[ANNOUNCE] London Perl Mongers Technical Meeting 2012-04-11

[Léon Brocard]

London Perl Mongers organises technical meetings every two months. The
technical meetings are a chance to find out what has been going on in
the Perl community, what techniques people are using and how Perl
integrates with other software.

The next technical meeting will be on the 11th April 2012 from 7pm to
9pm (you may arrive earlier, please sign in at the reception). You have
to sign up to attend, see below.

This meeting is sponsored by Venda who are inviting the world-renowned
Damian Conway to amuse us for one evening and will appropriately be held
at the Conway Hall. Many thanks to Anthony Webster, Venda and everyone
involved for allowing us to use this wonderful venue.

Venda is a SaaS eCommerce provider with offices in London as well as the
US and Asia. The platform is built predominantly in Perl, and powers
over 100 sites for clients including Tesco and the BBC.

Damian will be presenting:

Temporally Quaquaversal Virtual Nanomachine Programming In Multiple
Topologically Connected Quantum-Relativistic Parallel Spacetimes... Made
Easy!

Watch in terror as Damian writes a Perl program to extract square
roots using nothing but quantum mechanics, general relativity, and
the very fabric of the space-time continuum.

Along the way we'll also investigate: Wittgenstein's dark secret;
the diminishing returns of physical computation; Roman philosophy;
when Super Science Adventures go wrong; the greatest Lego kit of all
time; the secret identity of Sith; carbon logic vs silicon logic;
the giants of 1930's physics; elementary spin-half quanta under
relativistic motion; CAT scans; Will Smith; bongos; drunken bets
involving penguins; algorithmic consistency; God's dice and the
problem of free will; intrinsic self-inconsistency; the many worlds
outside Copenhagen; and the inventor of stage diving.

What happens when Dirac meets Deutsch meets Damian? Mere anarchy is
loosed upon the world!

For more information and to sign up, please visit:

https://londonpmtech.appspot.com/

See you there, Léon.

Re: Dim sum Thursday 1pm at Pearl Liang

[Léon Brocard]

This is today! See you there, Léon

Leon Brocard  wrote:

You know, I miss dim sum. I miss it so much that I want to have dim
sum on Thursday. Come have dim sum with me:

Pearl Liang
8 Sheldon Square, W2 6EZ
http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Pearl_Liang%2C_W2_6EZ
http://www.pearlliang.co.uk/
Thursday 24th November, 1pm

It's just an informal gathering. We turn up, grab some food, then
disappear into London. I'll be the one with the camel.

PS It's quite hard to find unless you know where you are going. Check the links.

See you there, Leon

London.pm Sichuan TianFu Buyi Thursday 1pm

[Léon Brocard]

It's time to have another Sichuan lunch meeting. This restaurant has
been mentioned on list before (it used to be called Bamboo House) - it
does amazing (sometimes spicy) Sichuan dishes.

London.pm Sichuan is a social event where we meet up every Thursday at
1pm at a different Sichuan restaurant, spend about an hour (and about
£10 cash) eating tasty Sichuan food, then go our separate ways.

TianFu Buyi
Thursday 1pm
37-39 Bulwer Street
W12 8AR
Shephard's Bush Market,  Shephard's Bush Tube
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=W12+8AR
http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Tian_Fu%2C_W12_8AR
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Szechuan_cuisine

See you there! Léon

Re: London.pm Dim Sum Pearl Liang Monday 1pm (with ingy!)

[Léon Brocard]

On 3 September 2011 19:33, Léon Brocard  wrote:
> Ingy döt Net, founder of Acmeism is in town and he wishes to eat dim
> sum. Come enjoy tasty food with us on Monday.
>
> London.pm dim sum is a social event where we meet up every Monday at
> 1pm at a different Chinese restaurant, spend about an hour (and about
> £10 cash) eating tasty dim sum (steamed and fried dumplings), then go
> our separate ways.
>
> Monday 1pm
> Pearl Liang
> 8 Sheldon Square
> London W2 6EZ
> Paddington Station Tube Station
> http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=W26EZ
> http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Pearl_Liang%2C_W2_6EZ
> http://www.pearlliang.co.uk/
>
> It's quite hard to find: be sure to check "Getting here" on the link above.

Gentle reminder: this is this lunchtime.

See you there! Leon

Re: Emergency social Monday at Shooting Star, E1 7JF (with ingy!)

[Léon Brocard]

On 4 September 2011 21:12, Léon Brocard  wrote:
> Ingy döt Net, founder of Acmeism is in town and he wishes to drink
> tasty beer. Come enjoy a drink with us on Monday.
>
> Monday, 7pmish onwards
> http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Shooting_Star,_E1_7JF
> 125-129 Middlesex Street
> London E1 7JF
> Liverpool Street Station tube

Gentle reminder: this is tonight.

See you there, Leon.

Emergency social Monday at Shooting Star, E1 7JF (with ingy!)

[Léon Brocard]

Ingy döt Net, founder of Acmeism is in town and he wishes to drink
tasty beer. Come enjoy a drink with us on Monday.

Monday, 7pmish onwards
http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Shooting_Star,_E1_7JF
125-129 Middlesex Street
London E1 7JF
Liverpool Street Station tube

See you there, Leon.

London.pm Dim Sum Pearl Liang Monday 1pm (with ingy!)

[Léon Brocard]

Ingy döt Net, founder of Acmeism is in town and he wishes to eat dim
sum. Come enjoy tasty food with us on Monday.

London.pm dim sum is a social event where we meet up every Monday at
1pm at a different Chinese restaurant, spend about an hour (and about
£10 cash) eating tasty dim sum (steamed and fried dumplings), then go
our separate ways.

Monday 1pm
Pearl Liang
8 Sheldon Square
London W2 6EZ
Paddington Station Tube Station
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=W26EZ
http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Pearl_Liang%2C_W2_6EZ
http://www.pearlliang.co.uk/

It's quite hard to find: be sure to check "Getting here" on the link above.

See you there! Leon

Emergency London.pm INGY social meet tonight from 6pm at Avalon, SW12 9EB

[Léon Brocard]

ingy, founder of the Acmeists and Perl hacker extraordinaire is in
town for one night only. Come see him tonight (Saturday 2011-08-06)
at:

>From 6pm tonight
The Avalon
16 Balham Hill,
London SW12 9EB
http://www.theavalonlondon.com/default.htm
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=SW12+9EB
Clapham South tube station

See you there! Leon.

Re: Emergency social meeting 25th June 2011 Bridge House

[Léon Brocard]

On 25 June 2011 15:24, Ben Tisdall  wrote:
> The group, in case Leon is hit by a meteor.

That seems unlikely. Unless you know something I don't...

Anyway I will aim to be at the pub at 6pm. I still haven't found
Amelia, but I am wearing an orange polo shirt and I shall be reading
"Weaving the Web" by TimBL.

See you there! Leon

Emergency social meeting 25th June 2011 Bridge House

[Léon Brocard]

We're going to have an emergency social meeting on Saturday evening as
Job (jkva) and Mallory (stommepoes) are in town. We can also celebrate
the Perl 5.12.4, 5.14.1, and 5.15.0 releases.

>From 6pm on 25th June 2011
Bridge House
218 Tower Bridge Road, SE1 2UP
http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Bridge_House%2C_SE1_2UP

I shall be there, probably wearing orange. I'll try and bring a small
stuffed camel with me, but she's hiding in a box somewhere.

Who can make it?

Cheers, Leon

London.pm Fish and Chips "Fish Central" Thursday 1pm

[Léon Brocard]

We've tried Thai food. We've tried Szechuan. No dim sum this week
either, it's time for fish and chips.

London.pm fish and chips is a social event where we meet up every
Thursday at 1pm at a different Chinese restaurant, spend about an hour
(and about £15 cash) eating tasty fish and chips, then go our separate
ways.

Fish Central
Thursday 1pm
149-155 Central Street
King Square
EC1V 8AP
Old Street, Angel tube stations
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=EC1V+8AP
http://www.fishcentral.co.uk/

See you there! Leon

Fwd: Perl 5.12.4-RC1 is now available

[Léon Brocard]

Please test with your work code to find any bugs as I'll release the
5.12.4 soon.

Cheers, Leon.

-- Forwarded message --
From: Léon Brocard 
Date: 8 June 2011 15:48
Subject: Perl 5.12.4-RC1 is now available
To: Perl 5 Porters 


Pheasant is pleasant, of course,
And terrapin, too, is tasty,
Lobster I freely endorse,
In pate or patty or pasty.
But there's nothing the matter with butter,
And nothing the matter with jam,
And the warmest greetings I utter
To the ham and the yam and the clam.
For they're food,
All food,
And I think very fondly of food.
Through I'm broody at times
When bothered by rhymes,
I brood
On food.

      -- Ogden Nash, "The Clean Plater"

I've just uploaded the first release candidate for Perl 5.12.4 to
PAUSE. You should be able to find it at:

http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl-5.12.4-RC1/

Changes are at:

http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl-5.12.4-RC1/pod/perl5124delta.pod

SHA1 sums for this release are:

c46cfc3016367115898d9de8d61847d090b6bd18  perl-5.12.4-RC1.tar.bz2
820fecbd90f645306818a92bffdd5af585ad41df  perl-5.12.4-RC1.tar.gz

It's very important that you test this release with any software written
in Perl which you use or maintain. If no "showstopper" class bugs are
found in the next few days, we will release a virtually identical
tarball as Perl 5.12.4.

Cheers, Leon.

London.pm Dim Sum TianFu Buyi Thursday 1pm

[Léon Brocard]

It's time to have another dimsum lunch meeting. This restaurant has
been mentioned on list before (it used to be called Bamboo House) - it
does do dim sum but the main menu is more about Sichuan dishes.

