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Re: Re: Bootcamps social outing

Chris Shenton — 2008-07-17T21:06:56

Bricks has a great list, but it seems 40% of the time they come back in 10 minutes and say "uh, we're outta that one". And the food really is pretty sad. There are other joints in town with a good beer selection. Not as big, but good choices. At least three places now specializing in Belgian beers, one of my faves. (Belga Cafe on 8th SE on The Hill, Granville Moores on H NE above The Hill, and Brasserie Beck on K St NW). (I had a rather disgusting experience at Brick's sister restaurant, RFD in the Convention Center / Chinatown area a while back and the food was inpalatable. Sure hope Bricks hasn't sunk that low.) --Chris "my cat's name is Pivo" Shenton

Re: Re: Bootcamps social outing

Reed O'Brien — 2008-07-17T19:37:21

Absolutely you shouldn't rule it out without going first. ~ro

Re: Re: Bootcamps social outing

JoAnna Springsteen — 2008-07-17T19:31:28

don't worry. we're going other places too! /me wants to hit brickskeller, even if reid doesn't like it On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Kapil Thangavelu public.gmane.org> wrote:

Re: Re: Bootcamps social outing

Kapil Thangavelu — 2008-07-17T19:29:52

i'm in... i've been a few times.. beacon has a mediocre beer selection (for dc anyways most other cities it would be poor), decent wine, decent food, good mixed drinks, but its is a fairly tiny space come conference time. its basically a hotel bar/restaurant. -kapil http://www.yelp.com/biz/beacon-bar-and-grill-washington On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 2:58 PM, JoAnna Springsteen public.gmane.org> wrote:

Re: Re: Bootcamps social outing

JoAnna Springsteen — 2008-07-17T18:58:36

ha! ok slight change of venue... We'll be meeting at 6pm at the Beacon Bar and Grill: http://www.capitalhotelswdc.com/BBGWDC_com/ On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 11:46 AM, JoAnna Springsteen public.gmane.org> wrote:

Re: Fwd: Bootcamps social outing

Chris Shenton — 2008-07-17T17:25:10

When, 6pm or so? Count me in, possibly plus one if Irene can come. I'm down with that. As Jun [Murai] explains it, "I can go to the bar and drink beer. I go to a phone and ping my routers, and if they are still working, I go back and drink more beer." -- Carl Malamud in __Exploring the Internet__

Re: Re: Bootcamps social outing

JoAnna Springsteen — 2008-07-17T15:46:36

Don't forget to let Katie or I know if you plan on attending! We need an estimate of how many are coming so we can warn the restaurant. Thanks!

Re: Re: Bootcamps social outing

JoAnna Springsteen — 2008-07-16T17:27:24

wow, I'm so failing as a hostess here. We leave class at 5pm so however long it takes to get from AU to Dupont Circle. Let's aim for 6pm. On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 1:24 PM, Kapil Thangavelu public.gmane.org> wrote:

Re: Re: Bootcamps social outing

Kapil Thangavelu — 2008-07-16T17:24:54

what time is that? -kapil On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 1:01 PM, JoAnna Springsteen public.gmane.org> wrote:

Re: Bootcamps social outing

JoAnna Springsteen — 2008-07-16T17:01:07

Ha! whoops. Yes, this Thursday evening, right after class we'll head down to Urbana. On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 12:49 PM, JoAnna Springsteen public.gmane.org> wrote:

Re: Bootcamps social outing

Alex Clark — 2008-07-16T17:00:48

Yeah, tomorrow night! (CC'ing Python meetup people) On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 12:58:26PM -0400, Reed O'Brien wrote:

Re: Bootcamps social outing

Alex Clark — 2008-07-16T16:59:57

I can attend this event! I will probably meet you guys at Urbana. On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 12:49:58PM -0400, JoAnna Springsteen wrote:

Re: Bootcamps social outing

Reed O'Brien — 2008-07-16T16:58:26

There's no date on here. I think it is thursday... ~ro

Bootcamps social outing

JoAnna Springsteen — 2008-07-16T16:49:58

Hey Bootcampers and ZPUGDC! Let's go do some research for the conference and find some Plone worthy hangouts! We'll start out at Urbana for dinner: http://www.urbanadc.com/ Please let Katie or I know if you can attend and we'll take care of reservations. (I've copied Katie on this so you have her email as well.) After dinner,let's pop into a few other places and check them out. (don't worry, we won't make it a wild and crazy night...unless you really want to.) I'm thinking one drink at each place or something like that. Join us if you can! If you haven't attended a Plone social thing before, you're missing out on the best part of the community! This is how we network, share information, hear about jobs, learn plone history, find out about bleeding edge stuff, and ponder the mystery that is Limi's hair. See you there! JoAnna (jluvsu2)

