Re: Super Perl Sites

2001-01-15 Thread David Hodgkinson
James Royan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I've got a couple of not-too-clued-up investors hanging around who haven't > heard of Perl before. > > When I explained that Perl was a key technology behind something like 50% of > all ecommerce web sites (I had to make up a number) they asked

Re: PIMB T-shirts

2001-01-15 Thread David Hodgkinson
Simon Wistow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > David Hodgkinson wrote: > > > Can I reserve 2 to go to the States? I guess I should enquire about > > sizes... > > Sure, no problem. > > You coming to the Technical Meeting on Thursday? Y

Re: PIMB T-shirts

2001-01-15 Thread David Hodgkinson
Simon Wistow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > David Hodgkinson wrote: > > > Are there any of these left? > > Yeah, I've got about 10 or so left I think. Can I reserve 2 to go to the States? I guess I should enquire about sizes... -- Dave Hodgkinson,

Re: PIMB T-shirts

2001-01-14 Thread David Hodgkinson
"David H. Adler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 07:29:31PM +0000, David Hodgkinson wrote: > > > > I'm going to the states "soon" but there's nothing certain. > > Keep me informed. I'll call a meetin

Re: PIMB T-shirts

2001-01-14 Thread David Hodgkinson
"David H. Adler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 09:39:07AM +0000, David Hodgkinson wrote: > > > > Are there any of these left? > > And how can we get them to the states? Now that I think of it, do the > vienna/belfast contingents

PIMB T-shirts

2001-01-14 Thread David Hodgkinson
Are there any of these left?

Re: XML::Schema, YAPC::Europe, mod_perl, Camel Visit, !RANT!

2001-01-12 Thread David Hodgkinson
David Hodgkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > David Cantrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > The Mod Perl Evangelist Site - Dave Hodge.. > > No. I'm writing a poor man's intro to stapling the TT into a mod_perl

Re: XML::Schema, YAPC::Europe, mod_perl, Camel Visit, !RANT!

2001-01-12 Thread David Hodgkinson
David Cantrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The Mod Perl Evangelist Site - Dave Hodge.. No. I'm writing a poor man's intro to stapling the TT into a mod_perl handler that will be superceded by Apache::Template when Andy finishes it. -- Dave Hodgkinson,

Re: the list is dead, long live the list

2001-01-12 Thread David Hodgkinson
David Cantrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 03:00:17PM -0800, Paul Makepeace wrote: > > > Yes it is. Majordomo is the wrong choice for the 21st century. > > I know but I still use it on my box :-) and I even have a couple of good > reasons. You're a pervert? -- Dave

Re: the list is dead, long live the list

2001-01-12 Thread David Hodgkinson
"Paul Makepeace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > From: "David Cantrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Exactly. I just can't handle bernsteinisms when there are good > alternatives > > available - exim (easy), postfix (secure), mailman. I can only put up with > > his oddities when the alternative is wor

Re: the list is dead, long live the list

2001-01-11 Thread David Hodgkinson
"David H. Adler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 02:07:20PM +, Andy Wardley wrote: > > > In all fairness, I have to say that mailman is an *excellent* mailing > > list manager. > > So why haven't you reimplemented it in perl? :) As an XML and perl based application s

Re: Perl 6

2001-01-10 Thread David Hodgkinson
Nathan Torkington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If we can get past Larry, I imagine we'll make really rapid > progress. Is a coup out of the question? -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.co

Re: Perl 6

2001-01-10 Thread David Hodgkinson
Nathan Torkington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Simon Wistow writes: > > > Or am I missing something? > > > > But you have to think about what new features you want to add when > > you're redesigning the internals. > > What he said. One reason to rework the internals is to make it > possible t

Re: Perl 6

2001-01-10 Thread David Hodgkinson
Nathan Torkington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yup, but the *real* point of perl6 is not to radically redesign the > language (although a little housekeeping is a good thing), but more to > redesign the internals. If we have to stick with perl5, we're in > trouble. The internals are verra nast

[OT] Sun bits and pieces

2001-01-10 Thread David Hodgkinson
Anyone have a contact for someone preferably in London who deals with Sun bits and bobs? I've got an Ultra 5 here in need of TLC... Ta, Dave

