > If anyone has requests for future talk topics then reply here on the list. > > Cheers > Grant > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wellington-pm mailing list > Wellington-pm at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/wellington-pm > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGcIktZtcHxCitRpgRApkqAKCVuUn6TZOKMGDTyhSij4u3RFBe6gCgtGp9 KUECYnLqRMF7NQl7+FYJtX8= =MuqX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From grant at mclean.net.nz Wed Jun 13 18:27:28 2007 From: grant at mclean.net.nz (Grant McLean) Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:27:28 +1200 Subject: [Wellington-pm] Roundup of this month's meeting In-Reply-To: <1181780404.1490.49.camel@localhost> References: <1181779653.13881.24.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz> <1181780404.1490.49.camel@localhost> Message-ID: <1181784449.13881.34.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz> On Thu, 2007-06-14 at 12:20 +1200, Francois Marier wrote: > On Thu, 2007-06-14 at 12:07 +1200, Grant McLean wrote: > > The next meeting is scheduled for the 12th of June. > > By "12th of June", you mean "10th of July" right ? ;) Hmm yes, Grant's notorious cut/paste/disengage-brain habits strike again! I do mean the 10th of July as I (through some feat of luck) managed to put on the web site. So Srdjan probably means to propose the 17th of July in his continuing attempt to disrupt the predictable rhythm of our gatherings. I don't have strong feelings either way on that matter. Thanks Francois From andychilton at gmail.com Wed Jun 13 18:31:43 2007 From: andychilton at gmail.com (Andrew Chilton) Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:31:43 +1200 Subject: [Wellington-pm] Roundup of this month's meeting In-Reply-To: <1181784449.13881.34.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz> References: <1181779653.13881.24.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz> <1181780404.1490.49.camel@localhost> <1181784449.13881.34.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz> Message-ID: On 14/06/07, Grant McLean wrote: > Hmm yes, Grant's notorious cut/paste/disengage-brain habits strike > again! Like those cut/paste/disengage-brain coding habits, though that's more like disengage-brain/cut/paste :-) Andy -- contact: Andrew Chilton website: http://kapiti.geek.nz/ From mary at puzzling.org Fri Jun 15 15:39:50 2007 From: mary at puzzling.org (Mary Gardiner) Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 08:39:50 +1000 Subject: [Wellington-pm] linux.conf.au 2008 calling for presentations Message-ID: <20070615223950.GE3671@home.puzzling.org> == linux.conf.au 2008 Call For Presentations == linux.conf.au isn't just a Linux conference. It is a technical conference about Free Software, held annually in Australasia. We invite submissions on any Free Software related subject; from Linux and the BSDs to OpenOffice.org, from networking to audio-visual magic, from deep hacks to Creative Commons. ** Please feel free to forward this email to any group ** ** or individual who you feel might be interested. ** == Important dates == * Submissions open: Friday, June 1 2007 * Submission deadline: Friday, July 20, 2007 * Email notifications from review committee: early September * Conference begins: Monday, January 28 2008 == Presentations being accepted == You can submit a 50 minute talk proposal, or a 2 or 4 hour tutorial proposal: tutorials are interactive and involve more audience participation. All presentations must be related to Free and Open Source Software. == How to submit == Please see http://linux.conf.au/presentations for more information on the types of presentations we're looking for and full details of how to submit a proposal. You can even submit a video pitch! == About linux.conf.au == linux.conf.au (http://linux.conf.au/) is Australia's annual technical conference about Free Software. Fun, informal and seriously technical, linux.conf.au draws together Free and Open Source Software developers from across the world. It will be held from January 28th to February 2nd, 2008 at The University of Melbourne. == About Linux Australia == Linux Australia (http://www.linux.org.au/) is the peak body for Linux User Groups (LUGs) around Australia, and as such represents approximately 5000 Australian Linux users and developers. Linux Australia facilitates the organisation of this international Free Software conference in a different Australasian city each year. From grant at mclean.net.nz Tue Jun 19 18:54:30 2007 From: grant at mclean.net.nz (Grant McLean) Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:54:30 +1200 Subject: [Wellington-pm] Roundup of this month's meeting In-Reply-To: <4670892E.9090402@catalyst.net.nz> References: <1181779653.13881.24.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz> <4670892E.9090402@catalyst.net.nz> Message-ID: <1182304470.24454.17.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz> On Thu, 2007-06-14 at 12:17 +1200, Srdjan wrote: > It is I, Leclerc. With a plea, again. 12th falling in the middle of the school > holidays I will not be in Wellington. Would that be too much hassle if we > gathered (just this once) on the Tuesday following week, 19th? > > Cheers, > Srdjan To summarise the offline discussions that have taken place on this issue ... The meeting date is not going to change. It will be on July 10th as previously announced (in the correction to the original announcement). Although delaying it until the 17th would have suited me better, the algorithm went like this (after suitable undisclosed initialisations): if($date eq '2007-07-10) { $srdjan->{location} = 'Darwin'; } elsif($date eq '2007-07-17) { $samv->{location} = 'Honolulu'; } if($samv->{location} ne 'Wellington') { $result = 'one speaker down'; } elsif($srdjan->{location} ne 'Wellington') { $result = 'one heckler down'; } See you on the 17th (except Srdjan obviously) Grant From srdjan at catalyst.net.nz Tue Jun 19 19:16:25 2007 From: srdjan at catalyst.net.nz (Srdjan) Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:16:25 +1200 Subject: [Wellington-pm] Roundup of this month's meeting In-Reply-To: <1182304470.24454.17.