What open-source geek doesn't understand the importance, and calling, of supporting your community?
Count me in. I think it's great that you are donating your time and patience. Teaching isn't easy, but you've got a great cause. Send me your shipping address and I'll send you a Llama book. http://www.rain.org/~artworks/NewATW/students/norma_web/sonar.html is striking. I hope this girl goes on to great things. -- Ryan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Tonkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 9:57 PM Subject: [OT] Wanted: beginning perl books for poor kids > > Hi all, > > I am going to be working with a small group of "disadvantaged" youngsters > here teaching them how to build web applications with perl and > apache. > > These are mostly Latino kids who have been doing analog and digital art > for years and have self-selected into webmastering, html-ing and such. > > I'm excited to get them going in perl, and I want to appeal to the list > for donations of books on learning perl. > > Of course I'm most hopeful that we can get half a dozen copies of the > Llama book and use it as a sort of textbook, but anything will be > gratefully accepted. > > An existing site that shows some of the art these kids make (and also > why we need a new one!) can be viewed at http://www.rain.org/~artworks/ > > A cool project by one of the students is at > http://www.rain.org/%7Eartworks/NewATW/students/norma_web/norma_intro.html > > Thanks folks, > > - nick > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Nick Tonkin {|8^)> > > >