London.pm dim sum is a social event where we meet up every Thursday at
1pm at a different Chinese restaurant, spend about an hour (and about
£10 cash) eating tasty dim sum (steamed and fried dumplings), then go
our separate ways.

TianFu Buyi
Thursday 1pm
37-39 Bulwer Street
W12 8AR
Shephard's Bush Market,  Shephard's Bush Tube
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=W12+8AR
http://www.tianfubuyi.com/

See you there! Léon

Re: beer? weekend of the 24th June in London

[Léon Brocard]

On 6 June 2011 12:11, Mallory van Achterberg  wrote:
> So, Bridge House at 18 Tower Bridge Road, London on Saturday evening
> 25th June? (DuckDuckGo brought up another Bridge House in London but
> this one seemed correct)

That sounds like a wonderful plan, and I can make it! Let's have an
emergency social meeting for you:

>From 6pm on 25th June 2011
Bridge House
218 Tower Bridge Road, SE1 2UP
http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Bridge_House%2C_SE1_2UP

I shall be there, probably wearing orange. I'll try and bring a small
stuffed camel with me.

I'll reannounce it closer to the date. Who else can make it?

Cheers, Leon

Fwd: Perl 5.14.0 Release Candidate 1

[Léon Brocard]

Perl 5.14.0 Release Candidate 1 is out! Please test it with your work
code for any showstoppers.

Leon

-- Forwarded message --
From: Jesse Vincent 
Date: 20 April 2011 13:52
Subject: Perl 5.14.0 Release Candidate 1
To: perl5-port...@perl.org


       But then Australia is such a difficult country to keep track
       of. On my first visit, some years ago, I passed the time on
       the long flight reading a history of Australian politics in the
       twentieth century, wherein I encountered the startling fact that
       in 1967 the prime minister, Harold Holt, was strolling along a
       beach in Victoria when he plunged into the surf and vanished. No
       trace of the poor man was ever seen again.  This seemed doubly
       astounding to me—first that Australia could just _lose_  a
       prime minister (I mean, come on) and second that news of this
       had never reached me.

                        -- Bill Bryson,  /In a Sunburned Country/


I've just uploaded the first release candidate for Perl 5.14.0 to PAUSE.
Shortly, you'll find it at:

http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl-5.14.0-RC1/

SHA1 sums for this release are:

643d688909723aaedbaef67301779331b3d51381  perl-5.14.0-RC1.tar.bz2
ed6be1b0f09af7542df369af254b629dbf5a8b5c  perl-5.14.0-RC1.tar.gz

While we go to lengths to ensure that new versions of Perl don't break
existing programs, it does happen. It's really, really important that
we catch unintentional breakage BEFORE we release Perl 5.14.0.
It is imperative that you test this release candidate with any software
written in Perl which you use or maintain.

Similarly, we test Perl on a variety of operating systems on a number of
platforms with several different compilers. If you're not 100% certain
that we're testing yours, NOW is the time to make sure that Perl 5.14.0
builds and passes its tests on your platform.

If no "showstopper" class bugs are found in the next 7 days, we will
release a virtually identical tarball as Perl 5.14.0 on Thursday, April
28, 2011.

Best,

Jesse


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Re: London Perl Mongers Technical Meeting 10th March 2011

[Léon Brocard]

On 21 February 2011 14:25, Léon Brocard  wrote:
> London Perl Mongers organises technical meetings every two months. The
> technical meetings are a chance to find out what has been going on in
> the Perl community, what techniques people are using and how Perl
> integrates with other software.
>
> Zefram - The new extendability features that are going into Perl 5.14
> Dave Hodgkinson - Perl, Hudson and Selenium
> Pete Sergeant - Something testy
> James Laver - Spark Form
>
> For more information and to sign up, please visit:
>
>  http://londonpmtech.appspot.com/

Quick reminder: that's this thursday. Please sign up.

Leon

London.pm Dim Sum Dumplings' Legend Thursday 1pm

[Léon Brocard]

It's time to head back into Chinatown to a new dim sum restaurant.

London.pm dim sum is a social event where we meet up every Thursday at
1pm at a different Chinese restaurant, spend about an hour (and about
£10 cash) eating tasty dim sum (steamed and fried dumplings), then go
our separate ways.

Thursday 1pm
Dumplings' Legend
15-16 Gerrard Street
Chinatown, London, W1D 6JE
Leicester Square Tube Station
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=W1D6JE
http://www.dumplingslegend.com/

See you there! Leon

London.pm Dim sum Thursday 1pm Oriental Brasserie, W4 2HD

[Léon Brocard]

It's time to head to the west of town with a little dim sum place on
Chiswick High Road (nearest tube
Turnham Green).

London.pm dim sum is a social event where we meet up every thursday at
a different Chinese restaurant, spend about an hour (and about £10 cash)
eating tasty dim sum (steamed and fried dumplings), then go our
separate ways.

Thursday 1pm
Oriental Brasserie
18 Devonshire Road
London, W4 2HD
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=W42HD
http://www.orientalbrasserie.com/
http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Oriental_Brasserie,_W4_2HD

See you there!

Léon, London.pm Dim Sum Mandarin

[ANNOUNCE] London Perl Mongers Technical Meeting 10th March 2011

[Léon Brocard]

London Perl Mongers organises technical meetings every two months. The
technical meetings are a chance to find out what has been going on in
the Perl community, what techniques people are using and how Perl
integrates with other software.

The next technical meeting will be on the 10th March 2011 from 7pm to
9pm (you may arrive earlier, please sign in at the reception). You
have to sign up to attend, see below. It will be hosted by
NET-A-PORTER.COM and held at their offices in Westfield London
Shopping Centre. Many thanks to James Hudson, NET-A-PORTER.COM and
everyone involved for allowing us to use this wonderful venue. We have
the following wonderful speakers:

Zefram - The new extendability features that are going into Perl 5.14
Dave Hodgkinson - Perl, Hudson and Selenium
Pete Sergeant - Something testy
James Laver - Spark Form

For more information and to sign up, please visit:

  http://londonpmtech.appspot.com/

See you there, Leon.

Looking for speakers

[Léon Brocard]

Hi everybody!

I'm planning a London.pm technical meeting for the 10th March in West
London and am looking for a few speakers.

If you want to present a 20-minute talk,  please reply offlist.

Leon

London.pm Dim Sum Pearl Liang Wednesday 1pm

[Léon Brocard]

What better way to celebrate a few weeks after the Chinese New Year
than to have dim sum? On a Wednesday, for one week only.

London.pm dim sum is a social event where we meet up every Wednesday at
1pm at a different Chinese restaurant, spend about an hour (and about
£10 cash) eating tasty dim sum (steamed and fried dumplings), then go
our separate ways.

Pearl Liang
8 Sheldon Square
London W2 6EZ
Paddington Station Tube Station
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=W26EZ
http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Pearl_Liang%2C_W2_6EZ
http://www.pearlliang.co.uk/

It's quite hard to find: be sure to check "Getting here" on the link above.

See you there! Leon

Re: [OT] bombproof key/value pair hashing library

[Léon Brocard]

On 21 December 2010 17:39, Dirk Koopman  wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a bombproof(*1) key/value pair hashing library that I
> can link into a C program?

How about glibc or glib's hashes?

http://linux.die.net/man/3/hsearch
http://www.gtk.org/api/2.6/glib/glib-Hash-Tables.html

Leon

London.pm Dim Sum Top of the Town Thursday&Friday 1pm

[Léon Brocard]

Such beautiful snow planned for Thursday. And Gabor Szabo is in town.
It must be time to re-enact the London.pm festive tradition that is
dim sum. Note there will also be a social meeting on Thursday evening:
http://3.ly/Social2Dec

On Friday Joel Bernstein will be in town. And presumably so will lots
of other people for the London Perl workshop on Saturday:
http://3.ly/LPW4Dec

London.pm dim sum is a social event where we meet up every Thursday&Friday at
1pm at a different Chinese restaurant, spend about an hour (and about
10 quid cash) eating tasty dim sum (steamed and fried dumplings), then go
our separate ways.

Top of the Town
Thursday&Friday 1pm
37-8 Gerrard Street
W1D 5QB
Leicester Square Tube
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=W1D+5QB
http://www.topofthetownrestaurant.co.uk/

See you there, Leon

Re: Leadership Election Results

[Léon Brocard]

On 1 November 2010 06:17, Dave Cross  wrote:
>
> I closed the leadership poll last night. I'm happy to announce the the
> winner of the election and our new leader is:
>
>  Leo Lapworth
>
> Congratulations to Leo and thanks to all the other candidates for taking
> part.

Congratulations to all the candidates, but especially Leo. I welcome
the new leadership!

Leon

Re: London.pm leader election

[Léon Brocard]

On 24 September 2010 10:43, Léon Brocard  wrote:

> 4th October: Send nominations to a...@astray.com and d...@dave.org.uk
> before this date

Could I gently remind people to get their nominations in? You may, of
course, nominate yourself.

Leon

Re: London.pm leader election

[Léon Brocard]

On 24 September 2010 16:16, Roger Burton West  wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 03:45:11PM +0100, Denny wrote:
>
>>Seriously then, I propose that we consider being an autonomous
>>self-organising collective instead of having a leader.
>
> In the event that "none of the above" wins the final vote, what is to be
> done: a leaderless year as Denny proposes, or a new election?

It's quite useful having one point of contact.

I'll be treating "None of the above" as "re-open nominations".

Leon

Re: London.pm leader election

[Léon Brocard]

On 24 September 2010 12:29, Abigail  wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 10:43:10AM +0100, Léon Brocard wrote:
>>
>> Timeline:
>>
>> 4th October: Send nominations to a...@astray.com and d...@dave.org.uk
>> before this date
>> 18th October: Voting opens
>> 1st November: Results announced
>
> Voting never closes?

