Boston.pm's next Tech Meeting will be held tomorrow, Tuesday, January 13 at the offices of Boston.com. The presentation will begin at 7pm (note: not the usual 7:30).
Dan Sugalski will be presenting a tutorial on Parrot. Here is his description of the talk: The talk is a run-through of an Introduction to Parrot tutorial session I'm giving at the NordU conference later in January. It's a three hour (more or less) introduction to parrot, covering some history, the reasons and driving principles, and the basic architecture. There'll be some demo programs, including a demo of my current work project (a compiler for an old 4GL with integrated screen and DB handling--the demo program is a screen-based DB data editor that's entirely in parrot) Also, Darren Chamberlain will be giving away a copy of his new O'Reilly book, _Perl Template Toolkit_. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perltt/ Pizza and refreshments will be provided by Boston.com. Directions to the meeting are below. Please RSVP to me if you plan to attend. Ronald For more information about Boston Perl Mongers, or to subscribe to our mailing list, go to: http://boston.pm.org/boston.html boston.com 320 Congress Street Boston, MA 02210 http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?Pyt=Tmap&addr=320+Congress+St&city=Boston&state=MA&zip=02210-1238&country=us&slt=42.351300&sln=-71.049600&mag=9&cs=9&name=Boston.com Driving directions: Directions from the South Shore: Drive north on the expressway (Rt. 93) and take exit 20 (the Downtown Boston/Chinatown/Mass Pike exit) and stay towards the left when on the exit ramp. At the bottom of the exit ramp, take a left onto Kneeland Street and then your first right onto Surface Road. Drive straight past South Station, and past the Federal Reserve building, take a right onto Congress St. (At the Congress Street turn there will be a shop Lannan Ship Model Gallery on your right.) On Congress Street, drive straight over the bridge (passing by the Boston Tea Party replica exhibit), past the Milk Bottle and the Children's Museum. 320 Congress Street is on the left, the next building after the Children's Museum. Directions from the North Shore: Drive south on the expressway (Rt. 93) and take exit 23 (the High Street/Congress St exit). The exit ramp puts you on Oliver Street. Take the first left onto High Street, and then after a few streets take a left onto Congress St. (It looks like two streets on the map I'm looking at, but I don't think that it is counting a couple of very wide looking alleys.) Once on Congress, do your best to keep to the right, since the intersection at Surface Rd has two left turn only lanes. Drive straight past Lannan Ship Model Gallery, straight over the bridge, past the Tea Party replica, and past the Children's Museum. Boston.com is in the next building on the left. 320 Congress St. Parking info: The cheapest for-pay parking in the evenings is the lot across the street from Boston.com. (I think it is a Kinney lot, evenings are a $6 flat rate.) The next least expensive parking lots are the $7 lots on either Service Rd (a few blocks down from Boston.com on the left) or the Northern Ave lots (instead of the above driving directions, drive to the Federal Courthouse and walk up Sleeper Street, Boston.com will be at the corner of Sleeper and Congress on the left). The parking lot at the corner of Congress and Farnsworth is outrageously expensive at any hour, as is the Farnsworth St Garage. For street parking, I think there are a few non-resident parking spaces still on the block Boston.com is on, but it seems that they convert more non-resident to resident spaces every week. More street parking is available on Summer Street (the street parallel to Congress on the south) and Dorchester Ave. (Not to be confused with the well known Dot Ave. This one is just the short stretch of road that connects the Fort Point Post Office to Three Cheers.) There is also parking on East Service Road and West Service Road. If you are looking for street parking I'd suggest driving circles around Congress/Service/Summer/Dorchester or driving down to E Service Rd/W Service Rd (around Anthony's Pier 4). If you park on Summer St, walk towards Downtown Boston and look for the small downward stairway on the last building before the bridge. That stairway will lead to Congress St and help you avoid having to cross the bridge twice. Public Transportation Directions: If you take the commuter rail into South Station, exit from the doors on the right (near the ticket counter), cross the street to the Federal Reserve Building (the large white building with the metal sliding panels which hide the gun turrets), take a right, and walk along Summer St. down the sidewalk towards South Boston. At the set of lights with the the Post Office towards your right, take a left on Dorchester Ave and walk one block towards Congress St. Once you hit Congress St. cross the bridge and pass the Tea Party Museam, the Milk Bottle and the Children's Museum. Boston.com is in the next building after the Children's Museum. Directions from the Red Line: Try to navigate through the underground labyrinth to the "Museum Wharf/Federal Reserve" exit. Go up the stairs and stand so you are facing South Boston and your back is against the Downtown Crossing area. Once above ground, find the subway entrance that I meant for you to leave from and walk towards that one. (Unless you wind up at the one that exits right into South Station itself, if so follow the commuter rail directions above.) Walk down Summer with the Federal Reserve building on your left and South Station on your right. When you get to the set of lights at the corner of Summer and Dorchester (the Post Office is on your right), take a left and walk one block towards Congress St. Once on Congress St, take a right, walk over the bridge and pass the Tea Party Museum, The Milk Bottle, and the Children's Museum. Boston.com is in the next building after the Children's Museum. Food info: If you are planning on heading towards the Boston.com office first and then picking up dinner or coffee (maybe a small snack to tide you over until the tech meeting's pizzas are served), you will be severely disappointed. Everything on Congress and Summer Street closes by 5PM. Your best bet is either the South Station food court (which is open until about 8PM), or along Summer Street heading toward Downtown Crossing. (If you choose South Station, I recommend the Bourbon Chicken.) _______________________________________________ Boston-pm-announce mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm-announce
