On Nov 19, 2008, at 10:43 AM, Jim Freeze wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Eric Mahurin
> <eric_mahurin@...> wrote:
>> --- On Wed, 11/19/08, Jim Freeze <jimfreeze@...> wrote:
>>
>> Will each of the talks be serialized in the order you have listed?
>> 30-45 for
>> the first and last talks and 5-15 min for the middle?
>
> That's the plan.

We have a plan?

Wayne

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Wayne Walker
Wayne.Walker@...
(512)633-8076)

I'ts according to the timeliness and hunger of the speaker and the
tastiness of the snacks.

OR  whatever order Eric wants them done in.

On Nov 19, 2008, at 10:40 AM, Eric Mahurin wrote:

> --- On Wed, 11/19/08, Jim Freeze <jimfreeze@...> wrote:
>
>> Today is the day you have been waiting for -- the premiere
>> Austin.rb Ruby meeting. This evening from 7-9pm at Norris
>> Conference Centers http://rubyurl.com/Mybj there will be
>> red carpet, famous celebrities and paparazzi.
>
> Will each of the talks be serialized in the order you have listed?
> 30-45 for the first and last talks and 5-15 min for the middle?
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
Wayne Walker
Wayne.Walker@...
(512)633-8076)

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Eric Mahurin <eric_mahurin@...> wrote:
> --- On Wed, 11/19/08, Jim Freeze <jimfreeze@...> wrote:
>
> Will each of the talks be serialized in the order you have listed? 30-45 for
> the first and last talks and 5-15 min for the middle?

That's the plan.

Jim

>
>



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Jim Freeze

--- On Wed, 11/19/08, Jim Freeze <jimfreeze@...> wrote:

> Today is the day you have been waiting for -- the premiere
> Austin.rb Ruby meeting. This evening from 7-9pm at Norris
> Conference Centers http://rubyurl.com/Mybj there will be
> red carpet, famous celebrities and paparazzi.

Will each of the talks be serialized in the order you have listed?  30-45 for
the first and last talks and 5-15 min for the middle?

Greetings

Today is the day you have been waiting for -- the premiere
Austin.rb Ruby meeting. This evening from 7-9pm at Norris
Conference Centers http://rubyurl.com/Mybj there will be
red carpet, famous celebrities and paparazzi.

Well, maybe not so many famous celebrities.... or paparazzi...
or even red carpet, but there will be good friends and good
information to help you take your Ruby coding skills to the
next level.

Snacks and drinks will be provided.

See you there!

MEETING TIME & LOCATION

The meeting will be held at Norris Conference Centers http://rubyurl.com/Mybj
(same place as LSRC) from 7:00pm - 9:00pm, Wed, 19 Nov. There will be snack
food and drinks provided by Lone Star Ruby Foundation.

SPEAKERS

Threads in Ruby for the Newbie - Wayne Walker

   Wayne is going to speak about:
        simple thread usage in Ruby
        what are green threads
        what are posix threads
        Ruby IO and threads
        What is Thread.join and why would I care
        what is t[:symbol]
        Some gotchas

   Wayne in NOT going to speak about:
        How to synchronize method/object access
        The jRuby thread implementation
        Couple thousand other threading issues

Setting up a new Ruby Project with TDD - Jim Freeze
     This is a short five minute talk on a quick and
     easy way to setup a Ruby project for autotest
     and Shoulda.

Meta Programming 101 - Jim Freeze
     It could be said that Ruby Meta programming is what
     started the Rails craze (that and the persuasiveness
     of DHH). Meta programming is surely important, but too
     much can actually do harm by making your app more cryptic
     or slow. It's use should be Like salt. It's great to
     have, but don't use it too much. This is the first in
     a series of talks that will cover what meta programming
     is and how it can make your apps better.

NETWORK
		 Twitter - http://twitter.com/austinrb
     GoogleGroup - http://groups.google.com/group/austin-rb



--
Jim Freeze

Hello Austin Rubyists

This Wed, 19 Nov, will be our premiere meeting among the local Rubyists.
The Lone Star Ruby Foundation has footed the bill for a very
comfortable meeting location and snacks and drinks will be provided.

We hope you can make it out and join us in learning more about Ruby.

MEETING TIME & LOCATION

The meeting will be held at Norris Conference Centers http://rubyurl.com/Mybj
(same place as LSRC) from 7:00pm - 9:00pm, Wed, 19 Nov. There will be snack
food and drinks provided by Lone Star Ruby Foundation.