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz> References: <1181779653.13881.24.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz> <4670892E.9090402@catalyst.net.nz> <1182304470.24454.17.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz> Message-ID: <46788DF9.1020209@catalyst.net.nz> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Obviously, some people cannot grasp that I'm making a suggestion that cannot be refused... S. Grant McLean wrote: > On Thu, 2007-06-14 at 12:17 +1200, Srdjan wrote: >> It is I, Leclerc. With a plea, again. 12th falling in the middle of the school >> holidays I will not be in Wellington. Would that be too much hassle if we >> gathered (just this once) on the Tuesday following week, 19th? >> >> Cheers, >> Srdjan > > To summarise the offline discussions that have taken place on this > issue ... > > The meeting date is not going to change. It will be on July 10th as > previously announced (in the correction to the original announcement). > > Although delaying it until the 17th would have suited me better, the > algorithm went like this (after suitable undisclosed initialisations): > > if($date eq '2007-07-10) { > $srdjan->{location} = 'Darwin'; > } > elsif($date eq '2007-07-17) { > $samv->{location} = 'Honolulu'; > } > > if($samv->{location} ne 'Wellington') { > $result = 'one speaker down'; > } > elsif($srdjan->{location} ne 'Wellington') { > $result = 'one heckler down'; > } > > See you on the 17th (except Srdjan obviously) > Grant > > > _______________________________________________ > Wellington-pm mailing list > Wellington-pm at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/wellington-pm > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGeI35ZtcHxCitRpgRAgvoAJ9EbrfWOdzoqkGfuE9mZf3HqFVaFQCfYVun kixli2dbVkBOp4duq9IqVgM= =hzxS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From grant at mclean.net.nz Thu Jun 21 14:56:31 2007 From: grant at mclean.net.nz (Grant McLean) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:56:31 +1200 Subject: [Wellington-pm] [Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, June 19] Message-ID: <1182462991.24814.13.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz> -------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Marsee Henon > Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, June 19 > Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:10:43 -0700 > > ================================================================ > O'Reilly News for User Group Members > June 18, 2007 > ================================================================ > --------------------------------------------------------------- > New Releases--Books, Short Cuts, and Rough Cuts > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Get 35% off from O'Reilly, No Starch, Paraglyph, PC Publishing, > Pragmatic Bookshelf, Rocky Nook, SitePoint, or YoungJin books > you purchase directly from O'Reilly. > > Just use code DSUG when ordering online or by phone 800-998-9938. > > > Free ground shipping on orders of $29.95 or more. > For more details, go to: > > > Did you know you can request a free book or PDF to review for your > group? 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In this article, we will show > readers how to upgrade their faulty schemas and data models without > affecting existing applications or processes. > > > > ***Using the Lucene Query Parser Without Lucene > This article shows how to use the Lucene Query Parser to build search > capability into your application, adapting it onto a legacy database > rather than using the entire Lucene package. > > > --------------------- > Web > --------------------- > ***Google Shuts Down Made-For-AdSense Sites > An overview of Google's new policies on arbirtrage and > made-for-Adsense sites. > > > > ***Breaking out of the Box with CSS > The caged bird may sing, but the jazziest tunes are sung by birds that > have broken out of the box! In this step-by-step guide, Jina shows you > how to take that cramped old grid-based page layout, and use CSS--and a > little imagination--to break the bonds and set your design free. > > > > Until next time-- > > Marsee Henon > > > ================================================================ > O'Reilly > 1005 Gravenstein Highway North > Sebastopol, CA 95472 > http://ug.oreilly.com/ http://ug.oreilly.com/creativemedia/ > ================================================================ From sam at vilain.net Fri Jun 22 15:02:33 2007 From: sam at vilain.net (Sam Vilain) Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:02:33 +1200 Subject: [Wellington-pm] Roundup of this month's meeting In-Reply-To: <1182304470.24454.17.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz> References: <1181779653.13881.24.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz> <4670892E.9090402@catalyst.net.nz> <1182304470.24454.17.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz> Message-ID: <467C46F9.4080902@vilain.net> Grant McLean wrote: > if($date eq '2007-07-10) { > $srdjan->{location} = 'Darwin'; > } > elsif($date eq '2007-07-17) { > You been writing too much LISP recently Grant? :) Sam.