Buildbot talk! August 2008

Alex Clark — 2008-07-16T00:43:57

Hi all, I've just confirmed a buildbot talk for next month with Dustin J. Mitchell of ZManda fame (thanks for the lead, MattBowen): http://zpugdc.org/meetings/mtg66 Hope to see you there! Alex

BootCampArama Final Reminder

Chris Calloway — 2008-07-14T15:39:32

Final reminder, we're in the last two weeks of open registration for PyCamp, Plone Boot Camp, and Advanced Plone Boot Camp: http://trizpug.org/boot-camp/2008/ Registration is now open for: PyCamp: Python Boot Camp, August 4 - 8 Plone Boot Camp: Customizing Plone, July 28 - August 1 Advanced Plone Boot Camp: Plone 3 Techniques, August 4 - 7 All of these take place on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in state of the art high tech classrooms, with free mass transit, low-cost accommodations with free wireless, and convenient dining options. Plone Boot Camp is taught by Joel Burton, twice chair of the Plone Foundation. Joel has logged more the 200 days at the head of Plone classrooms on four continents. See plonebootcamps.com for dozens of testimonials from Joel's students. PyCamp is taught by Chris Calloway, facilitator for TriZPUG and application analyst for the Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing System. Chris has developed PyCamp for over 1500 hours on behalf of Python user groups. Early bird registration runs through June 30. So register today! PyCamp is TriZPUG's Python Boot Camp, which takes a programmer familiar with basic programming concepts to the status of Python developer with one week of training. If you have previous scripting or programming experience and want to step into Python programming as quickly and painlessly as possible, this boot camp is for you. PyCamp is also the perfect follow-on to Plone Boot Camp: Customizing Plone the previous week. At Plone Boot Camp: Customizing Plone you will learn the essentials you need to build your Plone site and deploy it. This course is the most popular in the Plone world--for a good reason: it teaches you practical skills in a friendly, hands-on format. This bootcamp is aimed at: * people with HTML or web design experience * people with some or no Python experience * people with some or no Zope/Plone experience It covers using Plone, customizing, and deploying Plone sites. At Advanced Plone Boot Camp: Plone 3 Techniques you will learn to build a site using the best practices of Plone 3 as well as advance your skills in scripting and developing for Plone. The course covers the new technologies in Plone 3.0 and 3.1intended for site integrators and developers: our new portlet infrastructure, viewlets, versioning, and a friendly introduction to Zope 3 component architecture. Now, updated for Plone 3.1! The course is intended for people who have experience with the basics of Plone site development and HTML/CSS. It will cover what you need to know to take advantage of these new technologies in Plone 3. For more information contact: info-gOWLDO1efQBAfugRpC6u6w< at >public.gmane.org

Re: Need couch for Joanna, Was: Re: Borrow a projector for Monday?

Alex Clark — 2008-07-13T09:19:45

Great! :-) See you Monday!

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Alex Clark — 2008-07-13T09:19:23

For those not attending Joel's Bootcamp this week at AU, you may want to check out: Zope 3 Training at Penn State 2008 http://plone.org/events/training/zope-3-training-at-penn-state-2008

Re: Need couch for Joanna, Was: Re: Borrow a projector for Monday?

JoAnna Springsteen — 2008-07-13T09:10:38

Nope, I'm all good! On Jul 13, 2008, at 3:23 AM, Alex Clark public.gmane.org> wrote:

Re: Borrow a projector for Monday?

Joel Burton — 2008-07-13T09:06:44

Thanks for the offer! Howver, having seen what AU was all of a sudden going to charge us to use theirs for the week, I've decided to bring mine. The difference in the cost will allow ZPUGDC to buy pizza for your meetings for the rest of history. Thanks for the offer! - j.

Need couch for Joanna, Was: Re: Borrow a projector for Monday?

Alex Clark — 2008-07-13T08:23:48

Hi all, I think Joel decided to bring his projector, but we may need a place for Joanna to stay during the week. Anyone got a couch? If so, please email me off list: aclark-pzuzLh+EMZR0QpJUvnrPoA< at >public.gmane.org Thanks! (apologies to Python Meetup, CC'ing in the middle of this thread ;-) Alex On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 07:48:21AM -0400, Ramon Ramirez-Linan wrote: