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URL: From stephenemslie at gmail.com Fri Jul 10 11:51:36 2009 From: stephenemslie at gmail.com (Stephen Emslie) Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:51:36 +0100 Subject: [python-uk] London Python Pub Night Message-ID: <51f97e530907100251m3cd070aqbe7d1274e468c093@mail.gmail.com> Those at EuroPython in Birmingham showed quite a bit of interest in regular London Python meetups. So while it's is still fresh in all of our minds, lets do a post-convention debriefing at the Old Bank of England pub on Fleet Street next Wednesday. Ideally, we would like to make this a regular event. We all hope Simon Brunning (or someone else) finds the time to reboot the more official London Python meetups, with talks + sponsored beer & pizza, etc. so the intention here is to provide a relaxed and informal regular meet to drink ale and discuss Python (drinking of ale is optional). Time: Wednesday 15 July, from 7pm Venue: Old Bank of England Pub: http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/66/660/ In case you weren't at EuroPython but would like to come, we'll display the usual can of spam to make us identifiable. Stephen Emslie & Andy Kilner -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tartley at tartley.com Fri Jul 10 14:19:53 2009 From: tartley at tartley.com (Jonathan Hartley) Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:19:53 +0100 Subject: [python-uk] [EuroPython] London Python Pub Night In-Reply-To: <14982605.1247219581279.JavaMail.root@n17> References: <14982605.1247219581279.JavaMail.root@n17> Message-ID: <4A5731E9.9050102@tartley.com> I have a single copy of Michael Foord's smashing 'IronPython in Action' book to give away at this London Python meet, for any attendees that have an interest in this marriage of Python with .NET. I promised Michael and his publisher that I'd find a worthy home for one of my two copies. Assuming more than one person is interested, I'll choose some amusing method for deciding who gets the book. If nobody is into .NET, then I'll just have to take it along to the... /London .NET user group meet/! (boo! hiss!) The only condition is that the lucky winner has to write a blog post about it after they read it. (Yes Michael, my own review will be posted within hours!) :-) Jonathan Stephen Emslie wrote: > Those at EuroPython in Birmingham showed quite a bit of interest in > regular London Python meetups. So while it's is still fresh in all of > our minds, lets do a post-convention debriefing at the Old Bank of > England pub on Fleet Street next Wednesday. > > Ideally, we would like to make this a regular event. We all hope Simon > Brunning (or someone else) finds the time to reboot the more official > London Python meetups, with talks + sponsored beer & pizza, etc. so > the intention here is to provide a relaxed and informal regular meet > to drink ale and discuss Python (drinking of ale is optional). > > Time: Wednesday 15 July, from 7pm > Venue: Old Bank of England Pub: > http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/66/660/ > > In case you weren't at EuroPython but would like to come, we'll > display the usual can of spam to make us identifiable. > > Stephen Emslie & Andy Kilner > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > EuroPython mailing list > EuroPython at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython > -- Jonathan Hartley Made of meat. http://tartley.com tartley at tartley.com +44 7737 062 225 twitter/skype: tartley From john at clocksoft.com Wed Jul 15 15:16:19 2009 From: john at clocksoft.com (John Pinner) Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:16:19 +0100 Subject: [python-uk] UKUUG Summer Conference Message-ID: <4A5DD6A3.7000206@clocksoft.com> I thought you might like to know about UKUUG's Summer Conference, which is over the weekend of 8th/9th Auguat in Birmingham (same venue as for EuroPython). There is a day of tutorials on Friday 7th, including a very useful one on using the GIMP. Details are at http://summer2009.ukuug.org UKUUG's Summer Conference has traditionally been very Linux-centric (past speakers include Linus Torvalds and Alan Cox) but this year it has been opened up to items of more general interest. Best wishes, John -- From ntoll at ntoll.org Thu Jul 16 16:12:47 2009 From: ntoll at ntoll.org (Nicholas Tollervey) Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:12:47 +0100 Subject: [python-uk] London Python Pub Night In-Reply-To: <51f97e530907100251m3cd070aqbe7d1274e468c093@mail.gmail.com> References: <51f97e530907100251m3cd070aqbe7d1274e468c093@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Guys, Apologies for the cross posting with EuroPython list... It was good to meet up last night. One of the topics that often came up was "we should make this a more regular event". Jonathan also mentioned organising a "Code Dojo" - I'll let him explain what that'd involve. So, while the iron is hot: how about a time and place for August..? Say 7pm, 20th August, starting