Voting closes at 1am GMT on 1st November.

(Notice BST ends on 31 October)

Leon

Re: London.pm leader election

[Léon Brocard]

On 24 September 2010 11:34, Nicholas Clark  wrote:

> Orange!
>
> No, wait. I had a serious question. Who is eligible to vote?

All subscribers to this mailing list as of this morning.

Leon

London.pm leader election

[Léon Brocard]

Hello all,

It has been a pleasure and an honour being leader of London.pm but
sadly all good things must come to an end. So it's time for a
London.pm leader election!

Elections are tricky things, but we will be using the Debian Voting
System as described here:

http://seehuhn.de/pages/vote

... with a "None of the above" option.

Dave Cross has agreed to be returning officer.

Timeline:

4th October: Send nominations to a...@astray.com and d...@dave.org.uk
before this date
18th October: Voting opens
1st November: Results announced

Let the bikeshed discussions commence, Leon.

Re: Best practice for variables shared between processes?

[Léon Brocard]

On 20 September 2010 17:43, Peter Edwards  wrote:
> On 20 September 2010 17:30, Roger Burton West  wrote:
>
>> I wish to have two processes, a "producer" (which will create files) and
>> a "consumer"

When hearing those two words you should automatically think...

> Use a queue?

... instead of writing yet more software. A couple are:

> ApacheMQ | RabbitMQ | Beanstalkd

And probably also Redis. I've used all of them and would probably
recommend Redis for something lightweight and RabbitMQ for something
heavyweight with clustering.

HTH, Leon.

[ANNOUNCE] London Perl M[ou]ngers August Social, 2010-08-05, Piazza delle Vettovaglie, Pisa

[Léon Brocard]

By a happy coincidence, the regular London Perl Mongers social meeting
falls on the second day of the YAPC::Europe Perl conference in Pisa,
Italy. We shall be holding it at the Piazza delle Vettovaglie, which
has a few food and drink vendors. It'll start after the conference.

  Piazza delle Vettovaglie, Pisa
  http://conferences.yapceurope.org/ye2010/
  http://conferences.yapceurope.org/ye2010/wiki?node=LondonPM


Standard blurb:

Social meets are a chance for the various members of the group to meet
up face to face and chat with each other about things - both Perl and
(mostly) non-Perl - and newcomers are more than welcome. The monthly
meets tend to be bigger than the other ad hoc meetings that take place
at other times, and we make sure that they're in easy to get to
locations and the pub serves food (meaning that people can eat in the
bar if they want to). They normally start around 6.30pm (or whenever
people get there after work) and a group tends to be left come closing
time.

If you're a newcomer or other first timer (even if you've been lurking
on the mailing list or on IRC) then please seek Léon (the guy in orange
with a stuffed camel) out - we have a tradition that the leader of this
motley crew buys the new people a drink and introduces them to people.

See you there, Leon.

Emergency Tuesday at the Gunmakers

[Léon Brocard]

Luis Campos (lmc), a Perl geek from foreign shores, is in London for
an evening. Thus we must have an emergency meeting.

The Gunmakers, Clerkenwell, Tuesday 20th July 2010, from 6:30pm
http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Gunmakers%2C_EC1R_5ET

Beers on:

Guest beers this week will be Saltaire Amarillo, Harviestoun
Schiehallion, Bay's Gold & Tim Taylor's Landlord (in that order). On
tap today: Purity Mad Goose, Woodforde's Wherry, Saltaire Amarillo,
Weston's Scrumpy. Next: Harviestoun Schiehallion.

See you there, Leon.

Damian Conway: Understanding Regular Expressions (properly)

[Léon Brocard]

Heya peeps,

If you're not going to YAPC in Pisa then you might want to catch
Damian's excellent regexp tutorial in London:

Understanding Regular Expressions (properly)
http://www.ukuug.org/events/regexps/
Damian Conway
11th August, London

This one day tutorial is organized by O’Reilly and the UKUUG.

http://www.oreillygmt.co.uk/2010/05/damian-conway-on-perl-and-its-future.html

ps YAPC talks announced: http://conferences.yapceurope.org/ye2010/talks/

Re: [ANNOUNCE] London Perl M[ou]ngers June 2010 Social - 2010-06-03, The Pontefract Castle, Marylebone

[Léon Brocard]

2010/5/18 Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker :
> The London Perl Mongers' June social will be on Thursday 3rd June.
> We're going to The Pontefract Castle in Marylebone, who have kindly
> reserved an area in the cellar bar for us.  The pub has a good selection
> of real ale and sausages, as well as the usual lagers, ciders and pub
> food.

Just a reminder: this is tomorrow! And I have exciting news: the
wonderful people at NET-A-PORTER will be sponsoring the event by
putting a little money behind the bar. Fabulous!

See you there, Leon.

> The address is:
> 71 Wigmore Street
> Marylebone
> London W1U 1QB
>
> http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=W1U+1QB&spn=0.005,0.02&hl=en
> http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/85/853/Pontefract_Castle/Marylebone
>
> Standard blurb:
>
> Social meets are a chance for the various members of the group to meet
> up face to face and chat with each other about things - both Perl and
> (mostly) non-Perl - and newcomers are more than welcome. The monthly
> meets tend to be bigger than the other ad hoc meetings that take place
> at other times, and we make sure that they're in easy to get to
> locations and the pub serves food (meaning that people can eat in the
> bar if they want to). They normally start around 6.30pm (or whenever
> people get there after work) and a group tends to be left come closing
> time.
>
> If you're a newcomer or other first timer (even if you've been lurking
> on the mailing list or on IRC) then please seek Léon (the guy in orange
> with a stuffed camel) out - we have a tradition that the leader of this
> motley crew buys the new people a drink and introduces them to people.
>
>
> --
> ilmari
> "A disappointingly low fraction of the human race is,
>  at any given time, on fire." - Stig Sandbeck Mathisen
>

Re: London Perl Mongers Social Meeting Thursday 6th May at the Gunmakers

[Léon Brocard]

On 30 April 2010 16:45, Léon Brocard  wrote:
> London Perl Mongers organises social meetings every month. The
> technical meetings are a chance to chat informally with the Perl
> community.

This is tomorrow! See you there, Leon

> We're going back to the Gunmakers this Thursday (6th May), where the
> lovely landlord Jeff always welcomes us with open arms, foamy beers,
> non-foamy ciders and tasty meats!
>
> There is also a general election on that day. You may wish to vote.
>
> The Gunmakers
> 13 Eyre Street Hill
> EC1R 5ET
> http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=ec1r+5et&ll=51.52251,-0.110528&spn=0.01032,0.021071
> http://thegunmakers.co.uk/
> http://twitter.com/thegunmakers
> http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Gunmakers,_EC1R_5ET
>
> Social meets are a chance for the various members of the group to meet
> up face to face and chat with each other about things - both Perl and
> non-Perl - and newcomers are more than welcome. The monthly meets tend
> to be bigger than the other ad hoc meetings that take place at other
> times, and we make sure that they're in easy to get to locations and the
> pub serves food (meaning that people can eat in the bar if they want
> to). They normally start around 6.30pm (or whenever people get there
> after work) and a group tends to be left come closing time.
>
> If you're a newcomer or other first timer (even if you've been lurking
> on the mailing list or on IRC) then please seek Léon (the guy in orange
> with a stuffed camel) out - we have a tradition that the leader of this
> motley crew buys the new people a drink and introduces them to people.
>
> See you there! Léon
>

[ANNOUNCE] London Perl Mongers Social Meeting Thursday 6th May at the Gunmakers

[Léon Brocard]

London Perl Mongers organises social meetings every month. The
technical meetings are a chance to chat informally with the Perl
community.

We're going back to the Gunmakers this Thursday (6th May), where the
lovely landlord Jeff always welcomes us with open arms, foamy beers,
non-foamy ciders and tasty meats!

There is also a general election on that day. You may wish to vote.

The Gunmakers
13 Eyre Street Hill
EC1R 5ET
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=ec1r+5et&ll=51.52251,-0.110528&spn=0.01032,0.021071
http://thegunmakers.co.uk/
http://twitter.com/thegunmakers
http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Gunmakers,_EC1R_5ET

Social meets are a chance for the various members of the group to meet
up face to face and chat with each other about things - both Perl and
non-Perl - and newcomers are more than welcome. The monthly meets tend
to be bigger than the other ad hoc meetings that take place at other
times, and we make sure that they're in easy to get to locations and the
pub serves food (meaning that people can eat in the bar if they want
to). They normally start around 6.30pm (or whenever people get there
after work) and a group tends to be left come closing time.

If you're a newcomer or other first timer (even if you've been lurking
on the mailing list or on IRC) then please seek Léon (the guy in orange
with a stuffed camel) out - we have a tradition that the leader of this
motley crew buys the new people a drink and introduces them to people.

See you there! Léon

YAPC::Europe flights

[Léon Brocard]

Heya all!

YAPC::Europe is the big European Perl conference that's coming up and
it's going to be awesome.

http://conferences.yapceurope.org/ye2010/

However, it's in Pisa during the summer and Italy is awefully popular
so flights are getting expensive already. I recommend you try and book
flights this week. I'm on these flights if you would like to join me:

Sunday Aug 1, 2010 LHR 09:10 -> 12:25 Pisa BA0600
Sunday Aug 8, 2010 Pisa 19:40 -> 20:50 LHR BA0603

And I'll be staying at the venue, the My One Hotel Galilei:

http://conferences.yapceurope.org/ye2010/accommodation.html

Leon

Fwd: Sponsoring your Perl site

[Léon Brocard]

Know anyone who might be interested in organising a perl workshop and need
sponsorship? ;-)

-- Forwarded message --
From: Iiris Maaniemi 
Date: 8 April 2010 13:59
Subject: Sponsoring your Perl site
To: Iiris Maaniemi 


 Hi!

