Josh McAdams created a wiki for the Windy City Hackathon, going on Dec 14-16 in downtown Chicago. Meet other Perlers in an informal, work-on-anything-you-like atmosphere. Get help working on someone else's project or get other people to help with your project.

If you want hostel accomodations, don't wait until the last minute. Ensure your spot by paying $115 for Thursday night through Sunday morning (a much better deal than even a single night in a downtown hotel) through The Perl Review or arranging alternate payment methods with me.

The week before the hackathon Stonehenge is offering open-enrollment Perl classes at the same location. These are the full Stonehenge courses in a compressed-time format that we offer to the public only a couple times a year:

• Learning Perl with brian d foy, Dec 10-12, 9am to 5pm, $750
• Intermediate Perl with brian d foy, Dec 13-14, 9am to 5pm, $500
• Beginning Catalyst with Jon Rockway, Dec 10-12, 6pm to 9pm, $375
• Test Driven Development with Josh McAdams, Dec 13-14, 6pm to 9pm, $250

We can also take purchase orders and alternate payment methods for any of there. We can also offer team discounts for people from the same group paying at the same time. Write to me (brian@stonehenge.com) with any questions about the classes.