What: Python's 20th Birthday (well, public release birthday) Extravaganza Lunch Party!
When: Monday at 12:15 Where: Izeni. We're located at the Novell TCN, also known as the building formerly known as OSTC, also known as (but not really numbered as) building A. (Campus Map: http://bit.ly/Pythons_BDay_Party) Who: Python Users worldwide*, plus a special invitation to Guido van Rossum: We'll pick up the plane tickets and hotel if you want to join us :) Queridos Pythonistas, As any faithful subject of Guido (the Benevolent Dictator for Life) must already know, this Sunday marks the 20th anniversary of Python's first *public* release[1]. (I know, such a tender age...) Since we all know that attending a birthday party for the awesomest computer programming language of all time is on the top on everybody's bucket list, Izeni would like facilitate the fulfillment of your wildest geek dreams by throwing perhaps the best programming-language-themed birthday celebration ever known to mankind. We'll be gathering Monday to have pizza, giant subs, spam with eggs**, and a specially commissioned Python-themed cake by Joseph Hall of 3D TuxCake fame[2]. We're working on getting a snake charmer too! (Know anybody?) Come join us, mingle with other Python users, and enjoy some great food! And spread the word! Please try to RSVP by either by tweeting me @izeni or emailing me offlist so we can get a (rough) food estimate. Thanks, Gabe Gunderson * While everyone is welcome to join us for cake, there are certain restrictions for free pizza/subs/spam-and-eggs. Specifically, you must meet at *least* one of the following qualifications: 0) You have commit privileges for Python. 1) You have read and given *serious* thought and consideration to 'The Zen of Python'. 2) Your license plate says PEP-0008. 3) You use Python professionally or as a hobby. 4) You have an untrimmed beard that's longer than 1 inch (or are at least trying). 5) You have a Monty Python tatoo. 6) And lastly, you enjoy playing the game "snake" or just like the name Guido. Due to what we expect to be an overwhelming response, we *will* be checking for non-pythonista freeloaders by verifying *basic* knowledge of the Python language. We also reserve the right to inspect your keyboard for disproportional wear on your "{" and "}" keys and may additionally do random spot-checks on your webservers for the 'X-Powered-By' headers for any traces of PHP. ** We really will be serving spam and eggs. [1] http://python-history.blogspot.com/2009/01/brief-timeline-of-python.html [2] http://blog.josephhall.com/tutorials/tuxcake/ BTW, if you're looking for a gig writing clean code in Python, we're always looking for sharp hackers. Let us know! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
