From: Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...>
Date: 2006-04-19T11:56:49+09:00
Subject: [ANN] TRUGhat 2006:1

The Toronto Ruby User's Group (TRUG) is pleased to announce TRUGhat2006:1.
    TRUGhat: [T]oronto [R]uby [U]ser's [G]roup [ha]cka[t]hon
TRUGhat is TRUG's hackathon[1] or codefest. In a hackathon, a group ofpeople get together and will either work toward a common goal, or simplywork in a common area on code that interests them. For our firstTRUGhat, we have agreed upon a common goal.
During a codefest or hackathon, there's always lots of snacks available,and it's common for the perfect developer's food—pizza, of course—to bedelivered.
The goal is for TRUG to have two TRUGhat events a year. Ruby developersof all skill levels will be welcomed.
  TRUGhat 2006:1    When?
TRUGhat 2006:1 will be held on 6 May 2006, from 10:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M.Since we're all learning something on this first TRUGhat, we probablywon't get started programming until 11:00 A.M.
    Where?
Tucows has generously provided the space and network availability forthis event at its offices in Toronto, at 96 Mowat Avenue, one block westof Dufferin, south of King. Transit accessibility is good, with both theKing West streetcar and the Dufferin bus passing near the office.Parking is plentiful for those who will be driving. Map[2].
    Who?
The Tucows space can handle a total of fifteen people, with thirteenplaces available. If you're interested in joining us, please put yourname below and join the mailing list[3].
    What?
The current plan is to implement the functionality of libarchive[4] andpossibly libtar[5] for Ruby. The primary goal is pure Ruby support witha secondary goal of Ruby/C bindings so that those who have the requisitelibraries can take advantage of the C code for performance reasons.
    More?
Some of the details are still being worked out, but [[Austin Ziegler]]has already committed to buying pizza for whomever does show up. Checkout the mailing list or the TRUGhat wiki page for more information:
  http://www.trug.ca/TRUGhat
-austin
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackathon[2] http://qurl.net/vs (maps.google.ca)[3] http://www.trug.ca/mailman/listinfo/trug-chat[4] http://people.freebsd.org/~kientzle/libarchive/[5] http://www.feep.net/libtar/--Austin Ziegler * halostatue@gmail.com               * Alternate: austin@halostatue.ca