Re: Curry tonight: Manchester 19:00ish Oxford Road (and distributed)

2008-12-11 Thread Hakim Cassimally
2008/12/11 James Laver : > Distributed curry is definitely a winning idea. Indeed! Next time: live video/irc linkup? ;-) After madcap dashes to Manchester from Liverpool and Chesterfield, we had a pint of the only real ale we could find in a pub off the curry mile (the Albert), then had a decent

Re: Curry tonight: Manchester 19:00ish Oxford Road (and distributed)

2008-12-11 Thread Andy Wardley
James Laver wrote: Distributed curry is definitely a winning idea. Ack. Ours was quite tasty and rather cheap for a meal out in london (even when you factor in we had two bottles of wine between 3 of us). Mine was a rather splendid meal in the Bombay Brasserie in Woking. I dined with a fel

Re: london.pm.org web site - facelifted

2008-12-11 Thread breno
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Andy Wardley wrote: > Andy Wardley wrote: >> >> I can help there. > > How about this? > > http://wardley.org/london.pm.org/ > > I tarted up the layout and styling a bit, added the glass onion (I'm > determined to get that on at least one Perl site!), Not as deter

Re: Curry tonight: Manchester 19:00ish Oxford Road (and distributed)

2008-12-11 Thread Mike Whitaker
How were the Manchester and Penfold's-house curry meets? Morrison's rotisserie chicken, due to wifely scheduling crisis. Very tasty. :) -- Mike Whitaker - m...@altrion.org

Re: Curry tonight: Manchester 19:00ish Oxford Road (and distributed)

2008-12-11 Thread James Laver
On 2008-12-11 14:15, "Joel Bernstein" wrote: > 2008/12/11 James Laver : >> Who is confirmed? > > Me. And Hakim, I think. Or I'll have a very lonely dinner. > > /joel Distributed curry is definitely a winning idea. Ours was quite tasty and rather cheap for a meal out in london (even when you f

Re: london.pm.org web site - facelifted

2008-12-11 Thread Dirk Koopman
Robin Berjon wrote: On Dec 11, 2008, at 18:49 , Dirk Koopman wrote: The glass onion makes me think this is a site about curry. That may simple be the conjunction with the erm... colour. Which is also rather curry like. As opposed to the definite orange it used to be. But then again, what's wr

Re: london.pm.org web site - facelifted

2008-12-11 Thread Robin Berjon
On Dec 11, 2008, at 18:49 , Dirk Koopman wrote: The glass onion makes me think this is a site about curry. That may simple be the conjunction with the erm... colour. Which is also rather curry like. As opposed to the definite orange it used to be. But then again, what's wrong with curry? --

Re: Is Perl alive ?

2008-12-11 Thread Simon Wilcox
Matt Follett wrote: However, the Is Perl Dead RSS feed appears to be broken: Oops, Substitution Fail. Fixed now ! S.

Re: Is Perl alive ?

2008-12-11 Thread Matt Follett
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Simon Wilcox wrote: > Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker wrote: > >> Simon Wilcox writes: >> >> If you're not sure, ask the interweb: >>> >>> http://isperlalive.com >>> >>> And just to double check: >>> >>> http://isperldead.com >>> >> >> Needs RSS feeds! >> > > It has RS

Re: Is Perl alive ?

2008-12-11 Thread Simon Wilcox
Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker wrote: Simon Wilcox writes: If you're not sure, ask the interweb: http://isperlalive.com And just to double check: http://isperldead.com Needs RSS feeds! It has RSS feeds.

Re: Is Perl alive ?

2008-12-11 Thread Avleen Vig
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 7:31 PM, Jonathan Stowe wrote: > PATCHES! PATCHES! > > Whining fuckers, I should ban the lot of you Here you go. http://www.abledata.com/product_images/images/05A0283.JPG

Re: Is Perl alive ?

