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WANTED: Strange Loop organizers

For the last two years, Strange Loop has largely been a one-man show (other than the fantastic volunteers that pitch in during the event). This has been great in keeping expenses low and spending no time on coordination while producing a show with a strong vision. It has not been great in allowing me to get much sleep between May and October. read more


Fri, Nov 5 at 2:55AM

Strange Loop reviews

Whew, that was fun! Thanks everyone for making it out to Strange Loop and I hope you had a good time. I've been collecting blogs and pictures below - if you have more comment here, or send to or strange.loop.stl at gmail. Thanks! Discussions are continuing on the conference session comments if you want to check those out. Meta #strangeloop hashtag data read more


Mon, Oct 18 at 11:01AM

Devin Walters
Devin Walters posted Video

Do we have a reasonable estimate of when we can see some of the video?

Alex Miller
Alex Miller: Nope. I don't even have an unreasonable estimate.
Devin Walters
Devin Walters: Haha, no matter -- I'm just back in the real world now and trying to sum up a weekend of talks for people I know and work with and I keep saying: "I'll show you the video..." Thanks again, Alex. Devin

Sat, Oct 16 at 5:44PM (2 comments)

Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor posted Responses to the Session: Panel: "Non-Relational Data Stores"

Here's my question: Let N refer to the set consisting of all NoSQL database solutions. Is N a run of the mill set; or is it self swallowing? Thanks Alex for one hell of a conference!!!


Fri, Oct 15 at 8:26PM (0 comments)

Ryan Slobojan
Ryan Slobojan posted InfoQ interviews at StrangeLoop - any questions for the interviewees?

Hi all, I'll be conducting interviews at StrangeLoop this week on behalf of InfoQ, and I'll be talking to several people - the current tentative lineup (always subject to change) includes (in current chronological order): * Paul King * Yehuda Katz * Hilary Mason * Adrian Cole * Chris Houser * Douglas Crockford * Dean Wampler * Josh Bloch Are there any questions which you as a member of the community would like to ask any of the people above? If s... [read more]

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Ryan Slobojan
Ryan Slobojan: I guess you're assuming his first favourite is JavaScript? ;)
David Biesack
David Biesack: Chris Houser, Dean Wampler, Josh Bloch
Ryan Slobojan
Ryan Slobojan: Question asked, both first and second favourite language - JS is indeed the first, and I'll leave the second as a surprise (gotta watch the interview!@# ;) )

Fri, Oct 15 at 1:26PM (6 comments)

David Jacobs
David Jacobs posted StrangeLoop 2010 Circumvents Time & Space Constraints

My favorite feature of CrowdVine is the capability of attending multiple presentations simultaneously. This will be my first multi-track conference where I can attend every session! If the programming for the space-time folding is extensible, I'd like to also request the capability of re-attending my favorite sessions. Note the implicit requirement for the decision to be deferrable until after the applicable event. Also note that any concerns abo... [read more]

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David Jacobs
David Jacobs: >> Strange Loop LLC grants no guarantees with respect to the folding of space and time in, on, about, around, or other topological relationships with the Strange Loop sessions. That sounds outrageously dangerous! You heard it, folks, from PureDanger ... [read more]
Eleanor McHugh
Eleanor McHugh: I note that several attendees will be utilising TARDIS technology so any concerns regarding space-time manifold collapse or causation negation are probably misguided. Well, assuming they're all responsible TARDIS owners...
David Jacobs
David Jacobs: No major incidents so far. Guy Steele briefly time-shifted the entire audience, but he brought us all back safely by reprogramming the laws of physics (with his right hand, while beating Chuck Norris to a pulp with his left hand).

Thu, Oct 14 at 11:42PM (4 comments)

Josh Fedke
Josh Fedke posted Clojure Dinner Group

Is anyone interested in getting together and talking about clojure over dinner?


Thu, Oct 14 at 12:22PM (0 comments)

Donald Bleyl
Donald Bleyl posted Please add Heart of Gold/Infinite Improbability Drive to "my other mode of transportation is..."

Please update the choices regarding the profile question, "my other mode of transportation is..." to include the Infinite Improbability Drive, and possibly consider making it the default choice. Thanks!

Alex Miller
Alex Miller: Done. Also, I added Vogon Ship, in case you're some kind of masochist.
Devin Walters
Devin Walters: May I also suggest 'cdr'. As in, "my other car is a 'cdr'". I think it's fitting given Guy Steele is in attendance. Perhaps 'rest' for the clojure folks would be nice as well.

Thu, Oct 14 at 12:01AM (2 comments)

David Joyner
David Joyner posted Thursday morning run: 6:30am from the Moonrise

I'd like to get a run in before the conference starts on Thursday AM. I'm thinking a strange loop along these lines: http://www.walkjogrun.net/routes/current_route.cfm?rid=A72045F1-B333-CF12-65C4AD2AAB590DEC If you'd like to join in, meet in front of the hotel at 6:30am. That'll allow for an easy pace and leave time for getting cleaned up and grabbing a bite.


Wed, Oct 13 at 2:49PM (0 comments)

Devin Walters
Devin Walters posted Places to Sleep?

I will be getting in late on the 13th and am looking for a couch, hotel room (to split), or any other cheap options that may be available. [UPDATE] => I have somewhere to sleep on the 13th but am still in the market for a couch or a hotel room I could split with someone for the 14th and 15th. [UPDATE 2] => Thanks for retweeting this and thanks of course to the people who agreed to let me stay with them for their hospitality. Thanks, Dw

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Devin Walters
Devin Walters: Rohit, That'd be great. I'm /thinking/ about splurging on Moonrise for one night so I'm thinking Thursday night and possibly Friday. Follow me on twitter: , and reply to this message with your twitter handle so we can exchange phone numbers and ... [read more]
Alex Miller
Alex Miller: Devin, just a warning - the Moonrise was sold out some of the nights, not sure if it still is or not.
Devin Walters
Devin Walters: Thanks Alex. They had a room for Friday. 199 is a bit steep, but it looks like a pretty cool place.

