Re: London.pm List Weekly Summary 2002-06-24
On or about Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 10:57:35PM +0100, Chris Ball typed: This is the (mumble+6)th summary of the London Perlmongers mailing list Leon's last summary was number 43, which would set mumble=44; or you could count from the start of the year and set mumble=3. (Oh, the summaries themselves are quite interesting too. :-) Roger
Re: webmasterworld - conference
Greg McCarroll wrote: this is an interesting idea if we did it for perl, a one day perl conference in a pub. just one track, and a fairly social atmosphere - this might be a good medium for the people who have in the past suggested mini-YAPC's And if we charge 200 people 45 quid a pop, that's 9 grand in our pocket, er I mean expense account. OK, so we'll lose a grand providing some food, a projector, etc., but that's still a tidy old profit. Er, I mean not-for-profit. Sounds like not-for-profit means not-for-YOUR-profit. Does make you think, doesn't it. There's money in them there mini-conferences. We should start First Thursday (or Day After First Wednesday which isn't quite as catchy) and invite lots of dumb business folk with large expense accounts to come and mingle with the people who keep the IT parts of their businesses running. We print some glossy literature which talks about knowledge leverage, maximising the return on information investment, riding the future wave of the information revolution, etc., get the money up front (#459 quid sounds like a reasonable amount for an evening session), and we're laughing. Enough to buy a camel and a round of beers. A
Re: Camel update
Simon Batistoni sent the following bits through the ether: I'm sure one of us from round here (me, blech, muttley predominantly) can bring t-shirts to any london.pm events if given a bit of warning. Stop complaining. You're never going to get rid of the tshirts unless you bring them to the meetings. You have a whole six month's warning of meetings if you look at http://london.pm.org/meetings/cal2002.html btw. Of course, you could always sell them online... Leon btw I'm already carrying modperl tshirts to tpc, so I can't take any there, sorry -- Leon Brocard.http://www.astray.com/ Nanoware...http://www.nanoware.org/ ... And it's only ones and zeros
Re: webmasterworld - conference
* Andy Wardley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Greg McCarroll wrote: this is an interesting idea if we did it for perl, a one day perl conference in a pub. just one track, and a fairly social atmosphere - this might be a good medium for the people who have in the past suggested mini-YAPC's And if we charge 200 people 45 quid a pop, that's 9 grand in our pocket, er I mean expense account. OK, so we'll lose a grand providing some food, a projector, etc., but that's still a tidy old profit. Er, I mean not-for-profit. Of course in our version, i expected it to cost 10 quid and include a meal. Greg -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.org.uk/~gem/ jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] msn:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Camel update
From: Dave Cross [EMAIL PROTECTED] All of which reminds me. I assume that when we re-sponsoered the camel last year we got another load of free tickets. If this is true (Robert?) shall we have another trip this year. And also a reminder that our sponsorship runs out on August 6th (the 4th anniversary of our first meeting). Given that we haven't yet raised enough money to repay Robert for paying for it last year, I'm guessing that we probably don't want to do it again this year. But I may, of course, be wrong in that. What do you think? I have about 30 tickets kicking about in my house somewhere. I wouldn't don't think we want to commit ourselves again though. Money up front - that's my new motto :) /Robert
Re: Camel update
On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 11:26:24PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: alternatively, how many people have a complete set? Meee!!! I'm wearing zz9pluralzalpha today. -- David Cantrell|Reprobate|http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david If you're doing business with a religious son of a bitch, get it in writing. His word isn't worth shit, not with the Good Lord telling him how to fuck you on the deal -- W.S.Burroughs, Words of Advice for Young People
Re: Camel update
On Thu, Jul 04, 2002 at 11:15:24AM +0100, David Cantrell wrote: On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 11:26:24PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: alternatively, how many people have a complete set? Meee!!! aolme 2/aol -- Natalie S. Ford . [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.natalie.ourshack.org .. http://natalief.livejournal.com
Re: Camel update
On Thu, 4 Jul 2002, David Cantrell wrote:
I'm wearing zz9pluralzalpha today.
Crap, me too. OH NO WHAT A FASHION DISASTER.
