Announcing the July London Perl Mongers Tech Meet on Thursday (Thursday 17th July 2003) at The Angel pub at Old Street, 7pm for 7.15pm start sharp:
Well, this is a little late, but I've finally got details about the exiting tech meeting next week. I'm not sure what's the most exciting news I can list, so in no particular order: * This month's tech meet will be in a pub (in our own private room with projector screen) so we'll be able to drink and learn at the *same* *time*. * There's going to be some free food (a little, not too much.) * We're going to get a talk on the PONIE project that was announced by Larry Wall at OSCON this week, by the people who will be spearheading the development. PONIE, a bridge between perl 5 and perl 6, sounds terribly interesting and you can find out more about it at http://opensource.fotango.com/ponie/ * Various people are giving practice versions of their talks they'll be giving the week after at YAPC::Europe, so if you're not going then you can still manage to see a few, and if you are going then you can see a couple here and free yourself up to see other tracks at the conference. So it's all very promising, and I'm only sorry I've not been able to announce it more formally up until this point. Details: Fotango, bless their event sponsoring souls, have hired the upstairs room at The Angel pub near _Old_ _Street_ (no, this isn't very near at all to Angel station, or even in Islington so don't go there by mistake) This is the same pub that they hired out for a previous tech meet last summer. http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=532783&Y=182390&Z=1 http://london.pm.org/meetings/locations/angel_pub.html The directions are straight forward as finding the place is simplicity itself: Get to Old Street roundabout either by taking the tube or train to Old Street station (you'll surface on the roundabout) or via any number of the busses. The south exit off of this roundabout is City Road. Walk down the left hand side of the road towards the centre of London. The very first road on your left is Leonard Street, and the pub is on the corner. The meeting as always will start at 7pm, for a 7.15pm sharp start. We should be done talking by nine thirty. Normally after the meeting we retire to a local pub to discuss the talks; This meeting we shall probably stay in the pub we're already in. I hope to see you all there. Until then. Mark.
