Re: YAPC::Europe

2001-06-18 Thread Merijn Broeren
Quoting Simon Wistow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I was hoping for a lovely cheap flight from London City to Amsterdam but > VLM (who I can get cheap flight from) only fly to Rotterdam :( > So? > There are flights to Amsterdam from there but they're about 120 quid :( > Will try and see if I can get c

Re: YAPC::Europe

2001-06-18 Thread Philip Newton
Simon Wistow wrote: [Rotterdam] > There are flights to Amsterdam from there but they're about > 120 quid :( So take the train? Only takes an hour with the IC, and it's probably cheaper than flying on such a short distance. You can even go straight to Diemen Zuid if you're going to the conferenc

Re: YAPC::Europe

2001-06-18 Thread Simon Wistow
Paul Mison wrote: > > On 15/06/2001 at 09:17 +0100, Dean wrote: > >Are there any plans for a group of London PMer's to fly over together > >or is > >the whole thing going to be ad hoc? > > Not yet, no. (Oh, and what are the cheapest flights from London City? > Living in skanky East London's got

Re: YAPC::Europe: flights, hotels and minigolf.

2001-06-18 Thread Jonathan Peterson
> >we can even stand outside the business lounge and wave in >at Dave Cross who will be stroking his gold plated cat and >enjoying a gimlet Is this some S&M reference? How does one enjoy a gimlet? Gouge it into the cat maybe -- Jonathan Peterson Technical Manager, Unified Ltd, 020 7383

Re: YAPC::Europe: flights, hotels and minigolf.

2001-06-18 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Jonathan Stowe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, 17 Jun 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > > * Leo Lapworth ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Well, I'm now 'official' all the way, flights and hotel. > > > > > > Easyjey seem to have worked it out and have put up the flight > > > costs by a couple

Re: YAPC::Europe: flights, hotels and minigolf.

2001-06-18 Thread Jonathan Stowe
On Sun, 17 Jun 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: > * Leo Lapworth ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Well, I'm now 'official' all the way, flights and hotel. > > > > Easyjey seem to have worked it out and have put up the flight > > costs by a couple of quid (£71 inc card charg of 3 quid)! > > > > still tha

Re: YAPC::Europe: flights, hotels and minigolf.

2001-06-17 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Tony Bowden ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 04:51:24PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > shit i just had a thought, do easy jet serve drinks? do they? > > please say they do? *panic starts to set in* ;-) > > Yes ... but they charge for them ... > Excellent, i'll bring my j

Re: YAPC::Europe: flights, hotels and minigolf.

2001-06-17 Thread Tony Bowden
On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 04:51:24PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > shit i just had a thought, do easy jet serve drinks? do they? > please say they do? *panic starts to set in* ;-) Yes ... but they charge for them ... Tony -- ---

Re: YAPC::Europe: flights, hotels and minigolf.

2001-06-17 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Leo Lapworth ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Well, I'm now 'official' all the way, flights and hotel. > > Easyjey seem to have worked it out and have put up the flight > costs by a couple of quid (£71 inc card charg of 3 quid)! > still thats not bad what i think they do is start cheap then slow

Re: YAPC::Europe (Ignore this request)

2001-06-15 Thread Dominic Mitchell
On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 08:20:15PM +0100, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: > Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > or do they have unmetered called in Holland? If so and we had > > a direct line we could beg a Dutch Monger to call in and > > set up ppp to their broadband or similar connection >

Re: YAPC::Europe (Ignore this request)

2001-06-15 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > or do they have unmetered called in Holland? If so and we had > a direct line we could beg a Dutch Monger to call in and > set up ppp to their broadband or similar connection Demon have a PoP of course...and even in Holland it workd out at pennies. O

Re: YAPC::Europe (Ignore this request)

2001-06-15 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Neil Ford ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 03:30:36PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > * Struan Donald ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > * at 15/06 14:41 +0100 Greg McCarroll said: > > > > > > > > Ok, ignore this request now. Also thanks to Simon Wilcox. for helping me out >

Re: YAPC::Europe (Ignore this request)

2001-06-15 Thread Neil Ford
On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 03:30:36PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > * Struan Donald ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > * at 15/06 14:41 +0100 Greg McCarroll said: > > > > > > Ok, ignore this request now. Also thanks to Simon Wilcox. for helping me out > > > here. > > > > > > I also believe others are

Re: YAPC::Europe (Ignore this request)

2001-06-15 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Struan Donald ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > * at 15/06 14:41 +0100 Greg McCarroll said: > > > > Ok, ignore this request now. Also thanks to Simon Wilcox. for helping me out > > here. > > > > I also believe others are flying on this flight, so it looks like we have > > the official flight for L

Re: YAPC::Europe (Ignore this request)