Oooh, I had an idea. Signed T-Shirts which we then sell on ebay (or I
knock up a bidding script of my own)
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Re: Camel update
On Thu, 4 Jul 2002, Mark Fowler wrote: Oooh, I had an idea. Signed T-Shirts which we then sell on ebay (or I knock up a bidding script of my own) Signed t-shirts bearing the auction code that was used to run the auction the shirt is being bought on ? Limited editions of however many are sold until someone spots something that really needs fixing in the code. the hatter
Re: Camel update
On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 05:34:21PM +0100, Mark Fowler said: Which brings us nicely onto the issue of tshirt sales. What's happening with that? When I'm not ass deep in work I'm going to knock up a NTK style shop. Taking Tshirts to the various conferences would be much appreciated (BSD ones included). I've also found 1 spare Large PimB tshirt nestling in the back of my chest of drawers. I may auction this for some worthwhile cause. Getting it signed by Larry, Damian or for extra comedy value Randal or HFB (she later later apologised for calling me a sexist, misogynist, wife beating shit but only after I bought her a drink) could only up the price. -- : it was a good game - the rules were simple
Re: Camel update
On Thu, Jul 04, 2002 at 10:30:36AM +, the hatter said: Signed t-shirts bearing the auction code that was used to run the auction the shirt is being bought on ? Limited editions of however many are sold until someone spots something that really needs fixing in the code. We could flog em with a copy of *that* photo signed by everyone's favourite drunken irishman. If only we knew a company that printed hard copies of digital photos ... -- : it was a good game - the rules were simple
[JOB] short (month-ish) contract
I'm passing on this request from one of our more clueful non-techies at the BBC ... QUOTE I am looking for a freelance perl developer. knowledge of bbc infrastructure ideal, though I can arrange an induction session. the work is for bbc english regions who run 40 or so where I live sites staffed by around 120 staff. will be based in bush house, london. three simple projects [simple in real world that is, complex in bbc world...]: forms for english regions production teams to generate xml - initially producing headlines for use in my bbc, index pages and on external sites. next phase is to extend to generating explicitly tagged content for Dcable and as ssis for websites [in other words a cheeky cps] user comments system; again for english regions, form goes on any page with id, generates ssis, production teams have web tool to manage comments they want published - slight complexity in that there are 40 odd er sites, so some work to do to make production end usable and foolproof [same goes for the xml form] weather include - working with bbc weather center to produce standard weather includes usable across all 37 sites. includes will need to be customisable within each site. also involves interfacing with postcode db. projects are underway, but stalled due to lack of committed resource - need picking up, finishing and developing. I need to be able to agree deadlines/priorities with the developer working on these and be confident those deadlines will be met. ___ Anthony Pearson Managing Editor BBC New Media 5th Floor NE Wing Bush House PO Box 76 Strand London WC2B 4PH /QUOTE You can email Tony direct: tony.pearson AT bbc.co.uk Jon -- ___ Download the free Opera browser at http://www.opera.com/ Free OperaMail at http://www.operamail.com/ Powered by Outblaze
Access Microsoft MDB from Perl
Unfortunately I don't have much of a choice about this, we've been given some data, which is a microsoft access .mdb and has to be read. (The database is also horrible, and has 20 tables which link to each other via magic numbers instead of using relations but I won't get into that). I had a quick look on cpan for a DBD::Access or something similar, and the best I came up with was DBD::ODBC. I looked around a bit and I spotted MDBtools (http://mdbtools.sourceforge.net/) which seems very alpha, but I suppose could be used at a push to pull the data out into some file format which I can parse. Another alternative would be to look into using (OLE|DDE|Whatever the current flavour is) and control access using that, but again, that seems like hard work. The final last resort I can think of is writing Access VB and pulling the data out, which I don't want to do. Does anyone know of a perl module (ActivePerl only is fine, I'll succumb to doing part of this on windows if I have to) which allows access to mdb files. I've seen modules for Excel files, but not Access. Maybe I'm just being dumb as usual. Gareth. -- **UGH** ** Confidentiality Notice Disclaimer ** This message, together with any attachments, is for the confidential and exclusive use of the addressee(s). If you receive it in error, please delete the message and its attachments from your system immediately and notify us by return e-mail. Do not disclose, copy, circulate or use any information contained in this e-mail. (1) The content of this e-mail is to be read subject to Thomson Holidays terms of business, as applicable. (2) E-mail may be intercepted or affected by viruses and Thomson Holidays accepts no responsibility for any interception or liability for any form of viruses introduced with this e-mail. (3) The sender shall remain solely accountable for any statements, representations or opinions that are clearly his or her own and not made in the course of employment. *** TUI UK Limited Registered in England and Wales (Number 2830117) Registered Office: Greater London House, Hampstead Road, London NW1 7SD Telephone: +44 (0)20 7387 9321 Fax: +44 (0)20 7387 8451 IT Helpdesk: +44 (0)20 7383 1555 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Access Microsoft MDB from Perl
On Thu, Jul 04, 2002 at 11:57:09AM +0100, Harper, Gareth wrote: Unfortunately I don't have much of a choice about this, we've been given some data, which is a microsoft access .mdb and has to be read. (The database is also horrible, and has 20 tables which link to each other via magic numbers instead of using relations but I won't get into that). use Activeperl and DBD::ODBC. It works and it's pretty easy. nic -- the light at the end of the tunnel is a freight train heading my way
Re: Camel update
On Thu, 4 Jul 2002 11:33:18 +0100 (BST), Mark Fowler wrote: On Thu, 4 Jul 2002, David Cantrell wrote: I'm wearing zz9pluralzalpha today. Crap, me too. OH NO WHAT A FASHION DISASTER. Oh dear, so am I. This is what happens when you have too many t-shirts to keep a proper rotation going. -- Peter Haworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's only virtue (?) is that, like other types of gags and straight jackets, it solves a multitude of problems -- the genuinely insane, the utterly uncontrollable, the truly evil, the merely different -- by locking them all up and throwing away the key. -- Damian Conway