Re: Perl commandments

2001-01-10 Thread David Hodgkinson
Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > the best way to do this, if you see something is N^2 is to figure out > how you could do it with a sort and hey presto it usually can be turned > into NlogN+N .. NlogN This would involve beating aforementioned programmers round the head with Programmi

Re: JOB: Re: Hiring (not another one :) )

2001-01-10 Thread David Hodgkinson
Mark Fowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > While hiring seems to be the order of the day, just to let you know that > > AL Digital are hiring at the moment .. (permies only at the moment) ... > > I can't believe that you didn't mention the really cool arcade machine in > reception[1] in the sa

Re: Hiring

2001-01-09 Thread David Hodgkinson
Steve Mynott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > David Hodgkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Simon Wistow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > I think > > > > Ta, > > How did he do then? You're a bad boy :-) -- Da

Re: Hiring

2001-01-09 Thread David Hodgkinson
Simon Wistow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think Ta, -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Apache, mod_perl, MySQL, Sybase hired gun for, well, hire --

Re: Hiring

2001-01-09 Thread David Hodgkinson
Anyone got Richard Clamp's mobile no? He's due here now... -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Apache, mod_perl, MySQL, Sybase hired gun for, well, hire

Perl commandments

2001-01-09 Thread David Hodgkinson
Was it here that we discussed the Perl commandments? You remember, things like "thou shalt use strict and -w" and so on... -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Apache, mod_perl, MyS

Re: Hiring

2001-01-09 Thread David Hodgkinson
David Hodgkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Picture painted? Man, I REALLY need to check Reply-To's...! -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Apache, mod_perl,

Re: Hiring

2001-01-09 Thread David Hodgkinson
Piers Cawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > David Hodgkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Given another spate of layoffs last week, I'd just like to point out > > that Reading Room are hiring good Perl, Linux/Solaris/Anything, > > MySQL/Oracle/DBS

Re: Hiring

2001-01-08 Thread David Hodgkinson
David Hodgkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Given another spate of layoffs last week... That's at OTHER, less funky companies...in case anyone was confused... -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star

Hiring

2001-01-08 Thread David Hodgkinson
Given another spate of layoffs last week, I'd just like to point out that Reading Room are hiring good Perl, Linux/Solaris/Anything, MySQL/Oracle/DBS/Anything hackers. Also interested in project managers/producers and good designers/HTML slaves. If you know anyone good who is know, um, polishi

Hiring

2001-01-08 Thread David Hodgkinson
I mentioned this a London.pm last week but Reading Room are hiring. Perl, database, Linux/Unix, designers, HTML slaves, producers, project managers. If you are "polishing up your portfolio site" right now and you want to work somewhere manic, challenging and where you get to do lots of neat stuf

PHP FUD

2001-01-08 Thread David Hodgkinson
Nice one: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15862.html -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Apache, mod_perl, MySQL, Sybase hired gun for, well, hire --

Re: Books

2001-01-07 Thread David Hodgkinson
Kieran Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, David H. Adler wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 01:59:05PM +, David Hodgkinson wrote: > > > Struan Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > >

Re: Books

2001-01-05 Thread David Hodgkinson
Chris Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 01:26:25PM +0000, David Hodgkinson wrote: > > > > It took me three bookshops on Charing Cross Road to get a perl library > > together for the guys I'm working with, but I managed it without >

Re: copious free time

2001-01-05 Thread David Hodgkinson
"Andy Wardley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Jan 5, 1:58pm, David Hodgkinson wrote: > > What happened to h2g2? > > What happened to EmapOnline? Now see, if you'd come to the meetings... -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkin

Re: copious free time

2001-01-05 Thread David Hodgkinson
Natalie Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > At 12:54 05/01/01, you wrote: > >Well it's now official, and if I didn't tart around you last night then I'm > >available for work due to the unfortunate explodingness of oven. > > Oops - oven too[1]? Is it something in the water? > > Natalie > > [1]

