[plug] Snakes On A Laptop: call for interest in a PLUG Hacker Night

[Cameron Patrick]

[Posting to UCC as well because there's no shortage of geeky talent
there.  The proposed event will be open to members and non-members of
either club.]

Hi all,

Recently there was talk on the PLUG list about the idea of holding
'hacker nights' again - where geeky programmers could get together and
do/talk about cool stuff.  I'd like to see if anyone is interested in
having CLUG-style evenings: a bit more focussed than the Hacker Nights
we used to hold, and much less formal than the monthly PLUG seminars we
already have.

The idea is that we meet somewhere for dinner and someone presents an
informal talk about something that they've been doing, or found out
about and think is cool.  I'm going to volunteer for the first one
because I'm a loud mouthed git^W^W^W enthusiastic fool.

  Topic:  Snakes On A Laptop - Using Python In Ways It Wasn't Intended
  Presenter:  Cameron Patrick
  Location in space-time:  TBA
  Abstract:
    Python has changed a lot over the version 2.x releases and has quite
    a few neat tricks that many people aren't aware of.  I'll explain
    some of them, reasons they're handy, and hopefully find some
    perverted examples of using them in ways your really shouldn't (this
    is possible even in Python!).

    The audience is invited to interject with their own favourite
    (mis)features of the language - it'll be a structured chat over
    dinner, not a lecture.  Bring a laptop and experiment in real time.

I'm open to suggestions for time and venue.  If you think this sounds
like an awesome idea that you absolutely must be part of, or otherwise
have comments, please reply to whichever mailing list(s) you happen to
be subscribed to :-)

Cheers,

Cameron.