I'm writing to you from Amsterdam where the Booking.com headquarters are
located. I'm working in the recruitment team of the company, and I'm
currently working with my colleagues on finding new Developers to join our
company. Our company is growing and thus we are looking for several
Developers (preferably Perl Developers). I am contacting you because I would
like to see if it's possible to sponsor your Perl site and in exchange put a
banner (with a link to our career site) on your site? We have the banner
ready already, so you would just need to put it up in your site, in exchange
to a monetary compensation of course.

Please let me know if this is something you are interested in! I can be
reached by email and also by phone.

Kind regards,
Iiris
-- 
 [image: booking.com] 
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E-mail: iiris.maani...@booking.com - Phone: +31 (0)20 715 30 97
Address: Vijzelstraat 79-2, 1017 HG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Apply Now: www.booking.com/jobs 
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London.pm Dim Sum Bamboo Basket Thursday 1pm

[Léon Brocard]

NET-A-PORTER has just moved a little further west, so it is time to go
see them at Westfield London in Shepherd's Bush. It's a large shopping
centre and it has a dim sum restaurant (in a large food court).

Also on Thursday is the April Social at the Bridge House:

http://london.pm.org/pipermail/london.pm-announce/2010-March/000179.html

London.pm dim sum is a social event where we meet up every Thursday at
a different Chinese restaurant, spend about an hour (and about £10
cash) eating tasty dim sum (steamed and fried dumplings), then go our
separate ways.

Thursday 1pm
Bamboo Basket
Westfield London
Shepherd's Bush Tube Station
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=W127SL
http://uk.westfield.com/london/find/detail/dining?category=2020&retailer=35482
http://uk.westfield.com/london/find/map/dining?category=2020&retailer=35482

See you there!

Léon, London.pm Dim Sum Mandarin

Fwd: Perl 5.12.0-RC1 now available

[Léon Brocard]

Please test this release candidate for 5.12.0 with your internal code
to make sure that we haven't broken anything important without
realising.

Thanks! Leon

-- Forwarded message --
From: Jesse Vincent 
Date: 29 March 2010 20:43
Subject: Perl 5.12.0-RC1 now available
To: perl5-port...@perl.org



   So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the
   hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of
   making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking
   the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.

   There was nothing so VERY remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so
   VERY much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself, 'Oh dear! Oh
   dear! I shall be late!' (when she thought it over afterwards, it occurred
   to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all
   seemed quite natural); but when the Rabbit actually TOOK A WATCH OUT
   OF ITS WAISTCOAT-POCKET, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice
   started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never
   before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take
   out of it, and burning with curiosity, she ran across the field after it,
   and fortunately was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit-hole
   under the hedge.

   In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how
   in the world she was to get out again.

                       - Lewis Carroll, /Alice's Adentures in Wonderland/

I've just uploaded the first release candidate for Perl 5.12.0 to
PAUSE. Shortly, you'll find it at:

   http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl-5.12.0-RC1/

SHA1 sums for this release are:

   d6b0357667582e515335ed89d86bcecb348a07c6  perl-5.12.0-RC1.tar.bz2
   d2616e5c193377901cc930290168d08f10b3bd1d  perl-5.12.0-RC1.tar.gz

The differences from RC0 are relatively small, consisting primarily of
documentation updates and a few small regression fixes.

It is imperative that you test this release candidate with any software
written in Perl which you use or maintain. If no "showstopper" class
bugs are found in the next 7 days, we will release a virtually identical
tarball as Perl 5.12.0.

You can find a list of errata - known bugs or modules known to be
incompatible with 5.12.0 - at http://dev.perl.org/perl5/errata.html

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London.pm Dim Sum Pearl Liang Thursday 1pm

[Léon Brocard]

Someone told me that if I organised dim sum at Pearl Liang they would
come. Whoever that was now has a chance, for that is my choice this
week. Please let me know if you intend on coming as the staff get
annoyed when we ask for a table for 2 please, no wait 3 please, no
wait 5, no wait 8, no wait 10 please.

There will also be a heretics meeting that day, in sunny south London:

  http://london.pm.org/pipermail/london.pm-announce/2010-March/000180.html

It being a heretical meeting I couldn't possibly attend. If you spot
someone who looks like me, that'll actually be my evil twin. It's easy
to tell us apart: he doesn't wear orange. The real official social is
next week, and I shall be attending that. It's also south of the
river, but only just:

  http://london.pm.org/pipermail/london.pm-announce/2010-March/000179.html

London.pm dim sum is a social event where we meet up every Thursday at
1pm at a different Chinese restaurant, spend about an hour (and about
£10 cash) eating tasty dim sum (steamed and fried dumplings), then go
our separate ways.

Pearl Liang
8 Sheldon Square
London W2 6EZ
Paddington Station Tube Station
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=W26EZ
http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Pearl_Liang%2C_W2_6EZ
http://www.pearlliang.co.uk/

It's quite hard to find: be sure to check "Getting here" on the link above.

See you there! Leon

[ANNOUNCE] London Perl Mongers Technical Meeting 12th April 2010

[Léon Brocard]

London Perl Mongers organises technical meetings every two months. The
technical meetings are a chance to find out what has been going on in
the Perl community, what techniques people are using and how Perl
integrates with other software.

The next technical meeting will be on the 12th April from 7pm to 9pm
(you may arrive earlier, it's a pub) and the speaker is Damian Conway,
a prominent member of the Perl community, a proponent of
object-oriented programming, and the author of several books (Object
Oriented Perl, Perl Best Practices). You have to sign up to attend,
see below.

It will be held at the Prince Alfred pub in Bayswater and is hosted by
NET-A-PORTER.COM. Many thanks to Steve Purkis, NET-A-PORTER.COM and
everyone involved for allowing us to use this wonderful venue.

Damian will be presenting:

“You unlock this door with the key of a hash. Beyond it is another
dimension - a dimension of strange constructs, a dimension of
improbable behaviour. You're moving into a land of both weird syntax
and unlikely semantics, of unintended features and unexpected beauty.
You've just crossed over into... The Twilight Perl.” Join Damian for a
head-trip through a dozen or so arcane and sinister “features” of
Perl. Much of what you thought was required... isn’t; some of what you
thought was impossible... is easy. Cast off your strictures and
warnings and set your programs free. Embrace the Dark Side of the
Code. You have nothing to lose - except your sanity!

Our venue size is limited so you will have to sign up to attend this meeting.

 http://londonpmtech.appspot.com/

See you there, Léon

[EMERGENCY] 25th March for Jos

[Léon Brocard]

Jos Boumans (international man of mystery and the person who decides
the next Ubuntu theme colour) is in London. And he's thirsty. We will
take him to a pub and make him drink local beer.

Thursday 25th March from 6.30pm
Star Tavern
6 Belgrave Mews West
SW1X 8HT
http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Star_Tavern,_SW1X_8HT

See you there! Leon

London.pm Dim Sum Young Cheng Thursday 1pm

[Léon Brocard]

I'm sorry, non-Thursday dim sum was confusing. I'll make it up to you!
I'll organise a dim sum on a Thursday! Well actually, I read this
positive review of a place just by Chinatown that we haven't been to
yet. It has roasted meats!

Also on Thursday is the technical meeting at the BBC:

  http://londonpmtech.appspot.com/

London.pm dim sum is a social event where we meet up every Thursday at
1pm at a different Chinese restaurant, spend about an hour (and about
£10 cash) eating tasty dim sum (steamed and fried dumplings), then go
our separate ways.

Young Cheng
Thursday 1pm
76 Shaftesbury Avenue
W1D 6ND
Leicester Square Tube
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=W1D+6ND
http://greedydiva.blogspot.com/2010/03/young-cheng-hes-man-soho-london.html

See you there! Léon

Re: London Perl Mongers Technical Meeting 18th March 2010

[Léon Brocard]

On 8 March 2010 20:04, Léon Brocard  wrote:

> Our venue size is limited so you will have to sign up to attend this meeting.
>  http://londonpmtech.appspot.com/

Sign up will close on Monday, so please sign up today.

Cheers, Leon

[ANNOUNCE] London Perl Mongers Technical Meeting 18th March 2010

[Léon Brocard]

London Perl Mongers organises technical meetings every two months. The
technical meetings are a chance to find out what has been going on in
the Perl community, what techniques people are using and how Perl
integrates with other software.

The next technical meeting will be on the 18th March from 7pm to 9pm
(you may arrive earlier, please sign in at reception) and the theme is
“New”. You have to sign up to attend, see below. It will be held at
the Broadcast Centre, White City and is hosted by the BBC. Many thanks
to Piers Cawley, the BBC and everyone involved for allowing us to use
this wonderful venue.

Talks planned so far:

Zbigniew Lukasiak - WebNano
Zefram - New crack for 5.12
Solli Honorio - PSGI
Léon Brocard - What's new in Perl?

Our venue size is limited so you will have to sign up to attend this meeting.

 http://londonpmtech.appspot.com/

See you there, Léon

London.pm Dim Sum Pearl Liang Wednesday 1pm

[Léon Brocard]

What better way to celebrate a few weeks after the Chinese New Year
than to have dim sum? To get Mark to come, this will be on a
Wednesday, for one week only.

London.pm dim sum is a social event where we meet up every Wednesday at
1pm at a different Chinese restaurant, spend about an hour (and about
£10 cash) eating tasty dim sum (steamed and fried dumplings), then go
our separate ways.

