http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug.announce hourly 1 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://gmane.org/img/gmane-25t.png http://gmane.org http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug.announce/625 Who : Brian Turnbull What : HTTP for Fun and Profit Date : Mon 8 Sep 2008 Time : 7 PM to 9 PM Where: UNH Durham, Morse Hall room 332 Peek under the hood of the HyperText Transfer Protocol. ------------------------------------------------------- The HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) powers the World Wide Web. Every web page requested and displayed in a web browser is delivered via HTTP. But HTTP can facilitate all sorts of client/server communication. In this talk, Brian Turnbull will discuss and present the major aspects of the protocol for application to your own projects. Next month, Brian will present the second part of the presentation, "RESTful Web Services". REpresentational State Transfer is the theoretical underpinnings of HTTP/1.1. This talk will explain what REST is, present examples of existing web services using REST, and also covers the practical application of REST and the Atom Publishing Protocol in creating a web service. For directions to this talk and/or more information ab Robert E. Anderson 2008-09-05T14:07:40 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug.announce/623 If you're suffering withdrawl from the lack of a NHRuby.org meeting last month, don't worry - we're back for a great meeting this month! Join us at our usual location, RMC Research in Portsmouth, NH for a trio of interesting talks. * Brian Turnbull will be giving an presentation on HTTP, the protocol that powers the world wide web. Every web page requested and displayed in a web browser is delivered via HTTP. But HTTP can facilitate all sorts of client/server communication. In this talk, Brian will discuss and present the major aspects of the protocol for application to your own projects. * Scott Garman will be giving a talk on how to quickly set up a Virtual Private Server (VPS) as a Rails deployment environment. This talk is specifically geared toward this process as preparation for the Rails Rumble programming contest, coming up in mid October. Rumble participants will be given a Linode VPS to use during the contest. * Continuing on the Rails Rumble preview theme, Nick Plante will give an overview of t Scott Garman 2008-09-03T19:31:49 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug.announce/620 PySIG Manchester, NH 28 August 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The BOSS BOSS -- Build your Own Search Service Presented by Ray Côté, Appropriate Solutions, Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ____________________________________________________________________ PySIG -- New Hampshire Python Special Interest Group Amoskeag Business Incubator, Manchester, NH 28 August 2008 (4th Thursday) 7:00PM (Beginner's Q&A at 6:30PM) The monthly meeting of PySIG, the NH Python Special Interest Group, takes place on the fourth Thursday of the month, starting at 7:00 PM. A beginners' session precedes, at 6:30 PM. (Bring a Python question!) Favorite-gotcha contest, Kent's Korner, and more this month. ____________________________________________________________________ BOSS, an Internet search API from Yahoo Bill Sconce 2008-08-26T00:26:13 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug.announce/619 *************************************************************** Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Linux User Group http://dlslug.org/ a chapter of GNHLUG - http://gnhlug.org *************************************************************** The next regular monthly meeting of the DLSLUG will be held: Thursday, September 4th, 7-9PM at: Dartmouth College, Room TBA All are welcome, free of charge. Agenda 7:00 Sign-in, networking 7:15 Introductory remarks 7:20 RSpec and Behaviour Driven Development, a.k.a, Battle of the Testing Frameworks, Vol. II: "Aim For Brevity, But Avoid Jargon" presented by Ari Brown BDD is the new buzzword that everyone and their Mom is handing out like they're running for office. But what exactly IS BDD? BDD is Behavior Driven Development, and it's ALL about describing how your application works, as opposed to testi Bill McGonigle 2008-08-22T00:20:43 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug.announce/618 Who : Everybody What : Linux suggestions and improvements Where: Martha's Exchange Day : Thur 21 Aug **Tomorrow** Time : 6:00 PM for grub, 7:30 PM for discussion :: Overview The kernel is done. Who would need features beyond KDE 3.4? Ubunto installation is the acme of perfection. Should we stop developing Linux and just use it? Aside from applications, what new Linux features do you need? What flaws bug you the most? Does code size and operating speed mean enough these days to justify recoding? Does Vista have anything Linux should