2008-12-11 Thread Jonathan Stowe
On Thu, 2008-12-11 at 19:14 +, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker wrote: > Simon Wilcox writes: > > > If you're not sure, ask the interweb: > > > > http://isperlalive.com > > > > And just to double check: > > > > http://isperldead.com > > Needs RSS feeds! PATCHES! PATCHES! Whining fuckers, I should

Re: Is Perl alive ?

2008-12-11 Thread Avleen Vig
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 7:23 PM, Ian Malpass wrote: >>> Then *everyone* would be happy. >> >> "Maybe?" > > We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty. Unpossible! Until you look at each page, perl is both dead and alive at the same time! Zombie Perl!

Re: Is Perl alive ?

2008-12-11 Thread Ian Malpass
Chris Devers wrote: On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Nigel Rantor wrote: I really think that they should both say the same thing. Then *everyone* would be happy. "Maybe?" We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty. Ian

Re: london.pm.org web site - facelifted

2008-12-11 Thread Jonathan Stowe
On Thu, 2008-12-11 at 18:47 +0100, mirod wrote: > Andy Wardley wrote: > > Andy Wardley wrote: > >> I can help there. > > > > How about this? > > > >http://wardley.org/london.pm.org/ > > > > I tarted up the layout and styling a bit, added the glass onion (I'm > > determined to get that on at

Re: Is Perl alive ?

2008-12-11 Thread Chris Devers
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker wrote: > Needs RSS feeds! > If you aren't seeing them, doesn't that ipso facto imply that it's dead? -- Chris Devers

Re: Is Perl alive ?

2008-12-11 Thread Chris Devers
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Nigel Rantor wrote: > > > I really think that they should both say the same thing. > > Then *everyone* would be happy. > "Maybe?" -- Chris Devers

Re: Is Perl alive ?

2008-12-11 Thread Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker
Simon Wilcox writes: > If you're not sure, ask the interweb: > > http://isperlalive.com > > And just to double check: > > http://isperldead.com Needs RSS feeds! -- ilmari "A disappointingly low fraction of the human race is, at any given time, on fire." - Stig Sandbeck Mathisen

Re: Is Perl alive ?

2008-12-11 Thread Roger Burton West
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 06:59:33PM +, Nigel Rantor wrote: >Simon Wilcox wrote: >>http://isperlalive.com >>http://isperldead.com >I really think that they should both say the same thing. mu? R

Re: Is Perl alive ?

2008-12-11 Thread Nigel Rantor
Simon Wilcox wrote: If you're not sure, ask the interweb: http://isperlalive.com And just to double check: http://isperldead.com Sorry. I blame Denny :-) I really think that they should both say the same thing. Then *everyone* would be happy. n

Re: london.pm.org web site - facelifted

2008-12-11 Thread Dirk Koopman
Andy Wardley wrote: Dirk Koopman wrote: Personally I would go for a completely different base colour, or stick to the original orange, rather than shift slightly in the yellow/green direction. It's the same orange, at least the strips down the side are. The darker orange bits in the header a

Re: Looking for the recruitment guy

2008-12-11 Thread Uri Guttman
> "PH" == Peter Hickman writes: PH> Getting in the swing of things for the time of year I have been PH> made redundant. Ah well. I know that there is someone on this list PH> that specialises in Perl recruitment and I have always intended to PH> squirrel it away but never got round to

Is Perl alive ?

2008-12-11 Thread Simon Wilcox
If you're not sure, ask the interweb: http://isperlalive.com And just to double check: http://isperldead.com Sorry. I blame Denny :-) S.