Pearl Liang
8 Sheldon Square
London W2 6EZ
Paddington Station Tube Station
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=W26EZ
http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Pearl_Liang%2C_W2_6EZ
http://www.pearlliang.co.uk/

It's quite hard to find: be sure to check "Getting here" on the link above.

See you there! Leon

Looking for speakers

[Léon Brocard]

Hi there,

I'm looking for speakers for a few 10-20 minute talks for the tech
meet on 18th March 2010 on the subject "new". Something new you've
done or learnt about recently. If you're stuck for ideas, want to talk
Plack, Redis, cpanminus or a module you've just discovered? Please
email me offlist.

Full announcement soon, but you can sign up now on:
http://londonpmtech.appspot.com/

Cheers, Leon

London.pm Dim Sum Top of the Town Thursday 1pm

[Léon Brocard]

I see a Chinatown in the future. It is... full of tasty things to eat.
We should go there. Also on Thursday is the social at the Edgar
Wallace:

  http://london.pm.org/pipermail/london.pm-announce/2010-February/000176.html

London.pm dim sum is a social event where we meet up every Thursday at
1pm at a different Chinese restaurant, spend about an hour (and about
£10 cash) eating tasty dim sum (steamed and fried dumplings), then go
our separate ways.

Top of the Town
Thursday 1pm
37-8 Gerrard Street
W1D 5QB
Leicester Square Tube
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=W1D+5QB
http://www.topofthetownrestaurant.co.uk/

See you there! Léon

[EMERGENCY] 2nd March for birthday

[Léon Brocard]

I'm getting older again so we should clearly have an emergency
London.pm meeting. Come to the pub with me and celebrate surviving an
extra year. You may come even if it is not your birthday.

6pm Tuesday 2nd March 2010
Windsor Castle
114 Campden Hill Road
Kensington, London
W8 7AR
http://www.windsorcastlepub.co.uk/
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=W8+7AR

See you there! Léon

London.pm Dim Sum Pearl Liang Thursday 1pm

[Léon Brocard]

What better way to celebrate the week after the Chinese New Year than
to have dim sum? Let's celebrate at Pearl Liang again.

London.pm dim sum is a social event where we meet up every Thursday at
1pm at a different Chinese restaurant, spend about an hour (and about
£10 cash) eating tasty dim sum (steamed and fried dumplings), then go
our separate ways.

Pearl Liang
8 Sheldon Square
London W2 6EZ
Paddington Station Tube Station
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=W26EZ
http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Pearl_Liang%2C_W2_6EZ
http://www.pearlliang.co.uk/

It's quite hard to find: be sure to check "Getting here" on the link above.

See you there! Leon

Re: London.pm Dim Sum Pearl Liang Thursday 1pm

[Léon Brocard]

On 15 February 2010 23:36, Duncan Garland  wrote:

> Are there any plans for technical meetings? I'm in Watford so I'm a bit far
> out for the socials but I used to come in for the technical meeetings.

I working on one and will announce soon.

Regards, Leon

London.pm Dim Sum Pearl Liang Thursday 1pm

[Léon Brocard]

What better way to celebrate the Chinese New Year than to have dim
sum? Let's celebrate the year of the tiger at Pearl Liang.

London.pm dim sum is a social event where we meet up every Thursday at
1pm at a different Chinese restaurant, spend about an hour (and about
£10 cash) eating tasty dim sum (steamed and fried dumplings), then go
our separate ways.

Pearl Liang
8 Sheldon Square
London W2 6EZ
Paddington Station Tube Station
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=W26EZ
http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Pearl_Liang%2C_W2_6EZ
http://www.pearlliang.co.uk/

It's quite hard to find: be sure to check "Getting here" on the link above.

See you there! Leon

London.pm Dim Sum Top of the Town Thursday 1pm

[Léon Brocard]

I see a Chinatown in the future. It is... full of tasty things to eat.
We should go there. Also on Thursday is the social at the Gunmakers,
where I shall be giving away some books and wearing tigger ears:

  http://london.pm.org/pipermail/london.pm-announce/2010-February/000175.html

London.pm dim sum is a social event where we meet up every Thursday at
1pm at a different Chinese restaurant, spend about an hour (and about
£10 cash) eating tasty dim sum (steamed and fried dumplings), then go
our separate ways.

Top of the Town
Thursday 1pm
37-8 Gerrard Street
W1D 5QB
Leicester Square Tube
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=W1D+5QB
http://www.topofthetownrestaurant.co.uk/

See you there! Léon

London.pm Dim Sum Pearl Liang Thursday 1pm

[Léon Brocard]

I have had enough dosas for a lifetime. I long for dim sum. Luckily,
we can go to Pearl Liang near Paddington station on Thursday. There's
also an emergency pig social later on:

  http://london.pm.org/pipermail/london.pm/Week-of-Mon-20100111/018922.html

London.pm dim sum is a social event where we meet up every Thursday at
1pm at a different Chinese restaurant, spend about an hour (and about
£10 cash) eating tasty dim sum (steamed and fried dumplings), then go
our separate ways.

Pearl Liang
8 Sheldon Square
London W2 6EZ
Paddington Station Tube Station
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=W26EZ
http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Pearl_Liang%2C_W2_6EZ
http://www.pearlliang.co.uk/

It's quite hard to find: be sure to check "Getting here" on the link above.

See you there! Leon

Re: YAPC::EU 2010 4th-6th August, registration open

[Léon Brocard]

2010/1/25 Nicholas Clark :
> Registration is now open for YAPC::EU 2010, which will be in Pisa from 4th to
> 6th August

London.pm get to take over YAPC::Europe again because the organisers
have kindly planned the conference around the August social meeting on
the 5th. So there's no excuse for not being in sunny Pisa!

Leon

Re: London Perlm[ou]ngers January 2010 social - The Gunmakers, Clerkenwell EC1R 5ET

[Léon Brocard]

2010/1/7 James Laver :

> It looks awfully like Léon is on holiday, judging by his twitter
> stream, but in the spirit of comradery and getting everyone pissed,
> we'll take any free drinks out of the kitty.

Sorry, this is the first social I've missed as leader. I've managed to
book every other trip around the busy London.pm schedule. How did it
go? Was the beer foamy?

Leon

London.pm Dim Sum TianFu Buyi Tuesday 1pm

[Léon Brocard]

It's unlikely that we'll find any restaurants open this Thursday, so I
think it's time to have an emergency Tuesday meeting. This restaurant
has been mentioned on list before (it used to be called Bamboo House)
- it does do dim sum but the main menu is more about Sichuan dishes.

London.pm dim sum is a social event where we meet up every Tuesday at
1pm at a different Chinese restaurant, spend about an hour (and about
£10 cash) eating tasty dim sum (steamed and fried dumplings), then go
our separate ways.

TianFu Buyi
Tuesday 1pm
37-39 Bulwer Street
W12 8AR
Shephard's Bush Market,  Shephard's Bush Tube
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=W12+8AR
http://www.tianfubuyi.com/

See you there! Léon

Re: London.pm Dim Sum New World Thursday 1pm

[Léon Brocard]

2009/12/21 Léon Brocard :

> New World
> Thursday 1pm
> 1 Gerrard Place
> W1D 5PA
> Leicester Square Tube
> http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=W1D+5PA
> http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?New_World%2C_W1D_5PA

Missed dim sum on trolleys? Come have lunch today while the year is
still 2009 ;-)

Leon

Re: London.pm Dim Sum New World Thursday 1pm

[Léon Brocard]

2009/12/21 Dominic Thoreau :

> You know, I'm sure you said you were going to be off in Foreign at this time?

I shall be in town for dim sum. But then I must away to Frankfurt for gluhwein!

Leon

London.pm Dim Sum New World Thursday 1pm

[Léon Brocard]

Stripy jelly, dim sum on trolleys, let's go back to New World for a
proper holiday feast of dim sum!

London.pm dim sum is a social event where we meet up every Thursday at
1pm at a different Chinese restaurant, spend about an hour (and about
£10 cash) eating tasty dim sum (steamed and fried dumplings), then go
our separate ways.

New World
Thursday 1pm
1 Gerrard Place
W1D 5PA
Leicester Square Tube
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=W1D+5PA
http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?New_World%2C_W1D_5PA

See you there! Léon

Re: Monads are like burritos

[Léon Brocard]

2009/12/16 the hatter :

> The cov garden one is rather popular, but has been sold me much tasty food
> on previous occasions.  Hadn't realised there was one in Westfield, might be
> a better Thursday option than the food court options, certainly more
> authentic in allowing up to buy many small, tasty fried (though probably no
> steamed) dishes for sharing.

I was really disappointed by the Wahaca in Canary Wharf, it's nowhere
near as good as the original one in Covent Garden.

Leon

London.pm Roast Duck Gold Mine Thursday 1pm

[Léon Brocard]

After trying the roast duck at Four Seasons, it's time to go a few
restaurants down the road and try it at Gold Mine. Which restaurant
will be deemed London.pm's favourite roast duck place?

London.pm dim sum is a social event where we meet up every Thursday at
1pm at a different Chinese restaurant, spend about an hour (and about
£10 cash) eating tasty dim sum (steamed and fried dumplings), then go
our separate ways.

Gold Mine
Thursday 1pm
102 Queensway
London W2 3RR
Bayswater or Queensway tube stations
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q= W2+3RR

See you there! Léon

Re: Perl Christmas Quiz 2009 Answers

[Léon Brocard]

2009/12/9 Chris Jack :

> 6) What is the name of the official Soft Toy Camel of the London Perl Mongers?
> Bonus mark if you own one.
>
> Answer: Amelie/Niles - the latter possibly because having him on your desk 
> has a Seinfeld-esque therapeutic effect. It just keeps staring at me with 
> those piercing black eyes: does it think I'm going to crack and open up?

