A fine example of why I wish these meetings we not held on Tuesdays!
Reefknot is something I am VERY interested in. Off the top of my head I
could name a few clients who would immediately benifit from such a project.
(In fact, I'll look into it an might even dedicate some time to help with
the project where I can.) But alas, I am predisposed on Tuesdays and it
would be a great sacrifice for me to attend the meeting. :(
In perl-speak, I find myself in a serious dillamma... ok, bad play on words.
Matthew
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ronald J Kimball" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Boston Perl Mongers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 11:56 AM
Subject: [Boston.pm] Reminder: Tech Meeting Tues May 1
> We're having a Technical Meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, May 1, at of
> Boston.com. The meeting will begin at 7:30pm. Directions below.
>
>
> Kirrily "Skud" Robert and Shane Landrum will be presenting Reefknot, a
> shared calendaring project. An abstract of this talk is included below.
>
> Also, Chris Nandor will tell us about the current state of MacPerl. With
> the recent releases of both perl5.6.1 and Mac OS X, there's a lot going
on!
>
>
> Boston.com will be providing pizza and beverages.
>
> All members and friends of Boston.pm are welcome. Please RSVP to me if
you
> plan on attending this meeting.
>
>
> thanks,
> Ronald
>
> P.S. And don't forget the Social Meeting at Cambridge Brewing Co.
tonight!
> Email Shane at [EMAIL PROTECTED] to RSVP or for more details.
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> Reefknot: shared calendaring in Perl
> Kirrily "Skud" Robert and Shane Landrum
>
> Have you ever wished your enterprise could do without MS Exchange?
> Ever wanted to schedule events with other members of
> your club, family, or organization? Do you use Perl?
> If so, you want to know about Reefknot.
>
> Reefknot is a project to build standards-compliant shared
> calendaring tools in Perl. We want to make it easy for
> Perl programmers to build calendaring clients and servers that
> speak iCalendar (RFC2445) and other standard protocols.
>
> The Reefknot project's major work to date is a major revision of
> Net::ICal; release 0.14 will be available soon on CPAN. We'll talk
> about the project's goals, show some of our recent work, and discuss
> what we're working on next. Bring your ideas for how you want to
> use calendaring tools.
>
> See http://reefknot.sourceforge.net for more information.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Boston.com
> 320 Congress Street
> Boston, MA
> 02210
>
>
http://go.boston.com/scripts/map.dll?mad=320+Congress+St&mwt=350&mht=280&mct
=Boston&mst=MA&YpOp=map&type=gis&method=mapaddr&Search=View+Map&ck=&ver=2.11
>
> Driving directions:
>
> Directions From the South Shore:
>
> Drive north on the expressway (Rt 93.) take exit 20 (the
> Downtown Boston/Chinatown/Mass Pike exit) and stay towards the left
> when on the exit ramp. At the bottom of the exit ramp, take a left
> onto Kneeland Street and then your first right onto Surface
> Road. Drive straight past South Station, and past the Federal Reserve
> building, take a right Congress St. (At the Congress Street turn there
> will be a shop Lannan Ship Model Gallery on your right.) On Congress
> Street, drive straight over the bridge, (passing by the Boston Tea
> Party replica exhibit), past the Milk Bottle, and the Children's
> Museum. 320 Congress Street is on the left, the next building after
> the Children's Museum.
>
> Directions From the North Shore:
>
> Drive south on the expressway (Rt. 93) and take exit 23, (the High
> Street/Congress St exit.) The exit ramp puts you on Oliver
> Street. Take the first left onto High Street, and then after a few
> streets take a left onto Congress St. (it looks like two streets on
> the map I'm looking at, but I don't think that it is counting a couple
> of very wide looking alleys) Once on Congress, do your best to keep to
> the right, since the intersection at Surface Rd has two left turn only
> lanes. Drive straight past Lannan Ship Model Gallery, straight over
> the bridge, past the Tea Party replica, and past the Children's
> Museum. Boston.com is in the next building on the left. 320 Congress
> St.
>
> Parking info:
>
> The cheapest for-pay parking in the evenings is the lot across the
> street from Boston.com (I think it is a Kinney lot, evenings are a $6
> flat rate.) The next least expensive parking lots are the $7 lots on
> either Service Rd (a few blocks down from Boston.com on the left) or
> the Northern Ave lots (Instead of the above driving directions, drive
> to the Federal Courthouse and walk up Sleeper Street, Boston.com will
> be at the corner of Sleeper and Congress on the left.) The parking lot
> at the corner of Congress and Farnsworth is outrageously expensive at
> any hour, as is the Farnsworth St Garage.
>
> For street parking, I think there are a few non-resident parking
> spaces still on the block Boston.com is on, but it seems that they
> convert more non-resident to resident spaces every week. More street
> parking is available on Summer Street (the street parallel to Congress
> on the south) and Dorchester Ave. (not to be confused with the well
> known Dot Ave. This one is just the short stretch of road that
> connects the Fort Point Post Office to Three Cheers). There is also
> parking on East Service Road and West Service Road. If you are looking
> for street parking I'd suggest driving circles around
> Congress/Service/Summer/Dorchester or driving down to E Service Rd/W
> Service Rd (around Anthony's Pier 4) If you park on Summer St, walk
> towards Downtown Boston and look for the small downward stairway on
> the last building before the bridge. That stairway will lead to
> Congress St and help you avoid having to cross the bridge twice.
>
>
> Public Transportation Directions:
>
> If you take the commuter rail into South Station, exit from the doors
> on the right (near the ticket counter) cross the street to the Federal
> Reserve Building (the large white building with the metal sliding
> panels which hide the gun turrets) take a right and walk along Summer
> St. down the sidewalk towards South Boston. At the set of lights with
> the the Post Office towards your right, take a left on Dorchester Ave
> and walk one block towards Congress St. Once you hit Congress
> St. cross the bridge and pass the Tea Party Museam, the Milk Bottle
> and the Children's Museum. Boston.com is in the next building after
> the Children's Museum.
>
> Directions from the Red Line:
>
> Try to navigate through the underground labyrinth to the
> "Museum Warf/Federal Reserve" exit. Go up the stairs and stand so you
> are facing South Boston and your back is against the Downtown Crossing
> area. Once above ground, find the subway entrance that I meant for you
> to leave from and walk towards that one. (Unless you wind up at the
> one that exits right into South Station itself, if so follow the
> commuter rail directions above.) Walk down Summer with the Federal
> Reserve building on your left and South Station on your
> right. /Federal Reserve" exit. Go up the stairs and stand so you are
> facing South Boston and your back is against the Downtown Crossing
> area. Once above ground, find the subway entrance that I meant for you
> to leave from and walk towards that one. Walk down Summer with the
> Federal Reserve building on your left and South Station on your
> right. When you get to the set of lights at the corner of Summer and
> Dorchester, (the Post Office is on your right) take a left and walk
> one block towards Congress St. Once on Congress St, take a right, walk
> over the bridge and pass the Tea Party Museum, The Milk Bottle, and
> the Children's Museum. Boston.com is in the next building after the
> Children's Museum.
>
> Food info:
>
> If you are planning on heading to around the Boston.com office first
> and then picking up dinner or coffee (maybe a small snack to tide you
> over until the tech meeting's pizzas are served), you will be serverly
> disappointed. Everthing on Congress and Summer Street closes by
> 5PM. Your best bet is either the South Station food court (which is
> open until about 8PM), or along Summer Street heading toward Downtown
> Crossing. (If you choose South Station, I recommend the Bourbon
> Chicken.)
>
