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Join me for an Opera meetup in Atlanta

Published July 18th, 2007 1:35 PM EDT By Daniel Goldman

Tomorrow evening (July 19th) we will be having a small Opera get-together in Atlanta, Georgia. If you’re in the area, be sure to come out and join us for drinks, food, and Opera talk.

We will be meeting at The Varsity at 7:00pm. Directions and information can be found here. Be on the lookout for me; I’ll be wearing my Opera t-shirt.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

(Thanks to Brad Beglin from Georgia Tech for helping organize this meetup)

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  1. 1 guest Jul 18th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.21 on Windows Windows XP

    the varsity, eh? bring your tums/rolaids/…!

  2. 2 Lusec Jul 18th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
    using Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0 on Windows Windows XP

    I must say that I’m a bit envious. Here I a, living not half an hour from Opera’s headquarter’s in Norway, and yet all these meetups happen in the US, faraway from me.

  3. 3 IceArdor Jul 18th, 2007 at 6:37 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.22 on Windows Windows XP

    Make sure to take some pictures. I wanna know what a meetup looks like.

  4. 4 BAMAToNE Jul 19th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.22 on Windows Windows XP

    I drive to Atlanta a lot (about 3 hours from here), but not on random weeknights, sorry! ;)

    It’s too bad, too. I haven’t been to The Varsity in years!

  5. 5 Daniel Goldman Jul 19th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Windows Windows XP

    BAMAToNE, sorry about that. Maybe I should come to Indiana next (is that where you are?)

  6. 6 Joey Jul 19th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.21 on Windows Windows XP

    Ah, just noticed this today… don’t think I’ll be able to make it downtown. Oh well, hope y’all have fun! Enjoy the Varsity. :)

  7. 7 BAMAToNE Jul 26th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
    using Internet Explorer Internet Explorer 7.0 on Windows Windows XP

    LOL, I reside in Alabama. (I kinda doubt it’s possible to get from Indiana to Atlanta in 3 hours!)

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