Amelia points out that you got her name wrong. She was named by Larry
- he should know.

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=amelia&w=35034350386%40N01

Greg never gave me the ceremonial Niles, so he's probably grazing
thorn bushes alongside the Eurostar train tracks.

Leon

London.pm Dim Sum Top of the Town Thursday 1pm

[Léon Brocard]

This was surprisingly tasty when we went to it last time, so I want to
try it again.

London.pm dim sum is a social event where we meet up every Thursday at
1pm at a different Chinese restaurant, spend about an hour (and about
£10 cash) eating tasty dim sum (steamed and fried dumplings), then go
our separate ways.

Top of the Town
Thursday 1pm
37-8 Gerrard Street
W1D 5QB
Leicester Square Tube
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=W1D+5QB
http://www.topofthetownrestaurant.co.uk/

See you there! Léon

London.pm Dim Sum Pearl Liang Thursday 1pm

[Léon Brocard]

Time to go west again and to Pearl Liang near Paddington station.
Artur may be joining us.

There are a bunch of events on in the next few days:

Thursday: London.pm social meeting
http://london.pm.org/pipermail/london.pm-announce/2009-November/000173.html

Friday: Pre-LPW meeting
http://conferences.yapceurope.org/lpw2009/wiki?node=Friday%20Night%20Meetup

Saturday: London Perl Workshop
http://conferences.yapceurope.org/lpw2009/
http://conferences.yapceurope.org/lpw2009/wiki?node=Saturday%20Social%20List

London.pm dim sum is a social event where we meet up every Thursday at
1pm at a different Chinese restaurant, spend about an hour (and about
£10 cash) eating tasty dim sum (steamed and fried dumplings), then go
our separate ways.

Pearl Liang
8 Sheldon Square
London W2 6EZ
Paddington Station Tube Station
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=W26EZ
http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Pearl_Liang%2C_W2_6EZ
http://www.pearlliang.co.uk/

It's quite hard to find: be sure to check "Getting here" on the link above.

See you there! Leon

London.pm Roast Duck Four Seasons Thursday 1pm

[Léon Brocard]

It's our first time here, but they do have very tasty roast duck. No
dim sum. Did I mention the roast duck?

London.pm dim sum is a social event where we meet up every Thursday at
1pm at a different Chinese restaurant, spend about an hour (and about
£10 cash) eating tasty dim sum (steamed and fried dumplings), then go
our separate ways.

Four Seasons
Thursday 1pm
84 Queensway
London W2 3RL
Bayswater or Queensway tube stations
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=W2+3RL

See you there! Léon

Fwd: Perl 5.11.2 is now available

[Léon Brocard]

Please test this with your work code, as this will lead to Perl 5.12.0.

Leon


-- Forwarded message --
From: Léon Brocard 
Date: 2009/11/20
Subject: Perl 5.11.2 is now available
To: Perl 5 Porters 


 The streets were pretty quiet, which was nice. They're always quiet here
 at that time: you have to be wearing a black jacket to be out on the
 streets between seven and nine in the evening, and not many people in the
 area have black jackets. It's just one of those things. I currently live
 in Colour Neighbourhood, which is for people who are heavily into colour.
 All the streets and buildings are set for instant colourmatch: as you
 walk down the road they change hue to offset whatever you're wearing.
 When the streets are busy it's kind of intense, and anyone prone to
 epileptic seizures isn't allowed to live in the Neighbourhood, however
 much they're into colour.
                 - Michael Marshall Smith, "Only Forward"

It gives me great pleasure to announce the release of Perl 5.11.2.

This is the third DEVELOPMENT release in the 5.11.x series leading to a
stable release of Perl 5.12.0. You can find a list of high-profile changes
in this release in the file "perl5112delta.pod" inside the distribution.

You can download the 5.11.2 release from:

 http://search.cpan.org/~lbrocard/perl-5.11.2/

The release's SHA1 signatures are:

 2988906609ab7eb00453615e420e47ec410e0077  perl-5.11.2.tar.gz
 0014442fdd0492444e1102e1a80089b6a4649682  perl-5.11.2.tar.bz2

We welcome your feedback on this release. If you discover issues
with Perl 5.11.2, please use the 'perlbug' tool included in this
distribution to report them. If Perl 5.11.2 works well for you, please
use the 'perlthanks' tool included with this distribution to tell the
all-volunteer development team how much you appreciate their work.

If you write software in Perl, it is particularly important that you test
your software against development releases. While we strive to maintain
source compatibility with prior stable versions of Perl wherever possible,
it is always possible that a well-intentioned change can have unexpected
consequences. If you spot a change in a development version which breaks
your code, it's much more likely that we will be able to fix it before the
next stable release. If you only test your code against stable releases
of Perl, it may not be possible to undo a backwards-incompatible change
which breaks your code.

Notable changes in this release:

* It is now possible to overload the C operator

* Extension modules can now cleanly hook into the Perl parser to define
 new kinds of keyword-headed expression and compound statement

* The lowest layers of the lexer and parts of the pad system now have C
 APIs available to XS extensions

* Use of C<:=> to mean an empty attribute list is now deprecated

Perl 5.11.2 represents approximately 3 weeks development since Perl
5.11.1 and contains 29,992 lines of changes across 458 files from 38
authors and committers:

Abhijit Menon-Sen, Abigail, Ben Morrow, Bo Borgerson, Brad Gilbert,
Bram, Chris Williams, Craig A. Berry, Daniel Frederick Crisman, Dave
Rolsky, David E. Wheeler, David Golden, Eric Brine, Father
Chrysostomos, Frank Wiegand, Gerard Goossen, Gisle Aas, Graham Barr,
Harmen, H.Merijn Brand, Jan Dubois, Jerry D. Hedden, Jesse Vincent,
Karl Williamson, Kevin Ryde, Leon Brocard, Nicholas Clark, Paul
Marquess, Philippe Bruhat, Rafael Garcia-Suarez, Sisyphus, Steffen
Mueller, Steve Hay, Steve Peters, Vincent Pit, Yuval Kogman, Yves
Orton, and Zefram.

Many of the changes included in this version originated in the CPAN
modules included in Perl's core. We're grateful to the entire CPAN
community for helping Perl to flourish.

Jesse Vincent or a delegate will release Perl 5.11.3 on December 20, 2009.
Ricardo Signes will release Perl 5.11.4 on January 20, 2010.
Steve Hay will release Perl 5.11.5 on February 20, 2010.

Regards, Léon

London.pm Dim Sum Top of the Town Thursday 1pm

[Léon Brocard]

I think we went here a long time ago. I'd like to try it again. It's
in Chinatown.

London.pm dim sum is a social event where we meet up every Thursday at
1pm at a different Chinese restaurant, spend about an hour (and about
£10 cash) eating tasty dim sum (steamed and fried dumplings), then go
our separate ways.

Top of the Town
Thursday 1pm
37-8 Gerrard Street
W1D 5QB
Leicester Square Tube
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=W1D+5QB
http://www.topofthetownrestaurant.co.uk/

See you there! Léon

Re: git vs mercurial

[Léon Brocard]

2009/11/9 Ash Berlin :

> My understanding is both are excellent choices

I use Mercurial at work and Git for open source projects. This was
mostly because Git took a while to become user-friendly and in fact
I'd say Mercurial is still easier to use, but after working with both
for a year or so I'd say both are good. (But Git is more popular for
open source projects).

Léon

London.pm Dim Sum Camp Pearl Liang Thursday 1pm

[Léon Brocard]

Time to go west again and to Pearl Liang near Paddington station.

 http://london.pm.org/pipermail/london.pm-announce/2009-June/000152.html

London.pm dim sum camp is a social event where we meet up every Thursday at
1pm at a different Chinese restaurant, spend about an hour (and about
£10 cash) eating tasty dim sum (steamed and fried dumplings), then go
our separate ways.

Pearl Liang
8 Sheldon Square
London W2 6EZ
Paddington Station Tube Station
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=W26EZ
http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Pearl_Liang%2C_W2_6EZ
http://www.pearlliang.co.uk/

It's quite hard to find: be sure to check "Getting here" on the link above.

See you there!

Re: [ANNOUNCE] London.pm November social 2009-11-05, The Victoria, Bayswater W2 2NH

[Léon Brocard]

2009/10/17 Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker :

Please remember that the November London Perl Mongers social meeting
is this week, and in fact tomorrow:

> As James mentioned in his last e-mail, I am your new pub tsar, and as my
> first deed I have booked the Theatre Bar (aka. upstairs) at The
> Victoria¹ in Bayswater for the November social. Not only that, but my
> employer, PhotoBox (who are hiring²), has been kind enough to put £250
> behind the bar. Also, the pub is installing an extra hand pump for us,
> so we can get both London Pride and ESB without having to go downstairs
> (where they have Chiswick Bitter and Discovery as well).
>
> See you all there!
>
> [1] http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Victoria,_W2_2NH
> [2] http://london.pm.org/pipermail/jobs/2009-October/000218.html

It will also be Guy Fawkes Night, but please do not attempt to blow up
the Houses of Parliament.

See you there! Léon

London.pm Dim Sum Super Star Thursday 1pm

[Léon Brocard]

Now I'm in the same country as London.pm, I long for fresh noodles and
tasty dim sum. Let's go to Chinatown!

London.pm dim sum is a social event where we meet up every Thursday at
1pm at a different Chinese restaurant, spend about an hour (and about
10 quid cash) eating tasty dim sum (steamed and fried dumplings), then
go our separate ways.

Thursday 1pm
Super Star
17 Lisle Street
WC2H 7BE
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=WC2H+7BE

See you there!

Léon, London.pm Dim Sum Mandarin

London.pm Dim Sum Pearl Liang Thursday 1pm

[Léon Brocard]

Time to go west again and to Pearl Liang near Paddington station.
There will be a social that evening at
the Gunmakers, Clerkenwell, EC1R 5ET.

London.pm dim sum is a social event where we meet up every Thursday at
1pm at a different Chinese restaurant, spend about an hour (and about
£10 cash) eating tasty dim sum (steamed and fried dumplings), then go
our separate ways.

Thursday 1pm
Pearl Liang
8 Sheldon Square
London W2 6EZ
Paddington Station Tube Station
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=W26EZ
http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Pearl_Liang%2C_W2_6EZ
http://www.pearlliang.co.uk/

It's quite hard to find: be sure to check "Getting here" on the link above.

See you there!

Re: 404

[Léon Brocard]

2009/9/24 Ovid :

> Has a "view source" link at the top.  It returns a 404.

I have changed it to be like the main site. It now says "Join".

Léon

Re: [ANNOUNCE] London Perl Mongers Technical Meeting 24th September 2009

[Léon Brocard]

2009/9/24 Dermot :

> Is there anyway I can confirm I'm on the list for tonight's meeting?
> I'd like to avoid any blushes I might get if the bouncer says 'Your
> names not on the list'.

It was just to get an indication of numbers, we're not being strict
this time. Just turn up! Leon

Re: London Perl Mongers Technical Meeting 24th September 2009

[Léon Brocard]

2009/9/23 Bob MacCallum :

> The iCal link at http://london.pm.org/meetings/ might not be working.
> This meeting didn't show up on my google calendar subscribed to that
> URL, whereas the google calendar "+" button (on the same page) did sub
> me to a working calendar.  Maybe someone could take a look at it?

That's odd, because it's in there as:

BEGIN:VEVENT

DTSTART:20090924T18Z

DTEND:20090924T20Z

DTSTAMP:20090924T062757Z

UID:lkhl802cphv21j42r4jkp0k...@google.com

CREATED:20090827T071450Z

DESCRIPTION:A technical meeting with the theme “Fashionable Perl”.\nhttp://

 londonpmtech.appspot.com/

LAST-MODIFIED:20090829T100106Z

LOCATION:The Prince Alfred\, W2 3RR

SEQUENCE:2

STATUS:CONFIRMED

SUMMARY:Technical meeting

TRANSP:TRANSPARENT

END:VEVENT

Léon

Re: London Perl Mongers Technical Meeting 24th September 2009

[Léon Brocard]

2009/9/1 Léon Brocard :

> London Perl Mongers organises technical meetings every two months. The
> technical meetings are a chance to find out what has been going on in
> the Perl community, what techniques people are using and how Perl
> integrates with other software.
>
> The next technical meeting will be on the 24th September from 7pm to
> 9pm (you may arrive earlier, it's a pub) and the theme is “Fashionable
> Perl”.
>
> It will be held at The Prince Alfred pub on Queensway and is hosted by
> Net-a-Porter. Many thanks to Steve Purkis, Net-a-Porter and everyone
> involved for allowing us to use this wonderful venue.
>
> Talks planned so far:
>
> TBA - Perl 5.10.1
> Chisel Wright - The Patcher in the Rye
> Zefram - Lexical Goodness
> Ash Berlin - Catch Me If You Can
> Ian Knopke - Symbolic Music Processing using the PerlHumdrum Toolkit
>
> Our venue size is limited so you will have to sign up to attend this meeting.
>
>  http://londonpmtech.appspot.com/

Perl in a Pub! See you there tomorrow, Léon

London.pm Dim Sum Baozi Inn Thursday 1pm

[Léon Brocard]

I have a sudden craving for dan dan noodles so let's go to Baozi Inn
tomorrow. It's more a noodle place than a dim sum place.

There is a technical meeting on the evening too:

  http://londonpmtech.appspot.com/

London.pm dim sum is a social event where we meet up every Thursday at
1pm at a different Chinese restaurant, spend about an hour (and about
10 quid cash) eating tasty dim sum (steamed and fried dumplings), then
go our separate ways.

Baozi Inn
Thursday 1pm
25 Newport Court, Chinatown, WC2H 7JS
http://londonfood.typepad.com/stuff/2008/07/baozi-wowzi.html
http://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/reviews/13356.html

See you there!

Léon, London.pm Dim Sum Mandarin

Re: Does Perl has a code hider

[Léon Brocard]

2009/9/18 Sue Spence :

> Social discussion lists shouldn't have automated posting directed to them.

We will not be making automated postings to this list.

If you want to read or query the perlfaq, visit http://faq.perl.org/
or use perldoc:

  % perldoc -q background
  Found in /home/acme/perl-5.10.1/lib/5.10.1/pod/perlfaq8.pod
  How do I start a process in the background?
  ...

Some of the entries were written before CPAN modules made a lot of
things easier. If you care about the perlfaq, then please contribute
changes back. It's hosted on github at:

  http://github.com/briandfoy/perlfaq

I'm sure a talk about perlfaq would be very welcome for the London
Perl Workshop.

Cheers, Léon

Re: Skype

[Léon Brocard]

2009/9/17 Oliver Gorwits :

> I'm not very familiar with Skype at all, but my understanding was
> that it is peer to peer in essence, if firewalls permit. If the
> firewalls don't permit, then so-called "supernodes" are used to
> relay calls, which are simply clients with more permissive firewall
> configs.

Wow, there have been a lot of vague opinions about Skype on this
thread. Luckily, people have done research on Skype:

  http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~salman/skype/

"An Analysis of the Skype Peer-to-Peer Internet Telephony Protocol"
being the interesting one.

My point of view is that I think Skype is proprietary and would prefer
a more open approach but most VOIP things fail to get out of firewalls
or NATs whereas Skype Just Works.

Oh, and we won't spam the list, don't worry, Léon

Re: Does Perl has a code hider

[Léon Brocard]

2009/9/16 abhishek jain :

> Do perl have a kind of code encoder which hides the readable Perl code by
> encoding like we have in PHP.

In general, no. The Perl FAQ covers the reasons why and what options
you might want to try instead:

http://faq.perl.org/perlfaq3.html#How_can_I_hide_the_s

Regards, Léon

ps if anyone wants to keep perlfaq entries up to date, i'm sure you
can find things to do ;-)

London.pm Thai Yupa's Thai Kitchen Thursday 12.30pm

[Léon Brocard]

I think it's time to try something a little different: Yupa's Thai
Kitchen in Chiswick. Please tell me if you're coming and please come
early, as it gets packed.

London.pm thai is a social event where we meet up every Thursday at
12.30pm at a different Thai restaurant, spend about an hour (and about
10 quid cash) eating tasty thai food, then go our separate ways.

Thursday 12.30pm
Yupa's Thai Kitchen
313 Chiswick High Road, W4 4HH
http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Yupa%27s_Thai_Kitchen%2C_W4_4HH

See you there!

Léon, London.pm Thai Mandarin

EMERGENCY SOCIAL: Yuval at The Chapel Monday 4pm-8pm

[Léon Brocard]

יובל קוג'מן / Yuval Kogman / nothingmuch / Mooser and general CPAN
master will be in London on Monday on transit between two flights. We
shall be going to a pub near Paddington on Monday afternoon/evening
and you should come too:

Monday 4pm-8pm
The Chapel
48 Chapel Street, London, NW1 5DP
http://www.thechapellondon.com/
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=NW1+5DP

See you there, Leon

London.pm Dim Sum Thursday 1pm Phoenix Palace

[Léon Brocard]

We've been a bit too west recently, let's go a little back into town
towards Baker Street.

London.pm dim sum is a social event where we meet up every Thursday at
1pm at a different Chinese restaurant, spend about an hour (and about
£10 cash) eating tasty dim sum (steamed and fried dumplings), then go
our separate ways.

Phoenix Palace
5 Glentworth Street, NW1 5PG
http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Phoenix_Palace%2C_NW1_5PG
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=51.5225588847418&mlon=-0.15904656576242&zoom=15
Baker Street Tube

See you there, Léon.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] London Perl Mongers Technical Meeting 24th September 2009

[Léon Brocard]

2009/9/1 Dermot :

> The last time I signed up for this (Gumtree @ Kew) I never received a reply.
> I suspect the same is about to happen with the sign up. Is there a moderator
> listening? Can I get a pass please?

You get confirmation on the website when you sign up but we will not
send you an email.

Regards, Leon

[ANNOUNCE] London Perl Mongers Technical Meeting 24th September 2009

[Léon Brocard]

London Perl Mongers organises technical meetings every two months. The
technical meetings are a chance to find out what has been going on in
the Perl community, what techniques people are using and how Perl
integrates with other software.

The next technical meeting will be on the 24th September from 7pm to
9pm (you may arrive earlier, it's a pub) and the theme is “Fashionable
Perl”.

It will be held at The Prince Alfred pub on Queensway and is hosted by
Net-a-Porter. Many thanks to Steve Purkis, Net-a-Porter and everyone
involved for allowing us to use this wonderful venue.

Talks planned so far:

TBA - Perl 5.10.1
Chisel Wright - The Patcher in the Rye
Zefram - Lexical Goodness
Ash Berlin - Catch Me If You Can

Our venue size is limited so you will have to sign up to attend this meeting.

 http://londonpmtech.appspot.com/

See you there, Léon

London.pm Dim Sum Thursday 1pm Pearl Liang

[Léon Brocard]

Time to go west again and to Pearl Liang near Paddington station,
because Edmund will be there. There will be a social a bit later on at
the Edgar Wallace, WC2R 3JF.

London.pm dim sum is a social event where we meet up every Thursday at
1pm at a different Chinese restaurant, spend about an hour (and about
£10 cash) eating tasty dim sum (steamed and fried dumplings), then go
our separate ways.

Pearl Liang
8 Sheldon Square
London W2 6EZ
Paddington Station Tube Station
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=W26EZ
http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Pearl_Liang%2C_W2_6EZ
http://www.pearlliang.co.uk/

It's quite hard to find: be sure to check "Getting here" on the link above.

See you there!

Re: [ANNOUNCE] London.pm Perlm[ou]ngers social, September 03 2009, Edgar Wallace, Strand WC2R

[Léon Brocard]

2009/8/19 James Laver :
> Lets go back to the Edgar Wallace, which has truly fantastic beer,
> even if our favourite friendly barman is now in Alaska (which seems an
> unusual choice of place to go work...).

This is on Thursday. Now remember, we've had a bank holiday this week,
so it's already Tuesday. That means the social is soon. And don't
forget to bring your camels...

Leon

> The Edgar is one of the best real ale pubs in London and has a great
> range of other drinks. It's quite close to temple station on the
> stripy yellow and green line[1] and a 10 minute walk from chancery
> lane on the too-hot-in-summer[2] line.
>
> They have a nice menu and food is reasonably priced. There are ciders
> on offer, etc.
>
> We've been here many times, I'm sure we all know what it has to offer
> by now. If you haven't been, this is one of our favourite pubs, so
> don't miss out on some of the best beer in london.[3] If it's your
> first social, our glorious leader will even buy you a beer!
>
> Randomness link:
> http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Edgar_Wallace,_WC2R_3JF
>
> This will be more or less the format for future social announcements,
> any feedback, contact me off-list.
>
> I've also been told to ask people to bring any camels they have
> (preferably stuffed, environment health might get a bit shirty about a
> live one). Camel burgers, pies, etc. also welcome. I'm sure the most
> impressive camel will win a free beer off our ever-glorious leader. If
> it's
> your first time, bring the most impressive camel and get two free beers.
>
> Anyway, beer!
>
> See you all there!
>
> --James
>
> [1] or district and circle lines if you prefer.
> [2] or the central line as tfl call it, I think my name is more accurate.
> [3] as for the people working nearby, I know who you are and I'll know
> if you don't turn up.
>

Technical meeting: Looking for speakers 24th September 2009

[Léon Brocard]

London Perl Mongers organises technical meetings every two months. The
technical meetings are a chance to find out what has been going on in
the Perl community, what techniques people are using and how Perl
integrates with other software.

The next technical meeting will be on the 24th September from 7pm to
9pm (you may arrive earlier, it's a pub) and the theme is “Fashionable
Perl”. It will be held at The Prince Alfred pub on Queensway and is
hosted by Net-a-Porter. Many thanks to Steve Purkis, Net-a-Porter and
everyone involved for allowing us to use this wonderful venue.

I'm looking for some speakers. four half-hour talks or six 20-minute
talks. Contact me offlist please!

Cheers, Léon

Re: London.pm Dim Sum Thursday 1pm Pearl Liang

[Léon Brocard]

2009/8/24 Léon Brocard :
> Time to go west again and to Pearl Liang near Paddington station,
> seeing as the social meeting also on Thursday is actually *in*
> Paddington station at the Mad Bishop and Bear:

Sorry, I was a little over-eager in copying and pasting. We are having
dim sum this Thursday at Pearl Liang. There is no social this week.

Let there be pork dumplings, Leon

London.pm Dim Sum Thursday 1pm Pearl Liang

[Léon Brocard]

Time to go west again and to Pearl Liang near Paddington station,
seeing as the social meeting also on Thursday is actually *in*
Paddington station at the Mad Bishop and Bear:

 http://london.pm.org/pipermail/london.pm-announce/2009-June/000152.html

London.pm dim sum is a social event where we meet up every Thursday at
1pm at a different Chinese restaurant, spend about an hour (and about
£10 cash) eating tasty dim sum (steamed and fried dumplings), then go
our separate ways.

Pearl Liang
8 Sheldon Square
London W2 6EZ
Paddington Station Tube Station
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=W26EZ
http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Pearl_Liang%2C_W2_6EZ
http://www.pearlliang.co.uk/

It's quite hard to find: be sure to check "Getting here" on the link above.

See you there!

Léon, London.pm Dim Sum Mandarin

More camels

[Léon Brocard]

The camels are multiplying! Amelia is the official London.pm camel.
Why a camel? The Programming Perl book has a camel on the front:

  http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=amelia&w=35034350386%40N01&s=int
  http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596000271/

The Shadowcat guys have a Niles much like Amelia. Our glorious
ex-leader Simon also has a Niles (I hope he's taking good care of
him). Peter brought a huge camel to the emergency social on Friday.
It's also a way for newcomers to recognize Perl mongers in a pub. You
can get one from Amazon. You can also get one from eBay (eBay
concentrated on selling Beanie Babies and Barbie Dolls collectibles
for its first few years). Let camel proliferation commence!

  http://www.amazon.co.uk/London.pm-Camel/dp/B4TFW5/
  http://toys.shop.ebay.co.uk/London.pm-Camel/49019/i.html?_nkw=niles+camel

Onions are less cute, Léon

London.pm Dim Sum Thursday 1pm Royal China

[Léon Brocard]

Let's bounce around to Bayswater.

London.pm dim sum is a social event where we meet up every Thursday at
1pm at a different Chinese restaurant, spend about an hour (and about
10 quid cash) eating tasty dim sum (steamed and fried dumplings), then
go our separate ways.

Thursday 1pm
Royal China
13 Queensway, W2 4QJ
http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Royal_China,_W2_4QJ

See you there!

Léon, London.pm Dim Sum Mandarin

Re: London.pm Dim Sum Thursday 1pm Super Star

[Léon Brocard]

2009/8/10 Léon Brocard :

This is today:

> Thursday 1pm
> Super Star
> 17 Lisle Street
> WC2H 7BE
> http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=WC2H+7BE

This is tomorrow:

> Friday 6pm
> Gunmakers
> http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Gunmakers%2C_EC1R_5ET
> http://thegunmakers.co.uk/
> http://maps.google.com/maps?q=ec1r+5et

See you there! Léon

Emergency social: Gunmakers Friday 6pm

[Léon Brocard]

Paul and Jacinta, Perl trainers extraordinare from the land downunder,
will be in London for a few hours on Friday. This calls for showing
them a nice little pub and some good local beer, so we shall be at the
Gunmakers from 6pm on Friday. All are welcome to come join us. I'll
have a stuffed camel with me and may be wearing orange.

http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Gunmakers%2C_EC1R_5ET
http://thegunmakers.co.uk/
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=ec1r+5et

See you there, Léon

London.pm Dim Sum Thursday 1pm Super Star

[Léon Brocard]

Portugal doesn't appear to have much dim sum. This is too bad, as dim
sum has stolen custard tarts from Portugal, and they are tasty. Let's
go back to China Town this week, to Super Star!

London.pm dim sum is a social event where we meet up every Thursday at
1pm at a different Chinese restaurant, spend about an hour (and about
10 quid cash) eating tasty dim sum (steamed and fried dumplings), then
go our separate ways.

Thursday 1pm
Super Star
17 Lisle Street
WC2H 7BE
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=WC2H+7BE

See you there!

Léon, London.pm Dim Sum Mandarin

Re: London.pm Technical Meeting 30th July 2009

[Léon Brocard]

2009/7/13 Léon Brocard :

> London Perl Mongers organises technical meetings every two months. The
> technical meetings are a chance to find out what has been going on in
> the Perl community, what techniques people are using and how Perl
> integrates with other software.
>
> The next technical meeting will be on the 30th July from 7pm to 9pm
> (you may arrive from 6.30pm, sign in at the reception) and the theme
> is “Corporate Perl”. You have to sign up to attend, see below. It will
> be held at Gumtree's's offices near Richmond station. Many thanks to
> Dave Cross, Gumtree and everyone involved for allowing us to use this
> wonderful venue.
>
> Talks planned so far:
>
> Joel Bernstein - RESTful HTTP responses with Perl (or, how I learned to stop 
> worrying and love RFC2616)
> Dave Cross - Why do so many companies re-invent well-known CPAN
> modules badly and end up writing far too much code?
> Pedro Figueiredo - Perl in the cloud
> Léon Brocard - Fewer cables
>
> Our venue size is limited so you will have to sign up to attend this meeting.
>
>  http://londonpmtech.appspot.com/

Sign up for the technical meeting this week will close at noon on
Tuesday. You should sign up now!

Léon

London.pm Dim Sum Thursday 1pm Crispy Duck

[Léon Brocard]

It has come to my attention that there is a restaurant in Chinatown
that we haven't been to. It might have Cripsy Duck, but my sources
also tell me that the dim sum are tasty. Let's try it. Also, remember
this week is the technical meeting: http://londonpmtech.appspot.com/

London.pm dim sum is a social event where we meet up every Thursday at
1pm at a different Chinese restaurant, spend about an hour (and about
10 quid cash) eating tasty dim sum (steamed and fried dumplings), then
go our separate ways.

Thursday 1pm
Crispy Duck
27 Wardour Street
W1D 6PR
http://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/reviews/10807.html
http://london.openguides.org/wiki/?Crispy_Duck,_W1D_6PR
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=W1D+6PR

See you there!

Léon, London.pm Dim Sum Mandarin

Re: London.pm Beer Festival, Edgar Wallace, TOMORROW,Thursday 2009-07-16

[Léon Brocard]

2009/7/17 James Laver :

> Our glorious leader prefers only to announce socials and techmeets,
> hence why I posted it to this list only.

Emails posted to the -announce list also go to other non-Perl announce
lists. We shouldn't spam them too often.

Leon