SPEAKERS

Threads in Ruby for the Newbie - Wayne Walker

   Wayne is going to speak about:
        simple thread usage in Ruby
        what are green threads
        what are posix threads
        Ruby IO and threads
        What is Thread.join and why would I care
        what is t[:symbol]
        Some gotchas

   Wayne in NOT going to speak about:
        How to synchronize method/object access
        The jRuby thread implementation
        Couple thousand other threading issues

Setting up a new Ruby Project with TDD - Jim Freeze

     This is a short five minute talk on a quick and
     easy way to setup a Ruby project for autotest
     and Shoulda.

Meta Programming 101 - Jim Freeze

     It could be said that Ruby Meta programming is what
     started the Rails craze (that and the persuasiveness
     of DHH). Meta programming is surely important, but too
     much can actually do harm by making your app more cryptic
     or slow. It's use should be Like salt. It's great to
     have, but don't use it too much. This is the first in
     a series of talks that will cover what meta programming
     is and how it can make your apps better.

NETWORK
     Twitter - http://twitter.com/austinrb
     GoogleGroup - http://groups.google.com/group/austin-rb

--
Jim Freeze
PS - This message was CC'd to the AustinOnRails group. If you are interested
in joining the Austin.rb group, please subscribe to the Google group above.

Lunch on Thu is at the County Line near 360 and 2222 at 11:30.
Show up and learn about what happened at RubyConf
and all the behind-the-scenes gossip!

Also, you may be privy to the next keynotes at LSRC 2009.

See you there.

--
Jim Freeze

I'd like to attend if possible.


--- On Tue, 11/11/08, Taylor Carpenter <taylor@...> wrote:

> From: Taylor Carpenter <taylor@...>
> Subject: Re: [arctan] November Ruby Meeting
> To: austin-rb@googlegroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 5:22 PM
> Interested in attending.  Speaking... another time...
>
> On Nov 11, 2008, at 4:11 PM, Jim Freeze wrote:
>
> > Hello All
> >
> > There was interest expressed to have a Nov 19 (Wed)
> Ruby meeting.
> > Myself and Wayne have committed to speaking.
> >
> > Is anyone else interested in attending? We could also
> use another
> > speaker.
> >
> > --
> > Jim Freeze

Interested in attending.  Speaking... another time...

On Nov 11, 2008, at 4:11 PM, Jim Freeze wrote:

> Hello All
>
> There was interest expressed to have a Nov 19 (Wed) Ruby meeting.
> Myself and Wayne have committed to speaking.
>
> Is anyone else interested in attending? We could also use another
> speaker.
>
> --
> Jim Freeze

Hello All

There was interest expressed to have a Nov 19 (Wed) Ruby meeting.
Myself and Wayne have committed to speaking.

Is anyone else interested in attending? We could also use another speaker.

--
Jim Freeze

Lunch today is at Kerbey Lane Cafe (North) - Anderson Mill Rd and 183.

13435 Hwy 183 N Ste.415

Bring a friend. Bring your Ruby questions. Bring a rubber duck.  Jim's
out of town so time to talk smack about gems.

Lunch today is at North by North West - in the Arboretum area.

10010 N Capital of Texas Hwy

Bring a friend. Bring your Ruby questions. Ian will answer them all today.

--
Jim Freeze

Ruby lunch today is at Marie Callender's at 11:45.
(It's near 360 & 183 in the Arboretum area)

9503 Research Blvd., Suite 400, Austin, TX 78759

All are welcome. Discussion topics are usually technical,
sometimes political, but always fun, if not crazy.

Bring a friend. Bring a foe. Bring a rackmount server.
Google employees must bring cash.
--
Jim Freeze

Jim Freeze wrote:
> We're having lunch on the south side today. Shady Grove at 11:40.
> Bring your friends. Bring your dog (and Meg).
> Bring some code to to talk about.

I'll be there, but I won't be there - my farewell lunch from St. Ed's is
at Shady Grove. Anyone looking for a sysadmin job may want to schmooze
with my soon-to-be-ex-coworkers. I'll stop over and say howdy.

Great minds think alike :)

-- Bob

We're having lunch on the south side today. Shady Grove at 11:40.
Bring your friends. Bring your dog (and Meg).
Bring some code to to talk about.

--
Jim Freeze

On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Keith Swallow <keith@...> wrote:
> So, can I just tweet to the luncherator to RSVP? I like getting the
> tweets about lunch. They make it a lot easier for me to actually attend.

Sure. Someday, maybe that will plug into luncherator and update its status.

David?..

Jim
[56 lines of yahoo giberish deleted]


--
Jim Freeze

So, can I just tweet to the luncherator to RSVP? I like getting the
tweets about lunch. They make it a lot easier for me to actually attend.

Cheers,

Keith Swallow
keith@...