2001-06-15 Thread Struan Donald
* at 15/06 14:41 +0100 Greg McCarroll said: > > Ok, ignore this request now. Also thanks to Simon Wilcox. for helping me out > here. > > I also believe others are flying on this flight, so it looks like we have > the official flight for London.pm ;-) and thanks to Jouke we can claim > to have a

Re: YAPC::Europe (Ignore this request)

2001-06-15 Thread Greg McCarroll
Ok, ignore this request now. Also thanks to Simon Wilcox. for helping me out here. I also believe others are flying on this flight, so it looks like we have the official flight for London.pm ;-) and thanks to Jouke we can claim to have an official London.pm hotel - with minibars and minigolf *

Re: YAPC::Europe

2001-06-15 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Neil Ford ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 09:17:53AM +0100, Dean wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 06:56:35PM +, Redvers Davies wrote: > > > Plane tickets are currently 37 quid return via easyjet... > > > > Are there any plans for a group of London PMer's to fly over t

Re: YAPC::Europe

2001-06-15 Thread Paul Mison
On 15/06/2001 at 09:17 +0100, Dean wrote: >Are there any plans for a group of London PMer's to fly over together >or is >the whole thing going to be ad hoc? Not yet, no. (Oh, and what are the cheapest flights from London City? Living in skanky East London's got to be good for *something*.) >I kn

Re: YAPC::Europe

2001-06-15 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Neil Ford ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 09:17:53AM +0100, Dean wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 06:56:35PM +, Redvers Davies wrote: > > > Plane tickets are currently 37 quid return via easyjet... > > > > Are there any plans for a group of London PMer's to fly over t

Re: YAPC::Europe

2001-06-15 Thread Neil Ford
On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 09:17:53AM +0100, Dean wrote: > On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 06:56:35PM +, Redvers Davies wrote: > > Plane tickets are currently 37 quid return via easyjet... > > Are there any plans for a group of London PMer's to fly over together or is > the whole thing going to be ad ho

Re: YAPC::Europe

2001-06-15 Thread David Cantrell
On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 09:17:53AM +0100, Dean wrote: > Although i worked at > Oven and hence can't organize a pissup in a brewery That's odd, I'm sure I remember Oven doing at least that one thing well! -- David Cantrell | [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: YAPC::Europe

2001-06-15 Thread Dean
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 06:56:35PM +, Redvers Davies wrote: > Plane tickets are currently 37 quid return via easyjet... Are there any plans for a group of London PMer's to fly over together or is the whole thing going to be ad hoc? I know i asked this before but with the success of the NY t

Re: YAPC::Europe

2001-06-14 Thread Dave Cross
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 10:45:32PM +0100, Greg McCarroll ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > * Jonathan Stowe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > It had been my intention for the whole Gellyfish Clan to venture forth to > > Amsterdam but it looks like I will be the only representative now as the > > lea

Re: YAPC::Europe

2001-06-14 Thread Lucy McWilliam
On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, David Cantrell wrote: > > Some of us can't afford YAPC. And some of us don't have partners :-( > maybe we could have Yet Another Beer :: London at the same time then. Sounds eminently doable ;-) L. "I have no sig"

Re: YAPC::Europe

2001-06-14 Thread David Cantrell
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 07:46:56PM +0100, Lucy McWilliam wrote: > > > > So how many people are bringing partners to YAPC::Europe? > > Some of us can't afford YAPC. And some of us don't have partners :-( maybe we could have Yet Another Beer :: London at the same time then. -- David Cantrell |

Re: YAPC::Europe

2001-06-14 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Jonathan Stowe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > It had been my intention for the whole Gellyfish Clan to venture forth to > Amsterdam but it looks like I will be the only representative now as the > leader has decided that she has been to Amsterdam too many times > previously to justify the cost

Re: YAPC::Europe

2001-06-14 Thread Lucy McWilliam
On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: > * Lucy McWilliam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Some of us can't afford YAPC. > > Well at least its not due to the entry fee and if its a matter > of accomodation cost, ask on the list for somewhere to crash. Ah, well. Have made prior arrangemnets n

Re: YAPC::Europe

2001-06-14 Thread Jonathan Stowe
On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > So how many people are bringing partners to YAPC::Europe? > It had been my intention for the whole Gellyfish Clan to venture forth to Amsterdam but it looks like I will be the only representative now as the leader has decided that she has been to Ams

Re: YAPC::Europe

2001-06-14 Thread Redvers Davies
> Well at least its not due to the entry fee and if its a matter > of accomodation cost, ask on the list for somewhere to crash. Plane tickets are currently 37 quid return via easyjet... > Thats why you should come to YAPC::Europe and meet the monger > of your dreams ;-) Indeed... see them in

Re: YAPC::Europe

2001-06-14 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Lucy McWilliam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > So how many people are bringing partners to YAPC::Europe? > > Some of us can't afford YAPC. > Well at least its not due to the entry fee and if its a matter of accomodation cost, ask on the list for somewhere to crash. > And some of us don

Re: YAPC::Europe

2001-06-14 Thread Lucy McWilliam
> > So how many people are bringing partners to YAPC::Europe? Some of us can't afford YAPC. And some of us don't have partners :-( L. "Life is pain, Highness! Anyone who says otherwise is selling something."