add? Should the United Nations (or maybe NATO) decree that all new computer designs include a debugged Linux installer, as is done for Microsoft products? Come along for a pleasant summer evening in good company. Ponder the future and what we can do about it. >>> RSVP to Jim Kuzdrall for dinner to assure adequate seating. <<< !!! If you are not a "Regular Attendee" (50%), please let me know. !!! Driving directions: http://wiki.gnhlug.org/ Jim Kuzdrall 2008-08-20T09:43:56 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug.announce/617 PySIG August, two weeks from today. August 28th 2008, at the Amoskeag Business Incubator Featured presenter, Ray Côté, from Appropriate Solutions, Inc., Peterborough. BOSS, a 'net search API from Yahoo. Mashups scriptable from Python! "BOSS (Build your Own Search Service) is different – it's a truly open API with as few rules and limitations as possible. With BOSS, developers and start-ups now have the technology and infrastructure to build next generation search solutions that can compete head-to-head with the principals in the search industry. BOSS will grow and evolve with a focus on providing additional functionality, tools, and data for developers." --Yahoo Cookie order to the Janet Dept. is in. (Milk-run volunteer sought.) Agenda to follow... Mark_your-calendar'y yrs, Bill _______________________________________________ gnhlug-announce mailing list gnhlug-announce< at >mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-announce/ Bill Sconce 2008-08-14T20:54:00 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug.announce/616 Who ?: Everybody What : Linux suggestions and improvements Where: Martha's Exchange Day ?: Thur 21 Aug **Next Week** Time : 6:00 PM for grub, 7:30 PM for discussion :: Overview The kernel is done. Who would need features beyond KDE 3.4? Ubunto installation is the acme of perfection. Should we stop developing Linux and just use it? Aside from applications, what new Linux features do you need? What flaws bug you the most? Does code size and operating speed mean enough these days to justify recoding? Does Vista have anything Linux should add? Should the United Nations (or maybe NATO) decree that all new computer designs include a debugged Linux installer, as is done for Microsoft products? Come along for a pleasant summer evening in good company. Ponder the future and what we can do about it. ?>>> RSVP to Jim Kuzdrall for dinner to assure adequate seating. <<< ?!!! If you are not a "Regular Attendee" (50%), please let me know. !!! Driving directions: http://wiki.gnhlug.org Jim Kuzdrall 2008-08-14T11:23:05 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug.announce/615 Who: David Berube What: An introduction to Ruby on Rails Date: Thursday, August 14, 2008 Time: 7:00PM Where: SAU 1 office, 106 Hancock Rd., Peterborough            http://wiki.gnhlug.org/twiki2/bin/view/Www/MonadLUG ========= David is a Ruby developer and the author of "Practical Ruby Gems" and "Practical Reporting with Ruby and Rails", both published by Apress. He will be discussing the basics of Ruby and Ruby on Rails. http://www.rubyonrails.org charlie 2008-08-11T12:18:17 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug.announce/613 [thanks to all who answered the poll and much kudos to James!] *************************************************************** Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Linux User Group http://dlslug.org/ a chapter of GNHLUG - http://gnhlug.org *************************************************************** The next regular monthly meeting of the DLSLUG will be held: Thursday, August 7th, 7-9PM at: Dartmouth College, Carson L01 All are welcome, free of charge. Agenda 7:00 Sign-in, networking 7:15 Introductory remarks 7:20 Administrator in a Box - The Current State of Configuration Automation for Servers and Networks. presented by James Fogg Previously considered a "large enterprise" application, manyrks non-enterprise administrators are unaware of the advanced state of configuration automation software and its value proposition for the bu Bill McGonigle 2008-08-04T22:15:51 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug.announce/612 Nick Plante and I have been up against some intense work schedules recently and we've decided to cancel the August NHRuby.org meeting. We are planning some great material for the September meeting, however. So enjoy the summer and we'll see you next month! Scott Scott Garman 2008-08-04T01:44:06 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug.announce/610 Again and as always, and as always, with fresh cookies. (No, not THOSE cookies. No javascript either. Cookies with CHOCOLATE.) Our featured presenter will be Ray Côté, who has been looking into Yahoo's Python front-end to their "BOSS", Build your Own Search Service. Plus Beginner's Time, milk_as_soon_as_someone_volunteers, and Favorite Gotchas. Agenda to follow... summertime_is_for_pythons'ly