I have *never* been seriously accused of being an optimist by anyone who knows me. ;-)<br><br>But just remember: <a href="http://lists.idyll.org/pipermail/testing-in-python/2009-March/001277.html">Everyone wants a pony!</a><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 9:52 PM, jim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jim@well.com">jim@well.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<br>
were you that little girl whose parents wanted to<br>
cure of her overwhelming optimism?<br>
one christmas her parents gave her gloomy brother<br>
a train set and a baseball glove and lots of other<br>
wonderful toys.<br>
to her they gave a small paper bag that contained<br>
a small piece of poop.<br>
when she opened it, her eyes filled with joy:<br>
"oh, papa, oh, mama! thank you for the pony!"<br>
<br>
as to future meetings:<br>
april : damian eades : c/c++ extensions for computer vision<br>
may : come one, come all : pycon recaps<br>
june : alex martelli : abstraction<br>
<br>
july and subsequent months : : as yet not scheduled<br>
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On Sat, 2009-04-04 at 21:30 -0700, Anna Ravenscroft wrote:<br>
> I want a pony!<br>
><br>
> On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Shannon -jj Behrens <<a href="mailto:jjinux@gmail.com">jjinux@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Glen Jarvis<br>
> <<a href="mailto:glen@glenjarvis.com">glen@glenjarvis.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> > I don't know the official schedule, but I imagine that our<br>
> next BayPIGgies<br>
> > meeting will be sharing "What I learned from PyCon."<br>
> > However, for the May meeting, I'd like to pitch an idea. I'd<br>
> like to see a<br>
> > Django themed evening. I'm a big fan of Pylons and other<br>
> frameworks -- in<br>
> > fact, I want to learn more about them -- especially for<br>
> larger scaled<br>
> > systems. But, my bread and butter these days is Django and I<br>
> am going deeper<br>
> > and deeper into it. I also saw that Simeon and quite a few<br>
> others do Django<br>
> > work.<br>
> > I could do an introductory talk (or handle a topic of<br>
> interest), but I'd<br>
> > like to see others do a more advanced subject. For example,<br>
> Simeon mentioned<br>
> > a profiling tool for Django (which I'd not used before and<br>
> would like to<br>
> > learn more about).<br>
> > What do you think about a 'Django themed' evening? What<br>
> topics are people<br>
> > most interested in? Who else would be willing to speak?<br>
><br>
><br>
> I'd love to see a PyCon summary meeting, of course.<br>
><br>
> I'd also be happy to see a Django talk, although I'd like to<br>
> see a<br>
> power users talk. It seems to me that Django is really easy<br>
> to get up<br>
> and running with, but it's easy to run into brick walls. I'd<br>
> love to<br>
> see a talk from someone who has tips and tricks for breaking<br>
> through<br>
> brick walls without excessive use of monkey patching. I'd<br>
> also love<br>
> to see someone tell me the practical difficulties of using a<br>
> different<br>
> templating engine. I know it's possible, but I want to hear<br>
> from<br>
> someone who's done it in production and can talk about the<br>
> drawbacks<br>
> he encountered.<br>
><br>
> Simeon, if you want to help with such a meeting, don't feel<br>
> like<br>
> you're hogging the mic. Your last meeting was great :)<br>
><br>
> -jj<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small<br>
> things<br>
> with great love. -- Mother Teresa<br>
> <a href="http://jjinux.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://jjinux.blogspot.com/</a><br>
><br>
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> Anna<br>
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> I am the mother of all things and all things shall wear a sweater!<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>cordially,<br>Anna<br>--<br>I am the mother of all things and all things shall wear a sweater!<br>