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What is Mason? The secretive cult that rules the world? How about the web application framework that will rock your world?

HTML::Mason is the web application framework behind Bricolage, Amazon and Salon.com to drop a few names.

On Wednesday, October 6th, i will be presenting a talk on Mason at the Chicago Perl Mongers meeting. The meeting will not be at our normal location in Vernon Hills. It will be at the Grayslake Public Library, north of Chicago, at 7PM. Please be punctual as we will need to be packed up by 8:45.

The talk will focus on HTML::Mason and show a practical example on how to take an existing CGI based web application and convert it to efficiently use (some of) the power of Mason. I will have code samples and the presentation slides posted here by Tuesday, October 5th.

Basic Outline: * What is HTML::Mason? * How do i use it? * Installation * Basic Syntax * Express Yourself. * Why do i need to use some fancy framework? * Re-use/Don't Repeat Yourself * Make the simple things simple, and hard things possible. * Mason tips * The Autohandler * The dhandler * Components * A practical example.

If anyone has anything specific they would like me to talk about, please let me know.

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I have already called my Senators about this, but i figure there is no limit to the amount of feedback these people need. I have signed up for a concentrated calling campaign to the Senate throughout the day on Tuesday, September 14, 2004, and I urge you to as well.
The campaign is to inform our Senate about the dangers of the proposed INDUCE act (S 2560 IS), from the one, the only Orrin Hatch of Utah. Funny how a Republican Senator from Utah would so willingly become a shill for the immoral types out in hollywood. Oh wait, there's money involved. Fuck freedom.
This bill would effectively outlaw (among other things), the iPod, the internet, the television, the radio, the telephone and basically any device that could be used to INDUCE someone to commit copyright infrigement.
It is time that the movie studios and record companies stop looking to Congress to bail them out. If my business goes south, I can't afford a congressment. Hell, I can't afford a city councilman and i live near Chicago, where the papers say they are cheap!
Please sign up to help. Or just call of your own volition. The people at your Senators office are very nice and will listen to whatever you have to say. Find your Senator's contact information.

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My high school art teacher, Mrs. Shryack-Pagh had a huge influence on me and helped me keep my sanity during high school. I went on to the photography program at Columbia College Chicago partly because i had such a strong art program all through high school. This will be nice to be a part of.

From the Rockford Register Star:

Teacher's former students sought for ArtScene

And, their art.

This fall's ArtScene will have an exhibit called "A Tribute to Teacher" to honor Margo Shryack-Pagh, who taught 33 years at Guilford and Auburn high schools. She retired at the end of the 2003-04 school year. Student Amy Chavez, 16, says her former teacher went above and beyond, including sharing her prep time with students who wanted to take an art class but couldn't fit it into their budget-crunch-shortened schedules. "She just truly enjoyed what she was doing," says Chavez, now a senior at Auburn.

Belles Firm of Architecture, 1001 E. Jefferson, will showcase Shryack-Pagh's and her students' artwork. ArtScene will be held around Rockford from 5 to 9 p.m. Oct. 1 and 2. Any of Shryack-Pagh's students are welcome to exhibit their work. For more information, call Lynn Belles at 815-961-0504.

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