yrs, Bill _______________________________________________ gnhlug-announce mailing list gnhlug-announce< at >mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-announce/ Bill Sconce 2008-07-17T19:21:30 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug.announce/609 Who : Mark Boyajian, IT Consultant, Simple Solutions What : Open Source Advocacy - Want to Help? Where: Martha's Exchange Day : Thur 17 Jul **Tomorrow** Time : 6:00 PM for grub, 7:30 PM for discussion (usually upstairs) :: Overview Open Source software can be an easy path to Linux. If the Windows user is leary about changing operating systems and software at the same time, high quality Open Source software can make it a much less daunting two step process. Mark Boyajian has a campaign to publicize the Open Source option and inform people about the many fine programs available. His approach is particularly innovative: use the local public library as a base. Mark will explain the very successful Tech Talk series he pioneered at the Lawrence Library in Pepperell along with other strategies. Want to ease your neighbor, cousin, or boss into Linux? Use the two step Open Source route. Take them to Perrerell or, better yet, get your local public library involved! Mark will Jim Kuzdrall 2008-07-16T10:24:50 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug.announce/608 What : BBS - The Documentary film Where: HoloDek, Hampton, NH Dates: Wed July 9, 16, 23, 30 Time : 7:00 PM The Ubuntu Local Community Team of NH is presenting "BBS: The Documentary", as a four-part film series, Wednesdays evenings throughout July. The documentary covers the history of BBSes -- dial-up computer Bulletin Board Systems -- and the culture and community which formed around them. BBSes were entirely individually operated, each with unique features and character. The FidoNet network which linked them together spanned the global and was entirely run by volunteers. Unlike the Internet, it had no government or university funding to get it started, yet at its peak it numbered over 40,000 nodes. Before Internet access became so ubiquitous in the US, BBSes were often the only way for private individuals to "network". Come remember or learn about these fascinating times. "BBS: The Documentary" (http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/) was released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike lic Ben Scott 2008-07-16T04:21:23 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug.announce/607 Join us at RMC Research in Portsmouth, NH this Tuesday for the July 2008 meeting of the NH Ruby and Rails user group. This month, Jeremy Durham from The MathWorks will be giving a presentation on the Merb web development framework (http://merbivore.com). Merb is written in Ruby and is considered a promising modular, performance-oriented alternative to Rails. Jeremy will be discussing his journey converting an existing Ruby on Rails application to Merb, the challenges of using Merb, and when it may make sense to use it. WHEN: Tuesday, July 15, 2008. 7-9 PM. WHERE: RMC Research Offices, 1000 Market Street, Portsmouth, NH. For a map and driving directions, see our wiki site: http://wiki.nhruby.org/index.php/Upcoming_meetings Regards, Scott Scott Garman 2008-07-13T21:06:27 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug.announce/606 Who : Mark Boyajian, IT Consultant, Simple Solutions What : Open Source Advocacy - Want to Help? Where: Martha's Exchange Day : Thur 17 Jul **Next Week** Time : 6:00 PM for grub, 7:30 PM for discussion (usually upstairs) :: Overview Open Source software can be an easy path to Linux. If the Windows user is leary about changing operating systems and software at the same time, high quality Open Source software can make it a much less daunting two step process. Mark Boyajian has a campaign to publicize the Open Source option and inform people about the many fine programs available. His approach is particularly innovative: use the local public library as a base. Mark will explain the very successful Tech Talk series he pioneered at the Lawrence Library in Pepperell along with other strategies. Want to ease your neighbor, cousin, or boss into Linux? Use the two step Open Source route. Take them to Perrerell or, better yet, get your local public library involved! Mark will Jim Kuzdrall 2008-07-10T13:40:40 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug.announce/605 The July 10, 2008 meeting of MonadLUG has been cancelled due to remodelling at the SAU offices where we normally meet. David Berube who was scheduled to present Ruby on Rails at this month's meeting has graciously agreed to postpone his talk until the August meeting which will be held on schedule. --charlie charlie 2008-07-06T18:38:42 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug.announce/604 Join us at RMC Research in Portsmouth, NH for the July 2008 meeting of the NH Ruby and Rails user group. This month, Jeremy Durham from The MathWorks will be giving a presentation on the Merb web development framework (http://merbivore.com). Merb is written in Ruby and is considered a promising modular, performance-oriented alternative to Rails. Jeremy will be discussing his journey converting an existing Ruby on Rails application to Merb, the challenges of using Merb, and when it may make sense to use it. WHEN: Tuesday, July 15, 2008. 