> > have you folks never seen Angel?
> I've never seen Angel.
It's a really nice part of London, if it wasn't for all the nu meeja
hors. You really should see it sometime.
Oh, right, you mean the person? He sits behind me. Nice bloke.
Other things that should go in the FAQ:
Q. How do I advertise a job on the list.
A. If you're a recruiter, you don't. Anyone else should advertise it with
a subject line starting JOB:
Q. What's the IRC thing?
A. london.rhizomatic.net, 6667, #london.pm
Q. What's dipsy on the irc channel?
A. An infobot. http://www.infobot.org
Q. What's dadadodo on irc
A. It's a bot that listens to everything everyone says on the channel and
uses some maths to build statistically likely (but mostly
nonsensical) statements.
Q. What templating system should I use?
A. Template Toolkit. It's much nicer than the others, and Andy has given
us good talks. You should also look at www.axkit.org for a more XML
like solution. This issue has been done to death. YMMV, and you
should be aware that other templating solutions are also avaliable.
Q. There's too much going on! How do I keep up?
A. Read Leon's weekly summaries, which he posts to the list
Q. How many people subscribe to the list
A. A lot more than post.
Q. Oooops I missed a load of posts. Are there any archives?
A. Yes. http://www.mail-archive.com/london-pm%40lists.dircon.co.uk/
Q. This stuff is archived? How do I stop this happening?
A. < please someone fill this in >
Q. What is PIMB?
A. 'Perl is my B*tch', a tshirt made by Simon Wistow that got him into a
lot of trouble.
Q. You've got a server?
A. Yep, it's what hosts london.pm.org. People that once paid cash for
this have shell accounts on it. One day we hope to move the list to
it. It's currently in State51 and what jolly nice people they are too.
Q. You've got a camel?
A. Yep, it's in London Zoo and we sponsor it. People who put money
towards it are planning to visit it at some point.
Q. What do I do if I've got more questions?
A. Post to the list. It's a social list with a heavy technical
slant. Or go ask dipsy on #london.pm
Later.
Mark.
(oooh, someone could collect these and put them on the web page)
--
print "\n",map{my$a="\n"if(length$_>6);' 'x(36-length($_)/2)."$_\n$a"} (
Name => 'Mark Fowler', Title => 'Technology Developer' ,
Firm => 'Profero Ltd', Web => 'http://www.profero.com/' ,
Email => '[EMAIL PROTECTED]', Phone => '+44 (0) 20 7700 9960' )
