Ancient History

I thought some people might be interested in some ancient
history. I  
planned to send this on the tenth anniversary - but I was
crap and  
missed it.

Anyway, some blasts from the past courtesy of Google
Groups.

First posting suggesting the idea of bond.pm - 28 Mar 1998

   http://groups.google.co.uk/group/comp.l
ang.perl.misc/msg/dedbe25e7728bc52

Two days later, the group is launched - 30 Mar 1998

   http://groups.google.co.uk/group/comp.l
ang.perl.misc/msg/aa968ed61ee166fd

Of course, it took us until August to get organised enough
to have our  
first meeting.

    
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/co
mp.lang.perl.announce/msg/c11f429abd0c864c

I'd forgotten about findmail.com - which is where we first
hosted the  
mailing list. Of course that's long gone.

The first copy of the web site that the Wayback Machine has
is from  
the end of 1998.

   http://web.archive.org/web/19981212015332/http://bo
nd.pm.org/

I'm still quite fond of that design 

Ah... nostalgia.

Cheers,

Dave...

On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 12:14:15PM +0100, Dave Cross typed:

> Of course, it took us until August to get organised
enough to have our  
> first meeting.

Photos of which appear at

http://
bond.pm.org/nx_meetings/1998_aug.shtml

(my taste in jackets has improved in the last ten years)

-- 
Steve Mynott <stevetightrope.demon.co.uk>

"Perly Kings and Queens", eh?

Quoting Jesse Vincent <jessefsck.com>:

> "Perly Kings and Queens", eh?

I said I was quite fond of the design. Not the copy 

Dave...

On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 12:14:15PM +0100, Dave Cross wrote:
> 
> The first copy of the web site that the Wayback Machine
has is from  
> the end of 1998.
> 
>   http://web.archive.org/web/19981212015332/http://bo
nd.pm.org/
> 

http://web.archive.org/web/19990422222851/bond.
pm.org/WhatDo.html

The Am-Am mini-golf competition in Hastings never did
happen. :-(

Maybe we should find someone familiar with Hastings to
organise that
for an anniversary celebration 

G.

On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 12:35:05PM +0100, Steve Mynott
wrote:
> Photos of which appear at
> 
> http://
bond.pm.org/nx_meetings/1998_aug.shtml

And the  Dave > Women assertion was true

Quoting Andrew Black <andrew-perl08mail.black1.org.uk>:

> On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 12:35:05PM +0100, Steve Mynott
wrote:
>> Photos of which appear at
>>
>> http://
bond.pm.org/nx_meetings/1998_aug.shtml
>
> And the  Dave > Women assertion was true

I don't think you can assume that from the photos, as I
don't think  
everyone who was there is in one of the photos. I'm pretty
sure there  
were twelve of us and there are only nine in the photos.

Of course, I'm pretty sure that your assertion is true. I
just don't  
think the photos prove it.

Can anyone remember who the missing three people are? Was
Leo at that  
meeting? Or Jim Gillespie?

Dave...

2008/5/2 Dave Cross <davedave.org.uk>:
>  I don't think you can assume that from the photos, as
I don't think
> everyone who was there is in one of the photos. I'm
pretty sure there were
> twelve of us and there are only nine in the photos.

That's common for most meetings - few photos show the full
ensemble 

>  Can anyone remember who the missing three people are?
Was Leo at that
> meeting? Or Jim Gillespie?

Meh. I didn't manage to make it until the move to penderals
oak.

A.


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On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 9:17 AM, Dave Cross <davedave.org.uk> wrote:
>
> Quoting Andrew Black <andrew-perl08mail.black1.org.uk>:
>
>
> > On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 12:35:05PM +0100, Steve
Mynott wrote:
> >
> > > Photos of which appear at
> > >
> > > http://
bond.pm.org/nx_meetings/1998_aug.shtml
> > >
> >
> > And the  Dave > Women assertion was true
> >
>
>  I don't think you can assume that from the photos, as
I don't think
> everyone who was there is in one of the photos. I'm
pretty sure there were
> twelve of us and there are only nine in the photos.
>
>  Of course, I'm pretty sure that your assertion is
true. I just don't think
> the photos prove it.
>
>  Can anyone remember who the missing three people are?
Was Leo at that
> meeting? Or Jim Gillespie?

I remember coming when it was still in that venue, but for
the life of
me I can't remember if I made it to the first meeting.