7-9 PM. WHERE: RMC Research Offices, 1000 Market Street, Portsmouth, NH. For a map and driving directions, see our wiki site: http://wiki.nhruby.org/index.php/Upcoming_meetings Regards, Scott Scott Garman 2008-07-05T18:04:47 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug.announce/601 PySIG Manchester, NH 26 June 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summer Solstice'ly Yrs! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Informal get-together, lots of people out of town, lots of project work for some of us, but PySIG goes on! A number of special announcements this month... ____________________________________________________________________ PySIG -- New Hampshire Python Special Interest Group Amoskeag Business Incubator, Manchester, NH 26 June 2008 (4th Thursday) 7:00PM The monthly meeting of PySIG, the NH Python Special Interest Group, takes place on the fourth Thursday of the month, starting at 7:00 PM. A beginners' session precedes, at 6:30 PM. (Bring a Python question!) Favorite-gotcha contest, Kent's Korner, and more this month. ____________________________________________________________________ Kent's Korner: Python assignments "By reference" Bill Sconce 2008-06-25T19:27:32 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug.announce/599 *************************************************************** Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Linux User Group http://dlslug.org/ a chapter of GNHLUG - http://gnhlug.org *************************************************************** The next regular monthly meeting of the DLSLUG will be held: Thursday, July 3rd, 7-9PM at: Dartmouth College, Room TBA All are welcome, free of charge. Agenda 7:00 Sign-in, networking 7:15 Introductory remarks 7:20 JUnit - A Unit Testing Framework for Java presented by Roger Trussell JUnit is a class library that facilitates unit testing for Java classes. Unit testing helps programmers to test individual classes and methods. Many programmers use unit testing as part of agile software techniques and extreme programming. As programmers write unit tests for their code, they may discover the need for Bill McGonigle 2008-06-20T02:39:08 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug.announce/598 Who : Marc Nozell, MySQL Conference presenter, "Officially" certified What : MySQL: The Whys, Whats, and Watch-outs Where: Martha's Exchange Day : Thur 19 Jun **Tomorrow** Time : 6:00 PM for grub, 7:30 PM for discussion (usually upstairs) :: Overview Marc Nozell will review the MySQL database system complete with some "whys and wherefores" that reference books overlook. Marc shares with us the "gotchas", under-emphasized essential facts, and "why-this-not-that" savvy that comes from professional applications experience. What can MySQL do for me? What books are recommended? What is an API, and do I need one? How does command-line and in-program coding differ? Under what circumstances should I use a GUI? Which one? What kind of data can I store? When shouldn't I use MySQL? Have you been using MySQL? Marc may have the answer to that vexing question or a time-saving tip for your specific application. >>> RSVP to Jim Kuzdrall for dinner to assure adequate seating. <<< !!! Jim Kuzdrall 2008-06-18T13:05:46 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug.announce/597 The NH Ruby and Rails User Group will hold its June 2008 meeting at the usual spot, RMC Research in Portsmouth. This month we have the honor of having Brian DeLacey return to give another interesting talk. What's a Rubyist to do when great environments come along but don't (yet) support Ruby? Google App Engine, for instance, only supports Python. Well, of course - Learn Python! It's easy. This meeting will give a quickstart intro to Python for the Rubyist. We'll then take a look at "Hello World" running on Google's App Engine. You may leave wondering whether Django is Python's jazz improvisation of Rails. To keep things environmentally friendly, we'll do the demos on a newly built, energy efficient PC running Ubuntu and using a just a few watts of power with Intel's new Atom processor. We'll also spend a little time talking about how simple, fun, and inexpensive it was to build this powerful little Atomizer. You may find "atomic power" is a great way to experiment with Ruby and learn Python. Finally, the Scott Garman 2008-06-16T17:16:58 Search the mailing list at Gmane query http://search.gmane.org/?group=$group=gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug.announce