Me too. (and sorry to for a couple of private replies its early and I haven't had much caffeine this morning).
> -----Original Message----- > From: Ryan Parr [mailto:ryanparr@;precisiontechonline.com] > Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 12:57 AM > To: Nick Tonkin; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [OT] Wanted: beginning perl books for poor kids > > > What open-source geek doesn't understand the importance, and > calling, of > supporting your community? > > Count me in. I think it's great that you are donating your time and > patience. Teaching isn't easy, but you've got a great cause. > Send me your > shipping address and I'll send you a Llama book. > > http://www.rain.org/~artworks/NewATW/students/norma_web/sonar.html is > striking. I hope this girl goes on to great things. > > -- > Ryan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nick Tonkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 9:57 PM > Subject: [OT] Wanted: beginning perl books for poor kids > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > I am going to be working with a small group of > "disadvantaged" youngsters > > here teaching them how to build web applications with perl and > > apache. > > > > These are mostly Latino kids who have been doing analog and > digital art > > for years and have self-selected into webmastering, > html-ing and such. > > > > I'm excited to get them going in perl, and I want to appeal > to the list > > for donations of books on learning perl. > > > > Of course I'm most hopeful that we can get half a dozen > copies of the > > Llama book and use it as a sort of textbook, but anything will be > > gratefully accepted. > > > > An existing site that shows some of the art these kids make > (and also > > why we need a new one!) can be viewed at > http://www.rain.org/~artworks/ > > > > A cool project by one of the students is at > > > http://www.rain.org/%7Eartworks/NewATW/students/norma_web/norm a_intro.html > > Thanks folks, > > - nick > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Nick Tonkin {|8^)> > > >