Re: YAPC::Europe

2001-06-14 Thread Redvers Davies
> So how many people are bringing partners to YAPC::Europe? Mine will have emmigrated by then, so no. If anything goes wrong, then yes.

Re: YAPC::Europe

2001-06-14 Thread Barbie
From: "Greg McCarroll" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > So how many people are bringing partners to YAPC::Europe? I did ask, but she doesn't fancy it. So I get to party :) Barbie

Re: YAPC::Europe

2001-06-14 Thread Alex Page
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 05:28:45PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > So how many people are bringing partners to YAPC::Europe? a) I can blag it as a training course with my boss b) I can afford to take time off work c) She can find a babysitter d) We can afford to take her too $answer = ( $a || $

Re: YAPC::Europe

2001-06-14 Thread Leo Lapworth
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 05:28:45PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > So how many people are bringing partners to YAPC::Europe? Was going to look at what the time table is going to be like. So a maybe. Leo

Re: YAPC::Europe Registration

2001-06-12 Thread Redvers Davies
> I got lucky. They didn't want the Perl Proverbs talk (which I'd have > to write), but they did want 12 step (which I busk). Result. Busk... What a wonderful turn of phrase ;)

Re: YAPC::Europe Registration

2001-06-12 Thread Piers Cawley
Richard Clamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 07:41:48PM +0100, Neil Ford wrote: > > So who's registered then? ;-) > > I have, now to write[0] the talks. I got lucky. They didn't want the Perl Proverbs talk (which I'd have to write), but they did want 12 step (which I busk

Re: YAPC::Europe Registration

2001-06-12 Thread Richard Clamp
On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 07:41:48PM +0100, Neil Ford wrote: > So who's registered then? ;-) I have, now to write[0] the talks. [0] always with the writing! -- Richard Clamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: YAPC::Europe Registration

2001-06-12 Thread Neil Ford
On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 10:57:51AM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote: > > I see that registration for YAPC::Europe has opened. > > > > They've also accepted both my "Perl for the People" and "Creating Data > Output Files Using the Template Toolkit"

Re: YAPC::Europe

2001-05-08 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Cross David - dcross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Don't forget that the deadline for proposals for talks at YAPC::Europe is > getting closer. Proposals must be submitted by June 1st. > ack, i just figured out two things 1) it was may and 2) june follows after may ... greg gets writ

Re: yapc::Europe::19101?

2001-03-28 Thread Jonathan Stowe
On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Philip Newton wrote: > > I'll try the yapc-europe list and see what happens. > The rest, as they say, is history :) /J\

Re: yapc::Europe::19101?

2001-03-28 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Leon Brocard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Philip Newton sent the following bits through the ether: > > > Has anyone else heard anything about yapc::Europe::19101? > > No. Yes. Maybe? ;-) > > Well, you'll all be happy to know that we're resurrecting the old > yapc::Europe mailing list[1] to gi

Re: yapc::Europe::19101 (now Archive::Zip)

2001-03-28 Thread Greg Tod
Jon Galliers wrote: > > I have a real fear that this is a really stupid question, however I'm > having real problems using Archive::Zip. Try something like: use strict; use Archive::Zip qw( :ERROR_CODES :CONSTANTS ); my $zip = Archive::Zip->new(); my $member = $zip->addFile("boris.pl")

Fwd: Re: yapc::Europe::19101?

2001-03-28 Thread Jon Galliers
I have a real fear that this is a really stupid question, however I'm having real problems using Archive::Zip. All I'm trying to do is running a test script which will create a zip file (called 'download.zip') containing a small text file ('test.txt'). Could anyone point me in the right direct

Re: yapc::Europe::19101?

2001-03-28 Thread Leon Brocard
Philip Newton sent the following bits through the ether: > Has anyone else heard anything about yapc::Europe::19101? No. Yes. Maybe? ;-) Well, you'll all be happy to know that we're resurrecting the old yapc::Europe mailing list[1] to give everyone a better idea of what's going on. Planning is

Re: yapc::Europe::19101?

2001-03-28 Thread Philip Newton
Dave Cross wrote: > At Wed, 28 Mar 2001 15:38:51 +0200, Philip Newton > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Has anyone else heard anything about yapc::Europe::19101? > > Yeah. Dates and venues and stuff have been announced. And there was > a CFP. It's all on . I know. T

Re: yapc::Europe::19101?

2001-03-28 Thread Dave Cross
At Wed, 28 Mar 2001 15:38:51 +0200, Philip Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone else heard anything about yapc::Europe::19101? Yeah. Dates and venues and stuff have been announced. And there was a CFP. It's all on . > ISTR dimly that last year around this