Yet Another Perl Conference is billed as an affordable alternative to profesional Perl conferences. YAPC is organized by volunteers and attracts the top speakers in the field of Perl programmers. It's also a great excuse to meet up with other programmers and drink. Here's what happened in 2002. Album : art lord_wedding oscon2003 personal pye yapc2002 Thumbnail Title Description Dimensions Size   Pudge   The Man, The Legend -- Chris Nandor   480x640   93.09 KB   WU Rabbit   Art at WU.   454x510   64.30 KB   Gnat vs. the ATM   Gnat attempts to appease the mysterious ATM Gods.   480x640   57.01 KB   Forest Park Zoo   The stone sign for the Forest Park Zoo.   480x640   58.13 KB   St. Louis   A statue of St. Louis in Forest Park.   480x640   84.93 KB   David Adler   David Adler points his camera at me as we have a Mexican standoff of photographic machismo.   480x640   90.91 KB   MJD's Gong Show   Mark-Jason Dominus sets up his lightning Talk Gong.   480x640   95.15 KB   Gnat gets cash   Gnat's offering has been accepted and his devotion rewarded.   480x640   60.04 KB   Larry Wall and Damian Conway   Damian prepares his slides as Larry Wall leaves the stage.   480x640   66.21 KB   jjohn vs. the ATM   My turn at the infernal machine; tensions are high.   499x479   28.62 KB   St. Lousis Arch   The Gateway Arch in St. Louis is a 630 foot hyperbolic parabola that escaped from a someone's math homework.   480x640   54.92 KB   Gnat Torkington and Jen Nandor   Gnat Torkington holds Jen Nandor's child, Riley.   480x640   94.32 KB   WU Gargoyle   A gargoyle at Washington University.   480x640   77.89 KB   MJD resting   MJD has a lie down before the Lightning Talks.   480x640   85.69 KB   Chris and Riley   Chris Nandor straps his daughter Riley to his chest in a feeble attempt to woo the crowd attending this Mac::Perl talk.   480x640   24.72 KB   Schwern and Elaine Ashton   Clariol Cover Guy Michael Schwern makes a call while Elaine Ashton chaperones.   595x360   16.65 KB   David Alder and Chris Nandor   NY.pm'er David Adler and Masshole Chris 'Pudge' Nandor.   349x639   31.96 KB   WU Archives   The famous WU Archives graciously daned to be photographed with little old me!   640x480   38.36 KB   Schwern napping   Schwern power naps.   480x640   98.80 KB   Arch leg   Looking up a leg of the Arch.   640x480   22.15 KB