RSVP not required to attend but last call to RSVP for the 7pm snacks is in shortly ...
On Sun, Sep 9, 2018 at 8:51 PM Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com> wrote: > (1) The Wiki is Back! New hosting thanks to Greg R 's Qualitybox.US , > suppliers of wikis and forums to discerning SMBs. > same Boston.PM.org address thanks to Perl.ORG > (2) Meetings resume ! > September at the usual place, > October a road-trip to Waltham > (center of town so bus/express-bus/CR-train accessible, > but Bill will provide carpool for Cantabridgians too) > > = - = - = - = > > September 11th: Ricky Morse - Perl 6 and Typesetting Formal Announcements > > After ringing a bell for 45 minutes to 3 hours, you kind of want > people to know you did it, and what you did it for. Ricky uses Perl 6 > to replace a manual process for creating ?half-sheets? to post in the > Old North ringing room, for tourists to see. > > Ricky sensibly doesn't want to retype or copy-paste what's already > somewhere on-line, so he uses Perl 6 to pull the data from a database > as XML, and then typeset the half sheets. This is using Perl6, GROFF, > and C6PAN Modules Template::Mustache, XML::XPath, and HTTP::User > Agent. > > Location: MIT Building E-51, Room E51-372, 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA > > NOTE: Parking Alert. > Recent changes in MIT Parking no longer officially allow un-permitted > parking after-hours, and parking lot under repair. > > Tech Meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at MIT > building E51, Sloan School Tang Center [not the other Tang building!] > nearer to Kendall Sq than Mass Ave. > > Talk begins at 7:30. > Refreshments in the hallway prior. > RSVP (to Bill or On List) for count encouraged but not required, by 4pm > Tuesday. > > DETAILS - > http://boston.pm.org/wiki/Calendar > http://boston.pm.org/wiki/MIT_Directions [Includes parking notes] > -- Bill Ricker bill.n1vux at gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux
