Beer and Scripting SIG (BASS)

History

This Special Interest Group (SIG) began as the fallback meeting format for the San Francisco Perl User Group (SFPUG). If no speaker was available, we simply called a meeting of the "Beer and Pizza SIG" and went off for chow and conversation. However, as SFPUG became successful at finding speakers, the SIG started to languish.

Because I still wanted to Get Out Of The House on occasion, I decided to loan the SIG to the Bay Area Rubyists, who didn't have any meetings of their own. Of course, Perlies were still quite welcome to attend.

However, the local Rubyists now have several active groups. So, I decided to open things up to anyone who is interested in scripting languages, agile software development, etc.

These certainly include well-known languages such as Bash, Perl, PHP, Python, and Ruby, and arguably include Comet, CSS, D, Groovy, Haml, JavaScript, JSON and YAML, Loom, MQL, SQL, and language families such as Lisp, Smalltalk, TeX, and XML. In short, our criteria are pretty loose...

In the spirit of Bay Area Debian's SHOTGUN RULES FOR BAD MEETINGS, I just announce each meeting and wait to see who shows up. No program; just a way for folks to get together, munch, and chat about scripting (or whatever :-).

 

Bass != BASS

P.S. Here are some lists of scripting-related articles and groups.

Details

Bring: An appetite for food, drink, conversation, and ideas. Laptop computers are also quite welcome, particularly if you have something to show off!
 
RSVP: RSVPs are not strictly required for this event, but they help me to ask for an appropriately sized table.
 
Date: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 (4th. Wed.)
 
Time: 8:00 pm
 
Place: Pasquales Pizzeria Restaurant #1
701 Irving St. (At 8th. Ave.)
San Francisco, California, USA
415/661-2140
 
Food: Pasquales is a San Francisco institution. It has been around for several decades, serving thin-crust pizza and a variety of other Italian food.

Getting There (Driving)

Parking: Parking can be hard to find (and - SIGH - they closed our favorite lot), but there is generally parking (~3 blocks away) on 9th Ave. in GG Park.
 
Peninsula: Take I280 North to the 19th Avenue exit. Follow 19th to (just shy of) GG Park, then make a right on Lincoln. Make a right on 8th Avenue, spotting Pasquales in a block or so. Two right turns will put you on 9th, heading across Lincoln into the park.
 
East Bay: After the bridge, take 80 West to 101 North to Octavia. Go North, turning left on Fell. At GG Park, Fell turns into Kezar Drive. Follow this onto Lincoln, making a left turn on 7th Avenue. A right turn on Irving and another on 9th will head you across Lincoln into the park.

Getting There (Mass Transit)

Be prepared for a bit of a crowd, as this is the end of the prime commute time. All instructions given below are approximate and subject to the whims of the transit gods.
 
BART: BART doesn't go anywhere near Pasquales; connect to Muni (specifically, the N Judah) at any stop on lower Market.
 
Caltrain:

Note: Don't take Caltrain if you can avoid it. By the time you get back to the station, the only available train will be at 11:59 pm!

Caltrain doesn't go anywhere near Pasquales; connect to Muni (specifically, the N Judah) across from the Caltrain depot.

 
Muni: Take the N Judah trolley car (outbound, if you're downtown). Get off at 7th or 9th Avenue (about a half-mile after the tunnel) and walk a block to the restaurant.