From grant at mclean.net.nz Tue Dec 1 13:01:05 2009 From: grant at mclean.net.nz (Grant McLean) Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:01:05 +1300 Subject: [Wellington-pm] Social Meeting Next Tuesday; Hackoff in January Message-ID: <1259701266.23437.8.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz> Hi Mongers! It's about time we decided on a venue for the December social meeting next Tuesday (the 8th). We probably need to accept that every pub in Wellington has a quiz night on Tuesdays so there's no point trying to avoid them. Maybe it's time we forgave JJ Murphies for running out of beer and gave them a second chance. Another option that has worked well is the Green Man in Victoria street. Other suggestions? Opinions? On a different subject altogether, if this doesn't make you want to sign up for LinuxConf in January, nothing will ... http://wellington.pm.org/hackoff/ Cheers Grant From matt at catalyst.net.nz Tue Dec 1 13:45:07 2009 From: matt at catalyst.net.nz (Matthew Hunt) Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:45:07 +1300 Subject: [Wellington-pm] Social Meeting Next Tuesday; Hackoff in January In-Reply-To: <1259701266.23437.8.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz> References: <1259701266.23437.8.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz> Message-ID: <4B158E63.90904@catalyst.net.nz> Grant McLean wrote: > Hi Mongers! > > It's about time we decided on a venue for the December social meeting > next Tuesday (the 8th). > > We probably need to accept that every pub in Wellington has a quiz night > on Tuesdays so there's no point trying to avoid them. Maybe it's time > we forgave JJ Murphies for running out of beer and gave them a second > chance. Another option that has worked well is the Green Man in > Victoria street. In a seasonal spirit of forgiveness (and because Grant loves it when we discuss this stuff), my vote goes to the redoubtable JJ Murphy and its hilarious beer drought. Matt. -- Matthew Hunt From srdjan at catalyst.net.nz Tue Dec 1 15:26:16 2009 From: srdjan at catalyst.net.nz (Srdjan) Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:26:16 +1000 Subject: [Wellington-pm] Social Meeting Next Tuesday; Hackoff in January In-Reply-To: <4B158E63.90904@catalyst.net.nz> References: <1259701266.23437.8.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz> <4B158E63.90904@catalyst.net.nz> Message-ID: <4B15A618.6000609@catalyst.net.nz> Yes, and Bristol is just next door. Matthew Hunt wrote: > Grant McLean wrote: >> Hi Mongers! >> >> It's about time we decided on a venue for the December social meeting >> next Tuesday (the 8th). >> >> We probably need to accept that every pub in Wellington has a quiz night >> on Tuesdays so there's no point trying to avoid them. Maybe it's time >> we forgave JJ Murphies for running out of beer and gave them a second >> chance. Another option that has worked well is the Green Man in >> Victoria street. > > In a seasonal spirit of forgiveness (and because Grant loves it when we > discuss this stuff), my vote goes to the redoubtable JJ Murphy and its > hilarious beer drought. > > Matt. From grant at mclean.net.nz Thu Dec 3 11:29:11 2009 From: grant at mclean.net.nz (Grant McLean) Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:29:11 +1300 Subject: [Wellington-pm] [Fwd: UG News: 45% off Ebook Purchases from O'Reilly] Message-ID: <1259868551.25389.1.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz> -------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Marsee Henon > Subject: UG News: 45% off Ebook Purchases from O'Reilly > Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 16:14:33 -0800 > > View this information as HTML in your browser, click here: > http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zkcuuo9cbhbthgpc7pqr0ficib8h6fgerd47hijo > > Hi > > Can you pass along the following limited time discount to your members? > > Special offer for O'Reilly User Group program members: Along with your > 35% discount off print books, you can now get *45% off all ebooks* you > purchase direct from oreilly.com for a limited time. > > When you buy an O'Reilly ebook you get lifetime access to the book, and > whenever possible we make it available to you in four, DRM-free file > formats--PDF, .epub, Kindle-compatible .mobi, and Android ebook--that > you can use on the devices of your choice. 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If you would like to stop > receiving these newsletters or announcements from O'Reilly, > send an email to marsee at oreilly.com > ================================================================ > > From grant at mclean.net.nz Sun Dec 6 16:46:10 2009 From: grant at mclean.net.nz (Grant McLean) Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:46:10 +1300 Subject: [Wellington-pm] Social meeting tomorrow evening In-Reply-To: <1259701266.23437.8.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz> References: <1259701266.23437.8.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz> Message-ID: <1260146771.4287.6.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz> Hi Mongers Based on feedback received (there was 100% agreement), the venue for this month's Social Meeting is JJ Murphys in Cuba Street: http://www.jjmurphy.co.nz/ Official start time is 6:00pm but you may choose to start earlier. Cheers Grant On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 10:01 +1300, Grant McLean wrote: > Hi Mongers! > > It's about time we decided on a venue for the December social meeting > next Tuesday (the 8th). > > We probably need to accept that every pub in Wellington has a quiz night > on Tuesdays so there's no point trying to avoid them. Maybe it's time > we forgave JJ Murphies for running out of beer and gave them a second > chance. Another option that has worked well is the Green Man in > Victoria street. > > Other suggestions? Opinions? > > On a different subject altogether, if this doesn't make you want to sign > up for LinuxConf in January, nothing will ... > > http://wellington.pm.org/hackoff/ > > Cheers > Grant From JDAfu2aDM4VF5 at perform.nospymail.com Mon Dec 7 10:49:43 2009 From: JDAfu2aDM4VF5 at perform.nospymail.com (JDAfu2aDM4VF5 at perform.nospymail.com) Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:49:43 -0500 Subject: [Wellington-pm] Social meeting tomorrow evening In-Reply-To: <1260146771.4287.6.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz> References: <1259701266.23437.8.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz> <1260146771.4287.6.camel@putnam.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz> Message-ID: For an out of towner ... where's the parking lot? 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