Oooh a non-tuesday meeting... I'll definately be attending as long as my sheep stay in their pen. That's the last time I shuttle for sheep! (As the corwd murmers... "Not that old hat again!") ;)
Matthew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronald J Kimball" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Boston Perl Mongers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 12:11 PM Subject: [Boston.pm] Tech Meeting Jan 16 > > This month's Boston.pm Tech Meeting will be on Wednesday, January 16, at > the offices of Boston.com. The meeting will begin at 7:30. > > > Jon Gunnip has offered to give a short presentation on Ruby, a language > that shares many similarities to Perl. > > Dan Sugalski might give an update on the status of Parrot, the future Perl6 > intepreter. (He'll have to confirm now that the meeting date has been > announced. :) > > These will both be short presentations, so this would be a good opportunity > for someone with a short-to-medium length presentation to get the > spotlight. Please email me if this is you. > > > Pizza and refreshments will be provided by Boston.com. Directions to the > meeting are below. > > > As always, the tech meeting is free and open to everyone who wants to come. > Please RSVP to me if you plan on attending. > > > Ronald > > > For more information about Boston Perl Mongers, or to subscribe to our > mailing list, go to: > http://boston.pm.org/boston.html > > > boston.com > 320 Congress Street > Boston, MA > 02210 > > http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?Pyt=Tmap&addr=320+Congress+St&city=Boston&s tate=MA&zip=02210-1238&country=us&slt=42.351300&sln=-71.049600&mag=9&cs=9&na me=Boston.com > > Driving directions: > > Directions from the South Shore: > > Drive north on the expressway (Rt 93.) and 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 onto 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 > Wharf/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. 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 towards 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 severely > 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.) > >
