London.pm Dim Sum Pearl Liang Thursday 1pm

2009-10-07 Thread 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) eati

Re: Sending $US to the US

2009-10-07 Thread Luis Motta Campos
Sue Spence wrote: > For a one-off deal like this, it's better to work with a friend with the > goods (US bank acount). Failing that, it would realistically be easier to > say "I am going to get married, and it is going to cost a rather silly > amount of money to get TX to give me the paperwork I n

Leeds.pm Social Tomorrow, with Will 'Coke' Coleda

2009-10-07 Thread Smylers
Parrot project manager Will 'Coke' Coleda is in Leeds tomorrow, so the elusive Leeds.pm are having a rare social meeting -- anybody who happens to find themselves Ooop North and unable to partake in the London.pm pub gathering is very welcome to join us. 18:30, The Brewery Tap, New Station Street

Re: Sending $US to the US

2009-10-07 Thread Ian Knopke
A few ideas, based on my own international money transfer experiments: 1) Will they accept a credit or debit card number for the payment? This works with the Canadian government; visa is universal! 2) I believe you can transfer money through a paypal account. I've never done it, and I'm not sure

Re: Sending $US to the US

2009-10-07 Thread Abigail
On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 10:03:24AM +0100, Luis Motta Campos wrote: > Sue Spence wrote: > > For a one-off deal like this, it's better to work with a friend with the > > goods (US bank acount). Failing that, it would realistically be easier to > > say "I am going to get married, and it is going to c

David Lester of London Stock Exchange

2009-10-07 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
LSE just went open source, and I suspect someone on this list is one or two phone calls away from David Lester. I'd like to arrange an interview for FLOSS Weekly... can anyone here help? Thanks. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 http://www.stonehe

Re: David Lester of London Stock Exchange

2009-10-07 Thread Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
On Wed, October 7, 2009 7:04 pm, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > LSE just went open source, and I suspect someone on this list > is one or two phone calls away from David Lester. I'd like to arrange an > interview for FLOSS Weekly... can anyone here help? Thanks. I suspect (but don't know) that "op