Re: london.pm.org web site - facelifted

2008-12-11 Thread Andy Wardley
Dirk Koopman wrote: Personally I would go for a completely different base colour, or stick to the original orange, rather than shift slightly in the yellow/green direction. It's the same orange, at least the strips down the side are. The darker orange bits in the header are the same hue (30 d

Re: london.pm.org web site - facelifted

2008-12-11 Thread Dirk Koopman
Andy Wardley wrote: Andy Wardley wrote: I can help there. How about this? http://wardley.org/london.pm.org/ I tarted up the layout and styling a bit, added the glass onion (I'm determined to get that on at least one Perl site!), updated some of the content on the "Home" and "About" pages (

Re: london.pm.org web site - facelifted

2008-12-11 Thread mirod
Andy Wardley wrote: Andy Wardley wrote: I can help there. How about this? http://wardley.org/london.pm.org/ I tarted up the layout and styling a bit, added the glass onion (I'm determined to get that on at least one Perl site!), updated some of the content on the "Home" and "About" pages

Re: london.pm.org web site - facelifted

2008-12-11 Thread Denny
On Thu, 2008-12-11 at 17:12 +, Simon Wilcox wrote: > The strap line should be "Perl is Alive!" rather than the shortened > version though, should it not ? No* http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MFnmT82yGpk * or 'yes', if you want to keep the number of syllables the same rather than keep the use

Re: london.pm.org web site - facelifted

2008-12-11 Thread Simon Wilcox
Andy Wardley wrote: Andy Wardley wrote: I can help there. How about this? http://wardley.org/london.pm.org/ Like it :-) The strap line should be "Perl is Alive!" rather than the shortened version though, should it not ? S.

Re: london.pm.org web site - facelifted

2008-12-11 Thread Denny
On Thu, 2008-12-11 at 16:54 +, David Cantrell wrote: > Looks nice. Minor niggles: > * I don't like all of the new buildings I notice most of them are in the background shade. Coincidence? :) Another minor niggle; I think it should say 'London Perl Mongers' at the top rather than 'london

Re: london.pm.org web site - facelifted

2008-12-11 Thread Paul Makepeace
Looks great! On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 4:54 PM, David Cantrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 04:09:33PM +, Andy Wardley wrote: > > > How about this? > > http://wardley.org/london.pm.org/ > > Looks nice. Minor niggles: > * go large/go small isn't sticky when you chang

Re: london.pm.org web site - facelifted

2008-12-11 Thread Paul Mison
2008/12/11 Andy Wardley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Andy Wardley wrote: >> >> I can help there. > > How about this? > > http://wardley.org/london.pm.org/ In the finest traditions of pointless bikeshedding, what's 122 Leadenhall Street (its stupid nickname is apparently "the Cheesegrater" doing in the

Re: london.pm.org web site - facelifted

2008-12-11 Thread David Cantrell
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 04:09:33PM +, Andy Wardley wrote: > How about this? > http://wardley.org/london.pm.org/ Looks nice. Minor niggles: * go large/go small isn't sticky when you change pages * page too wide - the old one re-flows to fit in smaller windows * I don't like all of the

Re: london.pm.org web site - facelifted

2008-12-11 Thread Robin Berjon
On Dec 11, 2008, at 17:09 , Andy Wardley wrote: Andy Wardley wrote: I can help there. How about this? http://wardley.org/london.pm.org/ Is nice. One nitpick though: the tab links at the top are maybe a too transparent, they seem disabled to me. -- Robin Berjon - http://berjon.com/

Re: london.pm.org web site - facelifted

2008-12-11 Thread Andy Wardley
David Dorward wrote: Can features which only work with JS on be added entirely with JS please? Hmmm... the JS *should* be non-JS friendly because onclick will be ignored by non-JS browsers. The Small/Large is switched on CSS rather than JS, but that will fail if you've got CSS disabled. Eithe

Re: london.pm.org web site - facelifted

2008-12-11 Thread David Dorward
Andy Wardley wrote: Andy Wardley wrote: I can help there. How about this? http://wardley.org/london.pm.org/ Pretty :) Although: Go SmallLarge Can features which only work with JS on be added entirely with JS please? A link to the top of the page that looks like: * Go Sma

Re: london.pm.org web site - facelifted

2008-12-11 Thread Andy Wardley
Andy Wardley wrote: I can help there. How about this? http://wardley.org/london.pm.org/ I tarted up the layout and styling a bit, added the glass onion (I'm determined to get that on at least one Perl site!), updated some of the content on the "Home" and "About" pages (including how to chec

Re: london.pm.org web site - facelifted

2008-12-11 Thread Denny
On Thu, 2008-12-11 at 16:09 +, Andy Wardley wrote: > Andy Wardley wrote: > > I can help there. > > How about this? New Perl Slogan FTW :)

Re: Copyright Theft (was Re: # and believe me, Perl is still alive... still alive!...)

