Re: [racket] [racket-dev] [ANN] RacketCon 2013: 29 September

2013-09-22 Thread Neil Van Dyke
Most of the things that come to my mind are better if you have kids with you: * For standard Boston tour: you can do a self-directed walking tour along "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Trail";, or with a tour group I think that the most fun tour company is "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Re: [racket] [racket-dev] [ANN] RacketCon 2013: 29 September

2013-09-22 Thread Greg Hendershott
p.s. The walk I described is mostly parallel to the Rose Kennedy Greenway that Sam mentioned, just a block apart, so you could head out one way and back the other. On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Greg Hendershott wrote: > +1 to all of Sam's suggestions. > > I'd also add the waterfront as being

Re: [racket] [racket-dev] [ANN] RacketCon 2013: 29 September

2013-09-22 Thread Greg Hendershott
+1 to all of Sam's suggestions. I'd also add the waterfront as being a nice area (relatively new to Boston). If you head to the water from Quincy Market, there's the Aquarium. Then you can turn right and walk along the water through Rowes Wharf and to the old rotating bridge that's pedestrian only

Re: [racket] [racket-dev] [ANN] RacketCon 2013: 29 September

2013-07-02 Thread Asumu Takikawa
On 2013-07-02 18:30:20 -0400, Greg Hendershott wrote: > Since ICFP early reg has opened, I wanted to reconfirm these dates. > Plus, since there are some Saturday sessions, it might be good to know > more if possible about the Hacketathon on Saturday, in case anyone > isn't sure what to choose? Yes

Re: [racket] [racket-dev] [ANN] RacketCon 2013: 29 September

2013-07-02 Thread Greg Hendershott
I checked again and there's a page for this: https://github.com/plt/racket/wiki/RacketCon-Hackathon-2013 So I suppose I'm suggesting fleshing it out more if possible, including for example the suggested projects. On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 6:30 PM, Greg Hendershott wrote: > Since ICFP early reg has

Re: [racket] [racket-dev] [ANN] RacketCon 2013: 29 September

2013-07-02 Thread Greg Hendershott
Since ICFP early reg has opened, I wanted to reconfirm these dates. Plus, since there are some Saturday sessions, it might be good to know more if possible about the Hacketathon on Saturday, in case anyone isn't sure what to choose? On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 3:00 PM, Doug Williams wrote: > Sorry I

Re: [racket] [racket-dev] [ANN] RacketCon 2013: 29 September

2013-05-08 Thread Doug Williams
Sorry I missed last year's RacketCon. It was held on the same weekend we had all the kids (and now grandkids) here in Denver for a long weekend. It also coincided with the American Beer Festival held in Denver, which is probably why the kids - especially our son and son-in-laws - wanted the reunion