with a "Code Dojo" / lightning talks followed by the pub at the offices of Fry-IT? (Thanks Peter and Marcus for volunteering these premises for free): 503 Enterprise House 1/2 Hatfields London SE1 9PG Comments, suggestions, confirmations..? Nicholas. On 10 Jul 2009, at 10:51, Stephen Emslie wrote: > Those at EuroPython in Birmingham showed quite a bit of interest in > regular London Python meetups. So while it's is still fresh in all > of our minds, lets do a post-convention debriefing at the Old Bank > of England pub on Fleet Street next Wednesday. > > Ideally, we would like to make this a regular event. We all hope > Simon Brunning (or someone else) finds the time to reboot the more > official London Python meetups, with talks + sponsored beer & pizza, > etc. so the intention here is to provide a relaxed and informal > regular meet to drink ale and discuss Python (drinking of ale is > optional). > > Time: Wednesday 15 July, from 7pm > Venue: Old Bank of England Pub: http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/66/660/ > > In case you weren't at EuroPython but would like to come, we'll > display the usual can of spam to make us identifiable. > > Stephen Emslie & Andy Kilner > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk From carles at pina.cat Sat Jul 18 01:35:14 2009 From: carles at pina.cat (Carles Pina i Estany) Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:35:14 +0100 Subject: [python-uk] London Python Pub Night In-Reply-To: References: <51f97e530907100251m3cd070aqbe7d1274e468c093@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20090717233514.GA26604@pina.cat> Hello, Barcelona Meetup Group is using Meetup webpage (http://www.meetup.com). I think that to create a Meetup it's needed to pay, not 100% sure. There isn't any London Python Meetup created but there is a list 58 people who are interested on a Python Meetup. I guess that mainly everybody is here or they will know that we do the meeting. But it's just interesting to see that there is many people interested. Meetup webpage helps to organize meetups (sends reminders, notifications, documents, etc. etc.) but nothing that it's not possible to do with some mails in a mailing list. Cheers, On Jul/16/2009, Nicholas Tollervey wrote: > Guys, > > Apologies for the cross posting with EuroPython list... > > It was good to meet up last night. One of the topics that often came up > was "we should make this a more regular event". Jonathan also mentioned > organising a "Code Dojo" - I'll let him explain what that'd involve. > > So, while the iron is hot: how about a time and place for August..? > > Say 7pm, 20th August, starting with a "Code Dojo" / lightning talks > followed by the pub at the offices of Fry-IT? (Thanks Peter and Marcus > for volunteering these premises for free): > > 503 Enterprise House > 1/2 Hatfields > London SE1 9PG > > Comments, suggestions, confirmations..? > > Nicholas. > > > On 10 Jul 2009, at 10:51, Stephen Emslie wrote: > >> Those at EuroPython in Birmingham showed quite a bit of interest in >> regular London Python meetups. So while it's is still fresh in all of >> our minds, lets do a post-convention debriefing at the Old Bank of >> England pub on Fleet Street next Wednesday. >> >> Ideally, we would like to make this a regular event. We all hope Simon >> Brunning (or someone else) finds the time to reboot the more official >> London Python meetups, with talks + sponsored beer & pizza, etc. so the >> intention here is to provide a relaxed and informal regular meet to >> drink ale and discuss Python (drinking of ale is optional). >> >> Time: Wednesday 15 July, from 7pm >> Venue: Old Bank of England Pub: http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/66/660/ >> >> In case you weren't at EuroPython but would like to come, we'll >> display the usual can of spam to make us identifiable. >> >> Stephen Emslie & Andy Kilner >> _______________________________________________ >> python-uk mailing list >> python-uk at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk -- Carles Pina i Estany http://pinux.info From fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk Sat Jul 18 02:02:40 2009 From: fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk (Michael Foord) Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:02:40 +0100 Subject: [python-uk] London Python Pub Night In-Reply-To: <20090717233514.GA26604@pina.cat> References: <51f97e530907100251m3cd070aqbe7d1274e468c093@mail.gmail.com> <20090717233514.GA26604@pina.cat> Message-ID: <7335AECA-C124-4693-9E42-DAA33D137380@voidspace.org.uk> The PSF will pay the meetip fees for Puthon groups if requested. Michael -- http://www.ironpythoninaction.com On 18 Jul 2009, at 00:35, Carles Pina i Estany wrote: > > Hello, > > Barcelona Meetup Group is using Meetup webpage (http:// > www.meetup.com). > I think that to create a Meetup it's needed to pay, not 100% sure. > > There isn't any London Python Meetup created but there is a list 58 > people who are interested on a Python Meetup. > > I guess that mainly everybody is here or they will know that we do the > meeting. But it's just interesting to see that there is many people > interested. > > Meetup webpage helps to organize meetups (sends reminders, > notifications, documents, etc. etc.) but nothing that it's not > possible > to do with some mails in a mailing list. > > Cheers, > > On Jul/16/2009, Nicholas Tollervey wrote: >> Guys, >> >> Apologies for the cross posting with EuroPython list... >> >> It was good to meet up last night. One of the topics that often >> came up >> was "we should make this a more regular event". Jonathan also >> mentioned >> organising a "Code Dojo" - I'll let him explain what that'd involve. >> >> So, while the iron is hot: how about a time and place for August..? >> >> Say 7pm, 20th August, starting with a "Code Dojo" / lightning talks >> followed by the pub at the offices of Fry-IT? (Thanks Peter and >> Marcus >> for volunteering these premises for free): >> >> 503 Enterprise House >> 1/2 Hatfields >> London SE1 9PG >> >> Comments, suggestions, confirmations..? >> >> Nicholas. >> >> >> On 10 Jul 2009, at 10:51, Stephen Emslie wrote: >> >>> Those at EuroPython in Birmingham showed quite a bit of interest in >>> regular London Python meetups. So while it's is still fresh in all >>> of >>> our minds, lets do a post-convention debriefing at the Old Bank of >>> England pub on Fleet Street next Wednesday. >>> >>> Ideally, we would like to make this a regular event. We all hope >>> Simon >>> Brunning (or someone else) finds the time to reboot the more >>> official >>> London Python meetups, with talks + sponsored beer & pizza, etc. >>> so the >>> intention here is to provide a relaxed and informal regular meet to >>> drink ale and discuss Python (drinking of ale is optional). >>> >>> Time: Wednesday 15 July, from 7pm >>> Venue: Old Bank of England Pub: http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/66/660/ >>> >>> In case you weren't at EuroPython but would like to come, we'll >>> display the usual can of spam to make us identifiable. >>> >>> Stephen Emslie & Andy Kilner >>> _______________________________________________ >>> python-uk mailing list >>> python-uk at python.org >>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >> >> _______________________________________________ >> python-uk mailing list >> python-uk at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > -- > Carles Pina i Estany > http://pinux.info > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk From tibs at tibsnjoan.co.uk Sun Jul 19 19:37:08 2009 From: tibs at tibsnjoan.co.uk (Tony Ibbs) Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:37:08 +0100 Subject: [python-uk] Next Cambridge & East Anglia Meetings: Tue 4th Aug Message-ID: <5E7ABFA5-83B3-4B68-9960-6A4A97153AD0@tibsnjoan.co.uk> Copying the message sent to the CamPUG Google Group: The last meeting was a pub meeting - thanks to Tom and Alistair who came along. We mostly talked abut EuroPython (and, for those who weren't there, there may well be a one day Python Unconference [you can google it] in Birmingham in September, perhaps Saturday the 5th). The next meeting will be Tuesday 4th August, at 7.30pm. Venue to be confirmed. I've got Richard Watts booked to talk about Muddle, a new build/ deployment system written in Python, and if no-one else volunteers with something more interesting, I shall talk about unit-testing a Linux kernel module with Python, and why that might be a good thing to do. As normal, offers of either talks or lightning talks (so, really, choose your length) are welcome. The meeting after that would be Tuesday 1st September, and should by schedule be a pub meeting - we may be talking at the August meeting about whether pub meetings are still worthwhile. I hope to get back to announcing three meetings ahead soon, as well. Tibs From dave.x.kirby at gmail.com Tue Jul 21 11:36:12 2009 From: dave.x.kirby at gmail.com (Dave Kirby) Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:36:12 +0100 Subject: [python-uk] London Pub Night Message-ID: <596657640907210236r312cdd9cpb620be98100842b6@mail.gmail.com> > From: Nicholas Tollervey > > It was good to meet up last night. One of the topics that often came > up was "we should make this a more regular event". Jonathan also > mentioned organising a "Code Dojo" - I'll let him explain what that'd > involve. > > So, while the iron is hot: how about a time and place for August..? > > Say 7pm, 20th August, starting with a "Code Dojo" / lightning talks > followed by the pub at the offices of Fry-IT? (Thanks Peter and Marcus > for volunteering these premises for free): > > 503 Enterprise House > 1/2 Hatfields > London SE1 9PG I would love to take part in a Code Dojo, but unfortunately am away on holiday that week. Hopefully they will become a regular event. One thing we discussed was finding suitable problems for the Dojo. I have tracked down the site I was struggling to recall, which enabled people to post up programming challenges - http://www.challenge-you.com. There are lot of challenges there, ranging from the trivial to the fiendish. I am sure we can find something suitable. There is also http://codingdojo.org/ which has a catalog of exercises that other groups have used. Dave Kirby From bld at otfrom.com Fri Jul 24 17:46:42 2009 From: bld at otfrom.com (Bruce Durling) Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:46:42 +0100 Subject: [python-uk] London Python Pub Night In-Reply-To: <7335AECA-C124-4693-9E42-DAA33D137380@voidspace.org.uk> References: <51f97e530907100251m3cd070aqbe7d1274e468c093@mail.gmail.com> <20090717233514.GA26604@pina.cat> <7335AECA-C124-4693-9E42-DAA33D137380@voidspace.org.uk> Message-ID: I'd be very interested in a London Python User Group. meetup.com does charge ($72 for 6 months), upcoming.yahoo.com doesn't seem to charge, but doesn't have the ongoing community list and discussion board stuff (which is less important given the python-uk list). I know Thoughtworks are willing to host a meeting sometime in September towards the end of the month. I was thinking 3 lightning talks and an unconference, unless anyone has an idea for a longer talk. Would anyone be interested? I'm quite happy for this to fall in with whatever other PUG might form in London. I'd just like to meet some other Python coders. cheers, Bruce 2009/7/18 Michael Foord : > The PSF will pay the meetip fees for Puthon groups if requested. > > Michael From bld at otfrom.com Fri Jul 24 22:29:04 2009 From: bld at otfrom.com (Bruce Durling) Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:29:04 +0100 Subject: [python-uk] London Python Pub Night In-Reply-To: <200907241758.36227.ms@cerenity.org> References: <51f97e530907100251m3cd070aqbe7d1274e468c093@mail.gmail.com> <7335AECA-C124-4693-9E42-DAA33D137380@voidspace.org.uk> <200907241758.36227.ms@cerenity.org> Message-ID: 2009/7/24 Michael : > On Friday 24 July 2009 16:46:42 Bruce Durling wrote: >> I know Thoughtworks are willing to host a meeting sometime in >> September towards the end of the month. I was thinking 3 lightning >> talks and an unconference, unless anyone has an idea for a longer >> talk. > > There is a plan for a python unconference in Birmingham already arranged for > September 5th. I haven't seen a formal announcement of it on a mailing list > yet though it was announced at Europython. I think I was thinking something a bit smaller as Thoughtworks on Holborn can only accommodate around 50 tops. So I was thinking about 3 lightning talks and then one unpanel. I think we might get TW to provide beer and pizza (they usually do) which should make the unpanel a pleasant affair. cheers, Bruce From funthyme at gmail.com Sun Jul 26 19:51:28 2009 From: funthyme at gmail.com (John Pinner) Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:51:28 +0100 Subject: [python-uk] PyCon UK 2009 UnConference Message-ID: Hello Everybody, Last year we said that there would be no PyCon UK in 2009, because we were going to run EuroPython 2009 instead. However, talking to people it seems that there's room for a smaller more informal event so we're pleased to announce that PyCon UK 2009 lives, in the shape of a one day UnConference to be held on 5th September. More details can be seen on the PyCon UK website, http://pyconuk.org. As it's an unconference, all that the committee is doing is arranging the venue, facilities and insurance. The rest is up to you, and to help you there is a wiki at http://wiki.pyconuk.org. Hoping to see you all in September! Best wishes, John -- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tibs at tibsnjoan.co.uk Sun Jul 26 21:33:40 2009 From: tibs at tibsnjoan.co.uk (Tony Ibbs) Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:33:40 +0100 Subject: [python-uk] Next Cambridge & East Anglia Meetings: Tue 4th Aug In-Reply-To: <5E7ABFA5-83B3-4B68-9960-6A4A97153AD0@tibsnjoan.co.uk> References: <5E7ABFA5-83B3-4B68-9960-6A4A97153AD0@tibsnjoan.co.uk> Message-ID: <89627664-6CAC-446D-843F-0E75C50D7B81@tibsnjoan.co.uk> On 19 Jul 2009, at 18:37, Tony Ibbs wrote: > The next meeting will be Tuesday 4th August, at 7.30pm. Venue to be > confirmed. The venue will be RealVNC, near the railway station. Tom Lynn has also volunteered to do a talk, probably on "Probably the Shortest Python Sudoku Solver in the World" Tibs From aafshar at gmail.com Mon Jul 27 13:57:54 2009 From: aafshar at gmail.com (Ali Afshar) Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:57:54 +0100 Subject: [python-uk] [pyconuk] PyCon UK 2009 UnConference In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A6D9642.30609@gmail.com> John Pinner wrote: > > Last year we said that there would be no PyCon UK in 2009, because we > were going to run EuroPython 2009 instead. > Boo.. hiss... > However, talking to people it seems that there's room for a smaller > more informal event so we're pleased to announce that PyCon UK 2009 > lives, in the shape of a one day UnConference to be held on 5th September. What a blindingly good idea! See you all there. Ali