Technical Meetings

The technical meetings are a monthly event, that aims to provide the Birmingham Perl community with an educational night of talks. If you wish to attend, please feel free to come along and listen in.

Talks Wanted: If you would like to do a talk, whether a 5 minute lightning talk, a 15 minutes talk or longer, please let us know and we'll add you to the schedule. If we are unable to add you to the schedule for the next meeting, we will give you priority at a future meeting.

Guest Speakers: Are you visiting Birmingham at some point in the future, and would be willing to give a talk? Or are you based outside of the West Midlands, but would be willing to make a trek over to see us and present a talk? If so, then I'd love to hear from you. Drop me an email with details of when you are in Birmingham and the talk you would like to present. I'll then arrange a schedule and confirm.

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Schedule

03 September, 2003 - Birmingham.pm Technical Meeting
Time: 7pm - 9.30pm
Venue: QPC
Address: 1st Floor, Leonard House, 318-321 Bradford Street, Birmingham B5 6ET
Details: A selection of talks regarding Perl and related subjects. Entry is free, and newcomers are welcome. Apres meeting debrief at The Old Fox on Hurst Street. See our meetings page for further details.
Links: Technical Meetings

The Talks

Martin Lee * - Abusing the internet, sending spam and how to block it

Abstract:

How to decipher mail headers, and how spammers abuse them. Open relays & open proxys and why spammers like them. Preventions & Cures

Resources:

Slides not available

Barbie - A Continental Perl Adventure

Abstract:

aka YAPC::Europe::Paris::2003.

A look at the talks I attended and some of the good things I learnt.

Resources:

Steve Pitchford - A quick talk I knocked up on the train about that tie stuff

Abstract:

"A short talk, which I had intended to prepare earlier in much more detail about using Perl's tie functionality. It will assume an awareness of Perl's object orientation techniques, and will develop upon this base to present a conceptual model of the tie mechanism, and highlight some possible applications for it."

Resources:

Slides not available

* = Guest Speaker

Meeting Sponsor

Questions Media Group
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For the past two years, Birmingham Perl Mongers' technical meetings have been graciously supported by The Questions Media Group, who have supplied the meeting room and technical equipment free of charge. Without their support it is unlikely we would have presented the number of talks we have.

For information on The Question Group and The Questions Publishing Company please click the image links in the company logo on the left. Further company related links are listed below.