Tue, Oct 12 at 10:00PM (5 comments)

Banner3
Full program and venue map posted

I've posted a full venue map and program guide for Strange Loop 2010 and also linked to that from the main schedule page. read more


Fri, Oct 15 at 8:05PM

Banner3
More parking and restaurant options

I've added a picture with more info on parking and the Metrolink light rail stop to the travel page. Here's the pic: Also, there were some questions about restaurant options in the area. There are MANY restaurants across from the Pageant and for the few blocks to the west of the area. You can find a full list of loop restaurants here. read more


Fri, Oct 15 at 8:05PM

Banner3
Conference update

Strange Loop is this week! it's going to be a great conference and I can't wait to get under way. Here are a few last minute announcements... Badge pick-up and welcome reception When you arrive at the conference you will need to pick up your badge and materials. If you are around Wedesday night, stop by the Moonrise Hotel from 6-8 pm for a welcome reception and an open bar! You can pick up your badge and pick up a drink at the same time. read mor... [read more]


Fri, Oct 15 at 8:05PM

Michael McCray
Michael McCray posted Polyglot Server

What is the best server platform / architecture supporting integration of modules written in diverse JVM languages? What about cross module AOP? Is it OSGi or something else?

Donald Bleyl
Donald Bleyl: Grails makes for a nice container to host services written in multiple JVM languages.

Sat, Oct 9 at 11:21AM (1 comment)

Paul Slusarz
Paul Slusarz posted coming in late - where do I pick up conference pass?

I can ask one of my co-workers to pick up my pass, or is there a better way? I'll be in really late on Thu

Alex Miller
Alex Miller: You can pick up your pass at the Pageant at any time during the conference. Thursday morning registration will take place at Suite 100 on the east end of the Pageant. Sometime (probably well before you're there) we'll switch to doing registration at ... [read more]

Tue, Oct 5 at 9:23PM (1 comment)

Banner3
Strange Loop panels

After the Friday lunch at Strange Loop, we will be having two stellar panel discussions at the Pageant. First, we will have a panel on "Non-relational Data Stores" to explore this crazy nosql / document / key-value world we seem to be swimming in these days. Moderator: Ken Sipe (Perficient) - Ken is a well-known author and speaker with a broad set of experiences across roles and techologies. Ken is speaking about Gradle at Strange Loop. read more


Tue, Sep 21 at 12:10PM

Banner3
Strange Passions voting is open!

Strange Passion talk submissions are now closed and voting begins! Check out the full list of talks for abstracts on each talk. You'll need the email address you registered for the conference with to vote. Voting ends on September 27th! The eight top rated talks will be selected and presented at the Strange Passions party on October 14th during Strange Loop. Note: there are a few people that submitted two talks - at most one talk will be chosen f... [read more]


Tue, Sep 21 at 12:10PM

Nicholas Cloud
Nicholas Cloud posted STLDODN attendees at Strange Loop 2010?

Just finished the excellent St. Louis Day of .NET conference -- just wondering if there are any attendees who plan on going to Strange Loop 2010 as well!


Sun, Aug 22 at 3:30PM (0 comments)

Scott
Scott posted GAE - Anyone using it for real?

I would like to conduct a straw poll. Yeah, we have all published a web-app to Google's App Engine but has anyone put their company on it? Were you able to adapt BigTable and JPA to your requirements?


Mon, Aug 16 at 9:17AM (0 comments)

Jeff Barczewski
Jeff Barczewski posted CrowdVine down indefinitely? - Everytime I tried this week comes back with "small upgrade" message

CrowdVine down? - Everytime I've tried using the browse this week it says "We're releasing a small upgrade. We'll be back in a few moments." Am I just that unlucky to be hitting those moments when it is down or is it perpetually down? Thanks, Jeff

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Jeff Barczewski
Jeff Barczewski: Alex, It does seem to be limited to certain links. I noticed others are working. Here are a few that are broken: Browse Everyone - https://strangeloop2010.com/profiles Browse by Company - https://strangeloop2010.com/questions/list/46040 Thanks, Jeff
Alex Miller
Alex Miller: Hmmm...those work fine for me - are they failing for you now? Have you tried flushing your cache? Seems weird that these would be cached, but who knows.
Jeff Barczewski
Jeff Barczewski: Yes, refreshing the cache fixed it, maybe there is something broken in cache mechanism for the server. Thanks for checking into it. Jeff

Fri, Aug 6 at 2:12PM (4 comments)

Dave Briccetti
Dave Briccetti posted Private pilots? Where rent plane?

Any private pilots in this group? I want to visit family in Frankfort, KY after the conference, and am thinking of renting a plane and flying there. Recommendations for where to rent a plane?

Alex Miller
Alex Miller: Ken Sipe is coming to the conference - he's a pilot and might have some leads.
Ken Sipe
Ken Sipe: The place IMO to rent is St. Charles flying service. They just moved to Smartt field which is SET. You really have 2 options a couple FBOs at SUS and SET. SET will be cheaper.

Thu, Aug 5 at 7:05PM (2 comments)

Alex Miller
Alex Miller posted What would you like to see at Strange Loop?

Got ideas for speakers? Events? Swag? Schedule? Please feed ideas to the conference computer and a better conference will be extruded on the other side. Alex


Thu, May 27 at 3:46PM (0 comments)