2008-12-11 Thread Zbigniew Lukasiak
Hi Nigel, Thanks for your defence and all, but please don't treat that so seriously - this way you only perpetuate that notion that it was something to kill each other about. If you believe (as I do) that it was a major overreaction for a simple mistake - then please don't feed it with even more

Re: Curry tonight: Manchester 19:00ish Oxford Road (and distributed)

2008-12-11 Thread James Laver
Actually I meant the Kake-ly one that I might actually be able to get to this evening. Anyone going to be there? I'll make the effort if there are a few going but it's quite out of the way --James On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Joel Bernstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/12/11 James Laver

Re: Curry tonight: Manchester 19:00ish Oxford Road (and distributed)

2008-12-11 Thread Joel Bernstein
2008/12/11 James Laver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Who is confirmed? Me. And Hakim, I think. Or I'll have a very lonely dinner. /joel

Re: Copyright Theft

2008-12-11 Thread James Laver
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 4:24 PM, Aaron Trevena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Strictly speaking it's illegal for me to use torrents to download > songs because I'm too lazy to go into the loft, get the LP, find a > record player, play it, put it back, and even illegal to copy a CD I > purchased (or e

Re: Copyright Theft

2008-12-11 Thread Andy Armstrong
On 10 Dec 2008, at 11:24, Aaron Trevena wrote: Strictly speaking it's illegal for me to use torrents to download songs because I'm too lazy to go into the loft, get the LP, find a record player, play it, put it back, and even illegal to copy a CD I purchased (or even to workaround DRM preventing

Re: Copyright Theft

2008-12-11 Thread Aaron Trevena
2008/12/10 Jonathan Stowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2008/12/10 Denny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> On Wed, 2008-12-10 at 14:36 +, Jonathan Stowe wrote: >>> So, we all think that a site with no O'Reilly branding [...] >> >> The first image I can see on that page is the O'Reilly 'Programming >> Perl' ima

Re: Curry tonight: Manchester 19:00ish Oxford Road (and distributed)

2008-12-11 Thread James Laver
It's tempting since I managed to so spectacularly forget the last one existed. Who is confirmed? --James On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Kake L Pugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu 11 Dec 2008, Hakim Cassimally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Alternatively, you may with to consider other loc

Looking for the recruitment guy

2008-12-11 Thread Peter Hickman
Hi there, Getting in the swing of things for the time of year I have been made redundant. Ah well. I know that there is someone on this list that specialises in Perl recruitment and I have always intended to squirrel it away but never got round to it. So if anyone knows it or has other inform

Re: Curry tonight: Manchester 19:00ish Oxford Road (and distributed)

2008-12-11 Thread Kake L Pugh
On Thu 11 Dec 2008, Hakim Cassimally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alternatively, you may with to consider other locations for the > distributed curry evening such as: > >Southall (ping Kake) Specifically, we're going to either Omi's or Brilliant: http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Omi

Curry tonight: Manchester 19:00ish Oxford Road (and distributed)

2008-12-11 Thread Hakim Cassimally
As part of London.pm's distributed curry evening, some of us will be meeting at Manchester, Oxford Road station 19:00 ish And from thence heading to the "curry mile" of Wilmslow Road in Rusholme. I'm thinking possibly to: http://www.restaurantsofmanchester.com/indian/darbar.htm If you

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

2008-12-11 Thread Léon Brocard
2008/12/9 Léon Brocard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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/ This is today! Please email me off