I think it's a good idea, variety being the condiment of lifestyle and all that.
I was talking with neil last night about the possibility of starting a programming SIG. One thing we discussed was getting a study group together to go through Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (aka SICP) Also known as the "Wizard Book", it's generally considered to be one of the best books about programming and computer science ever. The Jargon File entry is here: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/Wizard-Book.html SICP is not light reading, and it does require a certain amount of dedicated drudgery to perfect any worthwhile skill. And of course it's Free as in Beer, in that the complete text of the book can be downloaded from mit: http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book.html http://www.efn.org/~laprice ( Community, Cooperation, Consensus http://www.opn.org ( Openness to serendipity, make mistakes http://www.efn.org/~laprice/poems ( but learn from them.(carpe fructus ludi) http://allie.office.efn.org/phpwiki/index.php?OregonPublicNetworking On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Rob Hudson wrote: > Since us EUGLUGers cover a broad spectrum of ideologies and cultures, > and since I'm seeing things not specifically related to linux pop up > on the other lists, I thought it might be cool to have more lists > (there easy to set up, right?) that are of interest to Eugenians in > general. > > Mailing lists are always interesting and help promote a sense of > community. I'm on a beer mailing list up in Portland and > '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' would be cool to get some Eugene discussion, and a > nice way to meet other folks with similar interests. > > I'm sure there can be lots of other interest groups (SIGs?). If it's > outside the scope of Linux, we can always get recognition by putting > something at the bottom like: > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > This mailing list sponsored by the Eugene Linux Users Group. > Find out more about us at http://www.euglug.org > > > I guess the problem would be -- how do you notify other folks of a > mailing list that might be of interest to them? Maybe post a 3x5 note > card at a bulletin board at Paul's Bike Shop ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) or > Willamette Homebrew ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), etc? > > -Rob > > -- > Rob <rob_at_euglug_dot_net> > my @euglugCode = qw(v+++ e--- eug+ bsd+++ gnu+ S+++); > > Random Quote: > ------------ > I'm so goddamn horny the crack of dawn better watch itself around me. > -- Tom Waits >