On Oct 2, 2008, at 13:06 , Steven Rogers wrote:

>
> On Oct 2, 2008, at 11:26 AM, dthurman55@... wrote:
>
>> Seems to me a simple announcement would be the way to keep it simple.
>> The lunch is at ___________.
>
> Luncherator is primarily for determining how many people are going to
> show up. If you ask for a table for 6 and 15 show up, it's . .
> inconvenient. But as for simplicity, we overthrew the monarchy in
> order to turn ourselves over to all-powerful and completely fair
> robots who now control lunch. The robots are our friends. The robots
> will take care of us.
>
> SR
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

On Oct 2, 2008, at 11:26 AM, dthurman55@... wrote:

> Seems to me a simple announcement would be the way to keep it simple.
> The lunch is at ___________.

Luncherator is primarily for determining how many people are going to
show up. If you ask for a table for 6 and 15 show up, it's . .
inconvenient. But as for simplicity, we overthrew the monarchy in
order to turn ourselves over to all-powerful and completely fair
robots who now control lunch. The robots are our friends. The robots
will take care of us.

SR

Seems to me a simple announcement would be the way to keep it simple.
The lunch is at ___________.

Original Message:
-----------------
From: David Bluestein II dbii@...
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 10:54:00 -0500
To: arctan@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [arctan] Re: Luncherator up


For account retrieval, that is a Pro account ;)


On Oct 2, 2008, at 10:30 AM, Gerald wrote:

> I tried to create an account and it says my email address is already
> in use.  So then I tried to log it, and it fails.  Then I tried the
> Forgot password link, but I've got no idea why my username is.  If
> tried a few...  Any help would bee good.
>
> Don't you hate end users?  ;)
>
>
>
>
> --- In arctan@yahoogroups.com, David Bluestein II <dbii@...> wrote:
>>
>> Luncherator is up again, and has today's lunch in it.
>>
>> http://www.luncherator.us/
>>
>> David
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> David H. Bluestein II
>> President & Lead Developer         dbii@...
>> ii, inc.
> http://www.interaction.net
>>     -- Specializing in Interactive, Database Driven Web
>> Applications --
>>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
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David H. Bluestein II
President & Lead Developer         dbii@...
ii, inc.
http://www.interaction.net
      -- Specializing in Interactive, Database Driven Web Applications --



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On Oct 2, 2008, at 10:30 AM, Gerald wrote:

> I tried to create an account and it says my email address is already
> in use.  So then I tried to log it, and it fails.  Then I tried the
> Forgot password link, but I've got no idea why my username is.  If
> tried a few...  Any help would bee good.
>
> Don't you hate end users?  ;)
>
>
>
>
> --- In arctan@yahoogroups.com, David Bluestein II <dbii@...> wrote:
>>
>> Luncherator is up again, and has today's lunch in it.
>>
>> http://www.luncherator.us/
>>
>> David
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> David H. Bluestein II
>> President & Lead Developer         dbii@...
>> ii, inc.
> http://www.interaction.net
>>     -- Specializing in Interactive, Database Driven Web
>> Applications --
>>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
David H. Bluestein II
President & Lead Developer         dbii@...
ii, inc.                                                 
http://www.interaction.net
      -- Specializing in Interactive, Database Driven Web Applications --

Lunch today at 11:30 at La Madeleine. In the Arboretum area at 183 &
Great Hills Trail.

Hope to see you there.

--
Jim Freeze

I tried to create an account and it says my email address is already
in use.  So then I tried to log it, and it fails.  Then I tried the
Forgot password link, but I've got no idea why my username is.  If
tried a few...  Any help would bee good.

Don't you hate end users?  ;)




--- In arctan@yahoogroups.com, David Bluestein II <dbii@...> wrote:
>
> Luncherator is up again, and has today's lunch in it.
>
> http://www.luncherator.us/
>
> David
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> David H. Bluestein II
> President & Lead Developer         dbii@...
> ii, inc.
http://www.interaction.net
>      -- Specializing in Interactive, Database Driven Web Applications --
>

Luncherator is up again, and has today's lunch in it.

http://www.luncherator.us/

David

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David H. Bluestein II
President & Lead Developer         dbii@...
ii, inc.                                                 
http://www.interaction.net
      -- Specializing in Interactive, Database Driven Web Applications --

Date doesn't matter so much to me as long as we don't conflict with
the Rails meetings. :)


On Sep 29, 2008, at 6:50 PM, Keith Swallow wrote:

> Hey All,
>
> I like the idea of meeting regularly each month. I recommend 2nd or
> 4th Thursdays. Other days conflict with regular Austin events, or
> already established user groups.
>
> Keith Swallow
> keith@...
>
>
>
>
> On Sep 29, 2008, at 13:32 , Jim Freeze wrote:
>
>> We also would like your vote on which meeting night you would prefer.
>
> _______________________________________________
> Austinonrails mailing list
> Austinonrails@...
> http://lists.austinonrails.org/listinfo.cgi/austinonrails-austinonrails.org

Hey All,

I like the idea of meeting regularly each month. I recommend 2nd or
4th Thursdays. Other days conflict with regular Austin events, or
already established user groups.

Keith Swallow
keith@...




On Sep 29, 2008, at 13:32 , Jim Freeze wrote:

> We also would like your vote on which meeting night you would prefer.

How about Thursday Oct. 16th :)

On Sep 29, 2008, at 5:44 PM, Wayne Walker wrote:

> I recommend we get started as soon as possible before our momentum
> is lost.
>
> Therefore, I recommend the first meeting be Wed. Oct 15, 2008.
>
> Wayne
>
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 01:32:09PM -0500, Jim Freeze wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > The Austin Ruby group is gearing up to have monthly meetings
> starting
> > in October. The meetings will be held at Norris Conference Centers
> > (same location as LSRC). The meetings will be informal, fun and
> > educational.
> >
> > If you want to speak at one of these meetings, please contact me,
> Jim Freeze.
> >
> > We also would like your vote on which meeting night you would
> prefer.
> > Below is a list of the available evenings. The meeting time will be
> > from 7:00-9:00.
> >
> > October:
> > Wed: 15, 22, 20
> > Thurs: 23
> > November:
> > Wed: 5, 19, 26
> > Thurs: 6, 20
> > December:
> > Wed: 10, 17
> > Thurs 4, 18
> >
> > Hope to hear from you all.
> >
> > --
> > Jim Freeze
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> --
>
> Wayne Walker
>
> wwalker@... Do you use Linux?!
> http://www.bybent.com Get Counted! http://counter.li.org/
> Perl - http://www.perl.org/ Perl User Groups - http://www.pm.org/
> Jabber: wwalker@... AIM: lwwalkerbybent
> IRC: wwalker on freenode.net
>
>

I recommend we get started as soon as possible before our momentum is lost.

Therefore, I recommend the first meeting be Wed. Oct 15, 2008.

Wayne

On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 01:32:09PM -0500, Jim Freeze wrote:
> Hello
>
> The Austin Ruby group is gearing up to have monthly meetings starting
> in October. The meetings will be held at Norris Conference Centers
> (same location as LSRC). The meetings will be informal, fun and
> educational.
>
> If you want to speak at one of these meetings, please contact me, Jim Freeze.
>
> We also would like your vote on which meeting night you would prefer.
> Below is a list of the available evenings. The meeting time will be
> from 7:00-9:00.
>
> October:
>     Wed: 15, 22, 20
>     Thurs: 23
> November:
>     Wed: 5, 19, 26
>     Thurs: 6, 20
> December:
>     Wed: 10, 17
>     Thurs 4, 18
>
> Hope to hear from you all.
>
> --
> Jim Freeze
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
--

Wayne Walker

wwalker@...                    Do you use Linux?!
http://www.bybent.com                 Get Counted!  http://counter.li.org/
Perl - http://www.perl.org/           Perl User Groups - http://www.pm.org/
Jabber:  wwalker@...   AIM:     lwwalkerbybent
IRC:     wwalker on freenode.net

Hello

Here is a quick survey for the Austin Ruby Group meeting night.
I hope to get Octobers event setup before October. :)

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=CAR3IFsBCT4Hr_2fENgzuKyQ_3d_3d



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Jim Freeze

Hello

The Austin Ruby group is gearing up to have monthly meetings starting
in October. The meetings will be held at Norris Conference Centers
(same location as LSRC). The meetings will be informal, fun and
educational.

If you want to speak at one of these meetings, please contact me, Jim Freeze.

We also would like your vote on which meeting night you would prefer.
Below is a list of the available evenings. The meeting time will be
from 7:00-9:00.

October:
     Wed: 15, 22, 20
     Thurs: 23
November:
     Wed: 5, 19, 26
     Thurs: 6, 20
December:
     Wed: 10, 17
     Thurs 4, 18

Hope to hear from you all.

--
Jim Freeze

Has anybody gotten the dbd-mysql gem running under Cygwin (Windows XP)?

When I do:
gem install -r dbd-mysql

it fails, with:
checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no

I've tried building the MySQL client library from source, and that's
failing with it's own set of issues.

Anybody have any suggestions on the quickest way to use dbi for a MySQL
database with the Cygwin ruby?

--
Chip Rosenthal * KE5VHV * chip@... * www.unicom.com