Re: copious free time

2001-01-05 Thread David Hodgkinson
Chris Heathcote <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > on 5/1/01 1:14 pm, dcross - David Cross wrote: > > > Er... no. Paul was... um... 'saved' yesterday as well :( > > Bah. Some companies have no sense :( Er, if anyone _is_ looking for a job, let me know. Reading Room are hiring. -- Dave Hodgkinson,

Re: Fwd: SPUG: ActivePerl 623

2001-01-05 Thread David Hodgkinson
Matthew Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> my vote the one, the only ... Charlie's Angels > > > >That was a fun film and entertaining but I need more that kung fu and > breasts > >to make a good 90 mins... > > Why would anyopne need more than kung fu to enjoy a fillum? > > "Crouching Tiger

Re: FOOD

2001-01-04 Thread David Hodgkinson
"Jonathan Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Are we in PO this evening? I need a drink badly. I drink badly too. -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Apache, mod_perl, MySQL,

Re: Books

2001-01-04 Thread David Hodgkinson
Struan Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * at 04/01 13:26 +0000 David Hodgkinson said: > > > > It took me three bookshops on Charing Cross Road to get a perl library > > together for the guys I'm working with, but I managed it without > > having to

Books

2001-01-04 Thread David Hodgkinson
It took me three bookshops on Charing Cross Road to get a perl library together for the guys I'm working with, but I managed it without having to go into Foyle's. Yeah! The bonus was a second edition of Jon Bentley's "Programming Pearls". A classic.

Re: FOOD

2001-01-04 Thread David Hodgkinson
Roger Burton West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Are you going to set your machine's clock to the right time first? No. -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Apache, mod_perl, MySQL,

Re: FOOD

2001-01-04 Thread David Hodgkinson
dcross - David Cross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Are you all mad? > > Wendy's. Obviously. The best diner style burgers and fries I've ever had were in a Denny's of all places in Watertown NY. Plenty of dill pickles, coleslaw, bacon, relish. Yum. Back when I ate meat, of course. OK, Now I'm

Re: FOOD

2001-01-04 Thread David Hodgkinson
Chris Heathcote <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > on 4/1/01 11:03 am, David Hodgkinson wrote: > > > Anyone fancy dim sum shortly? > > What, when McDonalds are doing 2-for-1? ;) Barf. -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in

FOOD

2001-01-04 Thread David Hodgkinson
Anyone fancy dim sum shortly? -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Apache, mod_perl, MySQL, Sybase hired gun for, well, hire --

Re: Perl Geek Code

2001-01-02 Thread David Hodgkinson
Michael Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 06:28:29PM +0000, David Hodgkinson wrote: > > Michael Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I like the idea that we're an actual place. Maybe a good bar or curryhouse. > > That wou

Re: Perl Geek Code

2001-01-02 Thread David Hodgkinson
Michael Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I like the idea that we're an actual place. Maybe a good bar or curryhouse. That wouldn't be Penderel's Oak then... We're meeting on Thursday, right? -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The H

Re: I'm looking for a job!

2001-01-02 Thread David Hodgkinson
"Leo Lapworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi Folks... Leave him alone, he's mine. -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Apache, mod_perl, MySQL, Sybase hired gun for, well, hire

Re: Donation [off topic]

2000-12-21 Thread David Hodgkinson
"Dean S Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > PPS Has anything been mentioned about the London PM X-mas food/drink? We were pretty quorate the other lunchtime at the New World chinese... -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Sta

[OT] Wireless LANs

2000-12-19 Thread David Hodgkinson
I need to connect the first and third floors of a building, with no riser access. Is this a good case for a wireless LAN? Maybe a couple of airstation bridges?

Re: Donation..

2000-12-18 Thread David Hodgkinson
"David H. Adler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sorry. Can't make it. :-( we didn't miss you -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Apache, mod_perl, MySQL, Sybase hired gun for, we

Re: Donation..

2000-12-18 Thread David Hodgkinson
Leon Brocard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Piers Cawley sent the following bits through the ether: > > > > Just as a reminder, still looking for Senior Perl Guys > > > to join Leon and the rest of our team, and I get to > > > donate $1000 if they come from the list *nudge* *nudge*. > > > > Hmm