From mrnicksgirl at gmail.com  Fri Aug  3 16:05:45 2007
From: mrnicksgirl at gmail.com (Nola Stowe)
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 18:05:45 -0500
Subject: [WindyCity-pm] Lunch in the Loop: Wednesday??
Message-ID: <43e95380708031605n5391711dr4d52f104e99c3e6@mail.gmail.com>

How about Lunch on Wednesday, August 8th?

We can do the usual: Cafe Baci at 11:45 or other suggestions??

If you are coming let me know... if nobody comes, I will probably just eat
over my keyboard as usual.


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From brian.d.foy at gmail.com  Tue Aug  7 15:16:50 2007
From: brian.d.foy at gmail.com (brian d foy)
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 17:16:50 -0500
Subject: [WindyCity-pm] Lincoln Park Zoo Camel Tour,
	Saturday August 11 at 11 am
Message-ID: <2715accf0708071516s3cf33b5ej826d2c2349f89e1b@mail.gmail.com>

I still have spots open for the Lincoln Park Zoo Camel Tour on
Saturday, so I'm opening it up to anyone who wants to come. Please
RSVP with me---the tour can only accomodate so many people due to the
size of the camel enclosure. Everyone can still come to the Zoo, but I
can't guarantee Camel access :)

-- 
brian d foy <brian.d.foy at gmail.com>
http://www.pair.com/~comdog/

From mrnicksgirl at gmail.com  Tue Aug  7 19:37:16 2007
From: mrnicksgirl at gmail.com (Nola Stowe)
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 21:37:16 -0500
Subject: [WindyCity-pm] Lunch in the Loop: Wednesday??
In-Reply-To: <43e95380708031605n5391711dr4d52f104e99c3e6@mail.gmail.com>
References: <43e95380708031605n5391711dr4d52f104e99c3e6@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <43e95380708071937l534827ddr1c981231f3828c1@mail.gmail.com>

OK guess we are on for tomorrow!



On 8/3/07, Nola Stowe <mrnicksgirl at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> How about Lunch on Wednesday, August 8th?
>
> We can do the usual: Cafe Baci at 11:45 or other suggestions??
>
> If you are coming let me know... if nobody comes, I will probably just eat
> over my keyboard as usual.
>
>
> --
> http://rubygeek.com - my blog featuring: Ruby, PHP and Perl
> http://DevChix.com - boys can't have all the fun




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From brian.d.foy at gmail.com  Sun Aug 12 01:47:06 2007
From: brian.d.foy at gmail.com (brian d foy)
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 03:47:06 -0500
Subject: [WindyCity-pm] Our trip to the Zoo
Message-ID: <2715accf0708120147t6e787c22md2bfe0ab98aaff5@mail.gmail.com>

A bunch of people made it to the zoo on Saturday to tour the camel
exhibit (and a few didn't make it for various reasons, so better luck
next year).

The tour started with a docent-guided walk through the Reichenstein
African Journey, where the highlight was the meerkat exhibit. You may
remember those animals from such films as The Lion King and Meerkat
manner, but I remember it as an O'Reilly service from a long time ago:
http://tim.oreilly.com/pub/d/300

The camel tour started with a zookeeper taking us behind-the-scenes of
the old elephant exhibit. The elephants all died of TB in the past
couple of years, so the camels got to move up in the world by taking
over the elephant space. Inside the elephant enclosure there are big
rooms caged in various ways designed to get elephants to do whatever
the zookeepers need. How do you control an elephant? Move it into a
"pinch corridor" that has a movable wall. Once the elephant is in the
corridor, shut the cage door and move the wall in until the elephant
can't turn around.

The camels themselves were outside. It was a mildly hot and sticky
day, not the worst that Chicago can do, but the zoo closes the
animal's entrance to the enclosure so they stay outside. Otherwise,
they'd stay in the cool inside and eat all day. Just like Perl Mongers
would do, although the Camels don't get caffienated drinks.

There are three bactrian camels, one male and two females. These are
the two-humped sort that come from China and Mongolia, not the
one-humped dromedary sort on the front of Programming Perl. The
zookeeper said their names, but nobody was really listening since we
were too busy taking photos. The camels decided to not come up to us.
They're smart like that; a group of people spells trouble.

We were actaully able to get closer to the camels from the public side
of the exhibit. Here's the Perl people of the group:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/47329375 at N00/1090154093/

Next year perhaps we can try for a different animal. They do have
alpacas there, although we could still sponsor the camel and then try
to see the polar bears behind-the-scenes. :)

-- 
brian d foy <brian.d.foy at gmail.com>
http://www.pair.com/~comdog/

From mongers at bsod.net  Mon Aug 27 10:37:47 2007
From: mongers at bsod.net (Pete Krawczyk)
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:37:47 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: [WindyCity-pm] REMINDER: August 28,
	2007: Writing Perl::Critic Policies
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0708271231450.9264@steward.bsod.net>

   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     Chicago Perl Mongers Meeting Announcement
   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
       Topic: Writing Perl::Critic Policies
   Presenter: Josh McAdams
   Date/Time: Tuesday, August 28th, 2007, 7:00 PM
    Location: Performics, 12th Floor, 180 N. LaSalle, Chicago, IL
        RSVP: By noon on August 28th to "pkrawczyk" with "doubleclick.com"
   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Josh McAdams will present a tutorial on writing policies with 
Perl::Critic, Perl's source code critiquing tool.



As with all Chicago Perl Mongers meetings, everyone is welcome,
whether or not you consider yourself a member. We look forward to
seeing you there!

Questions about this meeting?  Ask on the chicago-talk at pm.org mailing
list, or send email to andy at petdance dot com.  You can also see a list
of past and upcoming meetings at http://chicago.pm.org/meetings/.

Upcoming meetings:
   Sept. 11 (Wheaton): "Lessons from the world of open source for those
     development shops who have yet to embrace it" / Andy Lester
   Sept. 25 (City): "Perl Unit and Functional Testing" / Kent Cowgill


-Pete K
-- 
Pete Krawczyk
     Chicago Perl Mongers
     mongers at bsod dot net

From brian.d.foy at gmail.com  Wed Aug 29 13:59:44 2007
From: brian.d.foy at gmail.com (brian d foy)
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:59:44 -0500
Subject: [WindyCity-pm] Reserve your copy of Mastering Perl
In-Reply-To: <2715accf0707192120wf84cf7aw6aa96f23563c0a02@mail.gmail.com>
References: <2715accf0707192120wf84cf7aw6aa96f23563c0a02@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <2715accf0708291359y4b7361edp5262c756c8bd07d6@mail.gmail.com>

On 7/19/07, brian d foy <brian.d.foy at gmail.com> wrote:
> Mastering Perl is out. I'm taking orders for people who want to take
> advantage of my 50% author discount. Tell me you want one and I'll
> make sure I get enough books.

Okay, the books are on the way. I've figured out the cost:

$20 if I deliver it to you at a Windy City PM meeting
$26 if I send it to you via Priority Mail in the US
$34 if I send it to you via Priority Mail most other places

When you order, if you want an special inscription (or no
inscription), please tell me. Otherwise I'll sign my name on the title
page.

If you want multiple copies, I'll figure out a special price after I
figure out the shipping.

For now, you can pay via PayPal, check, or money order (see the
contact address for The Perl Review), and if that doesn't work, we can
arrange something else. If you're in Chicago, you can just give me
cash when I deliver the book to you. :)

Thanks,

-- 
brian d foy <brian.d.foy at gmail.com>
http://www.pair.com/~comdog/