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Evening Events

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Larry Wall's State of the Onion

Larry Wall's State of the Onion Tuesday Evening
Larry will give his annual entertaining talk on the state of the Perl world, including what's up with Perl 6. Don't miss this opportunity to hear insights from the creator of Perl, patch, and rn.

ActiveState's Programmers and Activators Choice Awards

ActiveState's Programmers and Activators Choice Awards Tuesday Evening
ActiveState is announcing the winners of their second annual Programmers' Choice and Activators' Choice Awards at the O'Reilly Open Source Conference. The awards honor the unsung heroes who *actively* contribute to open languages and display excellence in their programming efforts. This year we're expanding the categories to include each of our key technologies: Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl, and XSLT. Find out the deserving winners at the awards ceremony on Tuesday night, July 23.

Jon Orwant's Internet Quiz Show

Jon Orwant's Internet Quiz Show Tuesday Evening
Back by popular demand! The Internet Quiz Show pits teams of four against each other in a battle of wits, ingenuity, and speed. Jon Orwant hosts this fun filled fact hunt where knowledge of Internet technology and culture is put to the test.

The registration for the quiz show is closed. We've found a few good hackers to participate once again this year! Thanks to everyone who submitted. Team and participant names will be posted in the near future.

A Conversation with Rob Glaser

Wednesday Afternoon in the Lunch Tent

Curious about RealNetworks Helix Initiative? OSCon is the place to get all the answers. Rob Glaser, CEO of RealNetworks, visits OSCon on Wednesday, July 24 to discuss details of this "collaborative effort between RealNetworks, independent developers, and leading companies to create and extend the Helix DNA™ platform, the first open and comprehensive platform for digital media delivery."

Come to the banquet tent during lunch to hear a chat between Glaser and Tim O'Reilly, beginning at 1:00 p.m.

If you're still hungry for more info after this lunchtime presentation, stop by the RealNetwork information table during Wednesday evening's Musical Mixer, their booth in the exhibit hall on Wednesday and Thursday, and their Birds of a Feather session on Thursday evening from 7:00-8:00 p.m.

Marvelous Musical Mixer

Wednesday 6-9pm

¡Oye, hablaremos! Come "catch a vibe" under the tent for the Marvelous Musical Mixer. Share munchies, a beer, and the intoxicating flamenco y rhumba nueva of Cerro Negro. Mingle with the open source multitudes and contemplate the minutiae!

Quake 3 Arena LAN Party

Thursday, 8 - 11pm
Come rub elbows with the best programmers on earth and simultaneously destroy them in Quake!

15 gaming class computers will be networked together as the base of a killer Quake 3 Arena fragging. The gaming network will have extra ports for you to connect to. Bring your LAN system (or just your laptop) and plug in for the fun. Wireless will be available too, of course. If you want to be a part of the fragging fun on your own computer, remember to bring your licensed copy of Quake 3 Arena to the party.

Open to all OSCON attendees and participants, the LAN Party will be located in Quinn's Sports Bar, off of the main lobby of the East Tower of the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina. The bar will be open for your drinking pleasure.

LAN Party is hosted by: Aaronsen Group, Ltd., DynDNS.org, and Stonehenge Consulting Services.

Author Signing

Thursday Evening, 5:30-6:30pm, O'Reilly Bookstore -- Hotel Lower Level
Meet the O'Reilly open source authors, who will happily sign your favorite O'Reilly book! Attending authors include:

Rasmus Lerdorf
Programming PHP, PHP Pocket Reference

Larry Wall and Jon Orwant
Programming Perl, 3rd Edition

Nathan Torkington
Perl Cookbook

Lincoln Stein
Writing Apache Modules with Perl & C, Network Programming with Perl

Mark Lutz
Programming Python, 2nd Edition, Python Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition, Learning Python

David Ascher
Learning Python

chromatic
Running Weblogs with Slash

Jason Hunter
Java Servlet Programming

Jon Orwant
Mastering Algorithms with Perl

Lawrence Lessig
Code & Other Laws of Cyberspace
The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World

... and Tim O'Reilly
Peer to Peer: Harnessing the Potential of Disruptive Technologies

Birds of a Feather

Monday 6-10pm, Tuesday 6-7pm, Wednesday 8-10pm, Thursday 6-10pm Don't be the only bird on a wireless! Hang out with the flock and hear the latest in these unstructured meetings. Get involved by suggesting a topic or moderating your own BOF session.