From announce at lists.nycbug.org Sat Nov 2 23:50:33 2013 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements) Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2013 23:50:33 -0400 Subject: [announce] NYC*BUG Upcoming Message-ID: November 6 2013 Regular Expressions Fundamentals, Moe Nasser 6:45 PM Suspenders Bar and Restaurant backroom 111 Broadway This meeting will cover regex basics, and based on audience participation, it may go well beyond. A regular expression (regex) is a sequence of characters describing a search pattern. Regular expressions can match just about anything. Their power can shorten code, turbo-charge your use of interactive UNIX shells, and change the way you use your text editor. And, they're fun. Regular expressions are everywhere. Regular expression processors exist in *every* programming language, and they are fundamental to grep(1), sed(1), awk(1)- as well as UNIX shells. Classic text editors have regex processing at their core, vi(1), emacs(1), based on ed(1). You may even use regular expressions without consciously knowing it! ****************************** There will be NO December meeting for the first Wednesday of the month. December 2013 Technical Community Meta-Party As we did last year, we are working with other technical user groups in New York City for a holiday party. The date is being determined, but once again there will be an open bar with hors d'oeuvres, and a great opportunity to network. ****************************** February 1 2014 NYCBSDCon: The BSDs in Production We are working on a great line-up of speakers focused on a array of scenarios with the BSDs in production environments. Stay tuned as details are released, but as always, jump in and play a role in making this a successful conference. From announce at lists.nycbug.org Wed Nov 6 09:33:18 2013 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements) Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 09:33:18 -0500 Subject: [announce] NYC*BUG Tonight: Regular Expressions Fundamentals Message-ID: Nov 6, Wednesday, 645 PM Regular Expressions Fundamentals, Moe Nasser Suspenders Bar and Restaurant backroom 111 Broadway in downtown Manhattan This meeting will cover regex basics, and based on audience participation, it may go well beyond. A regular expression (regex) is a sequence of characters describing a search pattern. Regular expressions can match just about anything. Their power can shorten code, turbo-charge your use of interactive UNIX shells, and change the way you use your text editor. And, they're fun. Regular expressions are everywhere. Regular expression processors exist in *every* programming language, and they are fundamental to grep(1), sed(1), awk(1)- as well as UNIX shells. Classic text editors have regex processing at their core, vi(1), emacs(1), based on ed(1). You may even use regular expressions without consciously knowing it! ****** Some of us are meeting earlier at 6 PM to continue organizing for NYCBSDCon Feb 1 2014. The web site is slowly being updated at nycbsdcon.org ******* There will be no December meeting, but rather a large party for December 9th at Suspenders organized with an array of other technical user groups in NYC. It will be a great opportunity to publicize NYCBSDCon. ******* The January meeting will not be held January 1, but rather January 8, the second Wednesday of the month. From announce at lists.nycbug.org Wed Nov 20 20:23:38 2013 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements) Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 20:23:38 -0500 Subject: [announce] This year's holiday party Message-ID: As some of you know already, this year NYC*BUG will join with other technical user groups in New York and host another huge holiday party. * There will be no December meeting. * The January meeting will be held on January 8, not January 1. It is a good idea to RSVP as stated in the announce. As in years past, we should expect to hit capacity limits. December 9, Monday - The Annual NYC Tech Meta-Party 7 PM til ?, Suspenders Bar Abstract NYC technical user groups are joining forces to hold another holiday party to remember! Groups include: DebianNYC (New York Debian Local Group) DrupalNYC (Drupal New York City) Erlang NYC (Erlang New York City) Lopsa-NY (League of Professional System Administrators New York Chapter) LispNYC (New York City Lisp User Group) NYC*BUG (New York City *BSD User Group) NYC-Clojure (NYC Clojure Users Group) nycdevops (New York City Devops Meetup Group) NYC-OCaml (The NYC OCaml Meetup) NY-Haskell (New York Haskell Users Group) NY-Scala (New York Scala) PuppetNYC (New York Puppet User Group) SFLC (Software Freedom Law Center) TA3M (Techo Activist Third Mondays) UNIGROUP (New York City's Unix User's Group) Everyone of all types of expertise and interests are welcome. The party starts at 7 PM and will continue until at least 10 PM. It is the ideal networking opportunity of the season, and a chance to connect with old friends and make new ones. Our generous sponsors are covering drinks and hors d'oeuvres for the evening. The current list of sponsors includes: New York Internet Prentice Hall (Inform IT) Brandorr Group Tumblr PuppetLabs Oracle Solaris TA3M LispNYC Additional sponsors are welcome to join in and show their support for New York City's technical community. Contact us at brian.gupta AT brandorr.com and/or george AT nycbug.org Help us make the 2013 holiday party a success! Be sure to RSVP to ensure your entry into this popular event by emailing to rsvp at nycbug.org. For each person attending, they need to RSVP with their own email address.