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

[Patrick Coleman]

On 9/1/06, Cameron Patrick <cameron at patrick.wattle.id.au> wrote:
> [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 :-)

I think that sounds like an awesome idea that I absolutely must be
part of, so count me in.

-Patrick